Lemon Myrtle

Benalla Art Gallery and Arts Project Australia proudly present Lemon Myrtle – a Winter Gallery Shop exhibition by George Aristovoulou.

George Aristovoulou is an emerging artist who works with pencil, ink and gouache on paper. His style exemplifies figurative abstraction, where he carefully segments the picture plane, creating broad linear strips that incorporate figurative elements. His colours seamlessly blend together, lending a dream-like quality to the imagery he carefully constructs.

Aristovoulou has worked at Arts Project Australia since 2011. He has exhibited in numerous group exhibitions and presented his first solo Fervent Response, virtually in 2020. His work is held in private collections throughout Australia.

Benalla Art Gallery has full wheelchair access via a ramp entrance at the front of the building.  The café deck and floor can also be accessed via a ramp.

Disabled toilets and infant facilities are also available within the building.

Figures from Life

Figures from Life brings together a collection of works created during Arts Project Australia’s in-house life drawing sessions. These sessions, offered without formal instruction, invite artists to engage freely with the human form – guided not by rules or tradition, but by instinct, imagination and personal vision.

The exhibition showcases the diversity of expression that arises when artists are empowered to follow their own paths. From Jenny Ngo’s expressive Fursona series, which blends identity and fantasy, to Peter Ben’s strikingly distorted figures that challenge conventional anatomy, each work offers a unique interpretation of what it means to see – and to represent – the human body.

Featuring works by Amani Tia, Chris Mason, Georgia Szmerling, Hugo Sierakowski, Jenny Ngo, Jordan Dymke, Josef Power, Lisa Reid, Mark Smith, Matthew Gove, Miles Howard-Wilks, Oscar Donati, Paul Hodges, Peter Ben, Rakhi James, Rebecca Scibilia, Samantha Ashdown, and Valerio Ciccone.

Curated by Oscar Donati and Ben Walsh.

Please note this show is at the Northcote Project Space, located in Arts Project Australia’s studio in Northcote, not the Collingwood Yards Gallery.

The Northcote Project Space is located in Arts Project Australia’s studio foyer.

The studio is a two-story wheelchair accessible building.

The second story is accessible via lift or stairs.

Wheelchair accessible and gender-neutral toilets available on site.

The Northcote Project Space and studio can be a noisy place. Those with audio sensory sensitivities are recommended to bring ear protection.

Service animals and guide dogs welcome.

Social pets are unable to be inside the studio.

The Fall of Icarus

The Fall of Icarus is an ambitious new solo exhibition by Michael Camakaris, exploring the cycles of power, collapse, and consequence. Drawing from cultural references such as Greek mythology, the poetry of Sylvia Plath, and Danny Boyle’s sci-fi thriller film Sunshine, this immersive, multi-disciplinary installation dissects the perils of excess and pride in the contemporary moment.

At its core is the myth of Icarus—a timeless warning against unchecked arrogance. In his reimagining, Camakaris transforms this allegory into a meditation on the rise and fall of empires, past and present. Through sound, light, video, and sculptural installation, The Fall of Icarus exposes the fragility of economic, environmental, and political systems, revealing the patterns of excess and decline that shape our world today.

Curated by Liz Nowell.

Please note this exhibition features the following:

Low lighting: Please note this exhibition uses low lighting, which may be challenging for visitors with low vision.

Sound components: The exhibition includes sound-based elements that may affect those with audio sensitivities. It is recommended to wear headphones if you wish to control the audio levels. Earmuffs are available for visitors should you require them.

Video components: This exhibition features projected video and LED lighting elements that may cause discomfort for individuals with visual sensitivities.

Visitor monitoring: To help ensure your safety and assist with any accessibility needs, there is a camera in the space. Please rest assured that you are not being recorded—this camera simply alerts gallery staff when visitors are present.

The Arts Project Australia gallery has accessible toilets in the Perry Street Building. They are in the northern end of the building. On the upper ground level, they are located off the northern side of the service corridor. On L1 and L2 they are located behind blue manual double doors.

Entry 30A Perry Street is wheelchair accessible and offers direct access to the Courtyard, Perry Street Building upper ground and Johnston Street Building upper ground.

Lift access is available to visit other buildings and levels.

