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Showing posts with label Group exhibition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Group exhibition. Show all posts

Saturday, November 14, 2026

Transcendence

A selection of my homo-insecta watercolours, including Chrysochroa buqueti Beetle Woman, 41.91 x 29.72 cm (pictured top), have been earmarked by guest curator Paul Compton for inclusion in the upcoming exhibition Transcendence at PG Gallery. 



Transcendence 
brings together a variety of artistic practices through works that explore transformation, perception, and experience. Through printmaking, painting and ceramics, this exhibition explores states of bodily, emotional and spiritual transcendence. In these moments, the boundaries between the physical and intangible, the self and the other, begin to shift. Bringing together both contemporary and historical works, the exhibition considers transcendence as an act of becoming, release, connection and passage beyond the familiar. 


Artists: Charles Blackman, Arthur Boyd, Paul Compton, Phil Day, Hyun ju Kim, Shane Jones, Deborah Klein, Nic Megchelse, Jim Pavlidis, Irene Torres, Jordan Wood, Akio Yamao, Kylie Blackley, Priscilla Ambrosini, Elizabeth Hickey.


Opening night: November 26, 5.30-7.30pm


Transcendence

PG Gallery 

227 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065, Australia


The exhibition runs from 24 November - 5 December 2026


Image on invitation: Arthur Boyd, Floating over a dark pond, etching, edition 8/25



Sunday, August 16, 2026

INTERIOR Part 2: Opening Night



Pictured above: Secret Garden ll, 2024, acrylic on canvas panel, the second of my two paintings currently on view in the group exhibition, INTERIOR at One Star Gallery, Melbourne. 


A woman is often compared to a set of rooms in a house where all doors open, where those who need access to her can freely do so. Yet deep in the house lies one room, the secret room where only she will enter. Deborah's work invites you to ponder on that idea of the secret part of that hidden room.


—   Wendy Stavrianos 


During the lockdowns I first discovered the existence of British Arts & Crafts designer and artisan May Morris (1862-1938), the younger daughter of William and Jane Morris. In the following months, motifs and patterns gleaned from her extraordinary wallpaper, textile and embroidery designs began to infiltrate my own work. 


My paintings in INTERIOR are additionally informed by her friend Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s seminal short story, The Yellow Wallpaper (1892). The story’s protagonist, a woman isolated in a barred room while undergoing an enforced “rest cure”, becomes fixated on freeing a woman who is apparently caught behind the wallpaper, and subsequently (as her grip on reality becomes even more tenuous), other women who are trapped there.


INTERIOR officially opened on Friday, 14th August. The following views were snapped during the opening celebration.




Above: Installation view. Left (from top): works by Nora Sumberg and Shane Jones. Centre (from top): works by Deborah Klein, Ann Holt and Victoria Hartcup. Right (from top): works by Lewis Miller and Victoria Hartcup.


Above and below: the opening night crowd. On the far right, above, is INTERIOR artist Michael Vale with his dog Horace.


Above, L-R: artists Shane Jones, Deborah Klein and Ann Holt in front of our works. Photographer: Victoria Hartcup, whose own work hangs directly above Ann.


INTERIOR

One Star Gallery

301 - 303 Victoria Street

West Melbourne VIC 3002


EXHIBITION DATES: Thursday 13th - Sunday 30th August


Closing Drinks:  Sunday August 30th, 3-5pm


INTERIOR was curated by Mariella Del Conte and Katy Beale. Scroll down to my previous post for further information, including a complete list of artists.


Tuesday, August 11, 2026

INTERIOR

 

Two of my paintings, including Tender Grapes ll, 2024, acrylic on canvas panel (pictured above), have been included in INTERIOR, the upcoming exhibition at One Star Gallery, Melbourne.

INTERIOR is our 8th group exhibition as co-curators. For this complex theme artists were invited to reflect on their own interior landscapes, the nature of private versus public space, the interplay between the self and the surrounding world and the essence of personal and existential spaces.

