Synonymous with the computer system command pressed by a user to terminate an application and shut down the operating system, CTRL+ALT+DEL: RECLAIM is a multidisciplinary arts event that reboots and reclaims arts and cultural spaces. Building on previous Ctrl+Alt+Del events, this iteration will be in the form of an exhibition and publication. Expect visual art, […]
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There will be a time in life when you expect the world to be always full of new things. And then comes a day when you realize that it is not how it will be at all. You see that life will become a thing made of holes. Absences. Losses. Things that were there and
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To commemorate the Year of the Rabbit, Woolloongabba Art Gallery is staging On Repeat. The exhibition features the participatory artwork Second Nation, which is facilitated by Pamela See (Xue Mei-Ling), and Free Alba 2.0 a digital artwork by Robert Mercer. The latter marks the 20th anniversary of the death of a rabbit, called Alba, who was genetically engineered to
Postcards from here is a year-long collaboration between artists Julie Paterson and Jo Breneger. The artists have been sending handmade, artistic postcards to Side Gallery from their respective locations. The postcards are a mix of painted, drawn, or mix-media and display a beautiful original artwork on the front of the card. Collectively, this body of
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It’s hot and humid in BNE, perfect weather for the start of the forest foraging season, and inspiration for February’s Cut X Paste theme : MUSHROOMS. Join us as we share real-world space, conversation and materials and make collages exploring the weird, wild and wonderful world of fungi. Hosted by Emma Anna @emma_anna_chatter and The
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Layered, symbolic and hypnotic, Hal Witney’s work attempts to offer a postmodern mash of pain and pleasure, identity, desire, and transcendent spirituality in a frenetic world of often-contradictory selves. Working across painting, drawing, sculpture and printmaking he seeks to reflect, process and overcome the influx of hyper-sexualised imagery in today’s visual material-based culture. Synthesizing a
Mitchell Fine Art presents a summer exhibition of Aboriginal and Contemporary artworks drawn from the Gallery’s stockroom. Mitchell Fine Art is closed for the Christmas period however these and other artworks in the Gallery Stockroom can be viewed on the website. Showcasing a diverse collection of Aboriginal and Contemporary artists, Mitchell Fine Art presents an annual exhibition calendar
2022 has been a tumultuous ‘year of the tiger’ – but it has also been a productive one. It has been a year of change and chance, and of course, hard work and opportunity. Onespace artists have been active in many places this year – Busan, Brisbane, Cairns, Logan, Shepparton, Sydney, Toronto, to name a
Put on your dancing shoes and grab a drink at the bar as Matt Hsu’s Obscure Orchestra brings Play Moves to life with a roaming performance party. Welcome to the Obscure Orchestra, a curious world of intricately crafted experimental music, made with world instruments and rethought everyday objects – the brainchild of award winner Dr Matt Hsu.
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How does a body of water move? How might we describe an experience of viewing water with watercolour’s fluid logic? Join artist Holly Anderson for a playful painting workshop and explore the materiality of watercolours in producing images of water. Around a makeshift fountain you will be guided through speculative activities that explore this formal tension. Expect
Submitting your artwork for judgement can be a daunting process but it does not need to be. Join art writer Dr Louise Mayhew in this hands-on session designed to help you put your best foot forward when applying for art prizes and artist opportunities. During this session, Louise will give you insightful tips on writing
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Join us from 6pm on Friday the 24th of February at the Precinct’s Dimbin-Mil Seminar room for a showcase of work created during Cyber Palace’s Fashioning Technology workshops held throughout 2022. There will be soft circuitry and textile works on display. We will have artist talks from some of the workshop participants as well as
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Following on from our ‘Naked or Nude?’ exhibition in 2021, Side Gallery revisits the sometimes taboo concept of human relationships in time for Valentine’s Day. We give you ‘Saint’, an online-only exhibition of new (and revisited archive) artworks that focus on love, lust, erotica, censorship and fantasy. Image: She knew I loved collecting silly things
Learn how to create multi-layered digital collage using MS Word and your own photographs. You will create three finished digital collages and have the best one printed to take home as an A4 artwork. Perfect for beginners wanting to enter the world of digital art. Everyone will experience success and be inspired. The digital collages
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You are invited into the gallery space to create your own intuitive artwork, learning basic watercolour and charcoal drawing techiques. We will also work with tarot, astrology and runes to guide a process that is nurturing and builds self awareness. No drawing or painting experience is necessary. Materials provided. SWAY is an exhibition of layered
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The Harden Art Prize is in its second year following a very successful inaugural event held in the twin towns of Harden-Murrumburrah on the south-west slopes of NSW in May 2022. Entries were received from across Australia for the acquisitive prize and the inaugural winner was Melbourne artist Domenyk Eades. On offer is a $10,000
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ANAT is calling for applications from artists and scientists for the prestigious Synapse Residency program, which, since 2004, has enabled research collaborations between more than 100 artists and scientists. ANAT Synapse brings artists and researchers together in partnerships that generate new knowledge, ideas and processes beneficial beyond both fields. A distinguishing feature of the residencies
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From now until 2 March 2023, entries are open for the World of WearableArt (WOW) Awards Competition, the world’s leading wearable art competition which brings the work of designers to life in the most extraordinary of ways each year in the WOW Awards Show, a large-scale theatrical spectacle held in Wellington, New Zealand attracting an