If you have any additional questions or need further accommodations, please contact us on (03) 9482 4484 or at gallery@artsproject.org.au

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In My Prime

Sullivan+Strumpf present In My Prime, featuring Arts Project Australia artists Julian Martin and Chris Mason. This exhibition features a curated selection of artworks from artists at an exciting moment in their careers. Chosen for their unique perspectives and diverse practices, the exhibition presents a range of mediums, styles, and subject matter – reflecting the dynamism of contemporary art.

While these artists may not yet be at the pinnacle of their careers, they are undeniably in a prime position—ready to be discovered, explored and celebrated. The title itself is a playful nod to the courage and vulnerability required to participate in the arts, and a reflection on the evolving nature of artistic careers. It’s a celebration of potential, progress, and the thrill of what’s to come.

Our intention is not just to showcase new works but to build meaningful relationships within Melbourne’s creative community — connecting artists, collectors, and enthusiasts alike. It’s about sparking new conversations, embracing potential, taking risks, and celebrating the journey.

In My Prime features work from Jess Cochrane, Emma Creasey, Nick Currie, Angus Gardiner, Naoise Halloran-Mackay, Julian Martin (APA), Chris Mason (APA) and Stefan Mau.

For wheelchair access, Sullivan+Strumpf provide a ramp and a roller door leading into the gallery space. The bathroom is fully accessible, equipped with handrails.

For additional information on accessibility please contact Sullivan+Strumpf on Phone: +61 3 7046 6489 or Email: art@sullivanstrumpf.com

Organs

Arts Project Australia is pleased to share Organs, a solo show of artworks by Bronwyn Hack presented by Daine Singer, Melbourne.

Bronwyn Hack is a Naarm/ Melbourne-based artist, who has worked with Arts Project Australia since 2011. Hack’s practice is multi-faceted, spanning sculpture, painting, printmaking and ceramics. Throughout her career, Hack has consistently explored two main themes involving animals, as well as the body and bones. In Organs, Hack has elaborated on her representation of body parts in both sculpture and painting. Through textiles, Hack creates soft sculpture representations of body organs, preferencing the heart. The organs combine a highly unusual approach to self-portraiture, with a decorative celebration of what is normally unseen. She elaborately embellishes each work with brightly coloured threads, faux fur, beads, and sequins, adding a playful, tactile quality to the works.

Bronwyn Hack has held two solo exhibitions at APA in 2016 and 2020. Hack was an Artist in Residence at the Australian Tapestry Workshop in 2018 and her work has been exhibited there in 2019 and 2024. Other recent group exhibitions include at Tarrawarra Museum of Art, Melbourne Art Fair, Bendigo Art Gallery, Arts Project Australia, Linden New Art, The Substation, Australian Tapestry Workshop, Horsham Regional Gallery, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst Regional Gallery, Logan Art Gallery, Deakin University Art Gallery, ANU School of Art & Design Gallery, Benalla Art Gallery, Bunjil Place Gallery, West Space and Craft Victoria.

The gallery spaces are wheelchair accessible except for the bathroom. Daine Singer advises that the closest wheelchair accessible bathroom is at Barkly Square. For additional information please contact Daine Singer at info@dainesinger.com

Metropolis

The future city—a speculative urban metropolis shaped by science and technology—was a widely explored theme during the twentieth century. However, very few of these megacities ever came to fruition, and even fewer of those realised models were successful. Although certain elements of the metropolis have actualised and continue into the current day. Looking back upon the concept of the future city, there are numerous disconnects between what was proposed and what came to be.

The works in Metropolis respond to the fantasy modernist city as a multifaceted site upon which various narratives and emotions have been projected, while also exploring the relationship of those models to the present.

Featuring
Michael Camakaris
Samraing Chea
Diena Georgetti, courtesy of  the artist and Neon Parc, Melbourne
Jordan Halsall
Matthew Harris, courtesy of the artist and FUTURES, Melbourne
Lei Lei Kung
Sammi-Jo Matta
Steven Perrette
Gavin Porter
Cathy Staughton
Darren Sylvester, courtesy of the artist and Neon Parc, Melbourne
Mia Boe, courtesy of the artist Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
Terry Williams

Curated by Amelia Winata.

The Arts Project Australia gallery has accessible toilets in the Perry Street Building. They are located in the northern end of the building. On the upper ground level they are located off the northern side of the service corridor. On L1 and L2 they are located behind blue manual double doors.