This is also inherently the place from where we share our interiority with others through art.  

- Mariella Del Conte and Katy Beale


INTERIOR


OPENING NIGHT: Friday 14th August 2026 from 6-8 pm


One Star Gallery

301 - 303 Victoria Street

West Melbourne VIC 3002


EXHIBITION DATES: Thursday 13th - Sunday 30th August


CLOSING DRINKS:  Sunday August 30th, 3-5pm


Artists: 

Adrian SPURR, Amanda FLORENCE, Amber SCHMIDT, Andrée VAN SCHEIK, Anna WHITE, Anne ALGAR, Christabel WIGLEY, David Hugh THOMAS, Deborah KLEIN, Deborah WALKER, Des HEFNER, Donna MCRAE, Donna WALSH, Elvis RICHARDSON, Emma BORLAND, Heidi YARDLEY, Hugo RACE, Jacqui STOCKDALE, Jane BURTON, Jason HARTCUP, Jenny WATSON, Jessica KRITZER, Katrina BEALE, Kim SALMON, Lewis MILLER, Lisa BARMBY, Manon ALFANO, Michael VALE, Michelangelo RUSSO, Mina YOUNG, Miriam WHITE, Nora SUMBERG, Peter GRAHAM, Prudence FLINT, Rhonda DREDGE, Shane JONES, Tiffany TITSHALL, Victoria HARTCUP, Violetta DEL CONTE, Wendy Joy MORRISSEY

Saturday, April 18, 2026

A SEAT AT THE TABLE: A Celebration of Women Artists


The works of many artists I’ve long admired will presently be gathered around a very special table at Art & Collectors, Melbourne. It’s a distinct privilege to have been invited to join them.


A SEAT AT THE TABLE celebrates the women who made room for themselves — and for those who would follow — in the evolving conversation of art. Set around an antique Japanese dining table, the gallery becomes a place of gathering — salon-hung, conversational, like stories shared over a meal.


This exhibition honours both history and momentum, celebrating the enduring power of women artists. Take a seat with these women — cool, composed, and collected.


- Art & Collectors website


Three of my paintings have been included in the exhibition, including Birds of a feather, 2024, acrylic on canvas panel, 30.5 x 30.5 cm. (Image 1, top). 


To preview another of my works curated into A SEAT AT THE TABLE, go HERE. 


Artists include: Ann Howie, Ann Thomson, Anne Marie Hall, Anne Montgomery, Bridget Riley, Deborah Klein, Deborah Walker, Dorothea Francis, Dorothy Braund, Erica Tandori, Evie Cahir, GW Bot, Hyunju Kim, Isabelle Chouinard, Jennifer Huang, Jenny Kitchener, Judy Cassab, Karan Hayman, Kari Henriksen, Karima Baadilla, Kate Beynon, Kathryn Ryan, Marie Mansfield, Miranda Hampson, Mirka Mora, Naomi White, Nora Wompi, Rachel Newling, Rona Green, Rosalie Gascoigne, Sophia Szilagyi, Sue Jarvis, Susan Baird, Susannah Bond, Sylvia Ken, Tanya Hoddinott, Thea Proctor, Vida Lahey, Yvonne Boag.


Art & Collectors

A SEAT AT THE TABLE: A Celebration of Women Artists 

Opening Night: 5pm–8pm, Thursday April 23

Location: 1/165 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy, VIC


An invitation is attached. (Image on invitation: The Painter by Deborah Walker). 


The exhibition runs from 24 April - 16 May 2026.

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

IRREPRESSIBLE and the history of Rona Green-helmed print exchanges

The current issue of IMPRINT, quarterly journal of the Print Council of Australia (Autumn 2026, Vol. 61, No. 1), includes an informative, richly illustrated five-page article on Irrepressible, the latest exhibition and print exchange curated by Rona Green opening on Saturday, March 21, at Whitehorse Artspace. 

