Join artists Jordan Azcune, Kirralee Robinson, design studio Five Mile Radius and curator Jenna Green as they discuss the exchange of ideas and collaborative making they’ve been working on for the past 6 months. Surrounded by their experiments, the group will take you through the materials they chose to explore, the different tests they have […]
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Open Studio: Ghost Ship Studio
Take a turn through Michael Eather’s enviable body of work in a rare open studio that invites you to meet the artist and see his most recent works up close. Featuring a combination of works on paper, paintings and installations, don’t miss out on your chance to see the multidisciplinary artist and gallerist owner in […]
Artist Talk: Fiona Omeenyo, Rosella Namok + Samantha Hobson
Get an insight into the ideas and processes behind the Which way? exhibition artistsFiona Omeenyo, Rosella Namok and Samantha Hobson, who will be in conversation with gallery director Michael Eather and others. These established artists will discuss their art and design sensibilities across painting and sculpture. Since 2014, the artists have travelled regularly to Brisbane […]
Which way? Fiona Omeenyo, Rosella Namok and Samantha Hobson
Which way? is the long-awaited exhibition from contemporary Indigenous artists, Fiona Omeenyo, Rosella Namok and Samantha Hobson. Through their art and design sensibilities – across painting and sculpture – the artists explore the themes of ‘tradition’ and ‘change’ through their chosen subjects. The themes that the artists have individually explored in their art practices involve […]
Physical Perception: Natalie Lavelle
Natalie Lavelle’s exhibition Physical Perception, is a gathering of life-size works that appear to be in negotiation of the space between art object and viewer – matter and body. The works’ premise considers the two bodies – both abstract and visceral – to be intimately related aspects of the same principle. Painted flat on the ground, […]
LINK: Tay Haggarty
LINK is a series of new object-based works that explore slowness, productive ambiguity, and the shared experience of risk taking. These objects presented as reductive forms will be specifically placed within the gallery space, to encourage us to slow down and take care. LINK invites us to foster this culture and practice of care, and […]
In Conversation: Bridie Gillman + Hamish Sawyer
Reminiscent of the early 20th century action painters, Bridie Gillman’s mark-making is an intuitive response to the memories and emotions evoked from her cross-cultural experiences. Initially inspired by her childhood in Indonesia, the now Brisbane-based artist’s practice has evolved to consider more broadly concepts of place, reactions to the environments through which she has travelled, […]
Invisible Border: Khadim Ali
Invisible Border comprises sound installation, miniature painting, and a monumental 9-metre-long tapestry, hand woven by a community of Hazara men and women, some who have lost family members in war. Featuring existing work alongside new commissions developed for the IMA, the exhibition will also feature Otherness, a major body of work developed in partnership with […]
Open Studio: Mandy Quadrio
Take a stroll down to Griffith University Art Museum’s Hope Street Studio and meet artist in residence, Mandy Quadrio. A proud Talawa woman with strong connections to her ancestral countries of Tebrakunna, Coastal Plains Nation, Mandy’s work strives to generate meaningful social dialogues against the background of disputed Australian histories. With a body of work […]
Material Directives: Jordan Azcune + Kirralee Robinson
Over the past 6 months, artists Jordan Azcune and Kirralee Robinson have been collaborating with local design studio, Five Mile Radius on new material experiments. Through an exchange of practice and knowledge, the artists and Five Mile Radius have explored the environmental impact of their work and proposed new lines of enquiry into material and […]