Entry 30A Perry Street is wheelchair accessible and offers direct access to the Courtyard, Perry Street Building upper ground and Johnston Street Building upper ground.

Lift access is available to visit other buildings and levels.

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Magpie and Mates

Benalla Art Gallery and Arts Project Australia proudly present Magpie and Mates – an Autumn Gallery Shop exhibition by Miles Howard-Wilks.

Miles Howard-Wilks is a mid-career artist who specialises in painting, ceramics, photography, digital art and zines. His work features dynamic and surreal landscapes and seascapes with recurring motifs of iconic Australian animals, landmarks and transport.

Howard-Wilks has worked at Arts Project since 2000 and has presented three solo exhibitions. He has exhibited in national and international group exhibitions and has work in the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, Museum of Contemporary Art and City of Melbourne collection, as well as private collections worldwide.

Benalla Art Gallery has full wheelchair access via a ramp entrance at the front of the building.  The café deck and floor can also be accessed via a ramp.

Disabled toilets and infant facilities are also available within the building.

So Fresh

So Fresh is an exhibition celebrating the dynamic and diverse voices of new and emerging artists from the Arts Project Australia studio. Featuring a range of recent works, this exhibition highlights the unique perspectives and creative energy flourishing within the studio community.

So Fresh showcases the vibrant talent and innovative practices shaping the next generation of Arts Project Australia.

Featuring: Heide Beard, Max Cheevers, Tycho Dahlstrom, Jakob Demirel, Alessandra DiMattina, Sam Forster, Barbara Gibbs, Matthew Lam, David Mendelson, Mark Patterson, Darcy Scott, Molika Silk and Jade Tomsic.

Please note this show is at the Northcote Project Space, located in Arts Project Australia’s studio in Northcote, not the Collingwood Yards Gallery.

The Northcote Project Space is located in Arts Project Australia’s studio foyer.

The studio is a two-story wheelchair accessible building.

The second story is accessible via lift or stairs.

Wheelchair accessible and gender-neutral toilets available on site.

The Northcote Project Space and studio can be a noisy place. Those with audio sensory sensitivities are recommended to bring ear protection.

Service animals and guide dogs welcome.

Social pets are unable to be inside the studio.

Devoted To You

Devoted to You celebrates the musical icons that have captured the imaginations of artists at Arts Project Australia.

Music has always been a vital part of the studio, with artists driving the studio’s playlist with special requests and well-loved tunes spanning all genres and decades. From record obsessives to dedicated superfans, impersonators and everything in between, Devoted To You explores the devout and passionate world of music fandom in all its feverish glory.

Featuring APA artists Adrian Lazzaro, Alan Constable, Amani Tia, Andrew Nicholaides, Anthony Romagnano, Bronwyn Hack, Cameron Gresswell, Cathy Staughton, Christian Semertzidis, Danny Lyons, Dionne Canzano, James Dawes, Lee Dight, Lisa Reid, Martin Forster, Nick Capaldo, Paul Quick, Peter Ben, Rakhi James, Ruth Howard, Sammi-Jo Matta, Steven Ajzenberg, Steven Perette, Timothy Noble, Tycho Dahlstrom, Valerio Ciccone and William Murray. 

Curated by James Dawes, Carolyn Hawkins and Danielle Hakim.

The Arts Project Australia gallery has accessible toilets in the Perry Street Building. They are located in the northern end of the building. On the upper ground level they are located off the northern side of the service corridor. On L1 and L2 they are located behind blue manual double doors.

Entry 30A Perry Street is wheelchair accessible and offers direct access to the Courtyard, Perry Street Building upper ground and Johnston Street Building upper ground.

Lift access is available to visit other buildings and levels.

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Japan Photo Book is a series of five works by Arts Project Australia artist Rebecca Scibilia drawing on memories of her time in Japan.

Scibilia employs a variety of media in her practise, focusing primarily on felt-tip and paint pens. Finding inspiration in personal experiences and popular culture, she conveys personal or collective memories through abstract forms, often weaving visual references, motifs and text into the imagery. In Japan Photo Book, each piece captures a moment in time, inspired by photographs taken throughout the trip. Characterised by assured patternmaking, the works are at once reflective and electric.