The article, a Q&A between Marguerite Brown, Curator of Whitehorse Artspace, and Irrepressible Artist/Curator Rona Green, also discusses in considerable detail Rona’s singularly long and distinguished history of facilitating folio exchanges and printmaking exhibitions, both in Australia and overseas. 

Rona Green’s contribution to contemporary print culture in Australia is immeasurable. I’m extremely privileged to have been included in several of her exchange folios and other projects, including Irrepressible.

The article is reproduced here. Click on individual images for an enlarged view. 





 Irrepressible will be launched on Saturday 21 March, 1-3 pm, at Whitehorse Artspace. For further information, go HERE.

Saturday, February 7, 2026

LOCALS

 


My painting Eye Candy, 2024, Acrylic on canvas panel, 30.5 x 30.5 cm, is part of a terrific lineup of artworks in LOCALS, the upcoming exhibition at Outre Gallery in Fitzroy. The opening event is on Friday, 20 February at 5 pm. 

Scroll down for further details, including a complete list of artists. 




LOCALS runs from 20 February - 15 March 2026.

Thursday, September 11, 2025

SPRINGTIME

The aptly titled painting Springtime, 2024, acrylic on canvas board, 30.5 x 30.5 cm (pictured above) is one of two of my works included in the group exhibition, SPRING DAYS, opening in a week’s time at one of my favourite Melbourne galleries, Off the Kerb in Collingwood. (See also previous post). 

Exhibiting Artists

ADRIAN JILICH ~ ANNE KUCERA

ALMOST IRIS ~ ANJA DURNEVA

ALEKS GRILZ ~ ANNE DE NOOIJER

ASHLEIGH GILLULEY ~ BEN TAYLOR

BOAT PAPER PLANE ~ CARLA SCOTTO

CHRISTINA DARRAS ~ DEBORAH KLEIN

DARREN FRISINA ~ EMILY VAN DER MOLEN

GEOFF HARRIS ~ GLEN DOWNEY

JESS LYONS ~ LIV MCCARTEN

LISA BANH ~ MACARENA OCEA

MARK SEABROOK ~ MATT DWYER

MARCO PENNACCHIA ~ NANCY LIU

PETRA RODGERS ~ RYAN POLA

STEPHANIE HICKS ~ STEVIE DOAN

SARAH FERN ~ SHANE JONES

SARAH MEDCALF ~ TONY FEURY

VIKI MURRAY ~ XUE FEI ~ ZAC GRENFELL


Come celebrate with us on Opening Night, Friday 19 September, from 6 - 8 pm.


To view the exhibition catalogue, go HERE.


SPRING DAYS

Off the Kerb 

66B Johnston Street

Collingwood VIC 3066

Thurs | Fri 12pm - 6pm 

Sat | Sun 12pm - 5pm

T  (03) 9077 0174

M  0400 530 464

E   info@offthekerb.com.au

W  www.offthekerb.com.au


The exhibition runs from 18 September - 2 October 2025.

Friday, September 5, 2025

SPRING DAYS

 


It’s been a long, cold winter and I’ve been longing for the arrival of spring since what feels like forever. Not surprisingly, the theme of SPRING DAYS, the upcoming group exhibition at Off the Kerb Gallery, is one that’s especially close to my heart. Warmest thanks to Shini Pararajasingham, Founder/Director of Off the Kerb, for inviting me to take part in it. I can’t think of a finer way of heralding spring.


SPRING DAYS

Opening: Friday 19 September 6 - 8 pm

Exhibition dates: 18 September - 2 October 2025


Off the Kerb 
66B Johnston Street
Collingwood VIC 3066
Thurs | 
Fri 12pm - 6pm
Sat | 
Sun 12pm - 5pm
T  
(03) 9077 0174
M
  0400 530 464
E  info@offthekerb.com.au
W
 www.offthekerb.com.au


Images on invitation L-R: Adrian Jilich, A spot by a fence, acrylic on panel and 

Deborah Klein, Tudor Rose ll, acrylic on canvas board (detail).