As one of Australia’s most acclaimed photographers, Robyn Stacey has exhibited widely in Australia and internationally since the mid–1980s. Her works have been presented in numerous solo and group exhibitions; including Know My Name – Australian Women Artists 1900 to Now, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra and nationwide, 2020-2022, Destination…

‘Some Days My Skin Just Isn’t So Thick’ is a visual art exhibition (1 October – 18 November), with a central focus on resilience. Main themes include: discomfort, perseverance, and survival in the process of challenging adversity – especially for those with migrant heritages, for whom biology, society, culture and…

As a painter and scholar, Reichelt has investigated the shifts from analogue to digital and concrete to virtual with floodlit precision. “My painting practice investigates objects that are in danger of becoming obsolete or are in different states of change. For example, past works have depicted abandoned libraries, archive spaces…

Bronwyn Hill (b.1989) is a Brisbane based painter. Predominantly focusing on portrait and figurative work, Hill is recognized by her photo-real oil paintings that follow a narrative, exploring self-analysis and introspection that are often inspired by moments in solitude. Hill’s use of light and shadow is a recurring feature to…

Ground Work began with a familiar experience – looking out of a plane window at the ground below. This time though, I had quite an unexpectedly emotional response to what I was seeing. At once, beautiful, mesmerising, and heartbreaking to see with such clarity how the imposed geometry cut through…

In the recent works, I have mostly moved away from the more gestural paintings of a couple of years ago and set myself the challenge of making the works tighter, more defined, and more precise and importantly, less complex. The idea is not however to search for some kind of…

rhythm wRites is an immersive exhibition orchestrated by Bigambul artist Leah King-Smith, exploring simultaneity, interconnectivity, rhythm, ethereality, spatiality and sound. Rooted in a decolonising framework, the exhibition features new work produced in collaboration with leading First Nations practitioners from the fields of visual art, music and creative writing: Robert Andrew…

Robert (Tommy) Pau was born in Townsville in 1967 and has cultural connections to Australian Aboriginal people, the Eastern Torres Strait islands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific Islands and Asia. From a young age Tommy was taught to understand and respect the need for keeping culture strong through traditional cultural practices.…

James Barth’s practice explores the themes of trans self-representation and embodiment. Trained as an oil painter, her work extends beyond the traditional through a layered creative process. Using 3D modelling software, Barth first creates stages, props, and avatars rendered in her likeness, and assembles them into detailed digital tableaux. The…

Exhibiting in the Lounge Gallery is Easton Dunne with their installation work, Hail Holy Queen (2023). Dunne’s Hail Holy Queen (2023) applies a queer lens to a childhood time and place where, according to the artist, they “held an acute sense of [their]own queerness and transness but had no language or agency to recognise…

Something Blue is an installation by LeAnne Vincent that draws parallels between the mating patterns of the male satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) and people who use online dating. The male satin bowerbird is well known for its practice of building and decorating a bower to attract females. The bower acts as…

House Conspiracy & Sanctuary of Surrealism present a group exhibition in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Andre Breton’s first Surrealist Manifesto. The influence that a century of Surrealism has had on contemporary life and art is inestimable, and so too are the benefits of the emancipatory tools the movement’s…

Griffith University Art Museum (GUAM) is delighted to present Duty of Care: Part Two in partnership with Institute of Modern Art.   In the art world and in wider culture, there’s a new emphasis on care, focusing on gentle attentiveness and good works, and  a fear of triggering hurt. Care has…

Soft Pressing is an exhibition which investigates and encourages an interaction with surfaces that make up our everyday environments. Through a process pressing paper to walls, footpaths or other surfaces and then rubbing graphite or charcoal, artist Simon Degroot has used ‘frottage’ to record specific places and times. Once each surface…

Each year, the Queensland College of Art and Design (QCAD) hosts a series of innovative and inspiring student-curated exhibitions and presentations featuring the next generation of creative thinkers, as they demonstrate the power and possibility of contemporary art and design. Exhibition Opening: Thursday 24 October 2024 6:00pm – 9:00pm

New Exuberance: contemporary Australian textile design is a major touring exhibition project reflecting on current directions in textile practice through art, design and fashion. Curated by Meryl Ryan in consultation with the JamFactory team, the exhibition presents the work of more than thirty diverse multidisciplinary creatives and includes ten commissioned…

Join us to celebrate the opening of the our exhibition, 52 Actions from 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM on Saturday, 30 November. Artspace’s acclaimed 52 ACTIONS continues its national tour at Redcliffe Art Gallery, featuring works from 52 Australian artists and collectives from each state and territory. As the title suggests,…

June Tupicoff (b.1949, Healesville, Victoria) is a Brisbane based artist whose work focuses on an inherent interest in the Australian landscape. Tupicoff pays particular attention to ‘wallum country’, an ecosystem of coastal south-east Queensland extending into north-eastern New South Wales, characterised by flora-rich shrubland and heathland. Originally an abstractionist, over…