Scibilia has been an artist at the Arts Project Australia studio since 1999. Founded in 1974, Arts Project Australia is a gallery and supported studio that represents artists with intellectual disabilities, promotes their work, and advocates for their inclusion in contemporary art practice. For 50 years, APA has been recognised and celebrated for the quality of the work produced by the artists in the studio, which is exhibited in the APA gallery and around the world and represented in multiple public and private collections.

For step-free access, follow the footpath from The Substation along Market St to Newport train station, approximately 340 metres.

2024 Annual Gala Celebration

In this special 50th anniversary Gala Exhibition, the achievements of APA studio and online artists are celebrated, highlighting their unique contributions to contemporary art. Over 200 artworks, including paintings, photography, drawings, printmaking, ceramics, and textiles, will be on display and available for purchase. Collectors have the opportunity to purchase artwork at the opening event and take it home the same night.

This year the event will span across Collingwood Yards, with an additional exhibit onsite showcasing APA’s video archive, and a series of portraits of APA artists by Penelope Hunt. APA’s new 50th anniversary publication and merchandise will also be available.

The Arts Project Australia gallery has accessible toilets in the Perry Street Building. They are located in the northern end of the building. On the upper ground level they are located off the northern side of the service corridor. On L1 and L2 they are located behind blue manual double doors.

Entry 30A Perry Street is wheelchair accessible and offers direct access to the Courtyard, Perry Street Building upper ground and Johnston Street Building upper ground.

Lift access is available to visit other buildings and levels.

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Benalla Art Gallery and Arts Project Australia proudly present Ethereal Portals — a Summer Gallery Shop exhibition by Fulli Andrinopoulos.

Fulli Andrinopoulos is an established artist whose work is characterised by soft, floating circular forms and saturated colours that exude an intensity through the build-up of dense layers of rich pigment.

Her small-scale paintings are tactile and ethereal, embodying an emotive quality akin to that of artist Mark Rothko. Recent textile works on ink-soaked fabric feature dense applications of coloured thread. Her collections – often presented en masse in grids or floating across a wall – are intimate, with a sense of transcendence and the unknown.

Andrinopoulos has worked at Arts Project since 1991. Public collections include Monash University Museum of Art. Her work is also held in national and international private and corporate collections.

Benalla Art Gallery has full wheelchair access via a ramp entrance at the front of the building.  The café deck and floor can also be accessed via a ramp.

Disabled toilets and infant facilities are also available within the building.

Intimate Imaginaries: NETS Victoria Tour

Intimate Imaginaries is a group exhibition that showcases the work of 13 artists whose practices have developed within APA’s vibrant studio over the past five decades.

The word “imaginaries” is often used to describe acts of make-believe and pure invention, but it can also refer to the everyday ways people see, shape and make sense of themselves and the world around them. This broader meaning is reflected in the approach of APA, where artists are supported to follow and develop their own creative instincts rather than being formally taught. In this way, each artist creates work that conveys their own unique and deeply personal outlook.

Featuring Fulli Andrinopoulos, Samraing Chea, Alan Constable, Wendy Dawson, Bronwyn Hack, Julian Martin, Chris O’Brien, Anthony Romagnano, Lisa Reid, Mark Smith, Cathy Staughton, Georgia Szmerling and Terry Williams.

The artworks featured in Intimate Imaginaries express a wide range of perspectives and emotions. Some artists focus on everyday situations, relationships and experiences, while others use abstract forms, bold colours and expressive textures to communicate feelings and inner states. While the works include a wide range of artforms—painting, drawing, ceramics, soft sculpture and video­­—they all share a distinct handmade quality that provides a direct sense of connection to the artist and their creative process.

Intimate Imaginaries is a TarraWarra Museum of Art exhibition, in partnership with Arts Project Australia, touring with NETS Victoria. Curated by Anthony Fitzpatrick.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Visions of Australia program and by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.

National Exhibitions Touring Support (NETS) Victoria is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, by the Australian Government through Creative Australia its principal arts investment and advisory body, and through the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments. NETS Victoria also receives significant in-kind support from the National Gallery of Victoria.

For full details on Pinnacles Gallery accessibility please visit the website.

TarraWarra Museum of Art presents Intimate Imaginaries.

