Art - Past Exhibitions
burrinja presents
Kaleidoscopic Dreamscapes | Elizabeth Gleeson
Stay n' Play
JUL - SEP 2024 | Burrinja Foyer
Kids will discover with delight the magic that occurs when imagery is reflected and repeated via a large, interactive kaleidoscope. Kids can select and change which images to place in the end of the kaleidoscope, then crank the handle to rotate and experience the visual magic unfolding together through the viewing portal.
Muralist and fine artist Elizabeth Gleeson, has built her art practice on this premise, herself delighted with the element of discovery occurring when imagery is reflected and repeated. Combining sprawling botanicals, motifs and vivid colours in consciously patterned arrangements, she creates works of serene symmetry and intricate beauty.
Instagram: @elizabeth.gleeson.artist
aerie creative ecology presents
Waste to Wonder | Natasja van Wyk & Macarena Ocea
Sat 19 Oct - Sun 1 Dec | aerie gallery
Join us at Burrinja for an innovative exhibition by emerging artists Natasja van Wyk and Macarena Ocea. This project transforms everyday soft plastic waste into extraordinary textile and mixed media art.
Through punch needle embroidery, up-cycling, quilting and color blocking, Natasja and Macarena create layered artworks that address pressing personal, environmental and social themes. By highlighting the urgent challenges posed by plastic waste, "Waste to Wonder" aims to empower community members to become agents of change. Attendees will gain firsthand insight into sustainable practices and the transformative power of up-cycling.
Experience the beauty of sustainability and art combined. Be inspired to rethink waste, embrace creativity, and contribute to a greener future.
Burrinja presents
Epiphany of Paint | William Holt
Sat 28 Sep - Sun 3 Nov | Gallery 01, Burrinja Gallery
William Holt invites viewers to experience his latest collection of contemporary abstract art, as he delves deeper into his expanded creative practice.
Epiphany of Paint uncovers an experiential release of his artistic process, bestowing the viewer with a primary sensorial exposure to his process driven practice. William fosters a strong connection to the raw quality of the artwork, rather than attempting to showcase a sense of completion or finality. This allows the art to retain life, to be still living within a vibrant imaginative realm of experimentation. William reminds us that art exists in opposition to control, encouraging the viewer to relinquish biases and release their mind to the work, allowing the viewer to occupy the affective presence of the artwork.
William has a Master of Fine Art in Painting from Monash University, alongside a broad range of experience in painting, sculpture, installation art, and has exhibited extensively with a long list of collectors both nationally and internationally. He is also the recent Dandenong Ranges Open Studios exhibition Swinburne University Visual Arts Innovation Award winner.
Please join us for the Exhibition Launch: Sunday 6 October, from 2pm, with complimentary refreshments and live music by local singer-songwriter Jon Collins.
Burrinja presents
Botanical
Sat 27 Jul - Sun 22 Sep, 2024 | Burrinja Gallery
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Galleries 01 & 02Drawn from Nature: Botanical Illustration between Art and ScienceContemporary botanical art by renowned Victorian illustrators including Amanda Ahmed, Craig Lidgerwood, David Reynolds, Deb Chirnside, Dianne Emery, Janet Matthews, Jessie Rose Ford, John Pastoriza Piñol, Mali Moir, Margo Heeley, Marta Salamon, Martha Iserman, Miffy Gilbert and Simon Deere. With works by Celia Rosser.
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Gallery 03The Initiation of Australian Botany: Selections from Banks’ FlorilegiumThe Florilegium is a record of plants collected by Joseph Banks and his team on Captain James Cook’s first voyage around the world. In an extraordinary effort, over 700 copperplates were eventually produced for printing. Although intended as a contribution to science, the Florilegium was never published in Banks’ lifetime, and remarkably, it took another 200 years until the engravings were printed for the first time in colour as intended. A selection of these were on display.
Image credit: Banksia ericifolia, colour engraving and etching (à la poupée) after water colour by John Frederick Miller 1773 and drawing by Sydney Parkinson 1770, engraving by R Hughes 1986 after Daniel MacKenzie and Thomas Scratchley. (c) Alecto Historical Editions / Trustees of the Natural History Museum. Photography by James Hughes, 2024. Private collection.
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aerie creative ecology presents
Shapes of Nature | Trish Campbell
Sat 13 Jul - Sun 25 Aug, 2024 | aerie gallery
Strong structural shapes, a sense of story and a sense of drama contribute to interpretations in Trish’s conceptualised landscape painting. Awareness of our traditional lands informs her work as she explores the marks of intrusion and imposition on ancient lands. She is inspired by found patterns, lines, shapes and textures from surfaces in the natural and man-made environments.
Please join us for the Exhibition Launch: 2pm Sat 13 July – everyone welcome
aerie creative ecology presents
A Moroccan Modernist Retrospective | Abdesslam Sakini
Sat 25 May - Sun 7 Jul, 2024 | aerie gallery
Abdesslam Sakini (born 1st Jan 1943) is a Moroccan artist who was part of the Casablanca Art School during the period it revolutionised modern art in post-colonial Morocco. Sakini’s influences are evident in his paintings. Earlier works reference his teachers and colleagues at the Casablanca School of Art such as Mohamed Melehi and Mohammed Chabâa. Bold use of geometric shapes and abstract patterns create striking compositions on the canvas. Hard edged, architectural forms sit within symmetrical layouts. More recent works take on a less rigid aesthetic inspired by many years in the Australian landscape. These paintings feature flora and fauna recreated with an abstract colour palette that evokes the extremes of the Australian environment.
Please join us for the Exhibition Launch: 2pm Saturday 25 May – everyone welcome
As part of the exhibition opening there will be a screening of the short film Si Moh - The Unlucky Man (French: Si Moh - Pas de Chance) | Directed by Moumen Smihi, starring Abdesslam Sakini.
Made in France in 1971, Si Moh is an investigation of the life of migrant workers in France. Connected back to the Maghreb by postcards and to his fellow migrants by shared experiences of alienation, the character Simoh negotiates the industrialized suburbs of Paris as the subject of Moumen Smihi’s intimate camera.
Sat 25 @ 2.45pm | Lyre Room
RSVP to the opening to attend the screening as well
Burrinja presents
LINO
Sat 11 May - Sun 21 July | Burrinja Gallery
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Galleries 01 & 02Not Your Kitchen LinoBurrinja Gallery presents a showcase of contemporary print-making with a special focus on lino print applications. Featured are limited edition prints, artists books, scrolls and sculptures. The artists are: Chris Lawry (Dandenong Ranges) • David Frazer (Goldfields) • Elizabeth Banfield (Dandenong Ranges) • Gwen Scott (Mornington Peninsula) • Jan Liesfield (Yarra Valley) • Karen Neal (Metropolitan) • Kat Parker (Goulburn region) • Kylie Watson (Dandenong Ranges) • Bronwyn Rees (Metropolitan) • Carolyn Vickers (Goldfields) • Peter Ward (Bellarine) • Rona Green (Dandenong Ranges)
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Gallery 03The Captain's Catch | Rew HanksIn a series of intriguing, complex and detailed compositions, renowned Sydney-based printmaker and teacher Rew Hanks delivers a satirical take on colonial characters such as Captain James Cook, botanist Joseph Banks, explorer Major Thomas Mitchell, French emperor Napoleon and his wife Josephine.
Please join us for the Exhibition Launch: 2pm Sunday 12 May – everyone welcome.
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aerie creative ecology presents
An Unconscious Voice | Aimee McCallum
Sat 24 Feb - Sun 31 Mar, 2024 | aerie gallery
Step into "An Unconscious Voice," an unfolding narrative of the ever-changing seasons, life, decay, and the interconnected roots of our existence. Soft lines and the geometry of nature converge in a poetic artscape that beckons you to explore the depths of Mother Nature's emotional spectrum.
The artist merges two mediums – paper and nature – forging a delicate alliance that transcends the boundaries of conventional art. Creating a montage of Mother Nature's feelings, inviting you to meander through a cocooned environment, contemplating the everyday magic ‘She’ bestows upon us. As you gaze upon the intricate collaboration of paper and pressed nature, the lines of perspective blur, inviting a childlike innocence to take the wheel. Much like staring at clouds and rediscovering the world through whimsical eyes, this work seeks to capture the essence of navigating a mysterious and wondrous sea. We invite you to get lost, walk through, and immerse yourself in the magic of nature's ever-evolving story.
Please join us for the Exhibition Launch: 1pm Sunday 25 Feb – everyone welcome
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burrinja presents
ARCHIVING THE FUTURE
An exhibition, installation and public program in celebration of Burrinja's 25th year birthday
03 Dec – Late Feb, 2024 | Burrinja, Foyer & AERIE Galleries
Looking back whilst also walking forward: this special project brings together a suite of objects and artefacts found in the depths of the Burrinja archive – from the mundane to the dazzling, the everyday to the extraordinary. What stories of people and place are hidden within the objects that we keep?
These objects are brought together for this special exhibition that reflects on 25 years of community leadership through the arts. Simultaneously, Archiving The Future will commission a new installation in our aerie gallery, a piece of speculative art that proposes a future as yet unknown to us.
Keep your eyes peeled for a calendar full of activity and activation over summer, and join us in archiving the future. If that’s even possible.
burrinja & vic health presents
Carabiner Bench (Nature found no fault with me) 2023, by Tay Haggarty and Collaborators
PUBLIC ART WORK
on display until December 15 | Birdsland Reserve
Carabiner Bench (Nature found no fault with me) is a new piece of public art co-designed by Burrinja’s Queer Art Collective (QAC) and Lead Artist Tay Haggarty.
This artwork is an outcome of an 18-month project partnership between Burrinja and VicHealth and has been created in collaboration with a cohort of twelve 18-25 year old queer-identifying people. The artwork is the result of a 6-month long creative design and development process led by Tay Haggarty, reflecting on what it means to be a young queer person in 2023.
Enter via lower carpark inside Birdsland Reserve: Birdsland Carpark, A/, 3/271 Mt Morton Rd, Belgrave Heights VIC 3160
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PUBLIC ART PROJECT HERE
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OUTSIDE THE LINE | Cathy Sofarnos
7 Oct - 19 Nov | Burrinja Gallery
‘Outside the Line’ is an introspective body of work that embarks on an ontological journey, delving into the essence of abstract concepts and their profound connections to childhood memories and experiences. Through vibrant and evocative abstract expressions, this collection invites viewers to explore the blurred boundaries between reality and imagination.
Drawing inspiration from my own recollections of a carefree childhood, the paintings encapsulate the essence of innocent wonder, nostalgia, and joy. Each stroke of colour and texture becomes a visual ode to the emotions and impressions imprinted upon the canvas of memory. As I navigate the abstract realm, I endeavour to unravel the nature of being and existence through the lens of introspection.
These paintings become portals to ponder the very fabric of reality and our place within it. ‘Outside the Line’ serves as a reminder that our childhood memories, with their unbridled creativity and imagination, continue to shape our understanding of the world and leave lasting imprints on our life journey.
Artist Statement
Cathryn Sofarnos is a multi-disciplinary abstract artist based in Mt Evelyn, Australia. Born in Hobart, Tasmania she enjoyed a free range childhood roaming the untamed wilderness of her Tasmanian backyard. Endless hours were spent exploring empty windswept beaches, investigating rock pools and leaving marks in the sand, and the deep impressions of the child's mind, has provided a solid foundation for Cathryn's work today.
Along with a deep interest in dimensional ontology and the metaphysical layers of our perception, Cathryn’s work delves into the interplay between abstract form and the dimensional nature of colour , line and pattern. By embracing the fluidity and ambiguity of abstraction, she invites the viewer to contemplate the interconnectedness of multiple dimension and its potential influence on our perception of existence . Her dynamic expression of line and colour, sets the intention to captivate a glimpse into the multi-dimensional nature of our world, creating a vivid and evocative experience on a large scale.
Join us for the opening Sun 8 Oct @ 2pm ~ RSVP here
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COLOUR FIELDS / NEGATION OF LINE | Prue Crome
7 Oct - 19 Nov | Burrinja Gallery
Line on canvas and the edge of a canvas direct and contain the focus of the viewer, ‘Colour fields / negation of line’ investigates the conceptual notion of canvas as object and surface where vision and thoughts are engaged in the intention and meaning held on the canvas. Colour fields continues the investigation with line and marks minimised, omitting a focal point, subtle layering of pigments hopes to capture the illusive nature of light and depth perception on a thin surface. The intention is to create an immersive quality, felt with all the senses.
Philosophically, my thoughts reside around metaphysical concerns of transience and the intangible nature of perception. The inspiration for these colour field paintings comes from the atmospherics of light that brings a sense of boundlessness and an ability expand and contract space.
Prue Crome lives and works in Kallista, in the Dandenong Ranges.
About the Artist
Childhood on the Sydney northern beaches, powerful embracing ocean with vast skies, mountain top rainforest property in North Qld, distant views and weather events and now in the Dandenong Ranges, spacious skies and distant views. An outdoors person connected to the constant ebb and flow of my environment.
My background is in the environmental sciences, industrial design, graphics and sculpture. Whilst studying for my MFA I became enthralled with space and light and investigating the conditions that alter one’s perception, with a focus on immersive installations. Solo and group exhibitions in Cairns, Brisbane, Singapore, Hamburg, Melbourne and residencies in Yokohama and Melbourne.
Join us for the opening Sun 8 Oct @ 2pm ~ RSVP here
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All That Which Sings | Eleanor Louise Butt
7 Oct - 19 Nov | Burrinja Gallery
‘As the image pulls me deep inside of it, a special kind of silence descends, trapping me in its dark spaces and channels of light; releasing its secrets as it carries me across surfaces and down through layers. And then that eternal struggle, as I try to pull back from its hold (its trance-inducing revelry, its devilry).’ Dr Jan Bryant, 2022
About the Artist
Eleanor Louise Butt is a Kallista-based contemporary artist whose practice is grounded in studio experimentation. Taking painting as her primary medium, she employs colour, texture, line, and form as strategies for charging surfaces with gestural energy. Expanding these techniques into bronze sculpture and drawing, Eleanor’s work adopts the potentialities of paint to create visual dialogues across a range of media, where action, experience, perception, memory, and art historical references are interwoven and folded back into one another.
Eleanor has held solo exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney and the UK since 2014, and has been included in group exhibitions in Melbourne, Denmark, Geelong, and Sydney since 2009. She has an Honours degree from the Victorian College of the Arts (2013).
Eleanor was the 2019 recipient of a tenancy at Porthmeor Studios, St Ives, Cornwall, UK - the first female Australian artist in the studios’ 140-year history. She was awarded the George Hicks Award (2012) and has been a finalist in the Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize (2023), Muswellbrook Art Prize (2023), Waverley Art Prize (2023), Omnia Art Prize (2023), Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize (2016) and the M Collection Art Award (2016).
Eleanor Louise Butt is represented by Nicholas Thompson Gallery.
Join us for the opening Sun 8 Oct @ 2pm ~ RSVP here
aerie creative ecology presents
TRANSCENDENCE | YJ Fauzee
9 Sep – 21 Oct | aerie gallery
As never before in our history the connection between humanity and the Earth has reached an impasse - we rest upon a precipice. To overt environmental disaster humanity must listen to the Earth and acknowledge our spiritual connection and interdependency. This exhibition explores the essence of this shift - a ‘transcendence', an awakening, to enable healing of ourselves, our planet and safeguard all living things.
Join us for the exhibition opening in the aerie gallery. Sat 9 September @ 2pm ~ RSVP HERE
Image credit: Amanda Page, Precipice ll, 2020, photopolymer etching on Fabriano 280gsm from charcoal drawings, 70 x 100 cm
burrinja presents
Transition | Amanda Page
19 Aug - 30 Sep | Burrinja Gallery 01 & 03
Transition depicts states of change in atmospheric activity. Through site-specific observations of icy vistas in Antarctica and Iceland Amanda Page developed artworks which reference that change.
