Through a series of works interrogating Australia’s unresolved colonial identity, Di Mauro examines the contradictions of a nation that presents itself as modern and multicultural while remaining tethered to the symbols and systems of empire. The exhibition questions Australia’s continued allegiance to the British monarchy and Commonwealth, highlighting the tension between inherited power structures and […]
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Queensland-based artist Carlos Barrios returns to Mitchell Fine Art with Heart Songs, a solo exhibition bringing together works spanning decades of his practice. Described as his “heart’s songs”, the exhibition reveals Barrios’ deeply primal relationship to art-making. The works are imbued with love, soulfulness, and melancholy, reflecting a lifelong commitment to creative expression as an
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Creative Consultations are one-on-one online sessions with leading arts professionals, offering personalised feedback and practical career advice for artists at all stages of their practice. These consultations provide guidance on developing a professional artist profile, engaging with the art market, and preparing for exhibitions in public and regional galleries. Sessions are conducted online and are
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The World of WearableArt (WOW) Competition invites designers worldwide to enter one of the world’s leading wearable art events. With a prize pool exceeding $200,000 NZD, finalists’ works are presented in a major theatrical production seen by over 60,000 people.
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Innovate Grant awards two USD $1,800 grants each quarter—one to a Visual Artist and one to a Photographer. In addition, twelve Honorable Mentions (six in art and six in photography) are selected each cycle and featured on the Innovate Grant website, joining a growing international community of artists. The grant is open to visual artists
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The Lock-Up is seeking a Gallery & Curatorial Assistant to support the day-to-day operations of the gallery and assist with the delivery of exhibitions, programs, and artist residencies. Housed in Newcastle’s original 1861 lock-up on Awabakal and Worimi Country, The Lock-Up is a contemporary arts organisation supporting multidisciplinary, experimental, and artist-led practice. The role works
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Since 1972, the biennial Stanthorpe Art Prize has been a beacon for artistic talent, attracting entries from across Australia. The exceptional quality of selected works underscores its esteemed position within the Australian arts community. With a $50,000 total prize pool, the Stanthorpe Art Prize is among the richest art prizes in Australia. Prize Categories $20,000
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Somerset Regional Council is seeking Expressions of Interest from Somerset and South East Queensland artists to create a large-scale public artwork on a redundant concrete water tank at Twin Bridges Reserve, Fernvale. The commission forms part of the Somerset Fish Habitat Revitalisation Project, an initiative of Resilient Rivers South East Queensland. The mural will celebrate
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English artist John Stezaker is known for his witty, surrealist collages, made from found images. He also makes flicker films, presenting collections of found images of similar subjects one per frame, twenty-four frames per second. The individual images don’t linger long enough on the screen for us to distinguish them. They become scrambled, collaged in
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A powerful celebration of the late Billy Missi (1970–2012), Billy Missi’n Wakain Thamai brings together 26 of the acclaimed Torres Strait Islander artist’s most significant works, including rare and never-before-exhibited monoprints, etchings, and linoprints from Djumbunji Fine Art Press and private collections. Curated by Dr Russell Milledge in close collaboration with the Billy Missi Estate,
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Fresh Eyes 2025 is a biennial exhibition that invites four artists to respond to the evolving landscape of the Moreton Bay Region. Against a backdrop of rapid growth and transformation, the exhibition considers how change is witnessed in the land, the community and within the self. Rachel Bywaters, Zartisha Davis, Amanda Ivy Gardner and Emily
Cowgirls Are Forever is a speculative new body of work by artist Merinda Davies, responding to urgent global declines in natural pollinators. With pollinating species decreasing by 25–60% over the past two decades, the exhibition imagines a near future where traditional systems of agricultural production are at risk of collapse. Davies’ work focuses on non-agricultural
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This October, award-winning contemporary artist Gerwyn Davies unveils Shimmer at the Museum of Brisbane—a dazzling new series of photographic portraits created in collaboration with trans and gender diverse young people from Open Doors Youth Service. Presented as part of MELT Festival 2025, the project celebrates resilience, self-expression, and the transformative power of chosen visibility. Renowned
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Flying Arts Alliance is seeking a Program and Exhibition Manager to lead the delivery of its annual programs, including the Queensland Regional Art Awards (QRAA) and Regional Touring. Based in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, this role is responsible for the planning, coordination, and delivery of exhibitions, professional development programs, touring projects, and webinars. The position involves
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Firstdraft is seeking an experienced arts leader with a strong background in exhibition installation to join its team as Assistant Director (Operations and Program). This full-time role coordinates the production, administration, logistics, and project management that support Firstdraft’s day-to-day operations and the successful delivery of its artistic program. The Assistant Director plays a key role
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Somerset Regional Council is seeking Expressions of Interest from Somerset and South-East Queensland artists to deliver a public artwork as part of the Resilient Rivers Initiative – Somerset Fish Habitat Revitalisation Project. The commissioned artwork will utilise a redundant concrete water tank at Twin Bridges Reserve and respond to the project’s environmental and cultural objectives.
