Following on from two sellout solo exhibitions, Brisbane artist David Hayes tells his story – a chronological depiction of life events at a point in time during the Covid-19 pandemic. Through his paintings, Hayes examines the relationship between the global and the personal; strength and vulnerability and how they are linked. ‘The story is mine, […]
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Stella Danalis presents The Art of Pattern, an engaging visual assault of bold colour, geometry, and pattern, paired expertly with the comforts of functional interior items and objects. The Art of Pattern delivers a striking assemblage of beauty and functionality, rubbing shoulders with the Bauhaus ideology of removing borders between the artist and the craftsperson. The exhibition includes
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Isabel Hood’s practice explores the limitations of data as a tool for understanding a subject, and the way datasets can never adequately represent the complex and subjective realities of an individual’s existence. While traditional displays of data focus on efficient analysis and presentation, Hood’s work emphasises a slower engagement with information and atypical reporting metrics.
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WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHOW YOUR WORK IN OUR HISTORIC BOMB SHELTER EXHIBITION SPACE IN 2023? We’re now calling for proposals from local artists (anyone within a 120kms radius of Toogoolawah) who would like to present their work in The Condensery’s bomb shelter space. Download the information package on our website for more information and how
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After the “Tokyo time-lapses” last year, Ming released a new photo series—”Driftwoods — the afterlives of trees”. The “Driftwoods” series is an unexpected discovery. I was on a journey around the south island of New Zealand and was shooting time-lapses of the lakes andmountains. I saw a lot of driftwood by the lakes and on
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Your Pals is a brand new art collective based in Brisbane. This exhibition will be the first of many, showcasing the works of local artists, and local pals: Izzy and Sam! Izzy is in her second year of Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art) at QUT, she paints portraiture most of the time. Particularly self
Jan Manton Gallery is proud to present Rising Tide by Dylan Jones, showing between 8 November – 3 December, 2022. Within his practice, Jones’ focus rests with his immediate surroundings and an interest in colour, composition and the simplification of form. Having long been inspired by the great Arthur Boyd, Jones draws on nostalgia and memory rather than reference
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Surrender yourself to the sublime art of play. “To thrive in today’s fast-changing world, people of all ages must learn to think and act creatively and the best way to do that is by focusing more on imagining, creating, playing, sharing and reflecting, just as children do,” – Ken Robinson, author Liftlong Kindergarten: cultivating creativity
Jan Murphy Gallery is pleased to present Zographos – Life Writer , Leonard Brown’s fiftieth solo exhibition and first with the gallery. “Zographos (Greek Ζωγράφος, painter) philosophically a far more accurate term to describe one’s activity as a painter, that is ‘life writing’, holding the ‘life’ in a cosmic sense as well as ‘life’ in
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Julian Meagher uses art to make sense of the world, charging his romantic compositions with difficult questions about masculinity, mortality and our nation’s self-image. His works speak to physical and social landscapes of Australia, the histories we inherit and how we reconcile our own place in those legacies as we move forward. Recently he became
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November sees our third iteration of rightNOW – an exhibition model which fast tracks very recently completed works straight from artists’ studios to our gallery walls. This allows fresh ideas and experimentation to gain a much earlier audience. rightNOW presents works to collectors and curators in a more immediate way. It also provides the opportunity for some artists
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‘A Great Pair’ continues Miranda Hine’s fascination with our instinct to create stories from images placed together. Playfully painted fragments are paired together like a game of ambiguous and open-ended snaps to encourage meaning-making and connections that may be different for each viewer. Miranda Hine is a Meanjin/Brisbane-based writer, curator and artist fascinated by how
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2023 ArtTreasury Collector’s Annual Call For Artists ArtTreasury is an annual time capsule of global creativity, a treasure box of artwork by diverse artists. This magazine provides a special feature on each artist, complete with their art, artist statement and contact information. Book your space in this special catalogue of talented of artists from around
The very first reimagined Fringe Brisbane Festival is taking place across Brisbane with extraordinary experiences set to captivate audiences from the 14th of October to 6th of November 2022. Two years in the making, 2022 Fringe Brisbane Festival gives audiences everything they want and all the things they didn’t know they wanted with over 300 performances across
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Backbone Festival roars into Seven Hills Hub 28 October – 12 November, presenting 9 days of youth arts and culture that celebrates the curious, untamed and experimental. Presented as a part of the inaugural Fringe Brisbane, join us at Backbone Festival to find new worlds, explore new visions, and dive into the unexpected. ARTISTS: DAKOTA
The Queensland College of Art (QCA) Graduate Exhibitions will showcase the work of graduating students from the disciplines of Visual Art, Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art, Photography, Design, and Creative and Interactive Media. Each year, we host a series of innovative and inspiring student-curated exhibitions and presentations featuring the next generation of creative thinkers, as they
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Empathetic Ethnography is the culminating exhibition outcome of this research project. The exhibition title, Empathetic Ethnography, draws upon the key multispecies ethnographic research approach undertaken in this project, whilst also foregrounding the artwork’s intentions to celebrate a sense of empathetic kinship with other-than-humans. Comprising beeswax sculpture, video projection, soundscapes and installation, this exhibition showcases four
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Robert Andrew is a descendant of the Yawuru people, whose Country is the lands and waters of the Broome area in the Kimberley Region, Western Australia. Andrew’s work investigates the personal and family histories that have been denied or forgotten. His work speaks to the past yet articulates a contemporary relationship to his Country—using technology
