Platform 2026 is the Institute of Modern Art’s annual exhibition supporting emerging Queensland artists through the development of ambitious new projects. The exhibition presents new works by Dean Ansell, Spencer Harvie, and Seren Wagstaff, showcasing diverse contemporary practices across installation, performance, sound, and painting.
Dean Ansell’s practice draws on Melanesian mythologies and rituals, exploring cultural heritage and diasporic experience through installation, sound, and performance. Spencer Harvie investigates surreal and unsettling dimensions of online and fan subcultures, blending found, AI-generated, and imagined imagery. Seren Wagstaff works with installation and performance to examine working-class cultures and the queer subtexts embedded within everyday life.
Together, the exhibition highlights bold new voices and experimental approaches emerging from Queensland’s contemporary art scene.
Image: Dean Ansell ‘Ḡatu Ḡatu: Tidal Bloodlines’ 2026
