Exhibition Archive STILL LIFE Still Life brings together a collection of paintings, drawings and prints from Arts Project Australia artists working from observation. There is an intimate connection between the subject matter and the artist, the works tenderly capturing life in the studio, objects of admiration, or pursuits of great personal affection. ... Read More
Exhibition Archive Window on Collections: Modern Maps | State Library Victoria APA is excited to announce that Miles Howard-Wilks‘ will be taking part in the State Library Victoria’s Window on Collections: Modern Maps event with his delicious map of the best snacks in his home city, Melbourne. “A map gives you a glimpse into how people understood and interpreted their world... Read More
Exhibition Archive 2022 APA ANNUAL GALA | VIRTUAL TOUR Arts Project Australia’s Annual Gala is a celebration of the achievement of our artists and acknowledges their unique contribution to contemporary art. Featuring over 200 artworks by more than 150 APA artists, the Gala is an exhibition where the buyer gets to walk away with a new artwork at the... Read More
Exhibition Archive 2 X 2 ARTIST SOLOS | VIRTUAL TOUR Arts Project Australia presents two concurrent solo exhibitions by APA artists Kate Knight & Simon Paredes. Kate Knight is a painter, ceramicist and print-maker whose work shows a keen eye for the ornate, often focusing on repeated motifs, while Simon Paredes works in coloured pencil on paper, utilising bold, simplified... Read More
Exhibition Archive VARIATIONS | 3D TOUR Michael Camakaris curated Variations as part of the inaugural Blindside 2021 Artist Mentorship Initiative. Initially an online exhibition, we then presented a live version of the show at APA’s Collingwood Yards gallery during October 2022. The mentorship program engaged an early-career artist or curator with a disability to work on... Read More
Exhibition Archive Art et al. x APA: Intersect 3D TOUR Art et al. held its second Australian exhibition, Intersect at APA’s Collingwood Yards gallery in September 2022. The exhibition featured new international commissions, collaborations, and artists engaged by Art et al. during 2021-22. Intersect will also presented a selection of curated video works introducing 2022 programming ‘UK x Australia x... Read More
Exhibition Archive PLANT/LIFE | 3D TOUR Plants are essential to life. We respond to plants with all our senses. We use them to symbolise our emotions, to mark significant occasions, and even as signifiers of place, strength and age. We bring plants inside, transforming our domestic spaces into natural oases. While plants are specific to particular... Read More
Exhibition Archive UGLY/BEAUTIFUL: MARK SMITH | 3D TOUR Taking place as part of Photo 2022, ‘Ugly/Beautiful’ was a solo exhibition of photographic work by mixed-media artist Mark Smith; it presented a space for beauty and ugliness to coalesce. Exploring identity, difference and faith, the artworks aimed to express feelings of joy, yet, the viewer’s experience is more confronting, with imagery... Read More
Exhibition Archive SINCERELY YOURS | 3D TOUR SINCERELY YOURS | 3D TOUR Curated by Sophia Cai, Sincerely Yours was a group exhibition across two neighbouring galleries at Collingwood Yards: Arts Project Australia and West Space. The exhibition brought together a wide range of contemporary artists, including Arts Project studio artists, exploring fandom theory and the different ways artists and... Read More
Exhibition Archive ANNUAL GALA 2021 Arts Project Australia’s Annual Gala is a celebration of the achievement of our artists and acknowledges their unique contribution to contemporary art. The 2021 Annual Gala featured artworks by 150 Arts Project Australia and Satellite Arts artists. An exhibition was held at our Collingwood Yards gallery for four days in December... Read More
Exhibition Archive CIRCLEWORKS | 3D TOUR CIRCLEWORKS | 3D TOUR Guest curated by Trent Walter, Negative Press. Taking place at APA’s Collingwood Yards gallery, Circleworks uses the formal aesthetics of the hand-drawn or handmade circle as a departure point to explore artistic processes, perspectives, experiences and stories. The exhibition features artworks by Arts Project Australia artists Fulli Andrinopoulos and Julian Martin, alongside works by... Read More
Events Art et al. X APA | International Exhibition 2021 Art et al. x APA — Melbourne Exhibition — As part of the UK/Australia Season of Culture 2021-22, a major program of cultural exchange is taking place across the two nations, including an in real life exhibition at APA’s Collingwood gallery, at Collingwood Yards. The UK/Australia Season is a joint... Read More
Exhibition Archive SPRING BACK | VIRTUAL EXHIBITION Arts Project Australia presents an immersive installation of five artists, the collection aptly titled Spring Back, firstly next door to the gallery at Collingwood Yards at the soon-to-be home of the ILBIJERRI Theatre Company and now online, on this virtual exhibition page. Read More
Exhibition Archive MATERIAL WORLD | VIRTUAL EXHIBITION Now showing at the Arts Project Australia gallery until Sunday 22 August, Material World is also presented online as a virtual show below... Read More
