‘Infinite Space’ is a site-specific installation and live performance work that draws on the architecture and atmosphere of the heritage-listed St Patrick’s Church in Fortitude Valley. Selig casts St Patrick’s as a vessel for the accumulated sounds, movements, and memories that are contained in spiritually potent spaces. The church acts as a speaker box for […]
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‘Deviations’ is a collaborative video project dedicated to celebrating and highlighting the importance of queer space and time that sits outside the hegemonic structures governing daily life. The work has been specifically produced for installation in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane a site where queer spaces have been carved out for decades. From nightclubs, sex clubs, art
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How can we imagine a collective queer future? In a panel discussion facilitated by 4ZZZ’s Dykes on Mykes hear from current exhibiting artist Tay Haggarty, Shady Party’s Thomas Parer, and Mo Chan and Shelley Cheng, members of FERN collective, as they explore how queer community spaces can be fostered in Brisbane. Each panellist is invested
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Experience creative thinkers and artists sharing new ideas and perspectives on the current opportunities and challenges facing us and our environment. Held in conjunction with the On Earth exhibition showing at QUT Art Museum, presenters respond to exhibition themes in a short, sharp creative format of choice. On Earth traces conceptions of landscape and the
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Meanjin (Brisbane) based protest artist Amy Sargeant takes over CONTRA with a new performance and installation: CLIMAX. Through sculpture, audio and video installations, Amy’s work responds to her disillusionment with the dysfunctions of the Australian political establishment by re-framing the elements of political spectacle. Amy deploys the Situationist method of détournement to destabilise motifs from
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These paintings insist on communicating with you. It’s hard to escape the colour that reflects on and around these works. Without explanation, colour beckons you to feel and connect, rekindling our awareness of the most essential aspects of our being which is the very essence of communication. ‘Endlessness’ sees a shift in my work. The
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The exhibition features a selection of artworks, produced by five artists concluding their Masters and PhD research in Visual Arts, and by five award winning graduates from the 2020 BFA (Visual Arts) at Queensland University of Technology. The exhibition is open at The Block, QUT from Saturday 24th April – Saturday 1st May (12-4pm), with
Unravel | Leigh Lynam – Webb Gallery Unravel is an investigation into embracing decolonial methods. This installation adopts a socially responsive approach to disentangling post-colonial conventions of landscape art. Challenging uncomfortable traditions, the work subverts ideas of ‘capturing’ a landscape embarking instead on a deeper discovery. This interrogative process explores respectful ways of unknowing and
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Physical Perception is a gathering of life-size works that appear to be in negotiation of the space between art object and viewer – matter and body. The works’ premise considers the two bodies – both abstract and visceral – to be intimately related aspects of the same principle. Painted flat on the ground, Lavelle’s methods
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How to Beat a Dead Horse is a solo exhibition of new work by local artist Keemon Williams. From a contemporary Indigenous perspective, this exhibition will consider the commercial production of mass-produced tourist merchandise, their construction of Australian ‘national identity’, and associated ideas of value and authenticity. The exhibition uses a Pop aesthetic that offers a
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Side Gallery’s annual small work or “smalls” group exhibition joins BAD2021 . A group show titled Landing consists of small works, no larger than 30cm x 30cm to explore the themes inspired by or relating to Brisbane/Meanjin, its people, land, objects, the environments and multitude of businesses of the greater Brisbane city. More Information Image: Designfront,
A fashion collaboration that brings together ten artists to create ten one-off tent dress creations. Brisbane designer IVY NIU’s Tent Dress Project is a collaboration with 10 featured artists from Australia and abroad, where fashion meets art in a colourful expression of creativity. Featured artists Frances Cannon, Bianca Mavrick, Ellie Hopley, Kitiya Palaskas, Emily Green, Rachel Burke, Chantal Fraser, Phil
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As We Stand is a capsule exhibition series installed in the Outer Space Window Gallery, showcasing six local early-career artists; Kyra Mancktelow, Paula de la Rua Cordoba, Dylan Mooney, Ruaa Al-Rikabi, Amy Sargent and Lucy Nguyen-Hunt who each use their practice to take a stand on current socio-cultural issues through prophesying courses of action. Responding to
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Hot’n’Heinous can refer to many things, including the experience of the worst days of a typical Brisbane summer, and the characters create a portal into the imaginary world of the artist. With one-line grabs from clickbait advertising, sweetly sinister characters from bootleg cartoon imagery, and painterly passages of descriptive familiarity, Visaya’s imagery often seems like
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It’s sweaty. It’s safe. It’s Shandy. Brisbane’s favourite queer art and dance showcase! For most, a Shandy is a cool drink: half beer and half lemonade. However, in Brisbane (Meanjin), this humble beverage has come to mean something entirely different for its queer community. Shandy – Queer Dance Party is a regular Meanjin-based event, continuing
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Bringing together a diverse and highly accomplished repertoire of artists, group shows Body Line and Now & Then exhibit art from remote Australian communities, each focusing on the broad landscape through two very different lenses. Body Line explores the ceremonial practice of body painting, and what this means to artists from different Indigenous groups ranging
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Rekindle demonstrates Lavelle’s playful edge as an artist through her minimalist aesthetic, attention to detail, and love for colour, which she washes over or stains onto the canvas in thin, successive layers. Her washes create bleeds which, against the overtly rectangular compositions of her works, revel in the uninformed movement of colour. “At the centre of
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Jan Murphy Gallery is pleased to present, ‘Petrichor’ the new exhibition from Lara Merrett. Lara Merrett’s colour-rich abstract paintings reveal an intimate and intuitive approach to painting. Working on a large-scale, Merrett apposes blocks of velvety dark colour with transparent, amorphous pools of acrylic and ink. These delicately layered paintings evoke senses beyond the purely
