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Our two unique exhibition spaces are updated every 4 to 8 weeks.
exhibition calendar | the main gallery
Everyday Abstractions | Wayne Budge and Julie Sisco
This ICM (Intentional Camera Movement) exhibition showcases abstract, dynamic photography that blends motion and light. Queensland artists Wayne Budge and Julie Sisco explore creativity through deliberate camera movements, transforming ordinary scenes into expressive, dreamlike compositions. The exhibition invites viewers to experience a fresh perspective on photography, challenging traditional techniques and embracing the beauty of fluidity and spontaneity.
The Mistletoe Waltz | Rosie Lloyd Giblett
This exhibition explores how environmental art practices can unearth and archive positive symbiotic stories. Rosie Lloyd Giblett’s multidisciplinary environmental art exhibition includes field work on Bigambul country near Goondiwindi, as well as creative experiments of drawing, painting and assemblage construction that were completed in Lloyd-Giblett’s home studio on the Sunshine Coast. The collection of works was driven by the artist’s desire to investigate historical, ethical and affective relationships she has with the Western Queensland landscape. Through the making process, Lloyd-Giblett uses environmental art practices to create and imagine a speculative future for this site, grounded in notions of kinship, reciprocity and care.
Out of my Suitcase: travel memories translated into cloth | Sue Dennis
How can an artist distil travel experiences and capture a sense of place in cloth?
This exhibition is the result of 50 years of wanderings and experiences in far flung places. Beginning in the Australian outback Sue Dennis was catapulted into remote, off the beaten track adventures with her geologist husband Bob.
Her experiences are uniquely imbued in her cloth through multiple surface design techniques often achieved on location. The techniques need to be suitcase transportable and easily processed on the streets of busy cities or in small hotel rooms.
The joy of expressing the magic of location is contained in the resulting original cloth and is further enhanced by stitch.
From Mt Isa to Mongolia, Italy to India, Asia to North America it all comes out of her suitcase!
While We Came and Went | Peter Osborn
Through working with natural materials, in this case the soils and rocks of our local environment, a personal relationship grows directly with the planet earth. The artworks will include three dimensional sculptural works of ceramic and also unfired soil and rocks. These will be complimented by 2D works that seek to capture the endless change of our natural environment. Photographs of sculptural works in the natural environment together with drawings using soil and ash will also contribute to the expression.
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the GROVE GALLERY
Ceramics: Earth in Motion | A group exhibition by Warwick Potters Association
This exhibition brings together works that honour clay as a living, responsive material shaped by the movement of human hands. From fluid gestures to quiet, deliberate forms, each piece reflects the meeting of earth and maker.
Drawn Together Portraits of QLD Homes
At its heart, Drawn Together is about community sharing the places that matter most to them: their homes.
This exhibition is both a celebration of Queensland homes, Queensland communities and a powerful metaphor for the work done in the Queensland Children’s hospital every day: creating spaces of comfort, joy, and belonging, even when kids are away from the homes they love.
Shane Donnelly's Models of Queensland Homes
Shane Donnelly has been handcrafting scale models of buildings and structures, for as long as he can remember from using cardboard and match sticks as a child to working with the specialised modelmaking materials of today. Shane uses the old school model, making techniques he has refined over his modelmaking career both professionally and as a hobbyist. He uses a very basic set of hand tools, preferring to stay away from the modern 3D printing and laser cutting technology, as he feels it doesn't get to express his creativity an eye for detail that way.
Shane works out of a spare room in his home in Stanthorpe in Southern Queensland. His modelmaking journey has developed into a passion for history as he handcrafts the houses people built, grew up in and lived in during their lives.
The Red Dress | Kirstie Macleod
UK artist Kirstie Macleod has spent 16 years creating The Red Dress, a global collaborative embroidered artwork, connecting thousands worldwide through shared identity, expression, and conversation across borders. Warwick Art Gallery is one of only two Australian venues to show The Red Dress, and the only regional gallery. FOR ONE WEEK ONLY!
Against the Grain | Graeme Smith
This exhibition showcases the finely crafted work of Graeme Smith, a Warwick-based retired boatbuilder with over 51 years’ experience in timber. Designing and handcrafting contemporary furniture and cabinetry, he highlights the natural beauty of exotic timbers, celebrating their distinctive grain, colour and enduring material presence.
Narrative in Detail | Kate Beard and Karina Devine
The longstanding friendship between Queensland artists Kate Beard and Karina Devine is built on their mutual love for art, travel, and living in a close-knit community. Although their careers have taken them to different places, both remain deeply committed to their craft and to their bond with each other.
Beard’s vibrant acrylic paintings transform her personal memories into dynamic visual stories, employing layers of richly coloured glazes to create depth and emotion. In contrast, Devine’s mixed media works intricately weave together joyful experiences of home and meaningful connections, characterised by a juxtaposition of collage and “maximalist” detail. Despite their stylistic differences, both artists share a foundation in storytelling, with their works reflecting the beauty and lessons of life through uniquely identifiable techniques.
Their recent works, marked by vibrant colours and layered narratives, reveal a common thematic thread as each artist portrays the journey of their lives in her own way.