Exhibition Archive 4 x 4 ARTIST SOLOS | VIRTUAL EXHIBITION Featuring Monica Lazzari, Rebecca Scibilia, James MacSporran and Samraing Chea. While holding distinctive practices, their work collectively reflects the versatility of colour, imagination, narrative and pattern... Read More
Exhibition Archive WHERE THE ART IS | VIRTUAL EXHIBITION After a year-long hiatus, the Arts Project gallery moved from its Northcote location, which continues as a studio, to a freshly remodelled space at Collingwood Yards, a new arts precinct in Melbourne’s inner north. The inaugural exhibition Where the Art Is ruminates on the year that was, while firmly looking forward... Read More
Events VIRTUAL GALA Until 2020, you’d encounter forty artists a day working away in the sun-filled Arts Project Australia studio, immersed in creating bold artworks spanning painting, textiles and drawing right through to photography, digital art and artist zines. When you set foot in the studio, you’d experience the incredible collegiality, energy and warmth... Read More
Exhibition Archive PICTURESQUE With a skilful light touch, Coulson creates intricate patchworks of colour and line, resulting in small-scale renderings that are both picturesque and intimate.... Read More
Exhibition Archive MIND’S EYE Mind's Eye presents a collection of Bates' 2018 and 2019 iconic landscapes that are of this world, yet ethereal in their conceptual and bold representation.... Read More
Exhibition Archive UNTAMED In Georgia Szmerling's 'Untamed,' the freshness and freedom of environments resonate more than ever after months of indoor living. The colours appear brighter and more saturated, the lines clean and sharp. These scenes are unrestricted, untouched and unburdened, and conjure a deep sense of longing for the experience they speak to... Read More
Exhibition Archive FERVENT REPOSE Highly resolved and beautifully composed, George Aristovoulou’s carefully segmented picture planes are filled with heavily rendered swatches of colour. The abstract fields of patterning seamlessly blend together, lending a dream-like quality to the meticulously constructed imagery. In his current exhibition Fervent Repose, Aristovoulou creates fantastical, vibrant drawings that generate impact... Read More
Exhibition Archive CLOSE TO HOME In Close to Home, viewers will encounter a selection of Anne Lynch's colourful domestic scenes.... Read More
Exhibition Archive DOLLARS AND [NON]SENSE It’s the federal budget week in Australia and, while we don’t want to dwell on this rather dreary subject too long, it does give us pause to reflect, again, on what a roller-coaster year it has been. Not that we need any reminding, however, our recovery does require generating new... Read More
Exhibition Archive CONSONANCE OF COLOUR Chris Sahyoun’s abstract works are sensitive in their build-up of patterned compositions and multi-coloured line work, with arcs and coloured swatches of ink and pastel igniting the surface of the paper. In his current virtual exhibition Consonance of Colour, Sahyoun combines transparent washes, loose gestural brush marks and bold lines... Read More
Exhibition Archive COLLECTIVE MEMORY 🔊 Listen to this To live and work as a professional artist is a badge of honour and sharing the journey with your peers in an open and supportive environment is something extraordinary. Being part of a creative network is important for developing a sustainable career in the arts, as... Read More
Exhibition Archive MOTTLED IMAGES Robin Warren has an artistic practice that spans over 20 years. His works on paper explore brightly coloured and organically shaped abstract imagery. Utilising oil pastels, Copic and felt-tipped markers, his work is reminiscent of cellular organisms in bloom that radiate from a central focal point. Warren often renders multiple... Read More
Exhibition Archive IT’S A NO-BRAINER, ART MATTERS At a time when creativity is more critical than ever, why do we still have to work so hard to justify why art is important? Artists and their art practice need to be supported and invested in – their constant questioning, exploration, raising of societal, environmental and political issues as... Read More
Exhibition Archive INTRICATE FORMATIONS Intricate Formations examines Robyn Doherty’s art practice, which involves the creation of intricate works using paint pens and markers on paper. Doherty’s gentle observations of serene landscapes, seascapes, animals and linear pattern formations are complemented by a deliberate, considered application of the medium and elegantly balanced composition. Her interpretation of... Read More
Exhibition Archive SENSOR Just as a QR code stores data in a matrix of geometric cells, the signature marks and commonly recurring motifs in creative works all contain an identifiable signature through which we can ‘scan’ the subjectivity of the artist. This exhibition invites the viewer to sense the thumbprint of the... Read More
