Coveted Events

OCCURRENT AFFAIR currently showing at Artspace Mackay and touring nationally.

OCCURRENT AFFAIR is a major exhibition featuring new and recent works by Brisbane-established Aboriginal artist collective proppaNOW, featuring Vernon Ah Kee, Tony Albert, Richard Bell, Megan Cope, Jennifer Herd, Gordon Hookey and Laurie Nilsen.

Conceived as a collaborative activist gesture, OCCURRENT AFFAIR will address current socio-political, economic and environmental issues, while celebrating the strength, resilience and continuity of Aboriginal culture.

“Queensland as criminal is a key theme of OCCURRENT AFFAIR, now on at the newly reopened Artspace Mackay until October 6. The travelling retrospective of Brisbane-based Aboriginal artist collective proppaNOW has come north for its penultimate stop before ending in Lismore. But if the state is a villain, the group’s six artists are the stars of the show and collectivism itself is a hero.“ - Zoe Devenport

An exhibition from The University of Queensland Art Museum touring with Museums & Galleries of NSW.

Images courtesy of Jim Cullen.

𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢: 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 touring exhibition has officially launched and now on the road with M&G NSW.

The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia’s annual 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢: 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 exhibition showcases the work of Australian artists aged 35 years and under. In its 32nd year, 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢 has been guest curated by Talia Smith, who considers what artists are creating to challenge society’s prescribed structures.

Through works of various media, including installation, video, painting, sculpture, mark-making and text, the six artists – Tiyan Baker (b. 1989, Garramilla/Darwin), Christopher Bassi (b. 1990, Meanjin/Brisbane), Moorina Bonini (b. 1996, Naarm/Melbourne), Nikki Lam (b. 1988, Hong Kong), Sarah Poulgrain (b. 1992, Thul Garrie Waja/Townsville) and Truc Truong (b. 1987, Tarndanya/Adelaide) – draw on their lived experience to disrupt the dynamics of power and deliver compelling alternatives to the status quo.

A Museum of Contemporary Art Australia and Museums & Galleries of NSW touring exhibition. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Visions of Australia program.

Images courtesy and copyright the artist, photography by Zan Wimberley.



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Dennis Golding | 𝘗𝘖𝘞𝘌𝘙 – 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦 currently showing at Bondi Pavilion Art Gallery and touring nationally.

𝘗𝘖𝘞𝘌𝘙 – 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦 is the result of a collaboration between artist Dennis Golding and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from Alexandria Park Community School. Students from Kindergarten to Year 12 designed their superhero capes with iconography informed by their lived experiences and cultural identity.

As superheroes, Golding and his young collaborators are empowered and reminded of the strength of their culture in forming their identity and connection to Country. Individually and together, the capes critique social, political and cultural representations of contemporary First Nations experience.

A Solid Ground project with Dennis Golding and Alexandria Park Community School, curated by Kyra Kum-Sing, presented by Carriageworks and Blacktown Arts, and touring with Museums & Galleries of NSW.

Images courtesy of Silversalt Photography.

On location in Wagga Wagga for Anna Louise Richardson | 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 touring nationally.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 is a major new solo exhibition by artist Anna Louise Richardson whose practice is centred around rural life, embedded in the experience and drama of everyday reality. Working primarily in charcoal and graphite, Richardson’s work explores ideas of intergenerational exchange, parenthood and identity based on her experiences of living and working on a multi-generation beef cattle farm in rural Australia.

A Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, The Condensery and Museums & Galleries of NSW touring exhibition.

Images courtesy of Wagga Wagga Art Gallery.

𝘜𝘙𝘓>𝘐𝘙𝘓:2023 for Artereal Gallery in detail

Curated by Felicity Brading and Kelly Price

Exhibiting artists:
Hyun-Hee Lee
Owen Leong
Jess MacNeil
Jiaxin Nong
Ebony Russell
Kerrie Satava
Elwira Skowronska
Max Lawrence White

