OCCURRENT AFFAIR: proppaNOW
13th February – 19th June
UQ Art Museum
OCCURRENT AFFAIR is a major exhibition featuring new and recent works by Brisbane-based Aboriginal artist collective…
Colleen Sam: My story – the unbroken spirit of the Kalkadoons
23rd April - 5th June
Logan Art Gallery
Artist Colleen Sam (Ngungurnnumma Kalkadoon) and designer Keith Weribone (Mandandanji) together form Moonks Indigenous Art…
HYPERLOCAL: Indigenous Art Program
7th - 30th May
Brisbane City Council’s Outdoor Gallery
The Indigenous Art Program transforms Brisbane’s streets into an exhibition of Aboriginal artworks. The artworks…
CTRL ALT DEL presents SHIFT
24th - 30th May
Mayne Line Studio
A pop-up art exhibition featuring First Nations, Pasifika and, culturally and linguistically diverse artists. CTRL…
Dan Molloy ft The Runway Movement: Silenced in the Shadows
20th May - 13th June
Brisbane Powerhouse
Silenced in the Shadows (photographed by Dan Molloy, curated by Ella Ganza, the founder of…
Weapons For The Soldier
12th March - 15th May
Redcliffe Art Gallery
A major exhibition bringing together Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian artists to examine complex themes of…
Queensland Aboriginal Creations: Agency and Legacy
Until 18th June
UQ Anthropology Museum
There is no doubt that the story of Queensland Aboriginal Creations (QAC) is a provocative…
Now & Then: Works from Papunya Tula Artists 1974-2020
26th March - 2nd May
FireWorks Gallery
The Papunya Tula Art Movement began in 1971 when a school teacher, Geoffrey Bardon, encouraged…
Michael Cook: Natures Mortes
17th March – 1st May
Andrew Baker Art Dealer
In this new series, Michael Cook moves into the art-historical tradition of still life, while…
Ngale Sisters
7th April - 8th May
Mitchell Fine Art
Soft pastel hues and multiple layers of colourings form the common thread in an Aboriginal…
First Nations Curators in Conversation
21st May, 1:00pm
Griffith University Art Museum (Online)
Join Wanda Nanibush, Brenda Croft, Megan Tamati-Quennell & Rea Saunders in conversation with Shannon Brett…
Keemon Williams: How to Beat a Dead Horse
7th - 22nd May
Kuiper
How to Beat a Dead Horse is a solo exhibition of new work by local artist…
Body Line and Now & Then: Works from Papunya
27th March - 1st May
Fireworks Gallery
Bringing together a diverse and highly accomplished repertoire of artists, group shows Body Line and…
Elisa Jane Carmichael: Present Surroundings
26th March - 24th April
Onespace Gallery
Onespace Gallery is pleased to present Quandamooka artist, Elisa Jane Carmichael’s latest solo show, Present Surroundings. This…
Portrait of an Artist: Laurie Nilsen Retrospective
14th April, 6.30pm
State Library Queensland
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this event may contain stories and…
Unfinished Business: The Art of Gordon Bennett
7th November - 21st March
Gallery of Modern Art
‘Unfinished Business: The Art of Gordon Bennett’ is the first large-scale exhibition of Bennett’s oeuvre…
Threads
22nd June - 21st February
Queensland Museum
Threads showcases a stunning collection of fashion and art from Aboriginal Quandamooka artist Elisa Jane Carmichael.…
Old Shields, New Ways
5th February - 13th March
Onespace Gallery
Old Shields New Ways will feature artworks by four Indigenous artists from Tropical North Queensland; Michael…
Robert Andrew: Inscribed
6th - 27th February
Milani Gallery
In this exhibition Robert Andrew presents three new site-specific works across Galleries 1 and 2.…
Mia Boe: Black Devil
30th January, 6:30 - 9:30pm
Open House Collective
A series of paintings looking at the Queensland Native Police and other works that respond…
In Her Hands
7th December - 15th January
Art from the Margins Gallery & Studios
In Her Hands. Strong Women Talking, Marigurim Mubi Yangu Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander group presents In Her Hands. Her…
Manggan – gather, gathers, gathering
19th December 6th February
Caboolture Regional Art Gallery
Emerging from the rainforest canopy of Far North Queensland and a culture spanning countless generations,…
Karla Dickens: SOS
Until December, 2020
Andrew Baker Art Dealer
Karla Dickens, Wiradjuri painter, was born in Sydney in 1967. Dickens enrolled in Life Drawing…
Long Water: Fibre Stories
5th September – 19th December
Institute of Modern Art
long water: fibre stories illuminates spiritual, ancestral, and physical connections to water through fibre practices of…
INFRACTIONS
18th September–19th December
Institute of Modern Art
Premiering in Australia at the IMA is INFRACTIONS, a feature length video installation in dialogue with…
Cleverman
26th September - 5th December
Caboolture Regional Art Gallery
Cleverman stormed onto ABC TV in 2016 as a dystopian sci-fi with a difference. With predominantly…
Samantha Hobson & Ronnie Tjampitjinpa
23rd October – 28th November
Fireworks Gallery
Samantha Hobson’s (Lockhart River, FNQ) solo show Fracture will be featured in the mezzanine gallery…
Reading Bennett: The Artist in his Own Words
14th November, 10:30am - 11:30am
Online Event
Join the launch of Gordon Bennett: Selected Writings with an online event, presented by Power Publications. Gordon Bennett: Selected Writings is…
Imants Tillers: Terra Nullius
17th October - 14th November
Milani Gallery
This exhibition presents a suite of new paintings by Imants Tillers centered around Terra nullius, the…
Blak Curatorial Exchange
Blaklash has partnered with Metro Arts to deliver a professional development program for Aboriginal and Torres…
KWM Contemporary First Nations Art Award
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) is delighted to announce the 29 Aboriginal and Torres Strait…
PATTERN & PLACE
7th - 14th November
Metro Arts
An exhibition of contemporary works exploring lines and journeys and journey lines, movement, rhythm, routines…
In Conversation: IMANTS TILLERS
14th November, 4:00 - 6:00pm
Milani Gallery
Join us at the gallery for a conversation between Imants Tillers and Prof. Ian McLean…
First
5th September - 31st October
Redcliffe Art Gallery
South East Queensland is a testing ground for many Australian First Nations artists. It is…
Melissa Stannard: Fragments of Remembering
3rd August - 30th September
Queensland State Archives
Fragments of Remembering is a new body of work by Yuwaalaraay, Gamilaraay and Koama artist…
Richard Bell: White Lies Matter
5th – 26th September
Milani Gallery
This exhibition will present new paintings by Richard Bell made over the past two years,…