HOMAGE TO YAYOI KUSAMA
Queenscliff Gallery
81 Hesse Street, Queenscliff Victoria 3225, Australia
3 - 27 April, 2025
A group exhibition of works inspired by the great Yayoi Kusama and the 2025 major exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Marian Blank, Louise Blyton, Moli Carew, Charlotte Ivey, Marketa Kemp, Brett Mallon, David Moore, Sue Poggioli, Trudy Rice, Gwen Scott and Lucinda Tanner.
SUPERNATURAL
Grace Knight, Charlotte Ivey, Simon Leah and Lana Daubermann
fivedownstairs
45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Australia
18 - 29 March 2025
Four artists with seemingly divergent practices come together in a cross-pollination of inspiration taken from the natural world. Sharing commonality in the use of abstraction, this exhibition explores the process of art-making and its role connecting the artist’s inner world to the outer, while also stimulating discussion on what ‘abstraction’ can mean within different creative disciplines.
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Grace Knight is a multidisciplinary artist, known prominently for her work in music, both with the band Eurogliders and as a solo artist. Here, Knight celebrates her debut exhibition. Twisting materiality from hard to soft, she creates abstract depictions of Agate and Geode formations as large scale tufted and carved woollen pieces.
Charlotte Ivey is a visual artist based in Merri-bek, born in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Ivey’s work is led by the impulses of the body – exploring the illusory nature of psychological states, and how they dictate our experience of external environments. She charts a territory somewhere between the traditionally ‘beautiful’ and ‘distasteful’.
Simon Leah uses the unpredictable results of the patina process in his assembled metal sculptural works to celebrate the abstract beauty of ‘chance’ within his considered purposeful forms.
Lana Daubermann’s practice is rooted in plein air observation of the Australian landscape. Here, she loosens into an abstracted approach, favouring shape, colour, and gesture over realism.
For all four artists, the process of creation is of utmost importance, leaving us with works that truly resonate with a depth beyond the finished surface.
(BE)LONGING
Counihan Gallery
233 Sydney Road
Brunswick, Melbourne, Australia
Opening: Saturday 9 Nov 2024
The Merri-bek Summer Show is a much-loved annual exhibition celebrating local artistic talent. Each year, local artists are invited to submit an artwork that explores a chosen theme.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Kareen Adam, Freya Alexander, Sarah Anthony, Pamela Bain, Joy Barrett, Lois Basham, Madeleine Beatty, Melvin Berzamina, Margaret Bishop, Wendy Black, Robyn Blaikie, Strokes in Blue, Elisabeth Bodey, Heinz Boeck, Annie Bolitho, The BOOreaucrats, Matt Bottos, Ashleigh Briggs, Bronwyn Calcutt, Matthew Carey, Carmelina Casely, Alessia Catalano, Margaret Christianson, Thomas C. Chung, Ryley Clarke, Elizabeth Cleland, David Creed, J Davies, Elain Della Rocca, Chelle Destefano, Julian Di Martino, Sofie Dieu, Andrea Draper, Sandra Drummond, George Duckett, Robyn Elliott, Jane Farnan, Ange Foster, Lesley & Patrick Francis, Flora Georgiou, Michael Gromm, Ruth Groves, Peter Hannaford, Jack Hannigan, Ashika Harper, JC Harris, Jarmila Hava, Joshua Hede, Caitlin Hespe, Jon Hewitt, Setareh Hosseini, Guy Hughes, Amaya Iturri, Tegan Iversen, Charlotte Ivey, Victoria Jacgung, Stephanie Karavasilis, Manon Kendall, Nina Killham, Pamela Kleemann-Passi and Jill Johanson, Madelin Latomanski, Penelope Le Petit, Linda Loh, Yoshihito Machida, Lucy Maddox, Priscilla Manthey, Sheena Mathieson, David McCall, Janine Mcginness, Aylsa McHugh, Anthony McInneny, Lorraine Meinke, Lucas Mihailidis, Robert Mihajlovski and Rados Stevanovic, Angelina Mirabito, Nazanin Moghaddam, Siobhán Motherway, Barbara Murphy, Betty Musgrove, Kamilla Musland, Angela Ndalianis, Rachel O'Connor, Valentina Palonen, Nalika Peiris, Maria Petrova, Deepika Rao, Steven Rendall, Jo Rock, Ash Russell, Claire Sadler-Jones, Lily Santamaria, Andrea Schinca, Samantha Sederof, Elif Sezen, Josh Simpson, Stephanie Siu, Natalie Smith, Lewis Spiteri, Noah Spivak, Karen Standke, Ange Stock, Linda Studena, Frances Tapueluelu, Jean Taylor, Lahni Thavarajah, Sandra Tobias, Nicola Vance, Diana Videka, Miguel Villanueva, Florence Wang, Ashton Wastney, Anna White, Chris Winer, Mark Wingrave, Jude Worters, Qinling (Coni) Zhang.
