Idris Murphy: Incantation
Mitchell Fine Art presents Incantation, a major exhibition by one of Australia’s leading contemporary landscape artists, Idris Murphy. The exhibition brings together two significant bodies of work: a rare collection of previously unseen dioramas alongside a new series of paintings inspired by the Australian outback. Combining three-dimensional works with expansive,…
Pep Talks: Yuriyal Bridgeman
Join Griffith University Art Museum for a Pep Talk with Yuriyal Bridgeman, following his inclusion in the 18th Lyon Contemporary Art Biennale in France. The event begins with a free BBQ in the QCAD Courtyard from 4:30–5:30pm, followed by an artist talk and Q&A from 5:30–7:00pm at Griffith University Art…
Trade Practice
Trade Practice examines the divergent creative lineage of labour through the shared history of blue-collar work. Daniel Wallwork, Jack Rodgers and Matthew Rees draw on techniques and experiences from signwriting, automotive spray painting and commercial trades, integrating these practices into their artistic processes. Their work includes unsettling, metallic-sheened creatures, abstracted…
Kuweni Dias Mendis and Grant x Wilkes: (In)Sight
Part of NIGHT MOVES, exploring what we keep hidden in our darkest corners. (In)Sight is an immersive installation by Kuweni Dias Mendis and Grant x Wilkes that explores perception, representation and the relationship between seeing and being seen. Mirrors fracture perspective, screens shift with changing images, and handmade objects create…
Jessica Dorizac: Dahan-Dahan (Tread Lightly)
Beginning with a residency in Lucban, Philippines, this project develops a large-scale installation inspired by the Pahiyas Festival. Through community collaboration and traditional kiping-making, the work explores intergenerational knowledge, ritual and material culture, creating an immersive environment reflecting the fragility and resilience of cultural memory. Jessica Dorizac is an artist…
ALONG THE WAY
Your Pals presents Along the Way, an analogue photography exhibition featuring the work of 20 artists. The exhibition brings together photographs captured during three photo walks, each shaped by a different prompt and location. Every artist has selected five photographs from each walk, resulting in a total of 300 images…
Adam Pyett: Stories of daylight
Stories of daylight presents a new body of landscape paintings by Adam Pyett, developed through his long-term engagement with the Macedon Ranges in Victoria. Pyett’s paintings explore how landscapes are experienced through repetition, memory and changing light. Working from drawings made on site, he develops his paintings later in the…
MADE 2026: Queensland Craft and Design Sector Symposium
MADE 2026 is artisan’s inaugural Queensland Craft and Design Sector Symposium, bringing makers, designers, arts organisations and sector leaders together to discuss the future of contemporary craft and design in Australia. The program explores the priorities, partnerships and actions needed to strengthen the sector, with discussions around visibility, skills, access…
Baylee Griffin: The Space Here
Onespace invites you to an exhibition of ceramics by Baylee Griffin, The Space Here, in the Lounge Gallery. Based between Bidjara lands (Charleville) and Dharawal lands (Wollongong), Griffin’s ceramic practice is grounded in resilience, reciprocity and an embodied eco-centric philosophy. Working with locally sourced materials, Griffin explores the interconnected relationships…
Pat Hoffie: Party Gone Bad
FireWorks Gallery presents Party Gone Bad, a new exhibition of large-scale paintings by acclaimed Australian artist Pat Hoffie. Bringing together works produced between late 2025 and 2026, the exhibition responds to the anxieties, fractures and absurdities of contemporary life, including the challenges of free speech and the online “Hateosphere”. Hoffie’s…
KONSTANTINA: Wumera Nangamay: Muru Walan
Onespace presents Wumera Nangamay: Muru Walan, a new exhibition by Brisbane-based artist KONSTANTINA exploring the ancient Muru (path or journey) connecting her Gadigal ancestors in the Sydney region with the Arabanoo peoples of the central desert. Drawn to the enduring beauty and significance of Kati Thanda, KONSTANTINA’s richly layered paintings…
Charmaine Davis: Jugun – Country
As part of the prize for winning the First Nations Artist Award at the 2025 Queensland Regional Art Awards, Charmaine Davis presents Jugun – Country, a solo exhibition at Flying Arts. A proud Goori woman with connections to the Gumbaynggirr and Bundjalung Nations, Davis draws deeply on the landscapes and…
Lisa Ray: Alter
Alter is a solo exhibition by Brisbane-based photographer Lisa Ray, presented at Jan Manton Gallery in Teneriffe. Working across flowers, portraiture and elemental forms, Ray explores moments suspended between dissolution and emergence. Light resembles fire, water becomes atmosphere, and organic forms drift between the familiar and imagined. Created through a…