Michael Zavros (b.1974) is a leading Australian artist whose work has been exhibited in major museums throughout Australia, New Zealand, Asia and Europe. Predominantly a hyper-realist painter of ‘beautiful things’, Zavros’ practice extends to drawing, photography, printmaking, and sculpture. The artists’ meticulously constructed images with their inclination towards themes of luxury, beauty and decadence are
In Perceived Aesthetic and Moral Tension, lightly mediated sculpture and video are used to interrogate civil land use through the lens of environmental cataclysm. The works employ a contrast of affects, reflecting feelings of both loss and complicity evoked by ambivalence towards the material histories of domestic, civil and recreational settings. Catalogue essay written by Georgie
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Applications are now open for the 2023 Footscray Art Prize, and this year the Main Prize money has doubled to support artists emerging from the pandemic. This biennial visual art prize welcomes entries from local and national artists, providing an opportunity to celebrate the artistic vibrancy and creativity within the local Footscray community and beyond. Winners will share in $33,000 worth of
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Gomma has been a photographers hub since 2004. Now running for the 9th year consecutive the Gomma Grant: a quality-focused grant contest with high international exposure and funding. The Gomma Photography Grant is a grant contest tailored to fund and support photographers working in various genres. Launched in 2014, the Gomma Grant is an independent, ethical photo
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Passepartout Photo Prize aims to support the development of talented photographers from all over the world by awarding 1,000 euros in monetary prizes every year, organizing exhibition in a fine art gallery in the heart of Rome, publication in the annual catalogue as well as in our partners’ magazines, and providing other opportunities for international
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Ephemera: Seaside Sculptures 2023 Call for Artists are open now. Competitive works will be on display along Townsville’s picturesque 2-kilometer beachfront, The Strand, from 22 July to 6 August 2023. Artists are invited to submit original works and concepts for Ephemera 2023. In developing proposals, artists are asked to consider the specific site for which
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Sydney based artist Idris Murphy has been at the forefront of Australian landscape painting for over four decades. Primarily a landscape painter, Idris Murphy’s paintings are taken far beyond a literal representation of a landscape, to where he is striving to capture the spiritual attributes of country. A recurring feature in his practice is the employment of
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“Drift” explores the state of mind where our consciousness drifts away to a different place, wondering, imaging, and perhaps just thinking of nothing. Mind drifting breaks you away from the present moment and projects your mind to a different world. The animations are generative by different sets of rules, changing and moving freely under a
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Using processes similar to those found in practical chemistry (rotational agitation, various ink formulae and substrates) Jarred Wright has produced a collection of “master sheets” and then borrowed another concept from the scientific disciplines: microscopy to single out the small ink “cells” to be reproduced in larger scales. This allowed him to examine the shapes
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New Strength is a reflection on Emily’s first year of motherhood and experience of matrescence. Personal symbols, patterns, and recurring motifs interact with each other while introspective figures close their eyes and inhabit their inner world. The works consider the ambivalent nature of life transitions and how monumental life events can change our sense of identity,
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IN | artist run initiative CELL MATES RESIDENCY 2022 One month Two artists Two cells Unlock your practice IN | artist run initiative is taking expressions of interest from artists who wish to take part in our Cell Mates Residency Program for the month of December 2022 (late nov bump in). ABOUT CELL MATES IN
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Join us on Saturday 29 October at 4.30pm for an afternoon of conversation to celebrate two exhibitions, Within Walking Distance by Hayley Megan French and Karike Ashworth’s Brave Girl: The Warrior now on at The Condensery. The event will feature a very special performance by Karike Ashworth as her artistic persona, Brave Girl. Hear from our special guest speakers as
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Sancintya Mohini Simpson is an artist and researcher based in Brisbane, Australia. She is a descendent of indentured labourers sent to work, from India to South Africa, on colonial sugar plantations. Her work navigates the complexities of migration, memory and trauma through addressing gaps and silences within the colonial archive. Simpson’s work moves between painting,
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It is through language that we connect, give meaning to our existence, create cultural value and comprehend the nuance of other cultures. Vernacular aims to explore the influence of language through the experience of displacement, loss, and hope. This exhibition examines how language poses the ability to cause division and have the power to unite.
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“I want this work to reflect the joy and mild obsession that I feel every time I learn a new story, like a kid picking up a good comic for the first time.” This exhibition dissects and reimagines Samoan mythology using science-fiction tropes and imagery, to blend her fascination with culture and speculative storytelling. This
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What is it to confess? A secret, hidden beneath the public face, is surrendered to view. In this collection, Scott Breton turns to experiences connected to shame and pain, to the eternal struggle between despair and the vital lust for life. The results are dreamscapes. Or perhaps nightmares, with some containing confronting surreal imagery.
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A collaborative exhibition between Mitchel Cumming and Kenzee Patterson, this project gathers ethical, material and political strands associated with the idea of redistribution, embodied within two colonial-era basalt millstones. Resisting dominant Western narratives of settlement, growth, industry and the developmental, the artists instead follow the poetic, speculative threads that the stone itself suggests. Artist Talk:
Regional Arts Fund Quick Response Grants aim to support small arts or cultural projects that cannot be funded by other means because of their nature or timing. For example, you may wish to attend a workshop or complete a project within a certain time frame and cannot access appropriate funding through any other means. Quick
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