A CLIMATE FOR CHANGE
Counihan Gallery
4 November - 9 December 2023
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
ACSpecials, Kareen Adam, Dani Andrée, Ingmar Apinis, Emma Armstrong-Porter, Joy Barrett, Madeleine Beatty, Margaret Bishop, Wendy Black, Kylie Blackley, Robyn Blaikie, Heinz Boeck, Annie Bolitho, The Booreaucrats, Matt Bottos, Nyssa Braid, Mitchel Brannan, Lina Buck, Jane Burns, Alexander Caetano, Bronwyn Calcutt, Mem Capp, Aimee Carruthers, Nandita Chakraborty, Thomas C. Chung, Elizabeth Cleland, Rhys Cousins, Michael Crowhurst, David Creed & Angela Rossitto, Julian Di Martino, Amelia Dowling, Robyn Elliott, Lesley & Patrick Francis, Kasey Gambling, Nickolas Gauci, Flora Georgiou, Michael Gromm, Ruth Groves, Jess Hall, Michaela Hart, Jarmila Hava, Jon Hewitt, Carly Housiaux, Amaya Iturri, Tegan Iversen, Charlotte Ivey, Hongguang Jiang, Iriana Joaquim, Stephanie Karavasilis, Alister Karl, Nina Killham, Pamela Kleemann-Passi, Damien Laing, Luisa Laino, Madelin Latomanski, Melanie Lazarow, Penelope Le Petit, Teague Leigh, Sophia Liddy, Su Liew, Christos Linou, Larissa MacFarlane, Yoshihito Machida, Lucy Maddox, Sheena Mathieson, David Mccall, Janine Mcginness, Aylsa Mchugh, Nazanin Moghaddam, Logan Mucha, Betty Musgrove, Gabrielle Leah New & Carolyn Cardinet, Keith O'Donnell, Stephen Palmer, Valentina Palonen, Shalome Pinto, Belinda Pringle, Carmen Reid, Steven Rendall, Indigo Ripper-Stranieri, Glenyys Romanes, Ash Russell, Lyndon Sendeckyj, Benjamin Sheppard, Josh Simpson, Lewis Spiteri, Brian Spiteri, Linda Studená, Gloria Sulli, Fleur Summers, Christine Tammer, Jean Taylor, Sandra Tobias, Miguel Andres Villanueva, Robert Waghorn, Anna White, Rebecca Willcox and Mark Wingrave.
SUBSTRATE 23
Tacit Art
189 & 191 Johnston St
Collingwood, Melbourne, Australia
31 May - 17 June, 2023
Tacit’s annual invitational substrate group exhibition. In previous years [they] have featured aluminium and canvas, this year’s chosen medium is primed board. The exhibition features 55 artists, four different substrate sizes and each artist presenting two or three works. SUBSTRATE 23 celebrates an individual approach to a unified substrate and diversity of technique.
Participating artists: George Alamidis, Adriana Artmeier, Melanie Bardolia, Lillian Bateson, TJ Bateson, Paul Bishop, Louise Blyton, Terri Brooks, Robyn Burgess, Anna Caione, Elizabeth Colbert, Dawn Csturos, Lana De Jager, Angie De Latour, Merrian Dennis, Louise Donovan, Merrin Eirth, Christine Gibbs, Geoff Harrison, Jodi Heffernan, Bridget Hillebrand, Charlotte Ivey, Kasia Fabijanska, David Gatiss, Ilona Jetmar, Sheridan Jones, Stephanie Jook, Julie Keating, Vietta Korren-Steele, KyleKM, Chris Lawry, Helen Lehmann, Sara Manser, David McBurney, Paula McLoughlin, Anne Mestitz, Mark James Minty, Russel Newman, Geoffrey Odgers, Gaye Paterson, Jack Paterson, Linda Pickering, Shirley Ploog, Cat Poljski, Jen Prior, John Rabling, Nicola Reavley, Leanne Savory, Susan Stevenson, Elizabeth Tarrant, Lena Torikov, Susan Wald, Linda Weil, Andrew Weatherill, Michael Wedd, Neil Whalebone
CORPORA TERRAE
Off The Kerb Gallery & Studios
66B Johnston St
Collingwood, Melbourne, Australia
4 - 18 May, 2023
How do we navigate the increasingly artificial environment of our day-to-day lives?
Corpora Terrae (Bodies From The Earth) embraces the romantic concept of nature as a model for tranquility. Influenced by the Australian landscape, Ivey approaches land as a living organism, through tones and textures of soil, clay and wood, as well as the reproductive systems of organisms springing beneath our feet.
In hope of illumination, she explores the tension between cultivated control and ancient systems of balance.
