Due to the Covid-19 global pandemic, Brisbane based artist Kay Watanabe stayed in her birthplace of Tokyo for nearly two years between 2020 and 2021. During this time, she created many artworks using different media. This show will feature some of her cyanotype works which reflect her life and thoughts while she was in Japan.
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This new interdisciplinary collaboration between Sharna Barker and Ruby Donohoe intersects visual art, performance, and participatory practices to interrogate the materiality of the body and the possibilities of decentralised experience. In a scoring of the space and a scoring of the body, where I end and where you begin is made both visible and estranged.
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No Edit is a new sculptural work that is the culmination of a year-long painting and photographic based project. Open Saturday 21 May 11am – 4pm, with afternoon drinks 2 – 4pm Continues Sunday 22 May 11am – 4pm
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Early career artists are invited to learn more about how to write a powerful artist statement to attract income opportunities. About this event This micro-learning webinar will be hosted by Rosalind Davis, who is an artist, Curator, Royal College of Art (RCA) graduate, and author of ‘What They Didn’t Teach You in Art School.’ It is an industry-standard that artists’
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This May we are presenting recent works and collaborations by Eugene Carchesio across Galleries 1 & 2. In Gallery 3 we are presenting his new sound installation Untitled (Ghost Money). Since the early 1980s Carchesio has built a reputation for producing small-scale watercolours and minute sculpture. Playing with geometric patterns and figurative symbolism, through his subtle
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Anywhere Festival is a globally unique and local cultural experience for locals and visitors alike: where local businesses and homes host performances so artists can creative incredible work without all the financial burdens that are often placed on them when presenting independently. Anywhere Festival began in 2011 as Brisbane’s revolutionary take on the fringe festival
One of the most significant street art and graffiti exhibitions ‘Tools of the Trade’ by HKwalls opens this Saturday 7 May as part of the Brisbane Street Art Festival (BSAF) located in the festival’s brand new art precinct, Superordinary Northshore. BSAF is dedicated to delivering a world-class program throughout Brisbane each year, and 2022 is
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The works in this exhibition represent two facets of my painting practice. The still lifes are composed on tables and surfaces in my home using objects that are part of my everyday life. During the painting process these objects are changed and rearranged on canvas many times as I strive to find a kind of
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What is it like to face a beast? Can everybody see monsters? … Or are they invisible just to your eye? You have the answer and we want to know. Join artist and sculptor, Mark du Potiers, for a free and fun workshop combining colour, construction, and pathways to good mental health. Open to any
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Il Varco is proud to host the 10th edition of Prisma Art Prize, in partnership with Biafarin, ArtRights, Artuu and Vivivacolors, Atelier Montez and ArtUp a quarterly art contest with €2000 yearly cash prize, more than €3000 in service prizes and the possibility to be exhibited at Contemporary Cluster gallery in Palazzo Brancaccio, Rome, in
The Moreton Bay Region Art Prize supports and celebrates the diverse creative talent of local Moreton Bay Region artists. The prize pool totals $10,000 with a non-acquisitive prize of $5,000 for first place, $3,000 for second place, $1,500 for third place and $500 for a People’s Choice Award. Over 200 entries were received this year, with 38 finalists selected for exhibition at
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This annual acquisitive award and exhibition is in its twelfth year and organised by the Art Collection and Galleries Unit at Deakin University. One outstanding entry will be awarded $10 000 and will become part of the Deakin University Art Collection. Entry to the Deakin University Contemporary Sculpture Award is free. Entries can be in
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The Lumen Prize celebrates the very best art created with technology through a global competition. Now in its 11th year, it has distributed more than US$100,000 in prize money and created opportunities with partners worldwide for artists who have been longlisted, shortlisted or won Lumen Awards.
Visions in the Nunnery is the Nunnery Gallery’s renowned showcase of moving image, digital and performance art. The biennial open call is an opportunity to be part of one of the most varied and exciting presentations of moving image in London. Each year we invite lead artists, celebrated for their innovation in the digital field,
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Raja Kirik are an Indonesian duo—Yennu Ariendra and J. Mo’ong Santoso Pribadi—two radical artists who draw on Java’s rich cultural traditions. Their works together explore the sound worlds expanding outward, drawn from their interest in the shamanistic dance traditions associated with Jaranan, an 11th Century Hindu-Buddhist tradition. They are joined by vocalist, musician, and ethereal
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The Lester Prize is one of Australia’s most prestigious art prizes which puts both artists and the community front-and-centre. We’re on the hunt once again for the country’s most talented portrait painters. Help us celebrate the art of portraiture – submit your work for the chance to win a share in over $100,000 worth of
Between November and December 2022, Kyber Theatre organises in Cagliari (Italy) the 9th Edition of theInternational Theatre, Art and New Technologies Festival called “The Wonders of Possible” LMDP Festival is the first of this kind in the whole Italy. Its aim is to promote the interrelation between artistic and technological languages. Kyber Teatro – spin off
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Entries are now open for the 20th anniversary of the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, presenting the best of contemporary Australian photography at HOTA, Home of the Arts on the Gold Coast. As the richest prize for photography in Queensland, the $25,000 acquisitive award is open to artists working in the broad medium
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Rupert is calling for local and international cultural practitioners and thinkers (artists, writers, curators, researchers, managers and academics) for their 2023 residency programme in Vilnius, Lithuania. A residency can run from 1 to 3 months (between January and December 2023) and is intended to develop individual or collaborative projects, reflections and research while practitioners immerse themselves in