Camera-less exposure processes combined with digital photography, drawing and printmaking are used to explore natural systems such as weather patterns and phenomena such as erosion to record and reveal processes of melting and the movement of energy in materials.
Join us for the opening Sat 19 Aug @ 3pm ~ RSVP here
Opening remarks by Associate Professor Shane Hulbert, School of Art - Design and Social Context, at RMIT.
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The Land Speaks | Margaret-Anne
19 Aug - 30 Sep | Burrinja Gallery 02
In this exhibition of watercolours and paintings Meg Gooch explores memories embedded in the land and elements of change that have effected the Gippsland lakes system since colonisation.
Using natural dyes from the local vegetation and made inks from the vegetation at the Barrier Landing area in Lakes Entrance.
This exhibition will be opened by Fleur Stone, President of the Barrier Landing Coast Care Group, Lakes Entrance.
Join us for the opening Sat 19 Aug @ 3pm ~ RSVP here
burrinja presents
Totem Cave | Skubz Mope & Macarena Ocea
Stay n' Play
AUG - NOV 2023 | Burrinja Foyer
Come and explore the Totem Cave, where mysterious monuments to strange and bizarre creatures are waiting to be discovered. Some lay in pieces just waiting for someone to help rebuild them, maybe you can help? Leave your mark and create your own Totem Mask to put on display in the cave for future explorers to discover (or take it home as a keepsake of your adventures!) The Totem Cave is a place of mystery and adventure, created by resident artists Skübz Mope and Macarena Ocea.
Instagram: Skubz Mope @skubzmope
Instagram: Macarena Ocea @macarenathreads
aerie creative ecology presents
Collections of Colour | Tracey Samios
22 Jul – 2 Sep | aerie gallery
This exhibition celebrates Tracey's artistic journey, which began during the Covid-19 lockdown and continued thereafter. Tracey had always harboured the dream of becoming an artist, and after retiring from her office job, she joined an online art challenge, discovering her talent for painting. For two years, she created a painting almost every day, gaining the confidence to apply for a studio at the Burrinja Cultural Centre in June 2022, where she has been painting ever since. Tracey's surroundings and imagination inspire her, leading to the creation of a diverse range of themed collections on display at this exhibition.
Join us for the exhibition opening in the aerie gallery. Sat 22 July @ 2pm ~ RSVP HERE
Image credit: Rover Thomas Joolama, Yari country, 1984, earth pigments and natural binder on plywood, 104 x 105 cm, Ebes Collection, © Rover Thomas/Copyright Agency, 2023.
burrinja presents
ROVER: From Warmun to Venice
8 Jul - 12 Aug | Burrinja Gallery
In this iteration of the series Masters of Aboriginal Contemporary Art Burrinja presents Rover, turning the focus on one of Australia’s most celebrated, recognised and original Indigenous artists. Born in 1929 to Kukatja/Wangkajunka parents near Well 33 on the remote Canning Stock Route in Western Australia, Rover Thomas Joolama worked as a stockman on various cattle stations until 1975.
A dream was catalyst for depicting the modern Krill Krill song cycle that he introduced to his mother’s brother Paddy Jaminji and others at Warmun (Turkey Creek). It recounted stories and associated sites in the East Kimberley, told on wooden dance boards and painted with natural ochres.
Together with urban Aboriginal artist Trevor Nickolls he was the first Aboriginal artist to represent Australia at the Venice Biennale in 1990. His seamless amalgamation of figurative and abstract styles to depict topographical features and at times horrific historical events has been an outstanding characteristic of his art.
Join us for a curator tour of ROVER: From Warmun to Venice Sat 22 July @ 1pm ~ RSVP here
aerie creative ecology presents
Fabric. Layerism. Collage. | Mark Ewenson
3 Jun - 15 Jul | aerie gallery
‘My art practice centers around the beauty of the diverse and body positive feminine form with an original collage concept ‘Fabric Layerism’; a convergence of collage, fibre arts, craft, drawing and painting, though mostly omitting paint altogether to create a fresh 2D art aesthetic. My work combines the classical with the contemporary, with influences of both masculine and feminine gaze of the female form within domestic, natural and ethereal environments. This exhibition showcases works made over the past several years including through the Covid lockdowns of 2020/21, and some dating back to the earlier stages of Fabric Layerism’.
Join us for the exhibition opening on Jun 3 @ 2pm RSVP HERE
Image credit: Sarah Lynch, 'Above the snow line', black and white photograph.
this exhibition is audio described
burrinja presents
Between Two Sites
27 May to 1 July 2023 | Burrinja Gallery
The Between Two Sites exhibition and public programs respond to the impact of human activity on habitats in the Yarra Ranges and Alpine Shire. Curated by Madelynne Cornish and Sarah Lynch for the Bogong Centre for Sound Culture. It showcases the artwork of Victorian and international artists who participated in the centre's residency program. These artists have undertaken extensive fieldwork within the Yarra Ranges, Alpine National Park and Kiewa Valley. They have produced a new range of site-specific artworks that comprise a rich and diverse set of environmental references to deepen our understanding of these places. Artists have used audio-visual installation, photography and sound composition to reflect the ecology of these regions.
Artists include: Shannon Collis, Madelynne Cornish, Lesley Duxbury, Sarah Edwards, Amias Hanley, Sarah Lynch & Anne McCallum
Explore the public program HERE
Join us for the exhibition opening on May 27 @ 2pm RSVP HERE
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Friends of the Hills | Emily Lowe
Stay n' Play
MAY - JULY | Burrinja Foyer
A celebration of the iconic and beautiful flora and fauna of the Dandenong Ranges is coming to Burrinja’s Foyer. Through a new interactive art installation ‘Friends of the Hills’, artist Emily Lowe has created a space to enjoy what our local flora and fauna consists of through meditative colouring for all ages.
In a truly immersive experience, see how the worlds of nature and art collide to connect and gain a better understanding of the things we care about.
Emily is a resident studio artist of burrinja’s Aerie Creative ecology and enjoys capturing the beauty and essence of the local landscape through painting.
Instagram: @emilylowefinearts
Facebook: Emily Lowe fine arts
Burrinja & ngurruk barring Presents:
Holding Pattern ~ the sublime forest
Thursdays in May | Directly to your phone | FREE
Holding Pattern curates a series of newly commissioned artworks, delivered directly to audience’s mobile phones. Turning our hand held phones into digital theatres, galleries and festivals.
Holding pattern is a unique project that brings art literally into the palm of your hands. Delivered during May 2023, audiences will receive a new artwork to their phone each week.
Four new digital works will be commissioned by an invited cohort of locally and nationally recognised artists. Artist will create new, discrete, digital works that respond to the curatorial position: the sublime forest. The 2023 artists are: Pony Cam, Brooke Wandin, Eugenia Lim, Dave Thompson
For 2023 holding pattern asks these contemporary artists to use their creative voice to interrogate the intersections of this place, it’s simultaneous history and future, within the aspiration of the sublime.
This year’s program is presented by Burrinja in collaboration with ngurrak barring | RidgeWalk. ngurrak barring is a cultural experience being developed along the trails of the Dandenong Ranges, celebrating the deep cultural and creative history of this place within an unparalleled natural environment.RSVP HERE to receive Holding Pattern ~ the sublime forest via SMS.
aerie creative ecology presents
Soft VS Edgy | Natalie Wijeyeratne
15 Apr - 27 May | aerie gallery
Soft VS Edgy is a new collection of original acrylic paintings exploring the nature of Passivity / Growth / Loud and Quiet Expression / Surrender / Directness / Starkness of reality / Sensuality; and the way these themes emerge both visually on the page and metaphorically in relationship to one's self and others. Are these concepts mutually exclusive? Where do they overlap? How can we be both? In a time where vulnerability is encouraged, is it Edgy to be Soft? Or Soft to be Edgy? These are the themes Natalie invites you to explore when viewing her 2023 series. Soft VS Edgy is Natalie’s second solo exhibition.
Join us for the exhibition opening in the aerie gallery. Sat 15 Apr @ 2pm ~ RSVP HERE
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Not Just for Christmas | Leticia Hodson
Stay n' Play
FEB - MAY | Burrinja Foyer
Getting a new pet for Christmas is exciting but it’s a big job for a family. Luckily kids can help out with jobs like feeding, bathing and training your new pet.
Come and meet the Puppy Marionettes and help look after them in Burrinja’s new play space created by pet portrait artist Leticia Hodson.
Using left over plastic bottles and cardboard from Christmas, Leticia has created marionette puppets in a pet’s paradise for kids to play, explore and look after our new additions to the studio family. Walk them in the park, train them to sit and give them bath in the foyer of Burrinja this February.
Leticia is a resident artist of the Aerie Creative Ecology producing realistic pets portraits in acrylic on paper
Facebook: @artbyleticia
Instagram: @pet_portraits_by_leticia
Web: artbyleticia.com
aerie creative ecology presents
The Wave | Amanda Bartholomew & Rebecca Johnson
18 Feb - 1 Apr | aerie gallery
This exhibition celebrates the life-long friendship of Amanda and Rebecca. They met as young girls waiting in line at their school tuckshop. Together arm in arm, they burst into the world amidst the smoky haze of what was the Melbourne counterculture scene of the 1980s. Many nights were spent together, revelling in post-punk bands such as The Birthday Party, Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls, The Saints, Laughing Clowns, The Triffids, The Church, The Go-Betweens, Models, Died Pretty, T.I.S.M., Huxton Creepers, Dave Graney and the Coloured Snakes, Painters and Dockers, Hunters and Collectors, Cosmic Psychos, X, Big Pig, Not Drowning Waving and the Bachelor’s from Prague just to name a few!
Join us for the exhibition opening in the aerie gallery. Sat 18 Feb @ 2pm ~ RSVP HERE
burrinja and yarra ranges council presents
Creative Showcase | Yarra Ranges VCE Students
Sat 4 Mar – Sat 18 Mar | Burrinja Gallery
The Creative Showcase is an annual celebration of the creative talents of our emerging artists and their work.. Comprising of works selected from applicants across the Yarra Ranges, the exhibition encompasses a range of media, including drawing, painting, photography, and mixed media. The exhibition includes reflections on identity, emotions, isolation and dreams.
Please join us for the exhibition opening on Fri 3 Mar @ 6pm RSVP HERE
Art After Dark + Hot Reels ~ Burrinja Climate Change Biennale
Sat 11 Feb from 6pm | Burrinja
Join us for an enhanced experience of our current exhibitions, with curated art, music, film and food experiences.
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Watch screen-based art and performance works that offer evocative and affecting perspectives on the climate crisis on the lawn at Burrinja. Bring your picnic, enjoy a local sustainability fair and have a go generating power via bicycle for an inspiring summer evening under the stars.
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burrinja presents
NGV Kids on Tour 2023
Let's Make Art
JAN-FEB | Burrinja Foyer
Get creative this summer with NGV Kids on Tour!
The theme for this year’s program is Let’s Make Art! The activities on offer share the methods of working invented by some of the leading European artists featured in the exhibition The Picasso Century which ran from June to October 2022. Artists such as Georges Braque, Remedios Varo, Pablo Picasso, and Natalia Goncharova lived and worked in Paris in the early twentieth century and are recognised for their innovative and experimental approaches to making art.
MAKE A SCULPTURE
All ages Create your own sculpture by turning a set of shapes into a three-dimensional tabletop structure.
MAKE A COLLAGE
All ages Experiment with colour and shape as you cut and paste to make a colourful collage.
MAKE A POEM
All ages Draw a portrait of a special person in your life and then write a poem about them by remembering the things they say.
MAKE A CREATURE
All ages Work together with friends and draw your own surrealist creature
Image credit: Paul E. Mason, CLIMATE ANXIETY ARK 2022, 54 x 128 x 32cm, SoundClip Audio, LEDs, electrical components, aluminium, stainless steel, acrylic, epoxy resin, high density foam, brass, hemp cord, nitrile.
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CLIMATE ANXIETY ARK | Paul Mason
Sat 3 Dec, 2022 - 25 Feb, 2023 | Airlock - Burrinja Gallery
Paul E Mason’s exhibition, Climate Anxiety Ark, exploits the language of the museum through meticulously crafted sculptures that reference reliquaries, automatas and dioramas. These objects expose the museum as an apologist for colonialism, and its cloistered artefacts alternately as a source of unequivocal truth or frivolous, illusory spectacle. Interpretive and design tropes and famous museum objects are reimagined and reframed to expose the privileging of Western over Indigenous knowledge systems. Combining dissonant visual elements from the past and present, the artist connects the colonial legacy of dispossession and exploitation to the current reality of an unfolding climate disaster.
Burrinja Climate Change Biennale presentsTop 50 Green Emotions | George AklSat 3 Dec, 2022 - Sat 11 Feb, 2023 | aerie galleryTop 50 Green Emotions provides an opportunity to reflect on the multidimensional complexities of climate change. A deeply distilled documentary presented in a rhizomatic installation. Allowing the viewer to go on an adventure via their own political aesthetics by exploring the cacophony of voices, images, theories, propaganda, geo-politics and personal interests that have been captured in the work. Launch Event ~ Sat 3 December @ 2pm ~ RSVP HERE |
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The Burrinja Climate Change Biennale is delivered in partnership with Yarra Ranges Regional Museum, ngurrak barring/RidgeWalk, Yarra Ranges Council and Your Library. |
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Burrinja Climate Change Biennale presentsBurrinja Climate Change Biennale Award ExhibitionSat 3 Dec, 2022 - 25 Feb, 2023 | Burrinja GalleryGlobal in nature, national in scope and local in action, the Burrinja Climate Change Biennale provides a platform to address one of the most pressing topics of our time. Uniquely situated in the temperate rainforest micro-climate of the Dandenong Ranges on Melbourne’s eastern fringes, its location offers the perfect backdrop for local and global community knowledge networks to share, learn and expand through the Biennale’s wide-ranging public program and macro-themes. At the centre of the Burrinja Climate Change Biennale is its Award Exhibition, which provides a space for artists to engage creatively and imaginatively with aspects of climate change. The exhibition invites and encourages the collaboration of science and arts, of critical thought and creative practise. Participating artists: Amanda Page, Amanda Ruck, Anthony Breslin, Anton Hasell, Callum Watson, Cara-Ann Simpson (QLD), Cathy Ronalds, Ches Mills, Chris Lawry, Clare James, Elizabeth Gleeson, Emily Lowe, Emma Jennings, Fast Fashun, Florence Wang, Jacqueline Christians, Jenny Reddin, Jessie Yvette Journoud-Ryan, John Krzywokulski, Joy Serwylo, Katherine Boland (NSW), Kenny Pittock, Kerri Hollingsworth & Norton Fredericks, Kirsten Laken, Laki Sideris & Gretel Taylor, Lesley Rosochodski, Liz Walker, Martha Breninger, Marylin Litchfield, Neville Cichon (SA,) Nina Killham, Poppy Somers, Rain White, Rebecca Wolske, Robyn Veneer, Sweeney (NSW), Sarah Delaney (NT), Sarah Dute, Sarah Newall, Shani Black (NSW), Shyanne Clarke (QLD), Simon Welsh (NSW), Steven Firman, Zoe Irving. Artist Talk ~ Rain White • Sat 4 Feb 11am | Burrinja GalleryRain presents an artist talk on 'Loci Plantae - Local Plants' work in the Burrinja Climate Change Biennale Award Exhibition. Exploring the ideas and possibilities in the interaction between art and environmental activism.RSVP HERE---Artist Talk ~ Amanda Page • Fri 10 Feb 11am | Burrinja GalleryAmanda presents an artist talk on her work 'Ice as a Metaphor for Change", and how the work in her Biennale exhibition captures transformation by recording global changes of state in material (ice) and process (melting) around the Antarctic Peninsula.RSVP HERE |
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The Burrinja Climate Change Biennale is delivered in partnership with Yarra Ranges Regional Museum, ngurrak barring/RidgeWalk, Yarra Ranges Council and Your Library. |
burrinja presentsBurrinja Climate Change BiennaleLaunch ~ Sat 3 December @ 2pm | BurrinjaBurrinja Climate Change Biennale returns with a region wide program. Burrinja has partnered with Yarra Ranges Council, Your Library and the Yarra Ranges Regional Museum to create a program that spans the whole ranges and crosses over a range of art forms. Join us at Burrinja as we launch the program with sneak previews of each of the exhibitions & actions, an opportunity to explore Burrinja's Award Exhibition with works from 44 artists, as well as the Emerging artist take over in the aerie gallery. From the scientific to the fantastic, the cultural to the creative, the Burrinja Climate Change Biennale (BCCB) brings together diverse voices, practices and perspectives to interrogate and speculate on the future we so desperately need. The BCCB offers both a reflective perspective and a beacon of hope. Whilst we cannot undo the past, as actively engaged creative citizens living within ecologies in crisis it is our responsibility to re-imagine a future that does no more harm. Each of the exhibitions and events in the program highlights significant issues around the urgency and impact of the climate crisis. Launch Event ~ Sat 3 December @ 2pm ~ RSVP HERE |
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The Burrinja Climate Change Biennale is delivered in partnership with Yarra Ranges Regional Museum, ngurrak barring/RidgeWalk, Yarra Ranges Council and Your Library. |
image credit: Anthony Breslin, 'A Frolic in the Garden of Scull' mixed media on canvas, 160 x 140cm, ©Anthony Breslin
burrinja presents
Mélange | Anthony Breslin
15 Oct - 19 Nov | Burrinja Gallery
In a momentous ‘ tour de force’ Anthony Breslin presents his first major solo exhibition in over a decade. Overcoming years of crippling health challenges, Breslin returns with artistic explorations that will leave young and old visitors spellbound.