Jenna Catchpole: Her Flame, My Hands
Her Flame, My Hands A daughter’s journey through grief, growth and clay Her Flame, My Hands is an annual solo exhibition by Brisbane/Meanjin ceramic artist Jenna Catchpole, presented each September in honour of her mother, Jennene – a gifted potter whose love of clay continues to shape Jenna’s practice today.…
Diverse Perspectives
Diverse Perspectives brings together twelve photographers from the Fine Monochrome Print Group in a celebration of contemporary monochrome photography. Rather than following a single theme, the exhibition presents twelve distinct approaches to photographic practice, exploring subjects including personal narratives, landscape, architecture, abstraction and the human form. Together, the works consider…
Rachel South: Beautifully Tangled
Rachel South presents Beautifully Tangled, a solo exhibition exploring the intimate and emotional qualities of hair through highly detailed, large-format paintings. Drawing on her connection to nature and the Australian landscape, South transforms strands, coils and textures of hair into expansive, almost landscape-like forms. Opening Night – Thursday 3rd at…
Cassandra Louttit: Big Blue/Rothko Worship Current Year
Cassandra Louttit presents her second solo exhibition, Big Blue/Rothko Worship Current Year, at Wreckers Artspace in Woolloongabba. The exhibition centres on a painting and series of paintings shown in full for the first time, alongside new work. Louttit will also present an artist talk exploring the arcane technical processes behind…
Tim Price: The moon's raining
Jan Murphy Gallery is delighted to present The moon’s raining, an online exhibition by Tim Price. “I’ve been painting everyday things from around the city. Ordinary moments drift into view while I’m walking, a plane flying in over the buildings and trees, flowers growing in the suburbs. They feel meaningful…
Self Portraits
A group exhibition exploring the many ways artists can approach the idea of the self. Self Portraits brings together 26 artists working across contemporary painting and visual art, presenting distinct interpretations of identity, perception and personal experience. Featuring James Drinkwater, Vipoo Srivilasa, Cosima Scales, Eliza Gosse, Sally Anderson, Stefan Dunlop,…
Inscribing a life
‘Inscribing a life’ brings artworks from across the QAGOMA Collection that register existence, histories, and time through the act of mark making. From the brute force recorded in paint on a canvas that expresses strength and vitality, to the time commitment captured in the repetition involved in making intricate forms,…
FIRE! Works on Paper
FIRE! Works on Paper 2 Queensland brings together works by seven artists exploring the breadth and diversity of contemporary works on paper. Featuring David Paulson, Ian Waldron, Jo-Anne Driessens, Juno Gemes, Michael Aird, Paul Bong and Vincent Serico, the exhibition presents drawing, photography and print-based works that engage with people,…
Annabelle Reidy: the boat I row
Reflective in a self-effacing way, it is a beautifully crafted memoir which invites us to share a healing process made possible through exploring with an analogue camera and notebook in hand. There is an ethereal dimension to Reidy’s photography — as if her work were from another time. Some of…
Zoe Young
Sydney-born artist Zoe Young (b. 1978) explores still life, portraiture and abstraction, transforming everyday settings and objects into idyllic and evocative scenes. Drawing on a childhood shaped by travel, different cultures and her family’s history in hospitality, Young creates compositions that evoke nostalgia while connecting personal memories with broader human…
Choral Cthonics
A hum in the dark. Presented by Metro Arts and Brisbane Festival, Choral Cthonics is a world-premiere exhibition exploring the voice as instrument, threshold and collective force. Bringing together work by Dean Ansell, Cicadas (Maria Molina & Celeste Ricci), CAConrad, Léuli Eshrāghi, Mikhail Karikis, Jazz Money and Tina Stefanou, the…
West Space Window
West Space is inviting applications for its 2027 West Space Window program, supporting artists to present work in its micro-project space on the public façade of the gallery in Collingwood Yards. The Window is a small, site-specific project space on the balcony outside West Space’s gallery and office in the…
Nana Kawamura: Golden Scars
Golden Scars explores the relationship between the Japanese art of Kintsugi and Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophy of self-overcoming. Kawamura reflects on repairing what has been broken and transforming past inner conflict into a source of resilience and strength. The exhibition considers how accepting our imperfections and experiences can become an act…
Abdul-Rahman Abdullah: Undying