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Celebrating its 10th year, Australia’s highest-valued art prize for women is now accepting entries for 2026, with a total prize pool of $58,000. Open to women artists aged 18+ residing in Australia, the Prize welcomes all mediums across three categories and continues its mission to recognise, connect, and promote the outstanding achievements of women artists
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FORM is a community-focused exhibition curated by Studio Maverik that brings together local artists exploring the human figure across a range of visual media. The exhibition invites artists of all experience levels — from first-time exhibitors to established practitioners — to present works responding to this enduring theme in art history. The concept of “form”
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Xanthorrhoea is a solo exhibition by emerging contemporary Aboriginal artist Arabella Walker, a woman of Wulli Wulli and Auburn Hawkwood Peoples descent. Walker’s interdisciplinary practice explores First Nations histories, cultural knowledge, and the lived experience of being an Aboriginal woman in the colony. Drawing from a background in dance, Walker works across painting, video projection,
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The BBA One Shot Award Winter 2026 is an international open call inviting photographers to tell a powerful story through a single image. Open to lens-based works across all formats — from analogue film and DSLR to smartphone photography — the award celebrates image-making in all its forms. Open to artists aged 18+, the prize
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The National Asian Culture Center (ACC), Korea, invites applications for the ACC CREATORS 2026 Residency — a five-month international residency exploring the convergence of art and technology. Open to artists, researchers, designers, architects and engineers, the residency supports interdisciplinary projects engaging with the 2026 theme: Speculative Communities. The program asks how “community” might be reimagined
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The inaugural Artbank Prize is a national open call for Australian artists who are not currently represented in the Artbank collection. One artist from each state and territory will be selected as a finalist, with the eight finalists exhibited at Artbank Sydney. One artwork will be awarded the Artbank Prize and acquired into the Artbank
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The Omnia Art Prize & Exhibition returns in 2026, offering Australian contemporary artists the opportunity to exhibit, sell their work and compete for $19,000 in prizes. Celebrating its 55th exhibition, the annual prize supports emerging and established artists while raising funds for the St Kevin’s College Foundation. Selected artists will exhibit and sell their works
Metro Arts is seeking a Curator to join its team and support the design and delivery of the organisation’s artistic program. Working closely with the CEO, the Curator will collaborate with artists and key stakeholders to realise public outcomes across Metro Arts’ annual exhibition program. The role also involves working alongside venue and cross-disciplinary programming
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The Gallipoli Art Prize 2026 is now open for entries. Established in 2006 by The Gallipoli Memorial Club, this acquisitive award invites artists to respond to the legacy of the Gallipoli Campaign and the Club’s Creed. The $20,000 prize is awarded to the artist who best depicts the spirit of the Gallipoli Campaign — expressed
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Metro Arts presents (Un)Disciplined Works: Public Social Art in Brisbane, a two-day workshop exploring experimental approaches to engaging communities through creative work in public places. Facilitated by artist, curator-producer and facilitator Dan Koop, the workshop draws on his practice of creating performance works in unexpected public spaces that encourage audiences to shift from observers to
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FOMU – Museum of Photography Antwerp invites photographers, filmmakers and visual artists to submit proposals for TRIGGER #7: Ocean, the seventh edition of its critical publication series. This open call approaches the ocean not as backdrop, but as a political, ecological and imaginative force — a space of circulation, power, memory and transformation. Artists are
Outer Space, in partnership with Performance Space (Gadigal/Sydney), announces an Experimental Performance Art Residency for Queensland-based artists working across movement, dance, theatre, drag, sound and hybrid practices. This process-led residency unfolds across two cities: a 5-day intensive in Gadigal/Sydney followed by a 10-day development period in Magandjin/Brisbane at the Judith Wright Arts Centre. The program
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Applications open 2 March 2026 for the 2027 Funded Residency Program at The Farm Margaret River, a not-for-profit arts organisation located on Wardandi Noongar Country in Western Australia’s South West. Situated on an ancient, ever-changing landscape of karri forests, rugged coastline and mineral-rich farmland, The Farm is both a working rural property and a place
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Total Loss takes its title from the language of insurance — the moment when damage is deemed beyond repair. Drawing on Walter Benjamin’s image of a storm called “progress,” the exhibition reflects on catastrophe as both rupture and inevitability, where cause and consequence collapse into a single suspended image. There is an intuition that precedes
Malamegi Lab presents the Lab Art Contest, an international call for submissions open to professional and amateur artists worldwide. The competition welcomes drawings, paintings, sculptures, photography, graphics, mixed media, digital works, video, net art and other visual works that can be reproduced through an image. Selected artists will have the opportunity to exhibit in Milan
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Metro Arts presents the first of its new Townhall gatherings, bringing together Brisbane’s creative community to connect, share ideas and hear updates as the organisation launches a new direction for 2026. Rewiring Townhall #1 invites artists, arts workers and sector professionals to come together for an open conversation about the future of Metro Arts and
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The Blaklash Built Environment Scholarship supports Indigenous Australian students studying architecture and built environment disciplines, encouraging them to connect their university studies with First Nations stories, culture and knowledge. Offered through Queensland University of Technology in partnership with Blaklash, the scholarship aims to strengthen representation of First Nations voices within the built environment and design
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IN | artist run initiative presents CELLMATES RESIDENCY, an eight-week development residency focused on exchange, collaboration, and peer-to-peer experimentation. The program connects two contemporary artists based on the potential within their practices to share, challenge, and transform ideas together. The residency supports artists to exchange research and resources, explore collaborative making, and expand the boundaries
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Join us on Thursday 29 January from 5:00–7:00pm as we celebrate the second QCAD Thursdays event of 2026. Featuring exhibitions by QCAD current students and alumni Catherine Henley & Martina Latimer, Ruby Stevens & Louella Michael, Cam Cameron, Darsey De Silva, Jude Rawene, Kanako Enokida, and Leo Deng. Championing new voices in art and design,
The Swan Hill Print & Drawing Acquisitive Awards celebrate excellence in contemporary Australian printmaking and drawing, presenting a major national exhibition alongside acquisitive prizes. The award aims to promote outstanding contemporary practice while building the permanent collection of the Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery. Two major awards will be granted—one for print and one for
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