Merging together never before exhibited early surrealist works with new paintings, art installations and interactive ‘art games', the exhibition playfully invites viewers to immerse themselves as they explore this extraordinary melange of colour, form, and composition.
Anthony Breslin is a Melbourne-based, award-winning artist of national and international renown. He has produced over 50 exhibitions, an art opera, and published several books.
Currently, his studio resides at Burrinja.
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
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
Burrinja Gallery and ELTHAM bookshop warmly invite you to a very special Book Launch of “Dancing Under Heavy Manners - Love Songs From Central Australia” by Rod Moss : Sat 27 Aug from 11.00 am until 12.30 pm. Please RSVP by email ~ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
burrinja & Injalak Arts presents
Bim kunwarddewardde
(Stone Country Paintings)
Injalak Arts
03 Sep - 08 Oct | Burrinja Gallery
Injalak Arts is located in the stone country of West Arnhem Land, in a landscape crossed by rocky escarpments, wetlands and monsoonal forests. Stories from the land have been told by paintings on rocks for at least 20,000 years.
This project is the most recent moment in the deep time story of Kunwinjku culture, showing that kunwarrdebim (rock art of the stone country) continues to inspire contemporary West Arnhem Land artists. The exhibition is a collaborative project of Injalak Arts and Burrinja, presenting an overview of Kunwinjku bim (painting) from the last three decades.
Artists include: Allan Nadjamerrek, Freddie Nadjamerrek, Gabriel Maralngurra, Gary Djorlom, Gavin Namarnyilk, Gershom Garlngarr, Glen Namundja, Graham Badari, Isaiah Nagurrgurrba, Joey Nganjmirra, Lawrence Nganjmirra, Maath Maralngurra, Roland Burrunali, William Djawirda Manakgu, and Timothy Nabegeyo.
Join us for the public exhibition opening with exhibition artists and Injalak Arts Centre staff. Sat 3 Sep @ 11am ~ RSVP HERE
On the day experience a Painting demonstration by Gabriel Maralngurra, and artist guided tours Timothy Nabegeyo and Gavin Namarnyilk from 11.30 am.
Supported by Australia Council for the Arts.
aerie creative ecology presents
Dreamscapes | Eamon Wyss
6 Aug – 10 Sep | aerie gallery
Dreaming stories found naturally in the landscape
‘Dreamscapes’ is a collection of dreaming stories found naturally in the landscape - a series of un-manipulated drone photography of ephemeral salt lakes in Victoria, purposely composed from the air to emulate abstract paintings.
The main inspiration for these works comes from aboriginal dot-paintings Eamon encountered in the Australian desert as a boy, which use both topographical and symbolic communication of the landscape to tell a story.
Join us for the exhibition opening Sat 6 Aug @ 11am ~ RSVP HERE
Eamon Wyss will be giving an Artist Talk on Sat 20 Aug @ 11am ~ RSVP HERE
burrinja presents
Eucalypts | Victoria Watts
Fri 29 Jul - Sat 20 Aug | Burrinja Gallery
Through the fallen leaves and branches I wander, in search of a perfect composition, a view to evoke the atmosphere of the Australian bush; its peeping and twinkling sunlight, tweeting birds and the subtle crackling of undergrowth and bark under foot. These works honour our Eucalypts, spawned from visits to State Parks in Victoria and National Parks in Tasmania over the past decade which harken back to earlier memories of growing up in a rural township, the height of weekend enjoyment being a day trip and picnic amongst the towering gums.
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
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
burrinja presents
Birrarung dhum-djerring – Birrarung speak-together
Jun 24 - Jul 23 | Burrinja Gallery
Indigo Perry, Andrew Darling, Brooke Wandin and Ryan Tews had a dialogue through their creative artforms about Reconciliation and river ecology on Country along the upper reaches of Birrarung (Yarra River), creating a film-work with soundscape, creative-writing fragments and a fibre-artwork which is a topographical depiction of Birrarung. The artists were profoundly affected by their Birrarung dhum-djerring – Birrarung speak-together.
Public Program:
~ Join us for a NAIDOC Week talk with Brooke Wandin and Indigo Perry on Saturday 9 July @ 1pm
Image credit: Aunty Janet Turpie-Johnston, Marvellous Melbourne- The Liveable City, 2022 | Katie Roberts, Stolen Land, 2022
burrinja presents
YARRA / BIRRARUNG ~ Spirit in the City of Melbourne
Jun 24 - Jul 23 | Burrinja Gallery
Aunty Janet Turpie-Johnstone, a salt-water woman from Portland and Katie Roberts a non-Indigenous artist, have both been making work about the Yarra/Birrarung for many years; Aunty Janet Turpie-Johnstone through her PhD research and Katie Roberts for over the last fifteen years of her artistic practice.This exhibition presents their two parallel artistic endeavours to listen to the land and the river. These paintings and works on paper convey the layered historical and contemporary stories of on Wurundjeri land and Melbourne/Narrm. Both artists work to acknowledge and expose the impacts THAT colonisation imposed. This cross-cultural conversation IS about place and is centred on EXPOSING the ongoing environmental trauma. This is the colonial legacy that we are all participating in. But, and above, all we acknowledge the enduring and powerful spirit of place.
Public Program:
~ Join artist Katie Roberts on Thursday 7 & 21 July @ 2pm for an arts demo: 'Art in the Garden' outside the Cafe (weather permitting)
Art in the Garden
Gather in the garden at Burrinja to meet artist Katie Roberts and see her artistic process live as she engages with nature, makes art and shares her unique approach to making art about the land. Katie uses traditional and unconventional materials and methods such as: ink, pencil, pastel, earth, sap and rainwater. You will have the opportunity to discuss and ask questions.
~ Join us for an Artist Talk with Katie Roberts on Saturday 16 July @ 2pm
Katie Roberts has been making art about the Yarra/Birrarung for over 15 years. This Floor Talk gives you the opportunity to meet the artist and hear her speak about this latest chapter in her ongoing body of work, as she guides you around her work in the exhibition Yarra / Birrarung.
aerie creative ecology presents
Coming Home | Wendy Jordan Pelz
18 June – 30 July | aerie gallery
An exhibition of new paintings exploring the inner landscape and creating from a place of stillness and awareness. These works investigate the idea that there is a higher order and purpose to life through synchronicity and connection to the natural world.
The creative process is embodied as a vehicle for intuition, spiritual experience and transformation.
burrinja presents
Megan Williamson | Tilting Away, Leaning In
May 21 - Jun 18 | Burrinja Gallery
Tilting Away, Leaning In: a personal journey from anxiety & depression to artistic expression.
Working with my grandfather’s 1960’s medium format film camera I create images intuitively through the lens, in moments of creative flow, using multiple exposures and the element of chance.
The works are a realisation of being part of nature, the importance of place and the significance of ancestry and belonging.
Join us for an Artist Talk from Megan Williamson Sat 11 Jun @ 12pm
burrinja presents
YJ Fauzee | SENTINELS
May 21 - Jun 18 | Burrinja Gallery
The Sentinel Series is dedicated to my father Mohamed Fauzee (1934 – 2021)
who encouraged and inspired my art and who instilled within me an appreciation of Nature.
ARTIST - YJ FAUZEE
I am a visual artist who has a strong connection with and respect for the natural environment. This body of work seeks to give homage to nature and the wisdom within.
My art depicts a fusion of the living forces as they emerge within the world around us through colour, line, and space. Throughout my work there is movement and presence. The play of light and shadow offers opportunities for reflection.
CONCEPT
During times of adversity and times of need, we seek beyond our own selves - we look to the mountains, to the horizon and beyond. We take refuge in wild places. This body of work explores Sentinels around us. Those we may sense but not see. These are watchful and ancient, they dwell within forests, mountains, and the depths of the ocean.
ARTWORK
The Sentinel Series is composed of 9 works created with acrylic paint, chalk, and pastel on stretched canvas.
Join us for an Artist talk with YJ Fauzee on Sat 18 June @ 12 pm
burrinja presents
Ranges of Glass
May 21 - Jun 18 | Burrinja Gallery
Glass is transformational. Light travels through it, reflects off its surface. It can be painted, etched, cut/broken, shaped/stretched, joined and added to. It can be worked in both it’s solid and molten state. It’s true boundaries are minimal and it’s variants almost unlimited
Nine Hills glass artists display their passion for the medium, showing their favoured methods to display the broad spectrum of modern glass.
Featuring artists Kirsten Laken, Christopher John, Emma Borland, Mark Ammermann, Susi Lingeman, Andy Bevan, Mark Howard, Brenda Page & Kristin McFarlane.
Join us for the glass artists panel talk withMark Ammermann, Susi Lingeman, Kristen MacFarlane, Kirsten Laken, Christopher John and Emma Borland on Sat, 18 June @ 1 pm
aerie creative ecology presents
Angela Cotter & Emily Lowe | Wandering Spirits
Apr 30 - Jun 11 | aerie gallery
A joint exhibition of two female artists working alongside each other, with a strong desire to explore love, loss, nature and growth.
To wander through the beauty of nature. To roam freely and be absent from constraints, to embrace all that is and continue growing from what once was.
Join us for the opening on Saturday 30th of April at 2pm ~ RSVP HERE
burrinja presents
Heather Fairnie | elusive synthesis project
Apr 16 - May 14 | Burrinja Gallery
Elusive synthesis project explores the intersections and synchronicities of conceptually mapping National Parks, from dessert regions, scrub terrain and forests in Regional Victoria, as a connection to "place" through the lens of the monochrome, as a coexistence and interpretative understanding of Country.
Heather fairnie's exhibition mapping: territories and landscapes at Burrinja in 2009 began her research into exploring the intersections and synchronicities between Indigenous and non Indigenous mapping. Her first exhibition at Burrinja and her continued research, studio practice and academic studies has now developed into the " elusive synthesis project". This is a continuing project with Burrinja being the second exhibition, the first was Arts Mildura 2020.
Join us for the opening on Thursday 14th of April at 6.30pm ~ RSVP HERE
burrinja presents
Beau Scorgie | Bloom
Apr 16 - May 14 | Burrinja Gallery
Beau has been steadily painting from her home studio for approximately ten years.
Through great care, precision and acute attention to detail she meticulously produces her unique works over lengthy periods of time.
This body of work encapsulates the stirring inspiration, poetry and sheer beauty she continually discovers within the female form.
"I am always inspired by the music of Portishead. Their brooding, yet feminine sound, along with the works of Picasso and Matisse, conjure up so many figures within my mind urging to be brought to life.”
This is Beau's first solo exhibition of her works.
Join us for the opening on Thursday 14th of April at 6.30pm ~ RSVP HERE
burrinja presents
Marisa Avano | Wish you were here, wish I was there
Apr 16 - May 14 | Burrinja Gallery
A visual diary of people and places missed during lockdowns. It features figurative works and landscapes that explore the experience of longing, of connections to communities, and place.
About the Artist & their work
Each painting is a journey to self-discovery, an observation into the world around us, and a way of finding a connection with the viewer.
My work is informed by my experience with the Australian landscape and encounters with people. I explore with paint, design and colour as a way to reflect what I see and feel into my artwork. Each experience brings me back to the canvas one more time.
Born in Melbourne, Marisa grew up in a family of artists and studied art and design at Dandenong College TAFE. Marisa has held numerous exhibitions and is a finalist in: Lethbridge Landscape Prize (2021) QLD; Gosford Art Prize (2020) NSW; Percival Portrait Painting Prize (2020) QLD; and Bay of Fires Art Prize (2018) TAS. Marisa operates her studio in Upwey, in the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges.
Join us for the opening on Thursday 14th of April at 6.30pm ~ RSVP HERE
Burrinja Presents:
Holding Pattern ~ Between here and tomorrow.
Thursday in April | Directly to your phone | FREE
Four contemporary artists are commissioned by Burrinja to make new digital works.
Whilst we often think about our sense of place being a physical thing – located in relation to an environment, what if we locate ourselves in time? In relationship with time. Of a time. That is to say, in relation with a past, present and future (which might not be chronological).
‘Between here and tomorrow’ asks artists to situate their work in between where we (as a community) find ourselves and where we are going. What will enable us to create the future we so rapidly need? What present urgencies needs to be addressed to build tomorrow?
‘Between here and tomorrow’ articulates a place of transition, of momentum, of desire, of feeling, of moving towards, of being both after and before a moment. With a 65, 000 year history of human habitation and care for this place, tomorrow is not so far away.
Holding pattern will see work created that explores the nature of change, the intermediate state. Through this, artists do what they are exceptional at: they will imagine a future.
FIND OUT MORE about this years artists and their works
RSVP HERE to receive the a Holding Pattern via SMS every Thursday in April.
aerie creative ecology presents
Rebecca Murray | Mists & Shadows
Mar 12 - Apr 23 | aerie gallery
A photography exhibition that documents places where nature and signs and symbols of human habitation intersect. To shed light on the complex and varied relationships we have with the land in the Ranges both present and past. And to look to the future to explore: how can we be in and alongside nature without taking or compromising too much?
Artist Talk
Join Photographic Artist Rebecca Murray to discover more about her practice and her recent exhibition ‘Mists and Shadows’. Rebecca will also discuss and demonstrate the 19th century process of cyanotype (sun print) making on Saturday 23 April @ 11am ~ RSVP HERE
Burrinja Presents
For the love of trees
Dec 4, 2021 to Mar 5, 2022 | Burrinja Gallery & aerie creative ecology
Please note the exhibition is currently closed to the public
Burrinja’s creative response to the devastating June storm event.