ELEMENTS
Off The Kerb Gallery & Studios
66B Johnston St
Collingwood, Melbourne, Australia
13 - 27 April, 2023
Participating artists:
ALEXIA NOVELLA | GLEN DOWNEY | MELANIE CAPLE | LIAM SNOOTLE | TINKY | MATTHEW SCHIAVELLO | FRANCES CANNON | RYAN POLA WENDY PHAM | JACK HOWL | RACHEL DERUM | ASOORAGUY | STIPLO | KATIE CHANCELLOR | NICOLE WILLIS | SAINT JIVE | LUKAS KASPER | CAT PARKER | CAKEFACE X RHYS POPE | CHRIS VERNON | YIYING LEE YEN | YEN LO | IMOGEN ROLFE | JULIA SCHMITT | ZAC GRENFELL | CHARLOTTE IVEY | TOMBOYBILL | CASPAR CONRICK | RUBY BOVILL | WONTON BEARS | KARA MANDEL | ANDRE BRUZZESE KATIE STARKEY | KAY HUSTWAITE | MARIA PETROVA | CLÉMENCE SAUCEZ | KATIE BANAKH | LAUREN TAUSEND | LEWIS VINCENT
BOUND PIGMENT
Tacit Art
189 & 191 Johnston St
Collingwood, Melbourne, Australia
8 - 25 February, 2023
Participating artists: Adriana ARTMEIER, Melanie BARDOLIA, Lillian BATESON, TJ BATESON, Terri BROOKS, Robyn BURGESS, Michelle CAITHNESS, Magda CEBOKLI, Lesley DICKMAN, Merrin EIRTH, Jodi HEFFERNAN, Nuan HO, Charlotte IVEY, Ilona JETMAR, Tracey JONES, Stephanie JOOK, Vietta KORREN-STEELE, Emma LABATTAGLIA, Kir LARWILL, Tammy LEIGH, Nic MASON, Geoffrey ODGERS, Linda PICKERING, Shirley PLOOG, Jen PRIOR, Luke RABL, Nicola REAVLEY, Daniela STRAUSS, Liz SULLIVAN, Deb TAYLOR, Susan WALD, Sarah WALLACE-SMITH, Sally WEST, Anna WESTON, Neil WHALEBONE
FUTURE TENSE
Counihan Gallery
233 Sydney Road
Brunswick, Melbourne, Australia
5 Nov - 9 Dec 2022
The Merri-bek Summer Show is a much-loved annual exhibition celebrating local artistic talent. Each year, local artists are invited to submit an artwork that explores a chosen theme. This year’s Merri-bek Summer Show theme is Future Tense, and featured 87 artists.
Participating artists: Caroline Alcalde, Carmen Angerer, Sarah Anthony, Ingmar Apinis, David Creed and Angela Rossitto, Joy Barrett, Margaret Bishop, Heinz Boeck, Matt Bottos, Alexander Caetano, Mem Capp, Aimee Carruthers, Sofia Chapman, Thomas C. Chung, Evangeline Clark, Elizabeth Cleland, Miranda Cook, Michael Crowhurst, Chelle Destefano, Julian Di Martino, Sofie Dieu, Matthew Dunn, Laurence Flegg, Lesley & Patrick Francis, Flora Georgiou, Ruth Groves, Jess Hall, Jarmila Hava, Angela Hughes, Amaya Iturri, Tegan Iversen, Charlotte Ivey, Manasee Jog, Chandra Kamaldeen, Stephanie Karavasilis, Alister Karl, Nina Killham, Emily King, Pamela Kleemann-Passi, Luisa Laino, Melanie Lazarow, Josephine Lazidis, Teague Leigh, Christos Linou, Linda Loh, Carmel Louise, Larissa MacFarlane, Jarrad Martyn, Sheena Mathieson, David McCall, Janine McGinness, Aylsa McHugh, Tony Milne, Jamie Mumford, Gabrielle Leah New, Saffron Newey, Claire O'Driscoll, Oguzhan ‘Oz’ Ozcicek, Valentina Palonen, Marina Perkovich, Shalome Pinto, Lisa Pownall, Carmen Reid, Steven Rendall, Rosemary Robins, Glenyys Romanes, Thitibodee Rungteerawattananon, Tamara Russell, Ash Russell, Sofia Sabbagh, Claire Sadler-Jones, Hannah Savage, Emily Simek, Miranda Smith, Hayley Smith, Ange Stock, Linda Studená, Dan Su, Hira Tanao, Jean Taylor, The BOOreaucrats, Leon van de Graaff, Kyle Walker, Florence Wang, Ashton Wastney, Claire Anna Watson, Mark Wingrave.
INNER HUM
Divisions Gallery
Pentridge, Melbourne, Australia
25 Feb - 27 March 2022
Inner Hum, an exhibition of three abstract painters who play with colour, gesture and movement. With subtle cues to everyday life, Inner Hum is full of the unexpected – and asks us to question what we see on first glance.
Featuring works by Belinda Wiltshire, Karen Hew-Yin Eriksen, and Charlotte Ivey.