This presentation is the first major exhibition surveying the work of APA artists in an Australian museum, highlighting 13 vital contemporary practices that have emerged from this self-described ‘boisterous hive of creativity’ over the past five decades.

The term ‘imaginaries’ is commonly used to describe realms of pure invention or flights of fancy, but it can also refer to more everyday creative activity: how we perceive, shape and make sense of ourselves and the world around us. This open-ended conception is one that accords with the ethos of APA where ‘art is not taught, but rather the innate creative direction of each artist is nurtured to elicit works of personal meaning and style’. In this spirit, Intimate Imaginaries brings together bodies of work by a range of artists who each express a compelling, richly inventive and deeply felt worldview.

By turns ingenious, irreverent, poignant and joyful, many featured works convey the artist’s personal perspectives on everyday environments, interactions and phenomena. From the autobiographical to the observational, the works of artists such as Lisa Reid, Anthony Romagnano, Cathy Staughton and Terry Williams, reveal the multiple ways in which we can be intimately and imaginatively entangled with each other and with places and things in the world. Other artists, such as Fulli Andrinopoulos, Wendy Dawson and Julian Martin employ abstract shapes, vivid colour and highly tactile forms of mark-making to evoke emotive, intangible and interior states of being. While the exhibiting artists utilise a range of media and processes in their works—including painting, drawing, ceramics, soft sculpture and video—they all share a distinctive handmade aesthetic.

Bringing together early and recent works alongside several new commissions, Intimate Imaginaries includes: Samraing Chea’s highly detailed drawings that depict humorous observations and wry social commentary on daily life; Alan Constable’s hand-modelled, wet-finish colour glazed ceramic cameras; Bronwyn Hack’s carefully crafted fabric models of human anatomy; Julian Martin’s refined abstract pastel compositions distilled from found imagery; Chris O’Brien’s sculptures, videos and zines which convey mischievous personal narratives on suburban life; Lisa Reid’s meticulous and lovingly-rendered ceramics and works on paper evoking familial memories; Cathy Staughton’s colourful paintings of Luna Park that interweave autobiography and fantastical dream imagery; and Terry Williams’s hand-stitched, improvisational renditions of everyday objects.

Curated by Anthony Fitzpatrick, Intimate Imaginaries is presented by TarraWarra Museum of Art in partnership with Arts Project Australia.

Visitors requiring wheelchair or mobility walker access are advised to call ahead so that the they can provide further information about access to the Museum. TarraWarra Museum of Art welcomes guests of all abilities and is committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for visitors with specific access requirements.

The Museum and gallery spaces are fully accessible, and wheelchair-accessible car parks and toilet facilities are available on site.  Self-propelled wheelchairs are available for complimentary hire by contacting the Museum on 03 5957 3100 or museum@twma.com.au.   

Arts Project Australia 2024 Miegunyah Creative Fellowship

Symbiosis is the culmination of the 2024 Miegunyah Creative Fellowship with Arts Project Australia. Artist group, The Northcote Penguins, were invited to investigate and respond to decorative arts, furniture and personal items in the Grimwade Collection, which was bequeathed to the University of Melbourne by Sir Russell and Mab Grimwade in 1949.

Visiting the Collection in storage, the artists selected one or more objects that sparked their interest and, through their personal practice and Art Project Australia’s Professional Practice Program, each researched and developed their own creative outcomes.

Mark Smith collaborated with glass blower Ruth Allen to reimagine Grimwade glassware, while Christian Hansen’s bronze sculpture was inspired by a small porcelain ‘fairing’. Jordan Dymke’s self-portrait utilises mirrors from the Grimwade house Miegunyah, and Amani Tia was inspired by photographs taken by Russell Grimwade. Objects from the Collection are incorporated into an infomercial by Aidan Sefo and in collages and digital prints by Monica Lazzari and Sam Ashdown. Michael Camakaris drew inspiration from a ‘puzzle jug’ to produce a group of humorous and satirical ceramic vessels. These imaginative responses are displayed alongside the art and objects that inspired them.

Curated by Alisa Bunbury (Museums and Collections), Coordinated by Carly Richardson (Museums and Collections) and Tom Pendergast (Arts Project Australia).

Hear from exhibiting artists on their process and preparation for symbiosis.