“Just as I am bound to you by breath every creature lives in a weave of intimate interconnection. There are no individuals in the forest, life begins and ends in community.” David Haskell (Author)
The forests of the Dandenong Ranges are intimately woven into the threads of our lives, our community. “For the Love of Trees” delves deeply into this myriad of experiences, reminiscences and imaginings. Into the past, present and future of the forest that surrounds us. It is at once an immersive art experience, a curated exhibition and an invitation to participate.
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Aquatic Realms | Ches Mills
Sat 31 Jul - extended to Sat 27 Nov | Burrinja Gallery
These paintings were triggered by my awe and wonder of our oceans, their fascinating shorelines, cliffs and glorious coral reefs that as a result of global warming are being compromised. In these paintings, I hoped to portray the beauty, intricacies, diversity, complexities, atmospheres and interconnectivity of our ocean environs and in doing so, the urgent need for action to be taken to protect them. (Ches Mills)
Alice "How long is forever?"
White Rabbit "Sometimes just one second".
Alice's adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
Gallery hours ~ Wed to Sat | 10am - 4pm
Join is for the exhibition celebration at 2pm on Sat 20th, Nov, 2022. Please note Stage C capacity restrictions will apply to this event. RSVP below
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of the infinite possibilities of reconstruction | Joy Serwlyo
Sat 31 Jul - extended to Sat 27 Nov | Burrinja Gallery
After a pandemic and a super storm, the bushfires that ravaged Victoria and NSW seem to have paled into legend. Yet we welcome each new year with an uneasy awareness that it is bushfire season. Again. However, the destruction is always followed by breathtaking regeneration. New green shoots, rebuilt homes, rallying community.
Here is a saga of deconstructed books and burnt fabric, reconstructed into a story of renewal. (Joy Serwylo)
Gallery hours ~ Wed to Sat | 10am - 4pm
Join is for the exhibition celebration at 2pm on Sat 20th, Nov, 2022. Please note Stage C capacity restrictions will apply to this event. RSVP below
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Some they do and some they don't and some you just can't tell | Rona Green
Sat 31 Jul - extended to Sat 27 Nov | Burrinja Gallery
Rona Green’s fanciful hand coloured linocut prints of anthropomorphised native and introduced animals explore ideas about the nature of individuality. In particular the artist is interested in the body and its potential to be the stem point for transformation.
Gallery hours ~ Wed to Sat | 10am - 4pm
Join is for the exhibition celebration at 2pm on Sat 20th, Nov, 2022. Please note Stage C capacity restrictions will apply to this event. RSVP below
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Image Credit: (left to right): Mary Tonkin, Ramble, Kalorama 2017-19 (detail) oil on linen,Fred Williams (1927 - 1982), UPWEY LANDSCAPE, oil on canvas, , Miles Evergood (1871 - 1939) c. 1935 – 1938, oil on canvas
The Ranges | 3 Perspectives
exhibition extended to 24th of July, 2021
15 May - 24 July | Burrinja Gallery
Drawing from the vivid and lush landscape of the Dandenong Ranges, a place each artist once called home, the works in this exhibition showcase three distinctly different perspectives.
Be captured by the unique majesty of the ranges, seen through the eyes of these brilliant Australian landscape painters.
Mary Tonkin - Ramble : Contemporary plein air landscape artist whose detailed large scale representations reflect the forest at her family’s property in Kalorama.
Fred Williams -The Upwey Years : Australia’s most iconic landscape artist redefined painting in the Australian bush during his ‘Upwey years’ from 1963-68.
Miles Evergood - Vistas : An impressionist whose 1930’s Kalorama paintings are characterised by strong colours and expressive brushstrokes and use of palette knife.
See the digital experience here
Date
EVERY MONDAY
IN MAY 2021
@ 6.00PM
Venue
Digital
Register
Holding Pattern : immersive art on your phone
Holding Pattern curates a series of newly commissioned artworks, delivered directly to audience’s mobile phones.
Five contemporary artists are commissioned by Burrinja to make new digital works.
Artists include Gretel Taylor, Roderick Price, Julien Macandili, Rhys Kiekegaard, and Edwina Green.
Responding to the idea of ‘the anthropause’ (a considerable global slowing of modern human activities, notably travel, due to COVID-19 restrictions affecting the flow of human movement globally), the artists have created a suite of new visual, video and interactive art experiences for you.
New ideas and new works from the new world.
The project turns our hand held screens into the stages of our future.
A new work delivered to audiences each Monday throughout May.
Tickets are FREE, audiences simply need to register their phone number via the rsvp link.
"Over the past few months, many countries around the world went into lockdown to control the spread of COVID-19. Brought about by the most tragic circumstances, this period of unusually reduced human mobility — which we suggest be coined ‘anthropause’ — may provide important insights into human–wildlife interactions in the twenty-first century. Anecdotal observations indicate that many animal species are enjoying the newly afforded peace and quiet, while others, surprisingly, seem to have come under increased pressure." - www.nature.com
Dates
16 APR - 9 MAY
Venue
Burrinja Gallery
Gallery Visit
Wed - Sat
hourly from
10.30am to 2.30pm
Wabi - Sabi | the Beauty of Imperfection
Each year Dandenong Ranges Open Studios participating artists are asked to create a work based on a collective theme. This year’s theme is WABI-SABI, the Beauty of Imperfection, a Japanese philosophy which encourages us to focus on the blessings hiding in our daily lives and celebrate the way things are rather than how we think they should be. The group exhibition is a unique opportunity to see work from all the artists in one location and select the studios that most intrigue or inspire you to visit during the Dandenong Ranges Open Studios weekend.
for more information visit openstudios.org.au/exhibitions
DATES
6 Mar - 11 Apr
VENUE
Burrinja Gallery
Gallery Visit
Wed - Sat
hourly from
10.30am to 2.30pm
Women Painting Women III
Women Painting Women is a major exhibition of portraiture in traditional oil painting. It presents award winning realist painters from Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales. Taking its inspiration from the Women Painting Women exhibitions in the United States, this is the third Australian instalment of the Women Painting Women phenomenon which celebrates traditional realist painting and the talent of female artists.
"This exhibition uniquely honours the female spirit - of realist painters and their sitters” - artist Vicki Sullivan
Some of this years artists include:
From Victoria: Lisa Axiotis, Dagmar Cyrulla, Jacqui Grantford, Liz Gridley, Vicki Sullivan
From NSW: Kim Leutwyler, Colleen Stapleton, Sally Ryan
From South Australia: Tsering Hannaford
From Queensland: Elizabeth Barden, Anne-Marie Zanetti
From ACT: Narelle Zeller
WPW Public Program
Live Life Drawing Demonstration with Liz Gridley
Wed 7 April @ 7.00pm • book here (book for 6.30pm for a 7.00pm Start)
Cancelled due to unforseen circumstances :
Artist talk with Dagmar Cyrulla
Sat 10 April @ 1.30pm
Image: Liz Gridley, After Anguish (2019) Oil on Aluminium 65x65cm
Dates
OCT 31 2020 - FEB 27 2021
Venue
Digital Experience
until FEB 27 2021
Burrinja Gallery
from JAN 20, 2021
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Legacy: Reflections on Mabo
Legacy: Reflections on Mabo celebrates the man behind the game-changing Native Title Act, Eddie Koiki Mabo.
Co-curated by Gail Mabo, Dr Jonathan McBurnie and Kellie Williams (Director of Umbrella Studio contemporary arts), the exhibition brings together a selection of about 30 works by Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists in the spirit of reconciliation, twenty-five years after the historic achievement.
Each artist has responded to an aspect of Eddie Mabo that they are drawn to, whether it is his life, politics, activism, or legacy. The works come together in surprising ways with reverence, compassion, anger, sadness and respect, celebrating a man who was both a rebel and a dreamer.
Burrinja is the only Victorian stop on the exhibitions tour and is hosting a dual delivery of the works. Initially as a digital experience and then from January 20th, 2021 in person in the new Burrinja Gallery.
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Book your in person visit to the exhibition here
Legacy: Reflections on Mabo is an Umbrella Studio touring exhibition.
Image Credit: Arone Meeks, Mabo 25 & Big Wet Community, 2018. Painting on canvas, diptych, 183 x 62 cm. Photo: Carl Warner.
Dates
SEP 5 - SEP 28
Venue
Burrinja Gallery 03
New Acquisitions | Burrinja Collection
This exhibition celebrates new acquisitions to the Collection, many of which have been generously donated by artists and collectors.
Highlights include donations of Lin Onus prints from the Snir family, Patsy Lilpunda paintings by Anton McMurray and a Woodblock Print from Burrinja Climate Change Biennale Award Winner Chris Lawry.
Image Credit: LIN ONUS (1948-1996), Pawns-Yellow 2000 screenprint, (detail) ed.2/20, 40 x 60cm (image); 56 x 76cm (paper) Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program in memory of Lin Onus.
DATES
23 FEB – 24 MAR
VENUE
Burrinja Gallery
Returning to my Home Country
Jonathan Kumintjarra Brown (1960 – 1997). Retrospective
As a member of the Stolen Generations Jonathan Kumintjarra Brown grew up with white foster parents. The trauma of forced separation and cultural disconnection never left him. At Neil McLeod’s Tecoma studio in the 1990’s he met artists like Lin Onus and Rover Thomas and took to painting. Canvasses with rich layers of ground ochre and desert sand became his trademark, depicting the lost country of his grandparents. More pointedly, they also tell the story of one of Australia’s darker chapters of history, the atomic tests at Maralinga and his people’s dispossession from their lands. Following on from Burrinja’s award-winning touring exhibition Black Mist Burnt Country, inspired by Jonathan’s paintings, this retrospective tells a uniquely Australian story.
"Jonathan Kumintjarra Brown cleverly articulates the merger of traditional and contemporary culture.” Hetti Perkins (Art + Soul)
Exhibition Finissage & Book Launch Sun 17 March at 2pm - to RSVP email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by Wed 13th March
Book in for a guided tour with curator JD Mittman here
THU 7 MAR 11AM OR THU 14 MAR 2PM
Image: Jonathan Kumintjarra Brown. Miniri Story, 1994 synthetic polymer paint, natural ochres on canvas, 136 x 182 cm courtesy of Neil McLeod, (c) the artist estate
Dates
1 DEC 2018 - 10 FEB 2019
Black Mist Burnt Country
Testing the Bomb. Maralinga and Australian Art
In the 1950s Australia became the nuclear testing ground for the British Government. A total of 12 atomic tests were conducted. Sixty years after the events Black Mist Burnt Country revisits the history of the test program at Maralinga, Emu Field and Monte Bello Island, through works by Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists across the mediums of painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography, music and new media spanning seven decades. An award winning Burrinja national touring exhibition.
“Powerful, though-provoking, moving - a must-see.” - 2017 Audience member
Image: Adam Norton 'Prohibited Area' ,acrylic on board, wooden poles and bolts, 240 x 120 x 7 cm, 2010, copyright: the artist
DATES
15 AUG - 7 OCT
VENUE
Burrinja Foyer Gallery
Texture & Line - Part 2: Figurative Abstraction1980s Abstraction from Charles Nodrum Gallery
Burrinja proudly presents a suit of abstract paintings from the collection of Charles Nodrum Gallery in Richmond. Charles Nodrum begun collecting Australian art in the 1970s when he worked at Joseph Brown Gallery in Melbourne. In 1984 he opened his own gallery, and through careful trading over the next 30 years, it has grown significantly in number and breadth.
A special focus of the collection is abstract painting, from which this exhibition stems. Of the 1980s works in Charles Nodrum's collection, a stylistic line can be drawn between flat, precise geometric work and textured, painterly expressionistic work. This exhibition will present significant paintings in both styles and in two parts in order to explore these two divergent types of abstraction. Featured artists in Part 2 include James Gleeson, Victor Majzner, Paul Partos, David Rankin, Stanislaus Rapotec, Michael Taylor, Jan Senbergs, Aida Tomescu, John Walker.
Image: Stanislaus Rapotec, Storm at Mount Olympus, 1983, PVA on board, 138 x 220cm Copyright The Estate of the Artist, courtesy Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
Dates
29 SEP - 25 NOV
Masters of Aboriginal Contemporary Art #2
Minnie Pwerle : Beginnings
Celebrating the work of one of the world’s great painters.
Minnie Pwerle (1919-2006) grew up at Utopia, a former cattle station 300 km northeast from Alice Springs (also known as Urupuntja), home to the Anmatjerre language group. The story of her life was one of struggle and endurance. In 1999, at the age of 80, she took up painting and soon gained national recognition. The use of bold brushstrokes and bold, vibrant colours became her trademark, as did paintings of small bush melons and women’s body-painting designs.
The exhibition surveys Minnie’s Pwerle’s oeuvre and features a series of unseen paintings including the very first ones she produced in 1999.
Join us for the official opening Friday Oct 12 at 6.30pm with bubbles and a talk from the Collector, Hank Ebes.
"Paintings of striking expressionistic quality.” – Burrinja Curator JD Mittmann
Image: Minnie Pwele
Dates
5 MAY - 24 JUN
Venue
Foyer Gallery
Opening CelebrationSun 6 MAY 2PM
FREE - RSVP below
Jutta Malnic: Mwaga - A bird at the end of the world
Mwaga is a photographic essay captured by Jutta Malnic on a small island in the East of Papua New Guinea in the 1980s. It shows the near-synergic relationship between the people on the island and the Mwaga gannets, a bird species locally referred to as ‘navigator birds’. Ancient Polynesian seafarers used these birds’ behaviour and movements as a navigation guide.
Jutta Malnic is a Sydney-based photographer born in Berlin to a German father and Australian mother in 1924. After her family move to Australia in 1948, Jutta Malnic soon began to work as a on-board photographer for a shipping line. Between 1950 and 1969, Jutta Malnic sailed on 72 cruises around the South Pacific Islands. She developed deep relationships with the people of the region. Talking to the islands’ Chiefs, shermen, women and children, she was taught about the culture and legends in the Pacific Islands — and captured her impressions through the lens of her camera. Throughout her career she published several books.
Presented in cooperation with Goethe-Institut Australien.
Join us for the exhibition opening at 2pm on Sunday 6 May
Image: Jutta Malnic Photo Series 'Mwaga, A Bird at the End of the World'
Dates
16 JUN - 15 JULY
Venue
Burrinja Gallery
ARTIST TALK
SUN 1 JUL 2 PM
Diode
Gerard Russo
Diode is an exhibition of illuminated copper works by Belgrave artist Gerard Russo. Using a unique copper plate composite his art practise involves traditional woodworking, painting and copper etching. ‘Diode’ explores nature, the industrial, the conscious and temporality. With each artefact the original artwork is destroyed to reveal the copper plate. Illuminated from within; the art speaks with lux. The self-illuminating works create ambience, detaching the observer from the space in an immersive experience of light, questioning linear perceptions of time and journey.
Join us for the Artist Talk Sun 1st Jul at 2pm
Image: Gerard Russo 'Closure'; Copper Etching, 2016
Dates
16 JUN - 15 JULY
Venue
Burrinja Gallery
Love, Thieves and Fear make Ghosts
Andrea Innocent
Ghost stories and mythology are present in both Western and Eastern cultures, however the history of these tales in Japan date back thousands of years through to the present day, as can be seen in the new medium known as J-horror; highlighting a vibrant continuous narrative.
The folklore surrounding these is well ingrained in the Japanese psyche and presents an opportunity for them to be shared across cultures to both surprise and challenge commonly held views and assumptions.
The prints featured in 'Love, Thieves and Fear make ghosts' utilize recurring Japanese motifs and the stylized imagery of block prints with a strong emphasis on shape, contrasting the ephemeral and nebulous `ghost’ subject matter with the dramatic physical presence of the visual works.
