Past

2023

Experimenta Life Forms: International Triennial of Media Art

Various artists

4 February - 13 March 2023
Cathleen Edkins Gallery, Main Gallery & Margaret Scott Gallery

Experimenta Life Forms: International Triennial of Media Art features 26 contemporary Australian and International artists working across diverse artforms –including robotics, bio-art, screen-based works,... Read More


Taking Flight

Birds from the Riddoch Collection

11 March - 11 June 2023
King's Floor

Feathered and flighty, birds have a way of captivating our eyes with their bold plumage, while arresting our ears with warbled tunes. From migratory... Read More


Four Rolls of Tape and a Bucket

Kirsten Johnston

29 April - 25 June 2023
Margaret Scott Gallery

Behind each work of art and artist is an art practice—that mysterious and sometimes elusive combination of inspiration, work, time, doubt and courage.  Four... Read More


Renewal

Thumb Print inc.

29 April - 18 June 2023
Cathleen Edkins Gallery

Three years on the COVID pandemic has now largely been absorbed into our way of life. Many events and activities are restarting, and life... Read More


JamFactory Icon Tom Moore: Abundant Wonder

Tom Moore with animation by Jonathan Nix 

29 April - 25 June 2023
Main Gallery

JamFactory’s Icon series celebrates the achievements of South Australia’s most influential visual artists working in craft-based media. Tom Moore is one of Australia’s leading... Read More


SOUTH EAST ART SOCIETY – OPEN ART AWARDS 2023

Various artists

7 July - 27 August 2023
Main Gallery

South East Art Society Inc. (SEAS) encourages the practice of Visual Arts and their promotion throughout the Limestone Coast and surrounding regions. Now in... Read More


To Throw a Shadow

Meagan Streader

24 June - 31 August 2023
Cathleen Edkins Gallery & Foyer

Meagan Streader’s work pushes the limits of light within sculpture and installation. Streader manipulates, reinterprets and extends upon the boundaries of constructed spaces. Her... Read More


Window to SALA

Kurt Ploenges, Tim Rosenthal, Catherine Warnest

1 - 31 August 2023
Commercial Street window display

The South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Festival is a statewide festival of visual art. The Festival promotes and celebrates the many talented visual artists... Read More


Bee-stung lips: Barbara Hanrahan works on paper 1960-1991

Curated by Nic Brown

9 September - 19 November 2023
Cathleen Edkins Gallery

Bee-stung lips surveys Barbara Hanrahan’s prolific 30-year printmaking career that was set in motion in 1960 and ended with her untimely death at the... Read More


Margaret Worth: Earth & Ether

Margaret Worth

9 September - 19 November 2023
Main Gallery & Margaret Scott Gallery

Margaret Worth: Earth & Ether is a significant exhibition celebrating the career of prominent South Australian artist Margaret Worth. Showcasing a career path dedicated... Read More


MESSAGE ON A BOTTLE

70 years of South Australian wine label design

2 December 2023 - 28 January 2024
Main Gallery

‘The wine label is a powerful icon of modern civilization; it is a precious object of art that symbolizes and disseminates the cultural and... Read More


THE TAXIDERMIST

Trevor Smith

2 December 2023 - 28 January 2024
Cathleen Edkins Gallery

Penola based crochet artist Trevor Smith completed a Diploma of Visual Arts at Warrnambool Institute of Advanced Education (now Deakin University), majoring in three... Read More


FUN STUFF!

from the Riddoch collection

9 December 2023 - 28 January 2024
Margaret Scott Gallery

Treasures, artifacts and artworks that take your eye, turn your head and pique your curiosity: This is Fun Stuff!, our summer exhibition of hits... Read More


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