Dylan Bolger is a proud Maiawali, Karuwali, Pitta-Pitta and Gomeroi artist. Bold in his experimentation, he works across a variety of mediums and techniques. Most of his works are hand-drawn and exceptionally detailed, reflecting his background in architecture. As Artist in Residence, Dylan will spend over a month in the…

Pick me is an exhibition by artist Claire Ritchie that celebrates our relationships with ourselves. In 2024 Claire has committed to being her own best mate. Through her art she reflects on personal experiences to champion and strengthen her relationship to herself. You are invited to go on a walk through…

Self-described pop-culture adventurer Jackie Ryan is one of the most superficial people in the universe, or just one of the luckiest? Does she make art, or does she simply keep company with a lot of people who are art? Sure, she’s won some awards for her work – but does…

This October in Galleries 1 and 2, we are presenting Is There a Narrative Going On Here, an exhibition of new and historical works by Peter Kennedy. The exhibition continues Kennedy’s enduring inquiry into the sociopolitical capacity of art. Consisting of predominantly collage-drawings and paintings, the works foreground his ongoing investigation…

Celia Gullett (born 1959) began her art studies at East Sydney Technical College in 1979, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1984. At that stage she didn’t feel sufficiently “worldly” to become an exhibiting artist. In the years to follow she experienced many things, including marriage and children,…

Adriane Strampp is a Melbourne-based contemporary artist. Her current work explores earlier concerns, pared down to core elements both in subject matter and colour, examining the subtleties and nuances of memory and experience through poetic imagery and personal mythology. Image: Temporal space (and the weight of silence), 2024, oil on…

‘Suburban Sublime’ explores how artists have used photography to interpret the Australian suburbs. The exhibition brings together works that pause to reflect on everyday settings, places, and people, imbuing them with aesthetic, historical, and emotional significance.   Image: Tracey Moffatt, Australia b.1960 / Picturesque Cherbourg no.1 (from ‘Picturesque Cherbourg’ series within the…

Join us to hear from internationally regarded researcher and Yidinji Elder, the Honorary Professor Henrietta Marrie AM, as she shares the story of Lani Mulgrave Blair (1883-1900). Lani’s story traverses major themes in our shared history: stolen children, frontier wars, colonial displacement, and assimilation policies. He exists beyond his moment…

Walking: That’s my job, walking and waiting — Johnny Staccato Over four years, returning to an anonymous section of wall in an antechamber of a shopping centre in northern Melbourne; standing still, filming, and awaiting the late movements and last light of the day. ​ Image: Christian Capurro, Epping Lock…

Scott Breton is a figurative fine artist from Brisbane, Australia. After completing a science degree (BSc (Genetics) University of Queensland) and contemplating a career in biotechnology, Scott committed fully to pursuing art, continuing a classically leaning arts education and practise begun much earlier. In 2012 Scott won the highly contested…

The Carbon_Dating  exhibition presents a series of artwork-based experiments that aim to generate interest in Australia’s often endangered native grasses. The exhibition tracks how the project assembled six teams of scientists, artists, growers and First Nations informants across Queensland from Miles, Gold Coast, Somerset, Samford Valley, Sunshine Coast and Cairns during…

Fashion, art, design, science and technology collide in the world of endlessly innovative and internationally acclaimed Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen. Exclusive to Brisbane, this exhibition is an immersive sensory exploration of her practice with close to 100 garments in conversation with contemporary artworks, natural history specimens and cultural…

The Cairns Indigenous Art Fair’s Big Sculpture touring exhibition is a captivating showcase, presenting the cultural talents of emerging and prominent artists. The exhibition promises an immersive visual journey through the diverse narratives woven by Indigenous artists, transcending boundaries and embracing a rich tapestry of perspectives. At the heart of this exhibition…

Don’t worry about the snakes, an exhibition of 19 oil paintings on both linen and canvas by Mt. Glorious-based artist, Yvonne Mill-Stanley, is the latest iteration of the artist’s fascination with her longstanding subject matter, grass. Tasmanian artist, Milan Milojevic’s exhibition of limited-edition, primarily multi-panelled series’, including new black and…

Nick Olsen is a Brisbane based painter who is interested in the built environment and how our living spaces reflect our cultural sensibilities through different times in our history. He uses a focus on light, tone and colour to elicit an emotional response and a sense of “place” in his…

There’s no hiding in Richard Lewer’s world. But it’s OK. In confrontation with the extremes he relishes probing in his artworks – a full gamut of wonders and terrors; gaffes, guffaws and unbearable griefs – we feel safe with him. Disarmed. He understands there’s companionship in sharing confidences. Without judgement,…

The works in this exhibition were primarily created during three residencies and through my involvement with Turps London School of Art in 2023/2024. Each piece is distinctly influenced by the place where it was made, yet when viewed together, they form a cohesive body of work. At the core of…

Michael Georgetti’s practice encompasses painting, sculpture, and installation.  His approach is characterised by three-dimensional conceptual paintings with an anthropological quality, offering a critique of the politics of display. He eschews traditional hanging methods, incorporating gleaming silver and brass frames that playfully interact the paintings they contain – often acting as…