“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.” - Carl Sagan, Cosmos
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“Soft Pressing by Brisbane based artist, Simon Degroot, is an exhibition that investigates and encourages interaction with surfaces that make up our everyday environments.”
Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery
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ABC Brisbane Radio interview with Dylan Jones and with Rebecca Levingston, ‘Line of Sight’ exhibition.
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Kellie O’Dempsey is showing in Noosa Regional Gallery for her exhibition ‘She Does (working title)’ between 2 December 2023 - 18 February 2024. She Does (working title) gives visual form to the memory and experience of the liminal space between dying and death. In caring for someone exiting this life, Kellie O’Dempsey felt like they..
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Congratulations to Ian Friend who is a finalist in the Queensland Regional Art Awards (QRAA) 2023 with the work Freycinit. The Queensland Regional Art Awards (QRAA) is an annual visual arts prize and exhibition for established and emerging artists living in regional and remote Queensland with a record prize pool of over $140,000…
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Congratulations to Andrew Browne and Karla Marchesi whose works are finalists in the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize 2023. Held every two years, the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize attracts some of Australia’s most accomplished artists, awarding a generous acquisitive cash prize of $50,000.
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Intimate Immensity is an exhibition of works by Ian Friend opens at The Condensery, Somerset Regional Art Gallery. On exhibition at The Condensery, Somerset Regional Art Gallery from 7 October - 3 December 2023.
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Congratulations to Joachim Froese, whose work Paolo and Po, was selected for the Brisbane Portrait Prize. Joachim Froese’s work was selected by 2023 finalist judges: Dr Holly Arden, Art educator, curator, author, and former Interim..
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Congratulations to Arryn Snowball, whose work Square Sun, 2022 has been selected for the 2023 Fraser Coast National Art Prize, Girra.
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“Christanto selflessly seeks solace for the innumerable victims of this tragedy memorialising the friends, family and strangers lost in time.“
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The James C Sourris AM Collection of Artist Interviews consists of interviews with significant Australian artists and figures in the art world that provides insight and context to the practice of some of our most respected artists..
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Ian Friend’s solo exhibition Intimate Immensity on exhibition at the University of the Sunshine Coast 10 June - 12 August 2023.
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Congratulations to Jacinta Giles, who work For the birds?, 2022 has been selected as a finalist for the Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize.
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The King’s School Art Prize is a $20,000 acquisitive award presented to the artist judged the best contemporary artwork, created by an artist resident in Australia and represented by a commercial gallery, supporting both the artists and the fine arts industry.
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‘Australian Abstract’ is a vivid survey of over forty contemporary Australian abstract painters by curator and bestselling author Amber Creswell Bell. An explosion of creative expression and gestural force, Australian Abstract explores the constantly..
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Congratulations to Aaron Perkins, whose works Termini (Rockwell Subtractive), 2022 and Termini (Rockwell Subtractive), 2022 were selected for the Omnia Art Prize.
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Congratulations to Angela Brennan and David Fenoglio for being selected for the 2023 Archibald Prize. The Archibald is one of the most important and prestigious prizes in Australian art.
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Angela Brennan has been selected as a finalist for the 2023 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize. Brennan’s work Lounging in the doorway of two worlds at once (again) was selected for the exhibition by acclaimed artist, and Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize Patron, Jennifer Turpin.
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MCA Collection: Eight Artists presents recent acquisitions alongside MCA Collection favourites and works shown at the MCA for the first time. Judith Wright’s work Relative Conversations is included alongside other works by eight significant Australian artists represented in the MCA Collection
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The gallery is delighted to see the donation of ‘Cybele’ by the late Robyn Daw, artist, curator, and educator in the QUT Art Museum. The donation was made by Dexter Daw Friend and Ian Friend in memory of the late Robyn Daw.
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