Join us for an Artist's Talk and Ghost Stories at 1pm on Saturday 16 June
Image: Andrea Innocent 'Rokuro Kubi"
Dates
16 JUN - 15 JULY
ARTIST TALK
SUN JUL 1 3PM
Venue
Burrinja Gallery
Pareidolia
Manfred Krautschneider and Janine Good
Pareidolia is the human tendency of seeing objects or patterns in unrelated imagery, such as a face on the moon. This phenomenon blurs the distinction between recognition and abstraction. Pareidolia comes into play when viewing the works of two artists whose imagery stimulates the imagination to construct a narrative, sometimes obscure and sometimes made more obvious by the occasional glimpse of figuration. Despite the common thread the sources of reference for these two artists are vastly different - one derives from a macro human construct while the other from micro biological observance. The abstract works of photography by Manfred Krautschneider and paintings by Janine Good, both based in the the Latrobe Valley, are engaging due to the inherent mystery within the imagery.
Join us for the Artist Talk at 3pm on Sun July 1st at 3pm
Image: Manfred Krautschneider and Janine Good "Listening to the Landscape (detail)"
The Wonder WigWam, Amy Middleton
Date
MAR, APR AND MAY
Venue
Burrinja Foyer
The Wonder WigWam - Amy Middleton & Dave Thompson
Burrinja Kids Stay and Play free family activity by local artists
The Wonder Wigwam is an interactive visual and sound installation for children and families. Created as a catalyst for imaginary play, The Wonder Wigwam uses books, environment and sensory triggers to evoke imagination and wonder. It brings together elements of an outdoor dwelling that includes a wigwam constructed from wood, fabric and found materials, interactive lighting, a soundscape, and a range of books for children to enjoy that directly engages with theme of imaginary contemplation/play and idea generation. Illustrative books that do not include text will also be included for those who find reading difficult due to age or language barriers. The installation will include a soundscape made in collaboration with local sound artist Dave Thomson. The purpose of the soundscape is to offer our participants sensory triggers that support the idea of an outdoor environment. The natural environment of the Dandenong Ranges plays a large role in the conceptual development of Dave's art practice which compliments the outdoor theme of The Wonder Wigwam.More about Burrinja Kids - Stay and Play
Dates
12 MAY - JUN 10
Venue
Burrinja Gallery
Exhibition Opening
SAT 12 MAY 3-5PM
FREE - RSVP below
Bleeding Hearts - Human Rights and Cognitive Dissonance in the “lucky country”.
Eliza Phillips
In the exhibition Bleeding Hearts Dandenong Ranges resident Eliza Phillips investigates the disparity in Australia between the mythologised nationalist illusion of a ‘fair go’ and the systematic vilification of minoritygroups and social justice advocates. Eliza Phillips is a Burrinja studio artist who works across different mediums, utilising text and recycled materials to explore themes of social justice.
Join us for the exhibition opening at 3 - 5 PM on Saturday 12 May
Image: Eliza Phillips 'Human Rights Are Not Optional' Mixed Media, 2018
Dates
12 MAY - JUN 10
Venue
Burrinja Gallery
Opening Celebration
SAT 12 MAY 2-4PM
FREE - RSVP below
Artist Talk
SAT 2 JUN 2-3PM
FREE - RSVP below
Walls as Witness
Stephen Glover
Created in a non-objective style, Stephen Glover's work draws intuitively upon influences from the natural and constructed world, employing an interplay between the expressive potential of both brush and palette knife. Surface patinas, scrapings and textures reveal layers from another time and act as witness to what has gone before. "This is my response to the shifting nature and impermanence of living each day”, says Stephen Glover, who is one of Burrinja’s studio artists.
Join us for the exhibition opening at 2- 4 PM on Saturday 12 May
Artist Talk 2 - 3 PM - Saturday 2 June
Image: Stephen Glover (detail) Oil on board
Dates
12 MAY - 10 JUN
Venue
Burrinja Gallery
Artist Talk
SUN 27 MAY 2PM
The Power of the Sea
Maxwell Wilks
An exhibition of oil paintings and pastels by Maxwell Wilks depicting activities within and around the Port of Melbourne and on other waters.
Maxwell Wilks is based in the Dandenong Ranges but he enjoys painting the powerful and strong shapes that the ships, port equipment and the surrounding activities suggest that are an everyday sight in their working day.
Join us for Maxwell Wilks' artist talk on Sunday 27 May at 2 pm
Image: Maxwell Wilks
1. Utrillo On A Silver Sea, oil on canvas
Date
8 - 28 JAN 2018
Venue
Burrinja Foyer
Burrinja Kids Stay and Play
NGV Kids on Tour 2018
Take part in a range of free activities at Burrinja and discover the fun of contemporary art and design. This summer, here at Burrinja, enjoy our annual NGV Kids on Tour activities. Featured for all of January, new creative opportunities will be offered each week, including:
FIONA HALL: UNEASY SEASONS - COLLAGE ACTIVITY: WHO LIVES HERE? / SEND A MESSAGE!
FIONA HALL: UNEASY SEASONS - WHO LIVES HERE? FOR KIDS and FOR TEENS
NGV TRIENNIAL - MY CONTEMPORARY ART BOOK
NONSENSE - AN EXQUISITE CORPSE ACTIVITY FROM OLGA CHERNYSHEVA
EVERYBODY DRAW - PORTRAIT ACTIVITY
EVERYBODY PLAY - COLLABORATIVE BOARD GAME
Inspired by the current NGV Exhibitions: FIONA HALL: UNEASY SEASONS and NGV TRIENNIAL
More about Burrinja Kids - Stay and Play
Date
Exhibition of Finalists
11 NOV 2017 - 11 FEB 2018
Climate Change Day of Action
SAT, 11 NOV, 10AM - 3PM
Download the program HERE
Opening & Award Ceremony
SUN 12 NOV, 2PM
Prize Judges
Suzannah Davies (RMIT Gallery)
Debbie Symons (artist)
David O'Halloran (Walker St Gallery)
Venue
Burrinja Gallery
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Burrinja Climate Change Biennale
2017: climate change on the fringes
Acquisitive art prize, exhibition and day of action, critically engaging issues of climate change.
WINNER Burrinja Climate Change Biennale $7,500 Award Jessie Yvette Journoud-Ryan
HIGHLY COMMENDED $500 - Jessie Boylan’s lightbox work ‘Aurum’
YOUNG ARTIST Eastern Regional Libraries $1000 Award Samantha Sommariva
Global in nature, national in scope and local in action, the Burrinja Climate Change Biennale provides a platform for events addressing one of the most pressing topics of our time.
At the centre of the Burrinja Climate Change Biennale is its Award Exhibition, which provides a space for artists to engage creatively and imaginatively with aspects of climate change. The exhibition invites and encourages the collaboration of science and arts, of critical thought and creative practice.
Exhibition of Finalists 11 November 2017 - 11 February 2018
Adi, Elizabeth Banfield, Jessie Boylan, Kiera Brew Kurec, CarolynCardinet, Neville Cichon, Dorota Connellan, Selena de Carvalho, Susan Durham, Kim Flatman, Ali Griffin, Brenda Haas, Andrea Innocent, Clare James, Suzannah Jones, Jessie Yvette Journoud-Ryan, John Krzywokulski, Ted Krzywokulski, Chris Lawry, Brian Looker, Carmel Louise, Chris Mason, Ches Mills, Rachael Ness, Flossie Peitsch, Sean Peoples, Eliza Phillips, Shayla Rance, Gerard Russo, Janita Ryan, Marta Salamon, Luna Sea, Joy Serwylo, Samantha Sommariva, Ian Tully, Hartmut Veit, Liz Walker, Rain White, Megan Williamson, Laura Wills and the Book Club artists.More Info about the Burrinja Climate Change Biennale
In collaboration with the National Sustainable Living Festival 2018 
Date
4 NOV 2017 - 4 FEB 2018
Venue
Burrinja Foyer
Mandy Martin: Triggers in the Landscape
Mandy Martin is a practising artist with a national and international reputation for her concern about environmental issues, landscape conservation and land management. This exhibition draws on a range of paintings produced by the artist in recent years which focus on relationship between climate change, CO2 emissions and cool-burn fire management by Indigenous land owners.Adelaide-born Mandy Martin studied at the South Australian School of Art from 1972-75. Martin has held numerous exhibitions in Australia and overseas. Her works are held in many public and private collections across Australia. In the USA she is represented in the Guggenheim Museum New York and the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art.
Between 1978 – 2003 she was a lecturer at the School of Art, Australian National University in Canberra and a fellow from 2003-06. She is currently an Adjunct Professor at ANU’s Fenner School of Environment and Society.
This exhibition is presented by Burrinja in collaboration with Australian Galleries
More info about Mandy Martin
Image: Mandy Martin 'Power Station 12' 2011, pigment and oil on linen, 51 x 51 cm
Date
AUG, SEPT & NOV
Venue
Burrinja Foyer
DISCO INFLATO Silent Disco
Burrinja Kids Stay and Play free family activity by local artist Julie Konda
Disco Inflato invites you to tune out of the world for a short time. Grab a set of headphones, get comfy in a disco chair and enjoy listening to some fun, family friendly pop music and classic tracks. It’s your very own private disco - in between your ears! Of course, sitting can be tricky when listening to catchy, toe tapping pop tunes - so feel free to get up and dance too!More about Burrinja Kids - Stay and Play
Date
9 SEPT – 5 NOV
Tickets
Adult $10
Concession/Seniors $7
Burrinja Members $5
Catalogue $5 
Mid Week Special (Wednesdays)
Exhibition entry + scone and tea $12 (half price)
Venue
Burrinja Gallery
Frank Hodgkinson: Sense of Place
Frank Hodgkinson (1919-2001) was one of Australia’s foremost abstract painters and artists. He was drawn to the Australian landscape in general and Aboriginal culture in particular in all its manifestations. His curiosity with Aboriginal art and culture called him to the Top End for long periods of time throughout since the 1980s. Arnhemland especially made a deep impression on him, and he returned several times to this spirited country.
Hodgkinson subsequently authored ‘Kakadu and the Arnhem Landers’, one of three diaries (‘Paris Sketchbook’ and ‘Sepik Diary’ being the others) in which he illustrated his hand written text with detailed sketches and washes.
Sense of Place will present original sketches and excerpt of this diary together with a selection of larger paintings, which show the artist as an observer exploring the spiritual connections to country and people as Hodgkinson poses on the most central of human questions: Where do we come from?
“Frank Hodgkinson is a prodigy. He is a man so various that he hardly gives you time to focus on any single one talent. He is a painter, a sculptor, an architect, a designer of habitats and ambiences. His creative energy is enormous. His curiosity is at once that of a child and a mature philosopher trying to make sense of the cosmos over which he has ranged with hunger and delight” - Morris West.
Image: Frank Hodgkinson
She Sang Him a Crocodile, Oil on Canvas, 183 x 198 cm, 1989
Date
Exhibition on until 5 NOV
Tickets
Adult $10
Concession $7
Burrinja Members $5
Venue
Burrinja Gallery
Win a Dandenong Ranges Arts and Culture Indulgence Package
with Frank Hodgkinson: Sense of Place Exhibition
Enter the draw to win a special Dandenong Ranges Arts and Culture Indulgence Package worth over $500 when you purchase tickets to Frank Hodgkinson: Sense of Place at Burrinja Gallery until 5 November.Enjoy world class theatre with Burrinja Season 2018 tickets and dinner for two at The Skylark Room plus a special night at Twilight Cottage in Olinda including breakfast hamper, bubbly and chocolates.
Package includes
Burrinja Season 2018 Theatre show double pass ($72 value)
Dinner for two at The Skylark Room, Burrinja ($100 value)
A night at the stunning Twilight Cottage in Olinda including breakfast hamper, bubbly and chocolates. (value $330) Prize excludes Saturday nights
Terms and Conditions
To enter the draw purchase tickets to Burrinja exhibition Frank Hodgkinson: Sense of Place.
Only people who provide Burrinja with their contact detail will be eligible for this prize
Prize winner will be notified by Thursday 16 November 2017
Theatre tickets valid for Burrinja season shows only (excluded events by external hirers)
Vouchers are only valid for 2018.
Vouchers not transferable for cash.
Tour Arts and Culture in the region with this Visit Yarra Valley Art Lives Here Trail Map
Image: Frank Hodgkinson: Sense of Place exhibition openening
Image: Twilight Cottages, Olinda
Dates
24 JUN - 23 JUL
Venue
Burrinja Gallery
Paintbrush, Loom & Hammer
Three variations on a natural history theme
Jessie Yvette Journoud-Ryan | Michele Fountain | Amy Duncan
In this unusual collaboration, three artists approach a common nature theme with vastly different techniques.Sculpture artist Jessie Yvette Journoud-Ryan smashes found pieces of crockery and gives them new life in the form of sculptures, using these man-made shapes and materials to create interpretations of natural forms such as flowers and birds.
Handweaver and printmaker Michele Fountain creates textural objects and images featuring wildflowers and trees, using lovingly hand-crafted textiles and hand-cut linoleum prints.
Tattoo artist and painter Amy Duncan channels her love of botanicals and traditional vanitas themes into finely detailed still life paintings, featuring her own flower arrangements and found natural objects.
This eclectic collection of work is a playful reflection on and celebration of the botanical, the universal language of flowers and natural history.
Exhibition opening: Sat. 24 June, 6:00 – 9:00
REGISTER HERE
Michele Fountain
Dates
24 JUN - 23 JUL
Venue
Burrinja Gallery
Glenn Loughrey: In Exile form the Edge - A Personal Journey
Glenn Loughrey is a Wiradjuri man from NSW and a priest at St. Oswald's Anglican Church, Glen Iris. He is an artist who fuses Indigenous art styles with Western forms of story telling. In this exhibition he presents a collection of acrylic paintings reflecting the diversity of Indigenous identity and its disconnect from the dominant culture. He explores his own journey of discovery to reclaim the sense of country on a personal and community level.Artist Talk Sat. 1 July, 2:00– 3:30pm
Glenn Loughrey will talk about his personal journey of discovery to reclaim the sense of country on a personal and community level. Rev Loughrey is a Wiradjuri man from New South Wales and priest at St. Oswald's Anglican Church in Glen Iris.Following the talk light refreshments will be served.
REGISTER HERE
Image: Turning Heaven to Earth, acrylic on canvas
Dates
24 JUN - 23 JUL
Venue
Burrinja Gallery
One Step at a Time
Belgrave artist Susie Parry’s passion for beauty, the intricacies of nature and the vibrancy of light falling on objects have led her to contemplate the intimate connection between nature and humans. In her exhibition One Step at a Time the representation of ground reaches to the literal and to the symbolic - the interplay of time and space in human development, represented by the shoe.Opening Sunday 2 July, from 2 pm
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Demonstration workshop, Sunday 9 July 2-3 pm
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Image: Susie Parry
Date
MAY, JUN & JUL
Venue
Burrinja Foyer
Skin Side Out. Renate Crow
Burrinja Kids Stay and Play free family activity by local artist Renate Crow
You are invited to look at some shapes we make with our bodies. Where does that bit go in between when we connect with someone, when we thumb wrestle or Hi five. That bit in between, see inside this hidden place imprinted on silicone pieces, look closely at the textures.What patterns do our bodies have, match up the pieces, where are they from. See if you can find the belly button!
Capture yourself, what impression will you leave in the sand?
Draw your hand shape on the community canvas and see how many we get in 3 months.
(Parents are encouraged to photograph the impressions in the sand and canvas to take home.)