Featured works:
1) Owen Leong, 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘵 (2023), bronze, silicone beads, 33 x 5 x 5cm (detail)
2) Jess MacNeil, 𝘜𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦, 51 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘮 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵 (2023), silicone rubber, dimensions variable (detail)
3) Jiaxin Nong, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘸𝘢𝘯 𝘓𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 (2021), oil on canvas, 143 x 94.5cm (detail)
4) Hyun-Hee Lee, 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 #19 (2012), pencil, gold leaf, Korean mulberry paper, cotton thread, 25 x 25cm (detail)
5) Ebony Russell, 𝘗𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴: 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 (2019), piped and slipcast Jingdezhen porcelain, stain, glaze, and PVD lustre, 25 x 25 x 25 cm (detail)

Exhibition Dates: 30 November - 22 December, 2023

Installation photography by Jess Maurer

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𝘜𝘙𝘓>𝘐𝘙𝘓:2023 brings to life the neoteric and unexpected from Artereal Gallery’s 2023 online exhibition program

Curated by Felicity Brading and Kelly Price

Exhibiting artists:
Hyun-Hee Lee
Owen Leong
Jess MacNeil
Jiaxin Nong
Ebony Russell
Kerrie Satava
Elwira Skowronska
Max Lawrence White

Exhibition Dates: 30 November - 22 December, 2023

Installation photography by Jess Maurer

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Installation in progress

𝘜𝘙𝘓>𝘐𝘙𝘓:2023 brings to life the neoteric and unexpected from Artereal Gallery’s 2023 online exhibition program

Curated by Felicity Brading and Kelly Price

Exhibiting artists:
Hyun-Hee Lee
Owen Leong
Jess MacNeil
Jiaxin Nong
Ebony Russell
Kerrie Satava
Elwira Skowronska
Max Lawrence White

Exhibition Dates: 30 November - 22 December, 2023
Exhibition Opening Event: Saturday 2 December, 2 – 5 pm
Artereal Gallery

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𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 solo exhibition by Svetlana Bailey

“In this work I combine alternative photographic techniques with sculpture making. I produce moulds to substitute forms made of transitional materials like water and ice to create arrangements that I photographically preserve. These materials allow contemplation of body and land and the makeup of a post-human future.” – Svetlana Bailey"

Curated by Kelly Price

Available to view at artereal.com.au from 27 October - 24 November

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Featured work: Svetlana Bailey, ‘Untitled’ series(2021), pigment print, 99 x 79cm, edition of 5 + 2AP

For enquiries, please email: [email protected]

𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 solo exhibition by Svetlana Bailey

The abstraction of the body as vessel and as medium is a constant in Svetlana Bailey’s practice. And the bodies depicted in Bailey’s work are made all the more personal as they belong to the artist herself and her family members. The metamorphic, faded, and transmuted body parts were all cast, moulded, or photographed from the bodies of her mother, her father, her partner, her daughter, and her own self. They represent what it means to inhabit the body, in our own consciousness, and what we might be without our bodies.

Curated by Kelly Price

Available to view at artereal.com.au from 27 October - 24 November

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Featured works from left to right:
Installation view, Svetlana Bailey, ‘Be in her body’, ‘She fell in love with the whole world’, Long long ago', 'On the other side', 'You only think once', ‘Healing landscapes’, Garner Art Space, New York, 2022

For enquiries, please email: [email protected]

Introducing 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 by Svetlana Bailey

What are we without our bodies? A mind? A soul? A mere scattering of stardust? Svetlana Bailey ponders these questions in 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺, a solo exhibition of current work by the New York-based artist.

Curated by Kelly Price

Available to view at artereal.com.au from 27 October - 24 November

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Image credit: Artist on location Utah desert, Brooklyn Darkroom Van Residency, 2021, courtesy of the artist

For enquiries, please email: [email protected]

𝘕𝘶𝘰𝘷𝘢 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘦 currently showing at Artereal Gallery featuring Rebecca Beardmore, Stevie Fieldsend & Andrew Lavery

‘Creating collages of found and made objects, or innovative combinations of materials and processes that express insights into societal and environmental concerns, light is intrinsic to the practices of all three artists in 𝘕𝘶𝘰𝘷𝘢 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘦.’

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Installation photography by Jessica Maurer

Artereal Gallery for Sydney Contemporary 2023

Featuring Ebony Russell, Patrizia Biondi, Elwira Skowronska, Ashlee Becks

Installation photography by Simon Hewson


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