Exhibition Archive PAINTINGS OF WOMEN Paul Hodges is a figurative artist who has a penchant for painting theatrical, modern and historical women. It’s a passion that stems from his long-time interest in theatre, ballet and popular culture. He recalls an early influence of participating in a life drawing class at RMIT in Melbourne many years... Read More
Exhibition Archive THE LONG GAME For most, the road to success is a long journey and no truer words have ever been said about people who work in the arts. No matter the discipline, following a creative path and putting oneself out there on the public stage takes guts and determination as well as passion,... Read More
Exhibition Archive THE OBJECT AND THE BEHOLDEN It seems that for the foreseeable future we are to be confined to our domestic environment, the dwelling in these intimate spaces generating ever-closer relationships with the objects within them. While caring about possessions may, for some, appear as a moral failing, it does not necessarily equate to greed or... Read More
Exhibition Archive ROBERT BROWN: BOLD, BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL As Melbourne heads into the third week of its second lockdown, it seems like the right moment to pause and reflect on the beauty and colour in the world. With news streams inundated with pessimistic and sensationalist headlines, art serves as a positive and uplifting balm under challenging times. Take... Read More
Exhibition Archive WHEN YOU WEAR THE MASK, THE MASK BECOMES YOU For those of us living in Melbourne, Australia the second lock down in not many months is challenging. We thought we had permanently emerged from our home-caves and begun adjusting to a new normal, only to take a step back and return, once again, to relative isolation. While gleefully patting... Read More
Exhibition Archive THE GIRL CLONE Emily Dober (b 1992) is an emerging painter and illustrator whose figurative works centre on the female form as portrayed in magazines and advertisements. Working from a gently drawn pencil and ink outline, her strong sense of composition and considered layers of colour gives her work a distinctive, personalised style.... Read More
Exhibition Archive SECOND CHANCES The Day We All Went Home, our inaugural online auction at Leonard Joel, raised just over $46,000 after setting a target of $50,000. 80 lots sold with 100% of proceeds evenly divided between participating artists and Arts Project Australia. This fantastic result gave us such a burst of positivity in... Read More
Exhibition Archive THE DAY WE ALL WENT HOME On March 16, the Arts Project Australia studio closed due to COVID-19. One hundred and fifty artists were asked to stay home instead of coming into the Northcote studio and gallery, leaving many extraordinary pieces of art behind. It’s time for these works to be seen. The Day We All... Read More
articles John Albrecht on the Day We All Went Home John Albrecht is the Managing Director at Leonard Joel, Australia’s largest multi-department auction house and long-term supporter of Arts Project Australia. After ten years of partnership, the two organisations have joined forces to present The Day We All Went Home, an exclusive online fundraising auction of Arts Project Australia artworks... Read More
Exhibition Archive PURE ABSTRACTION Characterised by their rich surfaces, Julian Martin’s pastel works make a unique visual statement. Methodical in his approach, he carefully works from photographs and arranged still life, deconstructing these references to create highly considered compositions. With his pastels evoking a strong bodily resonance, his work is a continuous reinterpretation of,... Read More
Exhibition Archive JAPAN AND MASH Rebecca Scibilia (b 1980) is a Melbourne-based artist who utilises a variety of media for her works, sourcing her imagery from a range of popular culture items. In her solo, Scibilia weaves depictions of journeys in Japan, characterised by bold texta colour and assured pattern making which maintains an evocative... Read More
Exhibition Archive NEITHER HERE NOR THERE In our current online group exhibition, Arts Project reflects on the ‘COVID-hump’ that has resulted in a general state of collective ambivalence. Questions abound about whether to stay home or go out, to remain in the digital realm or connect in person. At this particular moment in time, it seems... Read More
Exhibition Archive SPOT EXHIBITION Spot Exhibition brings together fourteen of Samraing Chea’s most recent coloured pencil drawings. The works blend Samraing’s uncanny skill for recalling images from factual books, found images and animated movies. He devotes hours to the careful construction of each work, relying on memory and a personal library of images on his laptop as reference. The signature line of... Read More
Exhibition Archive MINDFULNESS IN ABSTRACTION Mindfulness in Abstraction presents a collection of work curated with the intention of exploring the notion that, for the sake of sanity, we might break from thoughts of our current global predicament and find a moment of repose. There is a great deal of power in the act of... Read More