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Artists are being invited from throughout Australia to investigate their concept of ‘earth’; our home, the environment, soil, land, fragility, strength or purpose. We ask that you embrace your imagination with a sense of play, political activism, boldness, experimentation, thoughtfulness, or contemplation. We welcome contributions from all ages, viewpoints and levels of experience. Artists working
BrisAsia Festival returns from 1-19 February with a stellar line-up of events to celebrate Lunar New Year and Brisbane’s rich Asian cultural heritage. Featuring 27 unique experiences across 12 suburbs, BrisAsia Festival brings together over 400 artists and creatives who have shaped the most expansive and culturally rich program to date. From Lunar New Year
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Dr. Ryan Presley was born in 1987 in Alice Springs, and currently lives and works in Brisbane. His father’s family is Marri Ngarr and originate from the Moyle River region in the Northern Territory. His mother’s family were Scandinavian immigrants to Australia. Presley’s practice wrestles with themes of power and dominion—in particular, how religion and
Mia Boe is a painter from Brisbane with Butchulla and Burmese ancestry. The inheritance and disinheritance of both cultures is the focus of her practice. Boe’s paintings respond, sometimes obliquely, to historical and contemporary acts of violence perpetrated on the people and lands of Burma and Australia. Boe received a Bachelor of Art, majoring in
Robert Brownhall (b.1968, Brisbane) is a realist painter, inspired by his local environment of South-East Queensland. Over nearly thirty years of painting, Brownhall has developed a unique style characterised by a strong connection to place with his moody nocturnes, broad sweeping panoramas and gritty vignettes of urban life. Brownhall’s realism is not slick. The humanity
Bridie Gillman is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice is informed by ideas of place, and the ways in which experiences and memories shape our perspective of a site. Living and working in Meanjin/Brisbane, Australia, she completed her Bachelor of Fine Art with Honours at the Queensland College of Art in 2013. Since graduating she has exhibited in solo
Sam Cranstoun’s multidisciplinary practice combines various forms of research with a wide array of media to create work that investigates different systems of representation. His work regularly focuses on historical figures and events as a way of exploring how history is shaped, how it functions and how we as spectators rely on different visual systems
Born 1982, Moranbah, Queensland. Lives and works Brisbane, Queensland. Bidjara, Ghungalu and Garingbal peoples. D Harding identifies as a descendant of the Bidjara, Ghungalu and Garingbal peoples of central Queensland and their work is informed by this heritage, in terms of both an oral history tradition and the artistic techniques they have inherited. Stencilling, for
The hopeful/hopeless. Investigating expanded notions of self-portraiture, using experimental and naïve approaches to materials in order to negotiate a relationship between permanence and impermanence. Repetitive, transformative and often redundant processes used in the creation of each work function as a way to concentrate on, or examine how one might hold the unremarkable, or insignificant, as
In 2021 we launched the first iteration of the Digital Diasporas, a distributed, remote residency which gave artists the space to research, cultivate their practice, and convene across borders. Last year’s residents Tian Zhang, Amy Lam, and Casey Tang inspired many generative conversations and long-lasting connections about colonialisms in multiple contexts, sustainability and equity in arts practices, and
New and recent works by WAG artists. Featuring Artists: Bianca Beetson, Christina Lowry, Clare Purser, David Jones, David Nixon, Domenica Hoare, Ian Howard, Ian Smith, Jack Rodgers, John Hockings, Jonathan McBurnie, Maureen Hansen, Michael Barnett, Mitch Donaldson, Mornington Island Arts, Robert Mercer, Robert Moore, Sam Bullock, Sandy Herberte, Stephen Nothling & Susie Hansen. Image: Ian
Heat is the transference of thermal energy from one object to another. Using these scientific principles, artists have been manipulating heat and its by-products for millennia. Harnessing this element provides a multitude of possibilities to express ideas and viewpoints. Heat shares the works of contemporary artists who utilise air, sun and fire to create. Gallery is open Tues–Sat 10am–4pm
Fusing the principles of art, architecture, language and textile design come and learn how to make striking tape art works with Artist in Residence Vanghoua Anthony Vue. Inspired by his Hmong heritage, you will explore the artist’s vibrant signature style in this 90-minute hands on workshop that will teach you how to make linear artworks
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QCA Thursdays are a space for the presentation and interpretation of contemporary visual arts and design practice, and a site for gathering, conversation and learning. Embodied Memory: Sean Williams – Webb Gallery This body of work examines the role that unarchived records, in the form of discarded objects, can play in reshaping those narratives, and
We take photographs to capture objective reality, though the world looks different through the lens of a camera than through the lens of the eye. Our perceptions are influenced by factors like feelings, thoughts, past experiences, illnesses, drugs and the limitations of our vision. Augmented Reality is a debut showcase of An Kzvna’s work, featuring
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Bringing together painterly accomplishments with the legacy of Conceptual Art, Ryan Presley’s Blood Money Currency Exchange Terminal 2018–ongoing delivers concrete outcomes for First Nations people. Mimicking a currency exchange booth, the performative installation invites gallery visitors to purchase Blood Money Dollars (BMD) with Australian currency. In return, participants receive notes featuring watercolours depicting Aboriginal freedom fighters, innovators and artists. Currently,
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A group exhibition from Edwina Corlette Gallery featuring: Judith Sinnamon’s bio James Drinkwater’s bio Stefan Dunlop’s bio Belem Lett’s bio Ari Athans’s bio Vipoo Srivilasa’s bio Wayne Magrin’s bio Candy Nelson Nakamarra’s bio Bridie Gillman’s bio Image: CANDY NELSON NAKAMARRA, Kalipinypa2021, acrylic on linen, 122 x 152 cm
Remember those summers at the beach? Drifting between the hot sand and cool water…collecting shells… balmy nights at the caravan park. The sun, sand and surf are intrinsic to Australian culture and the beach evokes different memories for all of us. Like yesterday examines our relationship with the beach through the lens of nostalgia, questioning the sense of loss and longing that accompanies our seaside memories. Are we