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The International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art (CIMAM) is calling for contemporary art curators, directors, and museum professionals to apply for the travel grant to attend CIMAM’s 2022 Annual Conference. The conferences is titled The Attentive Museum Permeable Practices for a Common Ground and it takes place in Mallorca, the Balearic Islands, Spain from 11
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The Tamworth Textile Triennial showcases the best of textile art from across the country, attracting wide audiences and critical review. Tamworth Regional Gallery is seeking artists to work with curator Dr Carol McGregor to respond to this moment in time and bring the fifth Triennial to life. The 5th Tamworth Textile Triennial will open in
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Join artist Mick Richards for a masterclass on portrait photography. Drawing on his extensive experience in portraiture through his art practice and commercial work, Richards will guide you through the steps of a professional portrait photoshoot. Learn budget hacks to create your own DIY photo studio on the job and experience a live portrait photoshoot
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Grafton Regional Gallery is delighted to announce that entries are now open to all artists residing in Australia aged 16 years and over for the 2022 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award (JADA) Commencing in 1988, this historical, biennial art prize is one of Australia’s most prestigious regional drawing awards, which seeks to encourage and promote innovation
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Verge Gallery is currently seeking expressions of interest to participate in our 2023/24 artistic program. The call-out for EOIs is for applicants who wish to participate in our exhibition program and/or public programs at Verge Gallery. Verge warmly accepts applications from all artists, curators, writers and creative producers. Applicants are encouraged to submit proposals relevant
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A mainstay on the Brisbane art calendar and major Queensland Mental Health Week event, the Recovered Futures Art Exhibition showcases the talents of artists with a lived experience of mental illness while raising awareness of mental health, recovery and wellbeing. Artists with a lived experience of mental illness interested in selling their work are invited
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SUPERCUT – Project 1 brings together the practices of Jacinta Giles, Warwick Gow, CJ Anderson, Kirsty Lee, Kailum Graves and Kitten Xaos in an exploration of representation and introspective reflection. Jacinta Giles is a photographic artist based in Meanjin (Brisbane). In finding new ways to compose, inhabit, and create encounters with the televisual, Giles’s experimental
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Jan Murphy is excited to present James Guppy’s forthcoming solo exhibition ‘The Consolations’. Having exhibited with the gallery for almost 20 years, James is well known for his exquisitely executed, evocative paintings that have a surreal edge. “Living on the North Coast of NSW, friends and family are continually swapping anecdotes with me along the
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Bundanon’s multi-disciplinary residency program is the largest in Australia, offering a unique location in which artists can conceive and develop new work and ideas. Each year, hundreds of artists travel to the Shoalhaven to participate in Bundanon’s annual Artist in Residence program. Supporting contemporary arts practice was central to Arthur and Yvonne Boyd’s plans when
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Attracting thousands of visitors to its showcase exhibition and featuring hundreds of artworks from artists from all across Australia and beyond, the Fifty Squared Art Prize is Australia’s largest open call art prize for 2D artworks measuring 50x50cm or less. All levels of experience welcome, all themes, styles and 2D mediums accepted – with ALL
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Join artist and naturopath Dhana Merritt for a special scent making workshop to make your own personalised scented body cream using essential oils. The Brisbane-based multidisciplinary artist was engaged to create the scent embedded in Jenn Nkiru’s installation ‘REBIRTH IS NECESSARY’. Hear from Merritt about the process of making this component of the work, explore
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Vera Möller (b.1955, Bremen, Germany) is a Melbourne based artist whose keen interest in the natural world, science, and art converges in the images and objects produced and examined within her art practice. Möller’s original studies included biology (Universität Wurzburg, Wurzburg and Technische Universität, München, Germany 1976-79); theology and microbiology (1979-83 Ludwig Maximilians-Universität and Technische
Join QCA’s Professor Ross Woodrow, master printer David Jones and Gwenn Tasker for a unique opportunity to view original etchings by Rembrandt and a discussion about Rembrandt’s etching techniques. A demonstration of etching will follow in the QCA Print Studio with Turnbull Fellow David Jones. Printmaking at QCA is grounded in studio practice and the
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Aster + Asha Gallery will present a pop-up exhibition on the Gold Coast from 14 – 15 May 2022. Mellow Thoughts will bring together eleven emerging artists from across Australia, each presenting small works on paper using a range of materials. “Drifting recollections and future reveries softly ebb and flow through our mind when we
This collection of studio still life photography by Brisbane based artist Christina Lowry, was created in response to Australia’s evolving experience of the Covid-19 pandemic. The works were shot amidst border closures, lock downs, the vaccination roll out, and re-opening of the borders (2020 – 2021). The exhibition draws on the imagery and symbolism of
Ian worked in various industries before studying Visual Arts at the Northern Territory University in the mid 1990s. Throughout his art practice he pays tribute to the story of the Kurtjar people in his homeland of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Ian has worked prolifically in his studio in Far North Queensland over the last years
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Girt By Sea is an ongoing collection of map-logos of Australia. The collection is composed of objects and photographs, and is displayed as a digital archive and in other formats including collages or assemblages. The Girt by Sea collection was created out of a fascination with the shape of Australia, the ubiquity of this shape
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