Filming: Maree Prokos and Bernard Winter
Editing: Maree Prokos
Music: James Paul
(Museums and Collections, University of Melbourne)

Buxton Contemporary is fully wheelchair accessible.

Download the Ground Level Access Map and Level One Access Map for detailed information about access throughout the building.

Social scripts, large format wall labels and sensory maps are available to download on current exhibition pages.

Access is an open conversation. Buxton Contemporary welcome all feedback about their available resources at buxton-contemporary@unimelb.edu.au or on 03 9035 9339.

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For many neurodivergent artists, merely partaking in the contemporary art world is a bold and courageous act.

Held to coincide with APA’s 50th anniversary celebrations, BOLD highlights artists who are unapologetically themselves, and whose instinctive practices manifest in powerful and confident work. Subjects are distilled to their very essence, resulting in pure unadorned form.

Mirroring the fun, colour and joyful nature of the APA studio, BOLD features work by APA artists Adrian Lazzaro, Anna Dehm, Anthony Romagnano, Ian Gold, Jacob Cartelli, John Bates, Julian Martin, Michael Trasancos, Patrick Francis and Ruth Howard.

Bold is curated by Shell Odgers.

The Arts Project Australia gallery has accessible toilets in the Perry Street Building. They are located in the northern end of the building. On the upper ground level they are located off the northern side of the service corridor. On L1 and L2 they are located behind blue manual double doors.

Entry 30A Perry Street is wheelchair accessible and offers direct access to the Courtyard, Perry Street Building upper ground and Johnston Street Building upper ground.

Lift access is available to visit other buildings and levels.

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50 Birds celebrates the joint 50th anniversary of two iconic organisations: Arts Project Australia and Arts Access Victoria.

Commemorating a combined total of 100 years of advocacy in the arts, this exhibition brings together 14 artists from APA and AAV who are inspired by the beauty and brilliance of birds.

Exploring a variety of mediums including ceramics, sculpture, painting, drawing, embroidery and textiles, 50 Birds features APA artists Rosie O’Brien, Miles Howard- Wilks, Simon Paredes, Robert Brown, Anne Lynch, Barbara Gibbs, Dorothy Berry and Alan Constable alongside Arts Access Victoria’s artists Lisa Pownall, Kristy Sweeney, Heather White, Leeann Preddy, Diana Kagadis and Fiona Taylor.

Curated by Rosie O’Brien and Pegs Marlow.

The Arts Project Australia gallery has accessible toilets in the Perry Street Building. They are located in the northern end of the building. On the upper ground level they are located off the northern side of the service corridor. On L1 and L2 they are located behind blue manual double doors.

Entry 30A Perry Street is wheelchair accessible and offers direct access to the Courtyard, Perry Street Building upper ground and Johnston Street Building upper ground.

Lift access is available to visit other buildings and levels.

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Small Pleasures looks at ceramic objects as intimate art objects that can be held in the hand.

Small works are necessarily intimate, however they can be expansive in theme and concept and resonate from within to capture a wider audience. The nature of small things and the meaning they hold is potent, like a talisman or treasure. When an object is small, we tend to view it more closely, seeking out detail and understanding. The tactile quality of a handmade ceramic object carries within it the idea of having been touched by the maker’s hand, as well as its quality of tangibility.

In an age of mass-production there is a new appreciation of the value and intimacy of the handmade object with its sense of manual labour. This exhibition of tangible treasures is an ode to the small ceramic object that can be held in the hand and taken to the heart.

Featuring established and emerging artists from Australia and New Zealand: Aaron Scythe, Alex Standen, Ben King, Bronwyn Kemp, Casey Chen, Cath Fogarty, Charlotte Le Brocque, Christine Thacker, Daniel Pace, David Ray, Ebony Russell, Georgia Harvey, Hermannsburg Potters, Holly Phillipson, Isabella Edwards, Jenny Orchard, Kat Shapiro Wood, Mackenzie Rowe, Marianna Ebersoll, Minhi Park, Nani Puspasari, Patsy Hely, Rachel Farang, Ruth Howard, Sandy Lockwood, Simon Rosentool, Stephen Bird, Steve Sheridan, Toni Warburton, Vicki Grima

Small Pleasures is to be opened by Sharon Veale, CEO GML Heritage on Friday 2 August 2024, 6-8pm at Gallery Lowe & Lee.

