Lost Frescoes – new exhibition from Gerringong artist

Front image: Concerto in the Ruins (detail)
Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears and eyes.
What would the Romans think of this exhibition?
‘Lost Frescoes’, currently on show at the Shoalhaven Regional Gallery in Nowra, www.shoalhavenartscentre.com.au explores a response to place, antiquity, lost surfaces and ancient imagery. It evolved from 6 weeks in Italy exploring ancient art, [...]

Sheahan Galleries winter season in Wollongong’s northern suburbs

In two exhibitions, Sue Smalkowski and Mitchell English explore different aspects of the coastal environment.
Smalkowski’s paintings portray both the minutiae of rock pools and the magnificence of the Illawarra escarpment. In this new body of work, Smalkowski has employed the subtleties of an accomplished watercolorist with her lush painterly oils to capture nature’s intimate beauty [...]

Digital art finds permanent home on Sydney’s streets

Sydney’s largest electricity substation has now become the country’s first permanent, public gallery for digital based art, after the official launch of Grid Gallery recently.
EnergyAustralia Managing Director George Maltabarow said Grid Gallery would showcase the digital works of media-based artists via an energy efficient LED art wall.
“Grid Gallery is about power and light,” Mr [...]

Solo Exhibition by EARS at Oh Really Gallery

Oh Really Gallery will present ELEMENTS, the latest solo exhibition of paintings, drawings and photography by EARS, from 25 February, 2010.
The Sydney born Painter Daniel O’Toole also known as ‘ears’ has been slowly but steadily creeping into the peripheral vision of the public, and recently opened the Oh Really Gallery with artists Max Berry and [...]

Ranamok Glass Prize comes to the South Coast

Award winner Lisa Walsh will showcase her work, Across the Lines, at the Shoalhaven City Arts Centre’s exhibition, Ranamok.
Lisa won the 2009 Ranamok Glass Prize for her work, which will be on display at the arts centre from
12 February to 31 March 2010.
2009 marked the 15th year of The Ranamok Glass Prize, an annual acquisitive [...]

NAB hosts historic Apology photographic exhibition

To mark the second anniversary of the Apology to Australia’s Indigenous people, National Australia Bank (NAB) together with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) is giving Melbournians a chance to see the event through the eyes of one of Australia’s top Indigenous photographers.
Wayne Quilliam, recognised as National NAIDOC Artist of the Year [...]

John Witzig’s surfing photography at Shoalhaven Arts Centre

In 1967 surfing was about to undergo a shift – to smaller boards with developed rails and fin areas – that would affect every surfer in the world. The era of a surfing culture was burgeoning throughout the world and one young 23-year-old Australian surfer, photographer and freelance writer, John Witzig, was capturing the moments.

An [...]

Creative Moments in Nowra

Starting on 25 September at the Shoalhaven City Arts Centre is a collaborative exhibition of craft by woodworkers, ceramicists, spinners and weavers.
The Shoalhaven Woodcraft Society, formed in 1987, is comprised of people interested in developing skills and an understanding of the many diverse forms of woodcraft. The society aims to foster an understanding and appreciation [...]

HATCHED, PICA’s 18th National Graduate Show

Now in its 18th year Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts’ HATCHED National Graduate Show is an established highlight on the Australian cultural calendar. An annual exhibition of work by the best of this country’s art school graduates, HATCHED is the most prestigious and comprehensive survey of new emerging artists in Australia today.
This is a great [...]

Phibs’ solo exhibition at Oh Really Gallery

ICONIC GRAFFITI ARTIST ‘PHIBS’ SOLO EXHIBITION
23 - 29 April, 2009
Oh Really Gallery (Newtown)
Phibs will launch his solo exhibition of mixed media artworks at Oh Really Gallery in Newtown on 23 April - 29 April. The exhibition will include a mix of media including aerosol, acrylic, watercolour, paint, canvas, board, steel and masonite boxes.
To help promote [...]