More about Burrinja Kids - Stay and Play
Dates
20 May - 18 June
Venue
Burrinja Gallery
Experience the work of artists from Arlpwe Arts in Ali Curung, located in the spinifex country four hours north of Alice Springs, in the Northern Territory. Burrinja is proud to present new paintings by members of the four language groups who reside in Ali Curung (Warlpiri, Warumungu, Kaiditch and Alyawarra).
Due to unforeseen circumstances the artists are no longer able to visit Burrinja during the exhibition.
Due to unforeseen circumstances the artists are no longer able to visit Burrinja during the exhibition.
Image: Mary James 'Desert Colours', acrylic on canvas (detail)
Date
20 MAY – 18 JUN
Venue
Burrinja Gallery
Contemporary Australian Landscape
Ebony Finck, Jonathan Carmichael and Vicki Moritz
Landscape photography plays a key role in defining who we are as a nation, and how we see ourselves in relation to the environment we inhabit. The landscape can play a key role in both uniting and disconnecting us. Australia is a vast and unforgiving land, still largely uninhabited. The landscape seems charged with spiritual presence and a stark emptiness that haunts our suburbs and extends across deserts to the deep sea on every side. Across these dusty plains and rocky grounds, flora and fauna astoundingly flourish, from the wildflower to the Australian Brumby. The idea of struggle is deeply entrenched in our national psyche. Even in the harshest environments, life beckons us to understand our history and surroundings.
This exhibition draws together three Victoria-based contemporary photographers to continue this dialogue with the surrounding land. Ebony Finck, Jonathan Carmichael and Vicki Moritz present very different visual interpretations of modern Australia.
Exhibition opening Fri. 19 May, 6:30 – 8:30pm REGISTER HERE
Meet the artists: Landscape interpretations Sat. 10 June 2 – 3 pm
Ebony Finck, Vicki Moritz and Michael Carmichael will discuss their work in the current Burrinja Gallery exhibition Contemporary Australian Landscape and field questions.
REGISTER HERE
Jonathan Carmichael, Birch Tree, 2015
Dates
18 FEB - 19MAR
Venue
Burrinja Gallery
Invoking Indigo
Students from Upwey High School present their creative interpretations to working with Artist in Residence, Jude Craig.
Indigo is a natural blue dye, which comes from a plant. Through a process of reduction and oxidation, indigo surrenders many shades of heavenly blue hues. With the global awareness for sustainable lifestyles, indigo is once again being considered a precious commodity. The students have gained the knowledge of how to care for this living vat and how to coax natural blue from it. Students also watched the hard-hitting documentary film, The True Cost. This film examines the impact the fashion industry is having on our planet; how ‘fast fashion’ is driving the rights and wages of workers in 3rd world countries to an intolerably low level, whilst selling us the ‘dream’ of fashion affordability.
Substantiated by investigating artists who are manipulating clothing to create works of art, this was the springboard from which students launched themselves into Invoking Indigo. They were encouraged to rip and tear garments destined for landfill and to redefine the clothing’s sculptural form. Some embraced Japanese techniques of shibori, others attempted to create a variety of clean hues on clothing to form large organic works; all conveyed the message to tread more lightly on the planet.
Artists in Schools - A Victorian Government Initiative
This exhibition will launch the 80th birthday celebrations at Upwey high School.
Image: (Detail), Jude Craig
Dates
16 DEC - 5 FEB
Venue
Burrinja Gallery
Land & Identity
Jonathan Kumintjarra Brown | Queenie McKenzie | Maggie Watson Napangardi | Lin Onus | Rover Thomas
The connection to country is central to Aboriginal life and culture. It is elementary to Aboriginal art. This exquisite and intimate exhibition brings together works by artists with a strong connection to their land - be it the Kimberley, Central Desert, Victoria’s Barmah Forest or Maralinga. Yet Queen McKenzie, Rover Thomas, Maggie Watson Napangardi, Lin Onus and Jonathan Kumintjarra Brown had quite different connections to their country, from integral to removed to unknown. The paintings on display illustrate more than the relationship to country - they ask fundamental questions about the artist's identity.Special Friends of Burrinja members' celebration THURS 2 FEB 6PM - 8PM
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Rover Thomas “Wolf Creek Crater”,
90 x 60 cm, acrylic and ochre on canvas, date c1996
Date
August - October 2016
Venue
Burrinja Foyer
Burrinja Kids Stay and Play
Created by Tamara McLeish of ArtTreeCreations
We all love colour & our 3 beautiful animal friends need your help. During the cold winter season they have all lost thier colour, spring is coming & they want to get their colourful bodies back. Colour makes us happy, it can influence our day & can make us creative.
Choose a feather or a scale from the picture (they are attached with velcro) make it as colourful as possible & add a little design to personalise it. Pop it back onto the picture then invite your friends to help out with the rest.
Date
Winter
Venue
Burrinja Foyer
Burrinja Kids Stay and Play
Amy Laker Bruni
Rainbow Rain and Mythical Creatures
Amy Laker Bruni is a Resident Artist at Leaf Studios, Kallista and creator & designer of label Lillbeart.
Amy’s motto is, “Life is all about having FUN…”
And laughing. Dreaming. Exploring. Feeling. Creating. Experimenting. Challenging. Enjoying.
"As adults sometimes those moments are far and few between, and it is not until we have children come into our lives that we remember how to simply be and feel the purity of life again. Those fleeting moments of joy and delight or the capacity to envelope oneself in sensation allows the connection to our inner child, or for the young to express on an emotional level how visually and textually their senses are stimulated.
My leaf rainbow with rainbow rain aims for you to discover the fun of immersing yourself in a hyperreal magical place. Walk through, run through, pause in the middle, close your eyes, run your hands around, feel the ‘rain’ on your face." Amy Laker Bruni
Date
7 July – 7 August
Venue
Burrinja Gallery
What Lies Beneath
“There is no dead matter, lifelessness is only a disguise behind which hides unknown forms of life” - Bruno Schultz
Eco-printing engages the pigments in leaves, natural fibres, metal and heat to create prints and imagery that cannot be orchestrated or controlled – as Rebecca Funk describes: 'this is a dance with Nature herself where we follow Her lead…'
Emerging from a series of workshops lead by local artist Jacqui Grace and soul crafter Rebecca Funk, the cohort of makers will exhibit new eco-printing based work developed from an exploration of creative process where artist, matter and cosmos are co-constructors of meaning, beauty, sacredness, art and chaos.
Dynamics between structure and emergence, individual work and collaboration, the stagnant and the ephemeral, process and outcome culminate in an exhibition which will showcase the generative process of eco-printing as we explore what lies beneath the leaf, and these constructs.
Exhibition Opening Celebration Thursday 7 July at 6pm
Image: Jacqueline Grace
Date
2 April – 10 July
Venue
Burrinja Gallery Upstairs
Jenny Saulwick and Community Art
Jenny, a sculptor by training, has worked for over three decades creating art with local communities. She has been an inspirational artist and artisan, a facilitator and organiser, a teacher and a visionary.For many years Jenny has been a strong, persistent and creative campaigner in the Dandenongs. On Australia Day 2015 she was awarded Yarra Ranges Environmentalist of the Year Award.
The exhibition presents a number of projects which Jenny, now in her eighties, has been involved with, and offers insight to her creative process and work with diverse ages to create art.
Burrinja marks the sad passing of Jenifer Ann Saulwick on May 20 this year.
Jenny was not only an inspirational artist and activist within our community, but contributed greatly to the establishment of the Dandenong Ranges Community Cultural Centre - Burrinja. Jenny served on the original council committee in 1997 and was a founding member of the Association's Board in 1998, serving the cultural centre for over 10 years as a Board member until 2009 and contributing actively in many other ways to the region's artistic and cultural life. Jenny lived life to the fullest, and will be sadly missed.
Jenny Saulwick - 26.9.1934 - 20.5.2016 
Date
7 July - 7 August
Venue
Burrinja Gallery
Emergence
Emergence showcases seven of Melbourne's best and brightest upcoming talents in a group exhibition at Burrinja Gallery including Anthea Corby, Michael Wootton, Jessica Armstrong, Louise Pastorcic, Casey Jeffery, Britt Westaway and Katherine Reynolds. The artists have all been selected by Katherine Reynolds, a local fine art student and long standing Burrinja Volunteer. Audiences will be charmed by the eclectic mix of drawing, painting and mixed media works presented in a range of styles. While championing artists at the early beginning of their careers, the exhibition also offers an insight into the interests and concerns facing young emerging artists today.
Local emerging artist Katherine Reynolds has been mentored by Burrinja curator JD Mittmann to present this exhibition. An enthusiastic and passionate part of the Hills community, Katherine has creatively contributed to numerous Hills arts projects including the Dandenong Ranges Open Studios, local exhibitions, festivals and markets.
Opening Celebration Saturday 9 July at 6pm
Image: Katherine Reynolds, Within Without, Acrylic on canvas, 61x91.5cm, 2015
Date
4 Jun - 3 Jul
Venue
Burrinja Gallery
'ICONIC'
Betty Lawry | Kirsten Laken | Chris Lawry | Mark Noke
Opening Celebration 2pm Saturday 4 June
'Familiar, yet Fantastic,' Icon paintings, stained glass, lino cut prints, and photographic works; all inspired by the medieval era. Works by Betty Lawry, Kirsten Laken, Chris Lawry and Mark Noke.
The Icons painted by Betty Lawry are based on those images of Christian saints which are popular among Eastern Orthodox Churches. Betty's beautiful versions of this ages old art form are non traditional, in so much that they are painted on archival paper, and framed, rather than on blocks of wood as is more common.
Kirsten Laken's stained glassworks have a clear relationship to the stained glass and lead light church windows which amazed people of the medieval era. Her modern renditions of saints and monsters are created using traditional techniques that are centuries old, and yet with a splash of colour she has bought them into the future.
Printmaker Chris Lawry is fascinated by the gargoyles which were designed as waterspouts to protect medieval and gothic stone walls. Their often monstrous forms were thought to have an ability to ward off evil spirits. She has created a series of lino cuts based on them.
In 2002, Mark Noke walked the entirety of the 'Camino de Santiago', a pilgrimage of about 1,475 kilometres, or roughly 1,000 miles. This particular pilgrimage has been walked for over a 1,000 years. The pilgrimage began in Le Puy, France and finished in Santiago de Compostella, in Spain. These photographs reflect some of his favourite parts of his long walk.
Image: Betty Lawry (detail)
Image: Louise Daniels
Unravelling 3, Hand formed aluminium wire sculpture, 32cm high, 2015
Date
4 June - 3 July
Venue
Burrinja Gallery
Louise Daniels: Unravelling
Opening Celebration 2:30pm Sunday 5 June
Walker Street Gallery SHE 2015 Award winner.
This powerful charcoal drawing and aluminum sculpture series represents women dealing with the burden of change and uncertainty.
Daniel's research engages communities of women and an exploration of mental health. Her imagery represents women under stress and their different responses to severe pressure. Each is fighting strains imposed on them, with varying degrees of success.
Her work highlights the importance of resilience for individuals and families, Daniels says 'women are often a quietly binding force that holds families and communities together'.
Daniels lives in Ulverstone in north-west Tasmania. She is proud to be an Aboriginal Tasmanian with a deep history connecting her to northern Tasmania.
Image: Vicki Sullivan
Into the Night, Oil on Belgian linen, 2015
Date
30 April – 29 May 2016
Venue
Burrinja Gallery
Women Painting Women
Fiona Bilbrough | Jacqui Grantford | Raelene Sharp | Sally Ryan
Vicki Sullivan | Avril Thomas | Heather Ellis
Women Painting Women is a major exhibition of portraiture in traditional oil painting and bronze sculpture. It presents award winning realist painters from Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales including Fiona Bilbrough, Jacqui Grantford, Raelene Sharp, Sally Ryan, Vicki Sullivan, Avril Thomas and sculptor Heather Ellis.
Taking its inspiration from the Women Painting Women exhibitions in the United States, this is the first Australian instalment of the Women Painting Women phenomenon which celebrates traditional realist painting and the talent of female artists.
Featuring well known Australian women such as Nobel Prize Nominee Dr Catherine Hamlin, actors Kerri Armstrong and Jacki Weaver, opera singer Liane Keegan, and self-portraits of the artists, the exhibition highlights the power and insight of women painting women and situates the artists’ work within the broader art historical context.
Women Painting Women Public Program
Artist Talks with Raelene Sharp & Jacqui GrantfordSat 7 May at 2pm | FREE | Book here or call 9754 8723
Painting Demonstrations with Fiona Bilbrough and Vicki Sullivan
Sun 15 May from 11am |FREE | No bookings required
Expert Casting discussion with Heather Ellis and Craig McDonald
Sun 22 May at 2pm | FREE | Book here or call 9754 8723
Artist Talk with Vicki Sullivan
Sat 28 May at 2pm | FREE | Book here or call 9754 8723
More info and full Public Program details here
Date
12 June - 12 July
Venue
Jarmbi Gallery
Helen Pallikaros: Within, without
Burrinja City of Dandenong's Walker St Gallery She…2014 Award winner Helen Pallikaros’ solo exhibition Within, without showcases a body of her work developed over the past five years. From fleeting moments of sculptural encounter to deeper engagements with image, form and materiality, Pallikaros investigates the realm of body and the psychological landscape.
In her practice Pallikaros uses drawing, collage, sculpture, performance and photography to consider the relationship between the human emotive and psychological conditions and our animalistic, primal origins.
Date
12 June - 12 July
Venue
Jarmbi Gallery
Jessie Yvette Journoud-Ryan & Katherine Reynolds: Mimicry
Mimicry is the result of a collaboration between local Burrinja studio artists Jessie Yvette Journoud-Ryan & Katherine Reynolds' visual interpretations of mimicry, imitation and camouflage.Jessie’s sculptural mosaics explore the tensions of the arts of disguise whereby the environment becomes the subject and the subject its environment. While Katherine uses paint to explore the unique qualities of different animals and how they can be camouflaged within an environment.
Through patterns, repetition and colour, anything and everything can be disguised within an artwork. Mimicry is a visual exploration of the ways mimicry and camouflage can be depicted.
Official opening Saturday 13 June, 2:30pm
Meet the artists & Demonstrations Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 June, Burrinja Studio 4
Date
8 May 2015 – 7 June
Venue
Jarmbi Gallery Downstairs
Connected Voices: More than Green
Connected Voices is a group of four artists, each working with textiles as their primary medium. As Diploma of Textile Art graduates, they continue to explore their contemporary art practice within a wide range of techniques: botanical dyeing, freestyle hand weaving, collage, digital and hand printing, machine and hand stitching. While the inspiration from and response to the natural environment informs much of their work, the concept of More than Green extends beyond the visual. These artists are also exploring eco-dyes, zero waste production, sustainable practice and recycling; processes which remain mostly hidden but are an intrinsic part of the artworks.
They produce original, meaningful pieces in a tactile and familiar medium; yet one which can be re-interpreted in a contemporary and expressive way.
Official opening Friday 8 May 7pm
Floor talk with Jill Migliette Sunday 17 May, 12pm & 1pm
Demonstrationswith Heather Walters & Diane Mattiske 11am -3pm
Date
8 May - 7 June
Venue
Jarmbi Gallery
Orly Faya : The Gaia Collection
Orly Faya is an Australian born, International artist and traveller of twelve years who has delved deeply into the realm of mimetism within body painting and photography over the last 18 months.
Painting human bodies into the various landscapes around the globe, Orly's message is clear: We came from the earth, are of the earth, and will return to the earth. It is time to remember who we are and recognise the importance of honouring our harmonious existence.
Orly's debut exhibition is a celebration of creation itself, sharing the stories of the artworks, organic collaborations with Mother Earth in all her spontaneous glory and the people who stand to merge, their strength and determination within intensity beyond explanation. You are invited to share this special debut occasion and take the opportunity to connect with Orly's unique pieces, presented to a live audience for the first time ever.