For information on accessibility please contact Gallery Lowe and Lee on 02 9550 4433 or via email at info@gallerylnl.com.au

As part of Arts Project Australia’s (APA) annual creative program, prominent curators are invited to create an exhibition that places APA artists alongside their peers; leading national and international contemporary artists.  

This initiative seeks to make broader connections with curators, artists, galleries, and museums, making visible the calibre of the work produced by APA artists, and exemplifying their place within the contemporary art landscape. Since its inception, the initiative has resulted in a long list of remarkable exhibitions that have served to generate new partnerships and develop and strengthen relationships. 

Bendable Realities pays tribute to this initiative in APA’s 50th year. Past curators have been invited to select artworks by both APA artists and external artists, creating a dialogue between them. This exhibition celebrates the power of collaboration and meaningful connections, highlighting the gradual reimagining of the art world as a more open, adaptive, and inclusive space for diverse perspectives, experiences, and identities. 

Featuring Tiger Yaltangki, Terry Williams, Roger Walker, Julian Martin, Jan Lucas, Rebecca Scibilia, Clare Milledge, Adrian Lazzaro, Katherine Botten and Bronwyn Hack.

Bendable Realities is co-curated by Jo Salt in collaboration with Vince Alessi, Alex Baker, Geoff Newton, Charlotte Day and Patrice Sharkey.

The Arts Project Australia gallery has accessible toilets in the Perry Street Building. They are located in the northern end of the building. On the upper ground level they are located off the northern side of the service corridor. On L1 and L2 they are located behind blue manual double doors.

Entry 30A Perry Street is wheelchair accessible and offers direct access to the Courtyard, Perry Street Building upper ground and Johnston Street Building upper ground.

Lift access is available to visit other buildings and levels.

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Strange Planet invites you to move towards the creatures from whom you usually recoil; to examine their glittering intricacies, behold their hairy thoraxes, to bat your eyelids at their slithery scales and razor-sharp fangs.

Find solace in the uncanny beauty of these inhabitants for within their otherworldly forms a symphony of colours, textures, and shapes awaits.

Meet us beneath the thicket in the depths of this Strange Planet.

This exhibition features Anna Dehm, Anne Lynch, Bronwyn Hack, Chris Mason, Dorothy Berry, Dionne Canzano, Eden Menta, Julian Martin, Katherine Foster, Lygin Ang, Matthew Gove, Miles Howard-Wilks, Michael Camakaris, Michael Trasancos, Nhan Nguyen, Patrick Francis, Ruth Howard, Samraing Chea, Shoshanna Brott, Terry Williams and Valerio Ciccone.

Strange Planet is curated by Miles Howard-Wilks, Sandy Fernée and Sarah Lamanna.

The Arts Project Australia gallery has accessible toilets in the Perry Street Building. They are located in the northern end of the building. On the upper ground level they are located off the northern side of the service corridor. On L1 and L2 they are located behind blue manual double doors.

Entry 30A Perry Street is wheelchair accessible and offers direct access to the Courtyard, Perry Street Building upper ground and Johnston Street Building upper ground.

Lift access is available to visit other buildings and levels.

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Soft Landings celebrates the collaborative partnership between the Australian Tapestry Workshop and Arts Project Australia.

Textiles surround us, comfort us, allow us expression of identity. As Kassia St Clair states in her book The Golden Thread “We live surrounded by cloth. We are swaddled in it at birth and shrouds are drawn over our faces in death. We sleep enclosed by layer upon layer of it…and, when we wake, we clothe ourselves in yet more of it to face the world and let it know who we shall be that day.”

Often delegated to the realm of ‘craft’, textiles can be an underappreciated and overlooked artform. The artists of Soft Landings, however, evident the extensive capacity of textiles – using the medium as a raw expression and interpretation of the world, confirming textiles’ place in contemporary art. Subjects such as body, home, identity, desire, and more are explored through embroidery, 2D mixed media textiles, and soft sculpture.

Featuring the works of Fulli Andrinopoulos, Matthew Gove, Bronwyn Hack, Paul Hodges, Adrian Lazzaro, Anne Lynch, Joanne Nethercote, Chris O’Brien, Rosie O’Brien, Lisa Reid, Mark Smith, and Terry Williams.