Griffith University Art Museum presents Undying, a major solo exhibition by acclaimed Australian sculptor Abdul-Rahman Abdullah. Commissioned by the Chau Chak Wing Museum, The University of Sydney, the exhibition brings together intricately carved and painted sculptures exploring humanity’s relationship with life, death, the afterlife and the natural world. Inspired by…
Ties that Bind
Ties that Bind brings together leading Australian artists to explore the many ways people connect to home, Country, memory and one another. Through diverse contemporary practices, the exhibition considers belonging as something shaped by place, ancestry, migration, displacement and lived experience. Rather than presenting a single idea of home, the…
The Red Dress
The Red Dress brings together the work of 380 embroiderers from 51 countries in a remarkable 14-year global collaboration conceived by British artist Kirstie Macleod. Created between 2009 and 2023, the dress features 87 panels of burgundy silk dupion and an estimated 1–1.5 billion stitches. Contributions from women, men and…
artisan: UNLEASHED+
UNLEASHED+ 2026 is a major exhibition celebrating Queensland’s emerging craft and design practitioners, presented by artisan in collaboration with HOTA, Home of the Arts. For more than two decades, UNLEASHED has provided an important platform for early-career makers and designers, connecting emerging practitioners with national curators, collectors and industry professionals.…
Sha Sawari: liminal
برزخ liminal brings together the English word “liminal” with the Farsi term برزخ (barzakh), a concept that evokes a state of suspension – a threshold between death and resurrection, presence and disappearance. While the two terms resonate with one another, they are not fully interchangeable; each carries its own cultural and philosophical…
Sandra Selig: Figure of 8
Milani Gallery presents Figure of 8, a solo exhibition of new work by Brisbane-based artist Sandra Selig. The exhibition features a new body of work spanning reverse pendulum textiles, paintings on cork, sculpture, and a charcoal wall drawing, continuing Selig’s exploration of materiality, movement and spatial relationships. Closing Event: Saturday…
Coral Futures
Coral Futures brings together poetic and speculative responses to coral by First Nations and contemporary Australian artists. The exhibition explores coral’s vital role in marine ecosystems, particularly the Great Barrier Reef, while considering its wider cultural, economic and environmental significance. Responding to the increasing threats posed by climate change, including…
Judy Watson: kau-in kau-in blood blood
kau-in kau-in blood blood presents recently acquired and existing works from the City of Moreton Bay Art Collection by renowned multidisciplinary artist Judy Watson. Working across textile, video and printmaking, Watson draws attention to underrepresented histories of Australia and the enduring presence of First Nations people and culture. Connected to…
Inhabited: Anthromes of Queensland
Inhabited: Anthromes of Queensland explores the ways people and wildlife coexist within human-altered environments. Through cyanotype photogram collages combining wildlife remnants and human-made objects, LeAnne Vincent uncovers hidden stories embedded within Queensland’s urban spaces. The exhibition invites audiences to consider their relationship with place and reflect on the ways human…
Jason Fitzgerald: Unearthed
Jason Fitzgerald’s Unearthed presents a series of glazed stoneware sculptures that occupy the space between archaeological artefact, architectural fragment and imagined object. Appearing as though excavated from an uncertain past, the works explore ideas of ruin, displacement, memory and transformation. Fitzgerald’s forms suggest objects that were once whole but have…
The Garden of Shatrick
25th September, 6:00 - 9:00pm
The Laundry Artspace
Welcome to the garden where it all began… (Shannon/2) + (Patrick/2) = Shatrick Shatrick is a collaborative duo made up of Brisbane-based artists: Shannon Tonkin and Patrick Zaia. Shatrick combines: performance, technology, installation, sculpture, tragedy,…
Precious: The Lure of Skill
18th August - 12th September
Bosz Gallery
Curated by Ross Woodrow & Lynden Stone and courtesy of the generous support of Bosz Gallery. All proceeds from this exhibition will fund a 2016 QCA Honours Scholarship. Artists in the show: Beau Allen Jennifer Andrews Ali…
Montage and the Polychord
19th September, 5:00 - 9:00pm
CORFLUTE
Montage_and_the_Polychord is a presentation of installation, video and sound work by visual artist Tristan Stonhill and sound artist Luke Jaaniste and the inaugural exhibition for the creative platform CORFLUTE. Stonhill’s under-the-house inventor aesthetic coalesces with…
Private Places for Public Crying
18th September, 6:00 - 9:00pm
The Laundry Artspace
Hands deep in pockets, eyes and shoes locked in a firm unwavering gaze, momentary relief followed by some sort of retroactive shame about the social interaction you did not have. After furtively glancing a familiar…
