Featuring APA artist Bronwyn Hack, the Melbourne Sculpture Biennale 2026: Soft Systems considers the complex and interconnected systems that shape contemporary life. The participating artists’ diverse approaches offer different ways of critically examining these systems, and their impact on people, culture and the environment. Their works reveal systems as both tangible and intangible: structures that organise our lives, distribute resources and power, shape identities and influence our relationships with one another and the environment.
In dialogue with Billilla’s architecture, history and landscape, Soft Systems considers sculpture as a form of storytelling – one capable of making complex systems visible, material and spatial. The exhibition offers a broad survey of contemporary sculptural practice in Naarm/Melbourne while inviting audiences to consider the often-unseen forces and connections that shape the world around us.
Featuring:
Andrew Atchison
Lauren Berkowitz
Francis Carmody
Mikala Dwyer
Hannah Gartside
Mira Gojak
Bronwyn Hack
Naoise Halloran-Mackay
Lou Hubbard
Kait James
Christopher Langton
Jenna Mayilema Lee
Chris Madden
Beth Maslen
Glenda Nicholls
Nabilah Nordin
Nicholas Smith
Sebastian Temple
Isadora Vaughan
Paul Yore
Melbourne Sculpture Biennale 2026 is proudly presented with the support of our Principal Partner, Bayside City Council.
Accessibility
Wheelchair accessible
Billilla Mansion is accessible via a compliant access ramp.
Billilla Gardens can be entered from both Halifax Street and Hall Street. The entrance from Hall Street is via an uneven bluestone path. The entrances on Halifax Street are via a more even surface.
Accessible bathrooms and baby change facilities are located on site.
If you have any questions about access, please contact us via info@melbournesculpturebiennale.com