Curated by Betty Musgrove.

For more information on accessibility at Australian Tapestry Workshop please phone 03 9699 7885

Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name introduces the next generation of Arts Project Australia artists.

Celebrating the relationship between Arts Project Australia (APA) and ACU’s Bachelor of Visual Arts & Design program, Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name is a collaboration that marks APA’s 50th anniversary milestone.

Titled after a Rolling Stones song lyric, the exhibition captures the thrill of presenting oneself or one’s art to new audiences.

Featuring Alessandra DiMattina, Anna Dehm, Christian Semertzidis, David Mendelsohn, Heidi Beard, Iain Gordon, Maddie Pavlovic and Oscar Donati, this group exhibition showcases APAs next generation of emerging talent, inviting viewers to connect with their art and follow their promising careers over the next 50 years.

Art et al: Exchange/Engage is an exhibition and accessible digital document highlighting a series of collaborations and partnerships funded by Creative Australia.

In line with Art et al.’s ethos of championing a more inclusive contemporary art world, Exchange/Engage exhibits neurodivergent and learning disabled artists alongside their non-disabled peers.

The focus of the exhibition is work produced during four Peer/Peer Collaborations – digital residencies pairing international artists with and without disabilities. Also featured is Art et al.’s Curating Collections initiative, which partners an artist working from a supported studio with an established collector/collection to curate a digital project from their collection.

Included are animations, drawings, ceramics, textiles and paintings from Paul Hodges, Mutia Bunga, Winda Karunadhita, Mawarini, Clemens Wild, Harriet Body, Hena Alexandra Lane Dupreez, Gabi Deutsch, Philomena Heinel and works from the collection of Dr. Michael Schwarz including work by Arts Project Australia artist Michael Camakaris – who participated in Art et al.’s very first Curating Collections.

For Exchange/Engage Art et al. has put together an interactive document to help those who cannot visit the exhibition experience the ​creativity of these collaborations, and provide extra information on the show.

Entry to Res Artis Project Space is through Gertrude Glasshouse during gallery hours, or by private appointment at other times.

Gertrude Glasshouse is fully wheelchair accessible, however Glasshouse Road is an uneven bluestone street. Glasshouse Road can be accessed by car from Wellington Street and passengers can be dropped off at the door.

Ambulant toilet and baby change facilities available.

For more information please email office@resartis.org

Benalla Art Gallery and Arts Project Australia proudly present Self in the Spotlight — a Spring Gallery Shop exhibition by Danny Lyons.

Danny Lyons is an emerging artist working in photography, video, and drawing, often incorporating personal experiences in his work. Since 2018, he has made a series of photographic works involving placing himself dressed as different celebrities in the centre of photoshopped scenes.

Lyons recently started working in video and has completed five different works titled: Cats in the Cradle, Black or White, Achy Breaky Heart, Shut Up and Dance and Mambo Number 5, based on the original film clips for these songs. Lyons has been working at Arts Project Australia since 2017 and has exhibited in group exhibitions Australia-wide.

Danny Lyons: Self in the Spotlight coincides with Benalla Art Gallery’s staging of Beyond the Boundary, an exhibition by the AFL’s Chief Photographer, Michael Willson.

Benalla Art Gallery has full wheelchair access via a ramp entrance at the front of the building.  The café deck and floor can also be accessed via a ramp.

Disabled toilets and infant facilities are also available within the building.

Benalla Art Gallery and Arts Project Australia proudly present The Enchanted Garden — a Winter Gallery Shop exhibition by APA artist Brigid Hanrahan.

Brigid Hanrahan is a mid-career artist who works in painting, drawing and ceramics.

With a focus on creating fictional narratives, she is interested in domestic settings, including gardens and animals. Dancers are also a common theme, particularly those from the Australian Ballet. Her figurative works are delicate and expressive, evoking a lyrical sense of movement and storytelling.

Hanrahan has worked at Arts Project since 1999. She has participated in numerous group and national touring exhibitions. Her work is held in the National Gallery of Australia and Tallis Foundation collections, as well as corporate and private collections throughout Australia.

Benalla Art Gallery has full wheelchair access via a ramp entrance at the front of the building.  The café deck and floor can also be accessed via a ramp.

Disabled toilets and infant facilities are also available within the building.