Underline: Explorations of Contemporary Drawing
11th - 23rd September
Lmtdspace
Lmtdspace’s third show, Underline_, is an investigation into contemporary drawing, Underline_ will exhibit artworks by emerging artists who utilise drawing in their studio practice to inform their interdisciplinary art making. Drawing is recognised to be…
Terrain
10th May - 6th September
QAG / GOMA
‘Terrain’ explores these relationships through the colours, textures, lines and forms of their paintings, weaving, body adornments and sculptures. The land and its natural features can wield powerful aesthetic and cultural influences on Australia’s Indigenous artists.…
Miles Hall: Solid Liquid States
12th Aug - 5th September
Jan Manton Art
Miles Hall is known for his abstract paintings. Now living and working in Montpellier, France, after completing studies at QCA Griffith University, Hall continues his fascination with surface and texture. As he explains below: “I had…
Nameer Davis: World Like This
21st August - 16th September
Brisbane Institute of Art
This body of work began 12 years ago during an art residency in Taipei looking at, and recording Chinese public space. Unexpectedly, perhaps the most memorable experience there was taken from contemporary urban, rather than…
Tutu Reimagined
4th July - 6th September
QUT Art Museum
The ballerina and her tutu have been romanticised for hundreds of years. Throughout the 17th-19th centuries, as dance developed into a specialised art form, so too did the costumes. Specially designed garments were introduced to…
Art From the Margins
24th - 27th September
Brisbane City Hall
Wesley Mission Brisbane and Brisbane Festival present, Art From the Margins Brisbane Festival Exhibition 2015. The exhibition will feature over 450 artworks from over 300 artists. Art from the Margins (AFTM) is the creative initiative…
Out of the Dark- Into the Light
2nd - 6th September
The Hold Artspace
Out of the dark – into the Light exhibits an exploration into the complex relationship between light and dark, the beauty in the physical and the emotional power these intertwined forces inspire. The show collaboratively…
Eugenia Lim: Yellow Peril
19th August - 5th September
Metro Arts
Yellow Peril is a new body of work exploring the impact and influence of mining and immigration on the Australian identity. Ron Robertson-Swann’s infamous Vault, 1980, sculpture is the starting point for Lim’s performative and…
_ on this site #3
8th - 11th September
The Hold Artspace
The Hold Artspace, on behalf of the artists, warmly invites you to the opening of ‘_ on this site #3’. ‘_ on this site’, created by Kristian Haggblom of Wallflower Photomedia Gallery, is an Australia-wide…
Christopher McVinish: Momentary Views
29th August - 10th September
Lethbridge Gallery
Momentary Views’ sees McVinish hunt for fragments of urban life out of which he conjures another reality inviting us to speculate about the ambiguous situations he presents, at the same time reminding us of aspects…
Paint it Red: Motion
19th September, 6:30pm
Jugglers Artspace
Paint it Red Music are proud to present the 12th event of their concert series, ‘Motion’, on Saturday the 19th of September at Jugglers Art Space from 6.30pm. The evening will present some of Brisbane’s…
The Walls & Bleach Festival present: Miami Shake
20th September, 3:00 - 7:00pm
The Walls
This is the next iteration of Sound Sand Shake presented as part of Bleach* Festival 2015 Featuring JAMIE MUMFORD DAZZLING DISCO VISUALS (JAPAN/BRISBANE/GC) FREDDY FLYFINGAZ (GOLD COAST MIX MASTER) MILKSHAKE DANCE PARTY (BRISBANE BEAT BANGERS)…
IMA Talk: Matt Mullican
22nd September, 6:00 - 7:30pm
Institute of Modern Art
The IMA is pleased to present a talk by American artist, Matt Mullican. The lecture will focus on the concepts and motivations of Mullican’s practice, engaging specifically with his current body of work. Since the…
Carly Kotynski: Tied Up
3rd August - 27th September
Artisan
Carly Kotynski is a Brisbane based artist who incorporates many different craft skills in her sculptural works and installations. Her art practice continually evolves as she explores and masters different techniques and experiments with a…
Raymond Cheney and Julian Cheney: Flow
19th August - 5th September
Project Gallery, QCA
This joint exhibition, featuring contemporary realist artist Raymond Cheney and digital illustrator and designer Julian Cheney, explores the state of ‘flow’ – the experience of being completely enthralled while engaged in activity. Raymond and Julian (father…
Leonard Brown: Old Fashioned Painting
12th August–12th September
Andrew Baker Art Dealer
New work by artist Leonard Brown. To view works from the exhibition please click on the link. Image:Leonard Brown – The moon is reflected even in a puddle an inch wide 2015
IMA Talk: Willem de Rooij
3rd September, 6:00pm
Institute of Modern Art
The IMA is pleased to present a talk by Dutch artist Willem de Rooij. De Rooij was born 1969 in Beverwijk, the Netherlands, and currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany. In his work he…