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Join artist Rebecca Belmore and Turbulent Water co-curators Wanda Nanibush (Curator Indigenous Art, Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada) & Angela Goddard (Director, Griffith University Art Museum) in a discussion that highlights key themes within Belmore’s oeuvre, and shares the priorities that were central to this female-led, cross-cultural partnership. Chair: Shannon Brett Date: Saturday 1 May 2021 Time: 1pm Cost: FREE
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Entries are now open for the 2021 Martin Kantor Portrait Prize. This is open to all photographers and photo media artists, giving you the chance to have your work displayed and viewed at the Ballarat International Foto Biennale from 28 August to 24 October 2021 in Ballarat. The Ballarat International Foto Biennale Martin Kantor Portrait Prize is both an exhibition and award for
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‘Grotesque grotto’, is Brisbane-based artist Laura Patterson’s first solo exhibition for Jan Murphy Gallery. Informed by her background in architecture, Laura’s exquisitely detailed paintings present moments taken from nature, housed within elaborate framing devices. Her most recent series, which looks at pockets of remnant old growth rainforest ferns, began as a response to the early
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‘This is a love song’ is Sydney-based artist Jacqueline Hennessy’s first solo exhibition for Jan Murphy Gallery. Hennessy completed a Masters of Fine Art (MFA) at the National Art School in 2019 and was the inaugural recipient of the Tweed Regional Gallery – National Art School MFA Residency Award. ‘This is a love song’ coincides with
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Outer Space is excited to announce our professional development series for 2021: The Essentials. In this series we’ll be sharing vital information for artists and arts workers with the assistance of industry leaders.Over the course of thirteen workshops, you have the opportunity to learn protocols around Indigenous artmaking, building a website, best practice for application
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The acquisitive Sunshine Coast Art Prize is a dynamic visual arts award reflecting outstanding contemporary 2D arts practice in Australia. The diverse range of 40 finalist works by established and emerging artists from across the country are showcased in an annual exhibition at Caloundra Regional Gallery. The winning artwork is acquired into the Sunshine Coast Art
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Are you a motion artist or designer, videographer, time-lapse photographer, 2D or 3D animator, VJ, or work with new media, Cinema 4D artist or After Effects…? Well hello there. We are opening a call for artists who make LOOPABLE videos of 1 minute maximum. See all requirements and apply now at windowsight.com WindowSight is a
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Ever since the first edition in Pavia, Italy, in 2013, DFZ has been both a forum about the future of lace in art & design and an incubator for a new generation of makers interested in exploring the possibilities of handmade lace techniques. The 2021 edition will be entirely online and we are sponsoring 10 scholarships
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Feros Care invites all people living with a disability to showcase their creative talents by taking part in an Online Art Competition and Virtual Exhibition with the theme “Behind the Mask”. Masks are typically used for protection. But they can also be used for disguise, performance or entertainment. You are invited to share the significance of masks in your life
With a first prize of $20 000 and $5300 in runners up prizes, the Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award is open to national and international artists. Entrants may submit 2D artworks up to 61cm (24 inches) in height or width. The Judging is based on three equally evaluated criteria of creativity, originality and skill.
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Launching in 2021, the inaugural annual National Capital Art Prize is the first Australia-wide competition for paintings of any subject. The Prize has been established to support and showcase Australian artists and celebrate their skill and diversity. With a generous prize pool of more than $45,000, this competition aims to ignite the passion and courage
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Submissions are now invited for the Anthology Cover Art Award 2021. Established to foster and support both established and emerging visual artists and provide a platform for publication, the competition is open to multiple genres including painting, printmaking, mixed media, photography and digital media. Works entered must not have appeared on the cover of another publication and
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Il Varco s.r.l.s organizes the 8th edition of PRISMA Art Prize, an art prize that takes place every three months online with cash award, that will end with an annual group exhibition at the end of the fourth edition of the same year at Atelier Montez in Rome, with some of the artists that took
House Conspiracy has reopened our residency program. Head to our website to apply for a 6-week residency with us. As part of the residency, we offer 24/7 access to a private studio at no cost. At the end of your residency we’ll share your work with the community by organising a curated event. In line
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Submissions are now being accepted for the d’Arcy Doyle Art Awards. The exhibition is held in Mudgeeraba (Gold Coast) for 12 days from 23rd June to 4th July. Major art prize of $10,000 for the landscape winner, with minor prizes for portraiture, still life and junior art categories. Online entry is open til 26th May.
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Jan Manton Gallery is proud to present Brisbane based artist Simon Degroot in the exhibition Transfer Echo showing from 24 March – 18 April 2021. The exhibition features paintings exploring the expanded interaction and interconnections through the use of Degroot’s iconic abstract forms. Transfer Echo investigates transient and layered abstract shapes which are quintessential to Degoot’s practice. Each
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Get ready to race for some one-off art prizes and experience an augmented reality treasure hunt through Brisbane City Council’s Outdoor Gallery. A limited number of copies of unique artworks (currently on display across Brisbane) will be available to win on select dates – first in, best dressed! All participants outside of these dates will
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Presented by Illuminate Adelaide and ANAT, New Light 2021 will showcase experimental and diverse moving image works by contemporary First Nations artists. Through a national call out, New Light will feature selected work by First Nations artists, exploring compelling and complex concepts. The commissioned artworks will be displayed on the media screens at the entrance to the