Creation's Calling -Collaborating for Sustainability
Friday 22 May at 7pm
An evening of celebrating humanity's connection to the earth through creative expression.
Kevisato Duncan Sanyü Meyasetsu from The Wilderness Society sharing the amazing work they do and why they do it...
LIVE MUSIC!
Liana Perillo on the Harp, Bloodwood - Elle Plume Reika Sroyphet & Cassie, + more Local Acts from the Dandenong!
LIVE BODY PAINTING - Orly Faya Snir and Serra Stone
SPOKEN WORD POETRY
Marija Heart ♥, Shoshana Sadia, Justine Walsh, Orly Faya, AND MORE...!
Chick here for more info on The Gaia project
Date
16 May - 28 June
Venue
Burrinja Gallery
Contents Under Pressure:
Stencil Art in Australia from 2003 - 2010
The last decade saw the rise of a new art form as thousands of aerosol based stencil paintings appeared in Melbourne’s laneways. Melbourne became known as ‘stencil capital’. Before long stencil art evolved and moved from the street into the gallery.
Showcasing over 200 works from private collections by key artists including Psalm, Phibs, Haha, Meek, Meggs, Rone, Ghostpatrol, Satta among others this exhibition presents the formative period of one of Australia’s most dynamic art movements.
Curated by JD Mittmann, director of the Melbourne Stencil Festival 2004 - 2008.
During the exhibition come along to Guided Tours with Melbourne Stencil Festival director JD Mittmann, join local artists Hugo Racz, Amy Middleton and Brit Westaway creating murals and stencils in Burrinja's Studio 5 and engage with Jacqui Grace's Kids Corner activities.
Stencil Poster Competition
Burrinja invites everyone to create their own stencils posters - print out the poster template here or pick one up at the show, photocopy it, enlarge it, reduce it and repeat it however you like, put your stencil on it and post it up!Share photos of your finished poster on Instagram with the hashtag #burrinjastencilexhibition
Send us a photo of your pasted poster to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., the best poster /location will win a copy of ‘Bomb It! Street Art is Revolution’ directed by filmmaker Jon Reiss.
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Date
5 December - 18 January 2015
Venue
Jarmbi Upstairs Gallery
Felice Cipriani & Neil McLeod
The Confessional Box
A truly remarkable exhibition by two of the real innovators in the international art scene: Felice Cipriani and Neil McLeod are about to launch a series of abstract paintings into the art world with exhibitions in China, Russia and France in 2015/16. Felice Cipriani was once described by Salvador Dali as "a true artist". This exhibition is the result of the collaboration of the two artists and long-time companions.
Date
31 October - 30 November
Venue
Jarmbi Downstairs Gallery
The Arties: Our World is Here and it is Art
“Our world is Here ...and it is Art!” is a quote from Craig, one of the Arties group. Our world can cover the personal to the political, the microcosm to the macrocosm. The cross roads the Arties have had in their life, with all their ups and downs, To what is precious to us in our world environment and what we stand to loose forever , If we don't act now!
Official Opening: Friday 31 October, 10:30am
Date
1 August - 14 September
Venue
Cafe Gallery
Marita Reynolds: Feathers, Furs and Fins
Marita has created a series of works focusing on native birds, whales, turtles and elephants. Using graphite and coloured pencils, in varying ways, she has re-created the feel and look of feathers, furs and fins. A wonderful selection of works that invite you to reflect on the nature that surrounds you from day-to-day.
Date
5 September - 16 November
Venue
Burrinja Gallery
Admission
Exhibition $5.00.
Yarra Ranges Residents and Jarmbi Members are Free.
Arlpwe Artists
Pictorial Letter from Arlpwe at Ali Curung
Artists from Ali Curung, visit Burrinja for a week of demonstrations, cultural education and to present a showcase exhibition of works from the region’s artists.
For the second consecutive year, the exhibition showcases new paintings featuring Kaiditch (Kaytetye) country in a traditional and modern style as well as traditional artefacts.
Gallery Tours: Thursday and Saturday at 11am
Included in Gallery Entrance.
Date
4 July - 31 August
Venue
Burrinja Gallery
DLux Media and University of Sydney
Striking Contrasts
This screen based touring exhibition features ten contemporary Australian video artists, including Angelica Mesiti, John Conomos, Grant Stevens and Deborah Kelly.
Reflecting on two distinctive and opposite visions of the Australian cultural landscape, that of the vast centre to the built up city peripheries, the exhibition explores these contrasts through various techniques such as documentary film, narrative sequence and the use of found footage.
Curated by dLux MediaArts in association with Geoffrey Weary, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney.
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Date
4 July - 31 August
Venue
Burrinja Inner Gallery
She’ll be right, mate?
An Indigenous History in Australian Cartoons
Drawn from the extensive archive of the Australian Cartoon Museum this exhibition chronicles issues of Indigenous affairs in Australian society, sports and politics in the last 30 years.
Australia’s best cartoonists will surprise, shock and make us laugh. Featured are Nicholson, Jeff, Spooner, Knight, Leunig, OZ and many more, surveying representations of Indigenous issues and snapshots in time that illustrates Australia’s often rocky road towards reconciliation from the Bicentenary to the Apology.
Accompanied by a public and education program of workshops, demonstrations, tours and talks.
Curated by James Bridges - Australian Cartoon Museum, and JD Mittmann, Curator and Manager of Collections, Burrinja.
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Date
23 - 29 June 2014
Venue
Burrinja Gallery
The Best of Belgrave Lantern Parade
The annual Belgrave Lantern Parade is a highlight in the local event calendar, with thousands of hills residents marching their lanterns, small and big, up and down the main street. For those who are not able to attend and those who want to have a closer look at the fantastic creations this exhibition will offer a delightful display.
Dates
20 June - 20 July
Venue
Jarmbi Gallery
The Hills Potters
High Tea – The Deconstructed Party
Lynne Lindsay, Juliet Widdows, Rob Knighton, Jenny Rowe, Lee Goller, Glenn England and Babette Bruders present a highly engaging and interactive exhibtion of 2D and 3D works.
A central table setting is to be the focus of this exhibition, with paper napkins, tablecloth and placemats on which conversations between the artists and visitors are recorded. Artists will contribute to the table settings with a variety of ceramic tableware.
Viewers are invited to read, peruse these and respond, while perhaps having ‘a cuppa and a chat’.
Dates
13 June - 27 July
Venue
Cafe Gallery
Pauline Bailey: As I See It
This exhibition is all about Melbourne as I see it, memories of certain places, feelings, experiences and observations all of which tell a story. I am also very passionate about the local music scene and this too is a recurring theme in my work. The attached images are part of a series I have been working on which explores the city and surrounding suburbs.
The pieces I intend to exhibit depict railway stations, disused buildings, pubs, cafés and other structures; some are well known icons but others that are not so familiar are just as interesting. To me all of these places represent everything that is unique and exciting about Melbourne.
Pauline was born in Oakleigh and has lived in Gippsland since 1990.
Dates
23 May – 15 June
Venue
Jarmbi Downstairs Gallery
Hugo Racz:Tabula Rasa
Tabula Rasa - accurately describing both my current outlook, as well as my artistic structure in one concise phrase.
The Latin term tabula rasa translates in English to “clean slate”, which refers to starting again.
Having finished high school last year, I feel as though I have moved onto a new chapter in my life, my routine has totally changed and my mind is fresh, it’s as though I am starting again; a clean slate.
The term also specifically refers to a scraped tablet from which writing has been erased. From a creative perspective this solely relates to most of my art, in which I often scrub out entire sections of the image to either start again or simply cover over with more paint. By removing or crossing out words and lines, they become more meaningful in their absence.
Date
28 March - 22 June
Venue
Burrinja Gallery
Rod Moss: Whitegate - Where Art and Life Collide
Rod Moss has been a resident of Alice Springs since 1984. His paintings are a result of his unique and close relationship with the Arrente community of Whitegate, one of several town camps on the outskirts of Alice Springs. In his carefully constructed and referenced paintings he presents the Whitegate families in everyday life situations, with strong connectedness through country and kinship.
Through additional audio stories told by the artist, the exhibition brings to the visitor’s attention the stories behind the carefully constructed paintings. They create an intriguing and intimate portrait of the families of Whitegate and describe the on-going struggle of the Whitegate residents with health issues, alcoholism and violence.
Rod Moss is the author of the recently published book A Thousand Cuts (2013) and The Hard Light of Day which in 2011 won the NT Book Award and the Prime Minister’s Award for Non-fiction.
Rod Moss is represented by Anna Pappas Gallery in Melbourne and Fireworks Gallery in Brisbane.
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Date
28 March - 22 June
Venue
Burrinja Inner Gallery
Ronnie Sexton: Woodhenge
The Woodhenge Carvings comprise of nine wooden sculptures which have taken Irish woodcarver Ronnie Sexton six years to complete. These extraordinary creations range from 3 to 4 metres in height. Carved from Cedar wood and adorned with hundreds of crystals, stones, rocks and 24 carat gold-leaf gilding, each carries intricate and detailed symbols of cultures from across the planet.
Dates
13 February - 9 March
Venue
Jarmbi Gallery
Carolyn Henry: Still. Life. People.
Inspired by 15th century German painter, printmaker and mathematician Albrecht Dürer, Carolyn Henry uses the medium of scratchboard to explore portraiture, expressiveness of hands and the rendering of still life.
The cycle of life, birth and ageing are represented in this body of work in a medium usually known for its illustrative qualities in the printing industry prior to computers. Carolyn has set herself the challenge of taking an unforgiving medium and bending it to her will.
Carolyn Henry is the winner of the 2013 She exhibition award at Walker St Gallery.
Dates
17 January - 2 March
Venue
Cafe Gallery
Jessie Yvette Journoud-Ryan: Germination
A collection of Mosaic Artworks by Jessie Yvette Journoud-Ryan completed over her studio tenancy so far at Burrinja.
The body of work is the result of some creative experimentation (or incubation) in her artist studio in Burrinja during 2013.
Germination refers not only to the process of creating these pieces and the overall organic nature of the subject matter; it also refers to new growth of her practice, new ideas and innovative creative solutions via mosaics.
The exhibition is an investigation of organic subject matter, colour and texture using recycled crockery and tiles.
Jessie is running a workshop series on Mosaic's from February 15.
More details here.
Dates
6 December - 12 January
Venue
Cafe Gallery
Tiffany Morris-North, Jacqui Christians & Adriana Alvarez :Three Little Birds
Three local artists share a passion for creating. You're invited to explore a collection of small works that will take you on a journey of nostalgia, cultural heritage and natural beauty.
These mixed media works combine paper cuts, hand stitching, illustration, paint and inks. The three artists Tiffany Morris-North, Jacqui Christians and Adriana Alvarez are friends who have exhibited together before. Their mutual passion for creating textural works means their works beautifully complement each other while still retaining their unique vision and character.
Date
14 December – 16 March
Venue
Burrinja Gallery
Free Guided Tours
Tues, Thurs and Sat 11am
Isabel Foster: The Challenge of Colour
Explore delightfully bright, bold and bizarre textiles created by 92-year old artist Isabel Foster.
Isabel’s extensive body of work shows her lifetime’s devotion to needle and thread, colour and the ingenious use of the finest materials.
As a child born between two world wars, Isabel was raised in a time where thrift was given and home furnishings were handmade. This upbringing planted the seeds of resilience, independence and creativity, which have become the hallmarks of this remarkable textile artist.
Isabel’s passionate works highlight the ability to break with conventions and push her creative boundaries.
The exhibition will feature signature pieces from Isabel’s long career spanning 45 years.
Video of the Exhibition Opening available here
For more information click here
Dates
8 November - 8 December
Venue
Jarmbi Gallery
Jessica Dib-Newbery and Alan Newbery
The Other Side of the Rock
Father and daughter duo Alan Newbery and Jessica Dib-Newbery’s work is concerned with the remote Australian landscape – specifically the red earth country, far from the green coastal fringe where most of us dwell – its majesty, vastness, colours, textures, spiritual implications and challenges.
Jessica spent time living and working in a remote community in WA. She was inspired to create this series of works based on the expanse of space, the wide open skies, colour, texture and beauty of the Australian landscape. Jessica also explores the effect and challenge of remote living, on her own mental well-being.
Alan, a remote Australian veteran, has lived and worked in distant Australian communities for over 15 years. His paintings capture the beauty, patterns and colours of the Australian desert as well as delving into a spiritual connection with the land and the juxtaposition of man-made refuse and the wonder of the natural environment. This is Alan’s first exhibition and it is the first time Jessica and Alan have exhibited together.
Dates
8 November - 8 December
Venue
Jarmbi Gallery
Danuta Bieber & Narelle Tresize-Hardy: Limen
A collaborative exhibition of photographs which explore liminal spaces, places and experiences, created on or from shorelines.
Dates
11 October - 24 November
Venue
Burrinja Cafe & Studio Galleries
The Arties: Home
This year theArties have tackled the concept of ‘Home’. Defining and finding a home can be a difficult task; for some it is a place of solace, or comfort, for others it is simply a place to sleep. The idea of ‘Home’ for the Arties is a more difficult concept, with many of them being displaced. Their ideas are quite moving and draw from difficulties and stories from a personal place.
Dates
4 October - 3 November
Venue
Jarmbi Gallery
Sensory Seekers : Jenny Rowe, Glenn England, Lee Goller, Babette Bruders, John Wynn-Tweg
Colours hum, line and texture seduce, Five local artists present their different approaches to the mediums of clay and paint resulting in works with emphasis on sensory ‘tactile-ness’.
For some sample images click here
Dates
25 July - 25 August
Venue
Jarmbi Gallery
Yarra Valley Grammar: Art in Progress
Yarra Valley Grammar presents two and three dimensional art work created by students undertaking the Certificate IV in Design course. These Year 11 and 12 students aspire to a future in Art and Design and are developing their skills and understanding through the exploration of a range of new mediums and techniques. This exhibition provides them with the opportunity to exhibit their work publicly and receive feedback from their peers, family and the general public.
Date
5 July - 1 December
Venue
Burrinja Inner Gallery
Powerful Barks
Aboriginal Bark Paintings in the McLeod Gift Collection
The 2013 National NAIDOC Week is themed We value the vision: The Yirrkala Bark Petitions. It celebrates the 50th anniversary of the presenting of a pair of bark paintings to the Australian Parliament. Signed by 13 clan leaders of the Yolngu region on Gove Peninsula the bark petitions became an important catalyst for a process of legislative and constitutional reform to recognise the rights of Indigenous Australians.
In line with the NAIDOC theme the Burrinja Gallery is presents an exhibition of bark paintings from the McLeod Gift Collection by Jimmy Mamulunhawuy, Yirrkala, and by Nawakadj 'Bobby' Nganjmirra from Oenpelli
Dates
21 June – 11 August
Venue
Burrinja Cafe Gallery
Quorum Group: Unconscious Creativity
Quorum is a group of women artists who started 6 years ago. We try not to think too deeply about what we create, but by using many different methods the works appear and demonstrate our joy exploring our own beliefs, spirituality and views on social issues. This exploration has led to a body of work that has become quite abstract and diversified for each artist over time. The artists: Jenny Pring-Morgan, Chris Spokes, Megan Shiel, Yvonne Picot and Bernadette Burke-Reynolds.