Exhibition Archive FROM THE STREETS James MacSporran has worked toward presenting his first solo show since October 2019—the work is sitting in the Arts Project stockroom stretched, framed, and ready to install. He’d carefully developed the theme, planned the layout, edited the abstract and titled his show. His solo exhibition, aptly titled From The Streets, was finalised... Read More
Exhibition Archive FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BRAVE In Fortune Favours the Brave, Art Project Australia explores concepts of courage and bold creative undertakings that help to shape the life we live. Faced with enormous challenges associated with isolation, APA artists have turned obstacles into opportunities and, as a result, have been as busy as ever creating new... Read More
Exhibition Archive STRENGTH IN NUMBERS Strength in Numbers delights in the moments and reflects on a time when we could do fun stuff (when was that again?…what day is it?). Outdoor pursuits with groups of friends, family or perfect strangers; swimming in a lake, going on a hike, riding a roller-coaster, going dancing or to... Read More
Exhibition Archive THE BONDS THAT BIND US Bronwyn Hack is known for her multi-faceted practice which spans sculpture, painting, printmaking and ceramics. Her latest suite of 2D works completed towards the end of 2019 continue to display the artist’s characteristic composition; merging subject and background to form a consolidated linear perspective. The subject matter in this body... Read More
Exhibition Archive TIME FOR A DVD When all else fails, throw on a DVD. We are reasonably sure this is one of the popular solutions for dealing with cabin fever, boredom and the cold weather (in Melbourne at least) that is permeating our home lives at the moment. Maybe “let’s see what’s on Netflix, Stan, MUBI... Read More
Exhibition Archive ETHEREAL IMPRESSIONS Fulli Andrinopoulos’ work is characterised by soft, floating colours that exude richness through the build-up of dense layers of rich pigment. The works are tactile and ethereal, with an emotive quality akin to that of Rothko. Her works on paper and, more recently, textile translations, are intimate yet evoke a... Read More
Exhibition Archive SSBBW: SUPER SIZED BIG BEAUTIFUL WOMEN Chris Mason is an accomplished artist working across the disciplines of painting, drawing, sculpture and ceramics. His practice involves extensive research, generating ideas that span across a wide range of subject matter with particular focus on voluptuous female forms and animals such as snakes and fish. Idiosyncratic and humorous, Mason’s... Read More
Exhibition Archive IN THE MOMENT OF IN-BETWEEN At a time when the physical world seems to have hit the pause button, the virtual world is rapidly adjusting to a new normal. A lot of content is being shared and streamed that is unsettling or merely filling space. Then there are the gems that cut through and... Read More
Exhibition Archive WHAT A SHOW-OFF, MINE’S BETTER THAN YOURS! Steven Ajzenberg is a figurative painter whose process is considered and often infused with a wry sense of humour. While his early work explored comic illustrations and paintings accompanied by text, a gradual stylistic evolution has seen Ajzenberg demonstrate a more complete and assured depiction of satire in his... Read More
Exhibition Archive Portraits of Will Will Murray is an emerging figurative artist working in various mediums on paper including pastel, gouache, ink and graphite. With soft pastels as his choice of medium, each work possesses a deep sense of character, the outlandish nature of the subject’s posture and expression granting his artworks an air of... Read More
Exhibition Archive Pleased to Meet You Pleased to Meet You was an exhibition that celebrated the ever-evolving nature of the Arts Project Australia studio, presenting works by artists who were recent additions to Arts Project. Curated by James McDonald, Pleased to Meet You showcases the exciting potential of this group of diverse and engaged individuals in the... Read More
Exhibition Archive Samraing Chea, Alan Constable and Julian Martin @ Outsider Art Fair, New York The intricate, wry drawings of Samraing Chea and the vividly tactile ceramic cameras of Alan Constable recently exhibited at New York Outsider Art Fair with the wonderful @duttongallery! In addition, the formal investigations of Julian Martin were on show as part of Fleischer/Ollman, with the fair running from 18 – 20 January... Read More
Exhibition Archive Showing Over Summer 2018-19 The artists who practice from the Arts Project Australia studio are continuously exhibiting their work at galleries throughout Melbourne, Australia and internationally. See where you can catch Arts Project artists over summer! POP! Reflections on popular culture | Wangaratta Art Gallery Ends 3 February 2019 We’ve collaborated with Wangaratta Art Gallery for Pop!... Read More
Exhibition Archive ‘All our relations’ Now Open Thank you to everyone who came along for the opening of All our relations. Curated by Rebecca Coates, Director of Shepparton Art Museum (SAM), All our relations presents key artworks from Shepparton Art Museum’s Collection (SAM), alongside artworks by contemporary artists and Arts Project studio artists working in the ceramics medium. Features works by: Fulli Andrinopoulos, Stephen... Read More