Archer Davies: Night Live
12th August - 5th September
Jan Manton Art
Night Live is a series of portraits of the sister of the artists. A graduate of QCA Griffith University, Archer Davies is an emerging artist who has shown regularly in group and solo exhibitions. This is…
Leena Riethmuller: Body Information Workshops
3rd - 12th September
The Walls
Limited spaces available. Bookings essential. Free of charge. Participate in one on one, body-focused workshops with the artist. Workshop tasks will include various forms of performance, mindfulness, intimacy, sound, silliness, love and good conversation. By…
Catherine Parker: It's (still) a Beautiful World
22nd August — 12th September
Spiro Grace Art Rooms
Catherine Parker‘s exhibition It’s (still) a Beautiful World explores a cross-cultural narrative in mixed-media paintings. Trekking across the globe submersing herself in the day-to-day lives of the locals, Parker’s works highlight the rich narratives of these environments and cultures.…
Peter Burgess: Made in England
20th August - 5th September
Milani Gallery
The exhibition will present new artists’ books, multiples and digital prints by Sydney-based artist Peter Burgess. Opening event: Thursday 20 August 2015, 6 – 8pm Peter Burgess is an Australian artist and the current Co-Acting…
Ricky Larry: Empty Kingdom
18th September, 6:00 - 9:00pm
Cut Thumb ARI
Empty Kingdom is an installation that explores perception and ways of seeing. Elements such as light, colour and reflectivity have been used to construct an indeterminate but visually desirable space in which one cannot physically…
Tayla Haggarty: WET.
4th September, 6:00 - 11:00pm
Oral ARI
Oral ARI is pleased to present the exhibition, Wet, showcasing new work by Brisbane-based artist Tayla Haggarty. Her practice investigates how the lesbian-feminist identity can be explored through the use of sculpture and collaborative art…
Amber Boardman: Expansion
25th August - 18th September
Edwina Corlette Gallery
There is something of the subtle trickster at play in Amber Boardman’s mythical paintings of human foibles. In her work, eye-catching, jewel-like hues and fleshy, earthy tonalities produce absurd portraits and wacky situations. Seducing us…
Experimenta Recharge: 6th International Biennial of Media Art
25th August – 26th September
QUT CI Precinct
Experimenta, Australia’s leading media arts organisation, presents Experimenta Recharge: 6th International Biennial of Media Art at The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct. Looking closely at the role media art plays in re-telling and creating stories,Experimenta…
Dale Harding: White Collared
8th August - 19th September
Institute of Modern Art
The IMA is pleased to present the inaugural Green Room exhibition by Brisbane-based artist Dale Harding, White Collared. Harding is a descendent of the Bidjara, Ghungalu and Garingbal peoples of Central Queensland, who has gained recognition for works…
The Foot Soldiers of Change
26th August - 5th September
WEBB Gallery, QCA
Emerging documentary photographer, Kelly McIlvenny, presents a visual investigation into the women changing the reality of maternal health in Nepal, documenting how they dealt with the challenging physical, cultural and social environments of Nepal in…
Celeste Chandler: Cream Suite
1st - 26th September
Heiser Gallery
Celeste Chandler was born in Hobart in 1977. In 1998 Chandler graduated from the University of Tasmania, Tasmanian School of Painting, with a Bachelor in Fine Art (majoring in painting). In 2003 she obtained her…
Panel discussion 'Light Play: Ideas, Optics, Atmosphere'
16th September, 2:00 - 4:00pm
UQ Art Museum
Please join exhibiting artists Sam Cranstoun, Marian Drew and Carl Warner in a conversation about light, art and science with exhibition curator Samantha Littley and Dr Margaret Wegener, Lecturer, UQ Physics. Afternoon tea served following…
Lucida Journal: Habitat launch
3rd September, 3:30pm
State Library Queensland
Part of the Ampers&nd Program of the Brisbane Writers Festival. Celebrate the launch of Lucida Journal: Habitat, Queensland Centre of Photography’s first ever printed edition of the journal. Following the closure of our gallery space…
Simon Degroot: Indirect Response
1st - 19th September
POP Gallery
Indirect Response is an exhibition of new works by Simon Degroot exploring a translation of image details in abstraction. This exhibition considers how an abstract translation of architectural shapes can maintain a line of reference…
Alrey Batol: Kerbside Ikebana
4th - 20th September
A-CH Gallery
Alrey Batol’s third solo exhibition, ‘Kerbside Ikebana’, brings together new works examining material culture in the First World. Alrey’s practice looks at our attitudes of affluence particularly towards novelty, obsolescence and disutility. This exhibition will…







































































