2023 EXHIBITIONS

MADE YOU LOOK! PAINTINGS BY GEOFF WALLIS

FRI 1 DEC 2023 - FRI 23 MAR 2024

Ballarat artist Geoff Wallis presents his recent series of paintings in the exhibition, Made You Look! Informed by his extensive knowledge of art history and contemporary art issues and ideas, the subject of Wallis’ paintings is art itself. Read more: MADE YOU LOOK! PAINTINGS BY GEOFF WALLIS >

An abstract sculptural ceramic work

EYE: END OF YEAR EXHIBITION 2023

SAT 11 NOV - SAT 25 NOV 2023

This important annual End of Year Exhibition (EYE) showcases work created by graduating students from Federation University’s Bachelor of Visual Arts, Ballarat, and Bachelor of Fine Arts, Gippsland. For our emerging regional artists, EYE is the culmination of their studies; a showcase of the skills, concepts and level of understanding acquired throughout their degree course. Read more: EYE: END OF YEAR EXHIBITION 2023 >

Photo of Tim Page standing in front of portrait dressed as a war photographer

FUCKED UP FOTOS: STEPHEN DUPONT (AUS) BALLARAT INTERNATIONAL FOTO BIENNALE

26 AUG - 22 OCT 2023

Stephen Dupont's photographic mishaps celebrate chance and imperfection in Fucked Up Fotos. The series spans thirty years, five continents and more than a dozen countries, including Afghanistan, Papua New Guinea, China, and Romania. Read more: FUCKED UP FOTOS: STEPHEN DUPONT (AUS) BALLARAT INTERNATIONAL FOTO BIENNALE >

Peta Kalisperis A geometric graphic design with repeated intersecting motifs

BENCHMARK23: UNDERGRADUATE VISUAL ARTS

WED 26 JUL - SUN 13 AUG 2023

An important annual Arts Academy Visual Arts’ undergraduate students’ exhibition, BENCHMARK showcases a rich mix of contemporary approaches completed individually and collaboratively across a diverse mix of studio areas. Read more: BENCHMARK23: UNDERGRADUATE VISUAL ARTS >

A stylised figure of a man dancing upside down

MARRA-NARRAP LAKORRA : UNDER BLUE SKIES

WED 21 JUN - SUN 9 JUL 2023

Through a unique collaboration between Federation TAFE’s visual arts program, H.M.Prison Langi Kal Kal and Hopkins Correctional Centre, select First Nations Indigenous artists present their recent work. Read more: MARRA-NARRAP LAKORRA : UNDER BLUE SKIES >

A painted view of Ballarat's CBD in 1998

ROOM WITH A VIEW: ASPECTS & PERSPECTIVES

WED 17 MAY - FRI 2 JUN 2023

Showcasing a unique selection of works of art from Federation University’s Art Collection. Read more: ROOM WITH A VIEW: ASPECTS & PERSPECTIVES >

detail of found object elements within a perspex box

SCOPE23: ARTS ACADEMY LECTURERS & ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE

WED 5 APR - FRI 28 APR 2023

An important annual Federation University Arts Academy exhibition, this year SCOPE showcases highly skilled work created by Visual Art lecturers and artists-in residence, based at Ballarat and Gippsland campus, who sustain an ongoing rigorous artistic practice across a broad range of disciplines including ceramics, painting, printmaking, sculpture, performance art, drawing, photography and digital media. Read more: SCOPE23: ARTS ACADEMY LECTURERS & ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE >

An interior view of a plush glamorous penthouse apartment

KENNETH KRONBERGER: BEHOLD THE ANIMATED DIORAMA!

WED 1 MAR – FRI 17 MAR 2023

Through an investigation into the historically intriguing, silent and static miniaturised world of the diorama and the contemporary art of animation, Kenneth Kronberger’s new work and PhD examination exhibition integrates these intriguing imagined formats, creating his own metamorphised ‘worlds’ and fantastical illusionistic spaces. Read more: KENNETH KRONBERGER: BEHOLD THE ANIMATED DIORAMA! >