Dates
24 August - 1 December
Venue
Burrinja Gallery
Secret Ingiets
MYSTERIOUS STONE CARVINGS AND CEREMONIAL OBJECTS OF THE TOLAI IN PNG
Works from the McLeod Gift Collection
Exhibition | Symposium | Cultural Program
Myths of sorcery and 'black magic' surround mysterious stone carvings of the Ingiet, a secret men's cult of the Tolai society on the Gazelle Peninsula in New Britain, PNG. Despite being outlawed by the German colonial administration before WWI the cult was believed to exist in secrecy for decades after. Occasional finds of these Ingiet sculptures still create fear among local residents. The power of the Ingiets and the fascination with them seems unbroken.
The McLeod Gift Collection, which Burrinja manages on behalf of its owner, the Yarra Ranges Council, is the third largest public collection of Ingiets in the world. This survey exhibition presents the collection for the first time to the public in its entirety. As such this exhibition is also world premiere. Never before have these intriguing and extremely rare secret ingiets been shown in an exhibition of this scale.
On display are also other significant ceremonial items of Tolai culture. These are on loan from the private collections of Neil McLeod, Melbourne and Harold Gallasch, Adelaide, which rank as the most comprehensive in the country.
For more information please visit www.burrinja.org.au/secretingiets.Free tours Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 11am
Dates
18 May to 11 August
Venue
Burrinja Gallery
Venue
$5 Full Price, $4 Concession
Free for Jarmbi Members
Kati Thanda - Green Desert
Aerial Photography of Lake Eyre by Peter Elfes
This multimedia exhibition is a journey through time into the ancient world of Australia's desert interior, featuring stunning low level aerial images by award winning photographer Peter Elfes. Peter has spent the last five years documenting the beauty of this rare climatic event, the flooding of Lake Eyre, Kati Thanda, in Arabunna country in South Australia.
Burrinja is excited to host the complete exhibition for the first time in a Victoria exclusive.
Dates
10 May - 16 June 2013
Venue
Cafe Gallery
Karyn Mitchell: Beauty is in the Detail
Local photographer, Karyn Mitchell, invites us into the intimate world of flowers through her macro art collection, The Beauty is in the Detail. Big, bold and bright the images encourage the viewer to take the time to notice the beauty that surrounds us every day. Her passion for both photography and the subject inspires a sense of wonder.
A mum to 2 young boys, Karyn lives at the foot of the Dandenong Ranges and has done her whole life. The images have all be taken locally from public and private gardens.
The exhibition opening Tues 14th May 6-9pm.
Dates
10 May - 16 June 2013
Venue
Jarmbi Gallery
Paul Smits: Myths and Fashion
Paul Smits presents three bronze sculptures inspired by themes, old world cultures and mythology from Oceania, Asia and Mesoamerica.
Dates
10 May - 16 June 2013
Venue
Jarmbi Gallery
Ben Phillips: Something Monocular
Self-taught and blind in one eye, Ben has had a number of solo exhibitions in Melbourne and NSW and recently in Dusseldorf, Germany.
'Something monocular' is a cross section of the way which is 'auto-didact'. Complex, simple and patient. A collection of abstract time and nature.
Dates
22 March - 5 May 2013
Venue
Cafe Gallery
Janet Flinn: Birds of the Yarra Ranges
An exhibition of original paintings of native birds.
Dates
19 - 31 March 2013
Venue
Jarmbi Gallery
Arlpwe: Spinifex Country
A group of artists from Arlpwe Artists in Ali Curung, north of Tennant Creek, N.T., is coming to Melbourne to present paintings, demonstrate artefacts and talk about their country: Arlpwe, the spinifex country.
Article on the visit by the group of artists avaliable here
Date
28 Feburary - 12 May
Time
Tuesday-Sunday
10:30am -4:00pm
Venue
Burrinja Gallery
Admission
Free
Lajamanu: Early Paintings
This exhibition of rarely seen paintings by Warlpiri men and women takes the visitor back to the beginnings of the acrylic movement in Central Australia.
After initial resistance painting was taken up in Lajamanu with great enthusiasm and the on-going relationship with country and Dreamings presented as a sign of cultural strength. Drawn from private collections from across Australia.
Free Tours Thursdays and Saturdays @ 11am
45 minutes in duration, Bookings recommended via 9754 8723
Dates
15 February - 17 March 2013
Venue
Jarmbi Gallery
VCE Creative Showcase
The VCE Creative Showcase was established to exhibit and celebrate outstanding work from top graduating visual art students across the Yarra Ranges Shire. The 2013 exhibition presents work by art students from eight local schools. It promises a challenging and rewarding visual art experience and a unique opportunity to see the world interpreted by young emerging artists.
Dates
9 November 2012 to 17 February 2013
Fashion meets Fiction: The Darnell Collection
Fashion meets Fiction is an exciting exhibition that brings together our love of popular fiction and its many famous colourful characters with high-end fashion.
In partnership with Eastern Regional Libraries and celebrating the National Year of Reading, this exhibition travels through time and the popular culture and fiction of the periods, drawing together the threads of character, period, fashion and finery.
Dates
29 August – 28 October 2012
Andrew Chapman: Nearly A Retrospective
This exhibition features documentary work, spanning over 40 years, by Victorian photographer Andrew Chapman. Crossing a wide range of subjects and periods the exhibition offers a fascinating insight into Australian social and political life through the lens of one of Australia’s most-prominent documentary photographers.
A long time Dandenong Ranges resident, Andrew worked as a newspaper and freelance photographer for over 20 years on numerous assignments for Time, Business Review Weekly and The Bulletin. With more than a dozen Time covers to his credit, he has covered subjects as diverse as heroin dealers, presidents and celebrities.
Dates
30 June - 26 August 2012
Jus' Drawn : proppaNOW Collective
Jus’ Drawn is a touring exhibition of works on paper by eight of Australia’s most important urban Indigenous artists.
Known collectively as ‘Proppa NOW’ this Queensland-based group consists of urban Aboriginal artists who have already won individual acclaim, Richard Bell, Vernon Ah Kee, Gordon Hookey and Laurie Nilsen, as well as formidable emerging artists such as Jennifer Herd, Andrea Fisher, and Tony Albert. This group dispels the notion that indigenous art needs to be from a remote area to be ‘authentic’.
Dates
4 May - 24 June 2012
Memories - Contact with White People
Based on Patsy Lulpanda’s canvas painting with the same title comes an exhibition of artworks from the Burrinja Collection that explores the theme of contact with white colonisers from the Aboriginal perspective. Depictions of policemen, cattle, prison trees, massacre sites and nuclear test sites tell stories of dispossession, disempowerment and destruction, and yet their telling provides future hope.
Dates
10 March - 29 April 2012
The 60th Blake Prize
The Blake Prize was established 60 years ago as an incentive to raise the standard of contemporary religious art away from out-dated or imitative styles. This exhibition will feature 30-35 finalist artworks from the 60th Blake Prize, including the winning artworks.
The Blake Society, named after the visionary artist and poet, William Blake, implements and manages the annual prize and exhibition program for contemporary art and poetry exploring the themes of spirituality, religion and human justice.
Dates
19 November 2011 – 26 February 2012
Mary Tonkin: Home 2000-2010
Mary Tonkin paints and draws the lush forest near Kalorama in the Dandenong Ranges, where she was born and raised. Her work, colourfully exploring what it is to be present and pay attention in place, is produced through a plein-air process in the forest, and sings with vibrant colour and sensuous gestural paint. Mary Tonkin, born 1973, won the prestigious Dobell Drawing Prize in 2002. This exhibition will bring together a body of paintings produced since 2000.
Dates
30 July - 16 October 2011
Stories of Song and Dance
Performance and the Burrinja Collection
Showcasing selected items from the Burrinja / Neil McLeod Gift Collection, this exhibition presents unique Malangan artefacts from New Ireland and New Britain in Papua New Guinea. These stunning objects were produced by master carvers Hosea Linge, Ben Sisia and Edward Sali and give an insight into local ceremonies and performances. On display are also rare Iniet stone carvings from the secret Tolai society on the Gazelle Peninsula and Aboriginal dance boards and paintings from the Kimberley by Jack Dale Mengenen and Rover Thomas Joolama.
Dates
16 October 2008 - 11 January 2009
Ronnie Sexton: Aisling Gheal (Bright Dream)
Award winning Irish born sculptor Veronica "Ronnie" Sexton trained at London College of Furniture, and obtained her Graduateship and Higher Diploma in Woodcarving and Gold Leaf Gilding at City and Guilds of London Art School. On completing art school, Ronnie worked for several years in restoration, including extensive work on Windsor Castle. She has also worked on commissions in the USA, Malaysia and Ireland. Ronnie's strict classical training in Gothic, Baroque and Rocco woodcarving has evolved into a more relaxed and freer flowing style event in her work in this exhibition.
Dates
1 February - 14 March 2009
Station Rats & other Scum Pups
The Scum Pups project began in late 2008, when Burrinja offered a group of local young people the opportunity to take part in a one-off art project that supported them in expressing their opinions and experiences about daily life in their community.
Burrinja invited Tiffaney Bishop, a local photographic artist, to facilitate the project, which resulted in a photographic exhibition called We’re Afraid of the Daylight. The exhibition attracted widespread praise and community support, inspiring the group to devise an ongoing interactive art program that embraces young people and adults and makes vital social, cultural and community connections between the two.
Dates
13 January - 11 April 2004
Footprint of the Spirits
Selected Aboriginal paintings of the McLeod Gift Collection formed backbone of the Footprint of the Spirits exhibition which toured to seven galleries in New Zealand during 2002/03 and attracted over 60,000 visitors. It was presented at the Centre of Contemporary Art in Christchurch, Otago Museum in Dunedin and galleries in Invercargill, Oamaru, Blenheim, Ashburton and Timaru. Two artists, Heather Umbagai and Petersen Nganjmirra accompanied the tour.
Dates
15 January - 27 February 2011
Stories of Ancestors
Western Arnhem Land works by the Nganjmirra family from the Burrinja Collection
This exhibition draws on works from the McLeod Gift Collection to explore and celebrate the unique artwork produced by Kunwinjku people in the Oenpelli community of the western Arnhem Land region.
Dates
9 October 2010 - 9 January 2011
The Melbourne Reef Exhibition
A satellite of the worldwide Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef Project, created by Margaret and Christine Wertheim of the Institute for Figuring in Los Angeles.
This unique global community art project fused higher mathematics, crochet, environmental awareness and marine biology. Capturing the imagination of people all over the world, ‘Satellite Reefs’ have now being made on almost every continent. The Melbourne Reef is one such satellite reef.
Dates
11 April – 12 July 2008
Maggie Diaz: Into the Light
A Retrospective curated by Gwendolen De Lacy.
American born photographer Maggie Diaz arrived in Melbourne in 1961, on a one-way ticket, and soon established herself has one of the city's leading commercial photographers. An award-winning photographer in Chicago and resident photographer of the famous Tavern Club, Diaz used her flair for night photography and use of available light to capture the essence of Melbourne's arts and wider community over four decades.
Dates
8 February - 30 March 2008
Lloyd Godman: enLIGHTen
Lloyd Godman's first major Australian exhibition, featuring projection installation, 'carbon obscura', photography, new and mixed media, extends the boundaries of the gallery, creating experiential immersion.
Dates
6 February – 3 May 2009
Kudditji Kngwarreye
This retrospective exhibition presented significant works by Utopian artist Kudditji Kngwarreye from the Hank Ebes Collection.
Kudditji Kngwarreye was born circa 1928. For the majority of his life he worked as a stockman, like many other Aboriginal men, and resided on pastoral leases throughout Central Australia. Kudditji (pronounced Kubbitji) was one of the first established male artists in Utopia and is the younger brother of the late Emily Kame Kngwarreye.
Dates
9 May – 12 July 2009
Diane Kilderry
A collection of old metal objects found at a country tip became the starting point for the abstract paintings and drawings in this exhibition. Inspired by the form and essence of these found objects, Kilderry's ghostly, meditative artworks create space for the viewer to move past the literal world to the subjective space beyond.
Local Belgrave artist Diane Kilderry has been exhibiting nationally and internationally for the past 20 years. Her work is held in many collections including the Australian National Gallery, G J Coles, and the Lefebvre Collection.
Dates
January 2009
Aboriginal Art Across Australia
An exhibition of key works from the McLeod Gift Collection.
Aboriginal art has its roots in a very ancient culture, but artists today are also expressing issues of social justice, cultural practices and spirituality born from the last two hundred years of colonisation. Curated by Tiriki Onus, son of local artist and activist Lin Onus, this exhibition highlighted the vast diversity in Aboriginal cultural and artistic practice across Australia.
Dates
18 July – 27 September 2009
Heather Fairnie: Mapping - Territories and Landscape
This exhibition explored the intersections of mapping across Western and Indigenous art traditions, including the contrasts and synchronicities with 'mapping country' works from the McLeod Gift Collection and new work created by contemporary artist Heather Fairnie. The exhibition aimed to foster engagement with the process of mapping across cultural divides, enhancing the way audiences and artists perceive the place of Aboriginal art in a contemporary context.
Dates
23 July – 27 September 2009
Kathleen Boyle: Leitmotif
This exhibition profiled key drawings and monoprints from Kathleen Boyle. While Kathleen's broader body of work ranges across media from printing and drawing, to painting, collage and most recently wooden construction, this exhibition offers a short review of her more figurative drawings and prints. Even within this framework, however, Kathleen's adventurous approach to experimenting with various media and materials is evident in the various papers and surfaces she works on and the techniques she employs to express her vision.
Dates
30 July – 26 September 2010
Bill Henson: Early Works from the MGA Collection
This exhibition provided audiences with the opportunity to view some of the most powerful and beautiful photographs made by one of Australia’s best-known contemporary photographers. It featured twenty-nine exquisitely printed examples from many of Henson’s major series from the 1970s through to the early 1990s, all drawn from the Monash Gallery of Art (MGA) Collection.
Dates
23 April – 5 July 2009
Apmer Mwerrangker: Beautiful Country...Ever Present Past
Apmer Mwerrangker (pronounced: ‘ab mirrah’ ‘ma rung gara’) was the premier exhibition of the complete collection of 23 etchings produced at Ampiliwatja Aboriginal community in 1999-2000. The etchings were produced under supervision of Basil Hall of Northern Editions at the Northern Territory.
The exhibition features iconic works by some of the most highly regarded Aboriginal artists of the Sandover region, 200 knm North-East of Alice Springs, the Urapuntja Artists of Utopia
Past Exhibitions
Past exhibitions
Kathleen Boyle Leitmotif. 23rd July – 27th September 2009. Read more …
Heather Fairnie Mapping - Territories and Landscape. 18 July – 27 September 2009. Read more …
Diane Kilderry 9 May – 12 July 2009. Read more …
Kudditji Kngwarreye 6 February – 3rd May 2009. Read more …
Lloyd Godman enLIGHTen, February 8 to March 30 2008. Read more …
Maggie Diaz - Into the Light. A Retrospective curated by Gwendolen De Lacy. April 11 – July 12 2008. Read more …
The Melbourne Reef Exhibition. A satellite of the worldwide Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef Project, created by Margaret and Christine Wertheim of the Institute for Figuring in Los Angeles. 9 October 2010 - 9 January 2011. Read more …
Ronnie Sexton Aisling Gheal (bright dream). Read more …
Station Rats and other Scum Bags. Tiffaney Bishop and the SCUM PUPS. 1 February - 14 March. Read more …
Stories of Ancestors. Western Arnhem Land works by the Nganjmirra family from the Burrinja Collection. 15 January - 27 February 2011. Read more …
Aboriginal Art Across Australia. An exhibition of key works from the Burrinja / Neil McLeod Gift Collection. January 2009. Read more …
Bill Henson: Early Works from the MGA Collection. 30 July - 26 September 2010. Read more …
Apmer Mwerrangker Beautiful Country ... Ever Present Past. Read more …
Footprint of the Spirits Touring Exhibition. Read more …