Events Opening: 3 x 3: Ruth Howard, Miles Howard-Wilks and Amani Tia Thank you to everyone who came along for the opening of 3 x 3, which presents three solo shows by Ruth Howard, Miles Howard-Wilks and Amani Tia. And a big thank you to Claire Watson, Senior Curator, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, for opening the exhibitions. It was also incredible to... Read More
Exhibition Archive ‘The Art of Living’ Now Open Thank you to everyone who came along to the opening of ‘The Art of Living’ last weekend! An especially big thank you to Rhys Lee for curating and opening the exhibition. The show brings together works by Australian and international artists, alongside Arts Project studio artists, to consider how one... Read More
Events Now Open | ‘Auto Body Works’ Thank you to everyone who came along to the opening of Auto Body Works, and a big thank you to Patrice Sharkey, Director of West Space, for curating and opening the exhibition. Auto Body Works brings together artists from Arts Project Australia and elsewhere whose work considers human beings in their... Read More
Exhibition Archive Arts Project at SPRING1883 – During SPRING1883 Arts Project Australia will present a small collection of lyrical, inventive and tactile work that speaks to personal and domestic themes. Ultimately responding to the Windsor Hotel Room, the display will feature work by twelve emerging, mid career and established artists, reflecting upon the diversity, nuances and... Read More
Exhibition Archive Now Open | ‘We could be heroes’ and ‘POP!’ Thank you to everyone who attended the opening of We could be heroes and POP! A special thanks to Jon Campbell, a great friend and supporter of Arts Project, for opening the exhibitions with an incredibly thoughtful speech traversing 1970s Melbourne to the works of Andy Warhol. While We could be... Read More
Events ‘Spring Fling’ Pop-Up Gallery Now Open Thank you to everyone who came along to the opening of our ‘Spring Fling’ Pop-Up Gallery at Collins Place, currently showing in Melbourne CBD. We’ll be here until Sunday 19 November, showing a selection of lyrical and thoughtful artworks from over 35 Arts Project studio artists. Including painting, drawing, works... Read More
Exhibition Archive ‘Faraway, so close’ Now Open Thank you to everyone who came along for the opening of Faraway, so close, with special thanks to Anthony Fitzpatrick for curating and opening the exhibition. Featuring seven artists across three shared spaces, Faraway, so close is a series of exchanges about proximity and distance and the movements in between.... Read More
Exhibition Archive THANK YOU: Let’s dance Thank you to everyone who attended the opening of Let’s dance! Curated by Charlotte Day, Director of Monash University Museum of Art, the exhibition is inspired by a number of Arts Project Australia artists who have explored dance in its many forms, from the discipline of classical ballet to the free form of... Read More
Exhibition Archive PAST OPENING: The song till the end + Home & the fabric of the familiar Thank you to everyone who came along for the opening of Laura Sheehan’s solo show The song till the end and group show Home & the fabric of the familiar. Especially thank you to Lucy Feagins, Founder and Editor of The Design Files, for opening the exhibitions and for giving an incredibly thoughtful... Read More
Exhibition Archive NOW OPEN: Luminous kinship, sentient kingdom & AUSTRALIANA You beaut! On Saturday we had a fair dinkum double launch of the AUSTRALIANA collection (a collaboration with Third Drawer Down Studio and the National Gallery of Victoria) as well as the opening of our first exhibition for 2017 Luminous kinship, sentient kingdom. A mighty big crowd came along and we thank... Read More
Exhibition Archive Where We’re Showing: Jan/Feb/Mar 2017 Arts Project Australia artists are consistently exhibiting at local, national and international galleries, outside of our own Arts Project gallery. Read on to see where you can currently find us. FEB | c3 Contemporary, Abbotsford: c3’s Media Hype exhibition opens Wednesday 1 February from 6-8pm, with the exhibition dates from 1-26 February. Media... Read More
Exhibition Archive Terry Williams Rhythms of the Handmade – Now Open! Terry Williams’ major solo survey Rhythms of the Handmade is now open! With an art practice that spans the figures of industrialism, the domestic, both human and alien bodies and creatures of various disguises, Rhythms of the Handmade is a vast display of Terry’s twenty seven-year career that spans painting,... Read More
Events ‘Secret Garden’ and ‘Clay: it’s a matter of substance’ now open! A big thanks to everyone that made it to the launch of the two new shows that opened at Arts Project this weekend. In the front gallery, Georgia Szmerling’s solo show Secret Garden opened to a great reception. Secret Garden includes works in acrylic paint, felt-tip pens and ceramics, that affirm Szmerling’s dominant interest... Read More
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