image credit: Rod Moss, CUSTODIANS, graphite on Stonehenge paper

burrinja presents

All My Fat Country | Rod Moss

27 Aug - 08 Oct | Burrinja Gallery

From a body of more than 200 works made during the artist's four decades of life in Mparntwe/Alice Springs, four paintings have been selected. Their themes reflect his enduring friendships with the traditional owners of town and surrounding county, the Arrernte.

Recently, Moss has returned to re-describing the local environment in graphite, the medium he favoured in his first exhibition at Hawthorn City Gallery in 1978. Then it was the suburban backyard. In the present show, its the rugged hill country at his backdoor.

Rod Moss was born in Ferntree Gully and had his first exhibition at Burrinja in 2014. He is an award-winning author of several books including The Hard Light of Day and A Thousand Cuts.

Join us for the opening Friday 26 August 6.30 pm ~ RSVP HERE

image credit: Anthony Breslin, 'A Frolic in the Garden of Scull' mixed media on canvas, 160 x 140cm, ©Anthony Breslin

burrinja presents

Melange | Anthony Breslin

15 Oct - 19 Nov | Burrinja Gallery

An exhibition of all new works which will include large scale, theatrical  mixed media paintings, sculpture, animation, installation and a series of interactive “art games”.

The show will also showcase a small series of finely detailed provoking, surrealist like drawings from 25 years back which Anthony has never exhibited before.  

Join us for the exhibition opening Sat 15 Oct @ 2pm ~ RSVP HERE

Join us for Anthony Breslin’s Artist Talk on his process and the works in his exhibition Melange. Sat 29 Oct @ 2pm ~ RSVP HERE

QAC is part of the Big Connect proudly funded by Vic Health

Burrinja & Vic Health presents

Queer Collage Party with Aaron Billings (Pink Ember Studios) 

We are bringing back the Queer Collage Party - But this time, its for all ages!

Thu 18 Aug @ 6pm | Tasty Az @ Burrinja

After a delicious dinner from social enterprise Tasty Az we will be guided in making some rock'n collage with Aaron and also get some insight into his practice.

About Aaron...

Aaron makes work featuring the male form, particularly the feminised male form and versions of masculinities that mess with gender representation. Through the medium of comics, books, and textiles Aaron explores queer political power and resists heteronormative ways of seeing.

This event runs 6-8pm (ish)
6pm dinner
7pm Q & A and collage workshop

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 Image: Dylan Mooney, OUR MOMENT (detail), 2020 from their Queer, Blak, & Here Series
QAC is part of the Big Connect proudly funded by Vic Health

Burrinja & Vic Health presents

Queer Stories from the NGV Collection

Mon 22 Aug @ 10.30am |  NGV International

Exhibition visit + Lunch 10.30 am (This event is for 18-25yo LGBTQI+ indentifying young people) NGV International

"QUEER shines a light on the NGV Collection to examine and reveal the queer stories works of art can tell. This exhibition of works from the NGV Collection spans historical eras and diverse media including painting, drawing, photography, decorative arts, fashion, video, sculpture, and design and explores queerness as an expression of sexuality and gender, a political movement, a sensibility, and as an attitude that defies fixed definition.

Rather than attempting to provide an definitive history of queer art, the exhibition explores the NGV Collection from a queer perspective, presenting and interpreting queer concepts and stories."

Tickets ~ Free

Let us know you are coming by registering HERE

Find out more about the Queer Art Collective

Image: Peter Waples-Crowe, Detail of the Natives Rallied for Love

QAC is part of the Big Connect proudly funded by Vic Health

Burrinja & Vic Health presents

Community Dinner and Talk with Peter Waples-Crowe

Tue 20 Sep @ 6pm | Tasty Az @ Burrinja

After a delicious dinner from social enterprise Tasty Az we will enjoy an Artist Talk with indigenous artists Peter Waples-Crowe.

About Peter...

Peter Waples-Crowe is a Ngarigo visual and performance-based artist living in Melbourne. His intersecting experiences as an Aboriginal person and his work with community health and arts organisations give him a unique perspective as an artist and community cultural development worker. Waples-Crowe creates bold colourful work that explores the representation of Aboriginal people in popular culture, often referencing the dingo as a totemic figure and an analogy for Indigenous peoples.

This event runs 6-8pm (ish)
6pm Dinner
7pm Artist Talk

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Image: Peter Waples-Crowe, Detail of the Natives Rallied for Love

QAC is part of the Big Connect proudly funded by Vic Health

Burrinja & Vic Health presents

Story-sharing workshop with author Roz Bellamy

Sun 25 Sep @ 2pm | Burrinja

Join us for an insightful story sharing workshop with award-winning queer author Roz Bellamy at Burrinja

Please note ~ This event is for 15-25yo LGBTQI+ identifying young people. Family/support people are welcome to attend.

About Roz...

Roz is an experienced presenter, public speaker, interviewer and moderator. They have performed their work and presented at events including the Emerging Writers’ Festival, the National Young Writers’ Festival, the Melbourne Fringe Festival and Queerstories. They have been interviewed on podcasts, ABC Radio, Joy FM, 3CR, Channel 31 and SBS. In 2021, Roz was a writer in residence with Moreland City Council.

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image credit: Cathy Ronalds, The Rock, Diptych

burrinja presents

There Used To Be A Canopy Here | Cathy Ronalds

Fri 29 Jul - Sat 27 Aug | Burrinja Gallery

It has been over a year since the June 9th storm tore across our mountain through the night, destroying homes and felling large swathes of bush. Seeing such devastation to the bush I love so dearly and hearing the stories of terror and near death experiences in our community was distressing. 

I felt compelled to create a series depicting the devastation we felt to honour both our collective trauma and the bush.

A year later, the removal of fallen trees continues. Those who know this mountain well are familiar with the eerie feeling: there used to be a canopy here.

Music score: Edward Willoughby

Performing artist: Gretel Taylor

Join us for the opening on Thu 28 July @ 6.30pm ~ RSVP HERE

image credit: Bronwyn Ward, Untitled, yarn & recycled textiles, 150cm x 70cm, Photography by Kerri Hollingsworth

burrinja presents

S P A C E S  I N  B E T W E E N 
Bronwyn Ward
& Kerri Hollingsworth

Fri 29 Jul - Sat 27 Aug | Burrinja Gallery

The loss of an estimated 25000 trees during the June 2021 storm has impacted all of us. Our collective grief of the enormous gaps left in our landscape is something which connects us all.

Artists Kerri Hollingsworth and Bronwyn Ward explore this loss by creating fibre sculptures to hold and protect their memory. The artists imagined a forest where all is present apart from our lost trees. They have painstakingly woven, latch hooked and wound natural fibres into tactile sculptures. Incorporating works made with community over conversations of the disaster impact as part of Yarra Ranges Council’s Art Attack program.

You are invited to wander amongst the spaces in between and reflect on your own experience of loss and change. Participate by weaving found natural materials in a communal nature weave to pay homage to our lost trees. Kerri and Bronwyn hope these works will encourage you to contemplate what we have lost and how we can become a more resilient community in the future.

This exhibition has been supported by Yarra Ranges Council Art Attack program. 

Join us for the opening on Thu 28 July @ 6.30pm ~ RSVP HERE