2015 EXHIBITIONS
WALL | PAPER
2 Dec 2015 – 30 Jan 2016
Kim Anderson, Loris Button, Tarli Glover, Trudi Harley, Debbie Hill, Cody Joy. Drawing inspiration from aspects of the external world, each artists' work is triggered by personal emotional responses, translated onto paper, evoking themes of landscape, fate, memory and loss. Read more: WALL | PAPER >
ERIN MCCUSKEY: LUXVILLE DELUSION
Wed 28 Oct – Sat 28 Nov 2015
With a love of pop, colour and the unusual, Erin McCuskey engages audiences through storytelling and cinematic styling. Using film, photography, narrative, projection and performance. Read more: ERIN MCCUSKEY: LUXVILLE DELUSION >
WENDY BOLGER: JOURNEYING ALONG FENCE LINES
Wed 30 Sep – Sat 24 Oct 2015
Wendy Bolger’s art-making continues to engage through the notion of the frame, seeking a deeper appreciation of the landscape as a cultural construct. Read more: WENDY BOLGER: JOURNEYING ALONG FENCE LINES >
BALLARAT INTERNATIONAL FOTO BIENNALE 2015 CORE PROGRAM
Sat 22 Aug – Sun 20 Sep 2015
Sam Harris started his career in London in1990 photographing editorial portraits and sleeve art for numerous recording artists. His art practice evolved into one of London’s leading young portrait and reportage photographers, regularly shooting international assignments for leading UK publications, record labels and design studios. Read more: BALLARAT INTERNATIONAL FOTO BIENNALE 2015 CORE PROGRAM >
LARAINE PETERS: THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY
WED 15 JUL – SAT 25 JUL 2015
Laraine Peters’ recent drawn studies express her interest in the analysis of Stromatolites that date back some 3.5 billion years and Cyanobacteria, believed to be the progenitors of all life forms on earth. Read more: LARAINE PETERS: THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY >
BENCHMARK 2015 Undergraduate Visual Arts
Wed 29 Jul – Sat 16 Aug 2015
Undergraduate Visual Arts students studying at the Arts Academy, Faculty of Education & Arts, Federation University Australia, will present their current work, in the Gallery’s special annual exhibition, showcasing the creativity, skill and talent of the next generation of visual artists. Read more: BENCHMARK 2015 Undergraduate Visual Arts >
CODY JOY: MEETING POINT
Wed 10 Jun – Sat 11 Jul 2015
Drawing is recognised as a direct and sensitive method of revealing the artist’s state of being. It is an immediate form of expression that reveals its own process of creation, moment to moment as it is made. Therefore, drawing suits an exploration of self in its ever changing, moment to moment state of development and has been used to combine, record and express different aspects of experience. Read more: CODY JOY: MEETING POINT >
GUIRGUIS NEW ART PRIZE (GNAP)
Sat 11 Apr - Sun 31 May 2015
The Guirguis New Art Prize (GNAP) is a national acquisitive $20,000 contemporary art prize which presents a selection of Australia's most exciting contemporary artists with works that explore and embrace new ways of artistic expression, utilising existing mediums and new technologies in innovative ways. Read more: GUIRGUIS NEW ART PRIZE (GNAP) >
Nóırín O’ Síocháın: A Relic of Memories
Wed 11 Mar - Sat 21 Mar 2015
In her upcoming Masters Examination exhibition, Relic of Memories, Noirin presents a series of watercolours on paper that act as an exposition into memory, nostalgia and longing as it relates to the potency and symbolism of place. Read more: Nóırín O’ Síocháın: A Relic of Memories >
SCOPE15: Arts Academy visual arts staff and research associates
Wed 4 Feb - Sat 7 Mar 2015
In the Post Office Gallery’s important annual visual arts exhibition, in 2015 SCOPE promises to present a rich cross-section of work by practicing visual artists who lecture in the visual arts in art history, painting, drawing, graphic design, printmaking and ceramics at the Arts Academy or undertake significant roles as visual arts research associates. Read more: SCOPE15: Arts Academy visual arts staff and research associates >