Queensland art galleries and their APRIL 2024 exhibition schedules are listed below, grouped by region. For listings in other Australian states please use the What’s On menu above.

Brisbane |Gold Coast |Sunshine Coast |South East Region |North |Western District |Bundaberg · Hervey Bay

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Brisbane

artisan
45 King Street, Bowen Hills 4006.
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat 10.00 to 4.00. Closed Sun–Mon.

FireWorks Gallery
?Map
9/31 Thompson Street, Bowen Hills 4006.
(07) 3216-1250.
art@fireworksgallery.com.au
www.fireworksgallery.com.au
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 6.00, Sat 10.00 to 5.00 or by appt.
To April 27 Land Holds Memory – group exhibition.

Griffith University Art Museum
?Map
226 Grey Street, South Bank 4101.
(07) 3735-7414.
artmuseum@griffith.edu.au
www.griffith.edu.au/art-museum
Tues–Sat 11.00 to 4.00. Closed public hols and exhibition installation periods.
To May 25 Taring Padi: Tanah Tumpah Darah.

Institute of Modern Art
Ground Floor, Judith Wright Arts Centre, 420 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley 4006.
Tues–Sun 10.00 to 5.00, Thurs 10.00 to 8.00.

Jan Manton Art
?Map
54 Vernon Terrace, Teneriffe 4005.
info@janmantonart.com
janmantonart.com
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat 11.00 to 4.00 or by appt.

Jan Murphy Gallery
?Map
486 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley 4006.
(07) 3254-1855.
enquiries@janmurphygallery.com.au
www.janmurphygallery.com.au
Director: Jan Murphy.
Tues–Sat 10.00 to 5.00, or by appt.
To April 20 Still Life – group exhibition.
April 23 to May 11 Robert Malherbe.

Mitchell Fine Art
86 Arthur Street, Fortitude Valley 4006.
Mon–Fri 10.00 to 5.30, Sat 10.00 to 5.00.

Museum of Brisbane
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Level 3, Brisbane City Hall, Adelaide and Ann streets (enter via King George Square), Brisbane 4000.
(07) 3339-0800.
info@museumofbrisbane.com.au
www.museumofbrisbane.com.au
Free entry.
Mon–Sun 10.00 to 5.00.
To June 9 Artists in Residence: Christine Ko and Louis Lim: Departure. Using kites as a symbol for the migrant experience for they evoke “flights of joyous and naive childlike wonder and optimism that are simultaneously at the whim of external circumstances,” Ko and Lim capture diverse stories and use personal family images to create an installation of paper kites – externalising the journeys and hardships of many.
To Aug 11 Artist in Residence: Hiromi Tango: 花弁 Hanabira (Gentle Petal) is a community-led project that will transform the Museum into a vibrant sanctuary, inspiring healing and social connection. MoB’s Artist in Residence program is supported by Tim Fairfax AC.
To Sept 29 Rearranged: Art of the Flower. Still life takes on new life in this celebration of the art of the flower. Artists featured include Christopher Bassi, Ashlee Becks, Keith Burt, Norton Fredericks, John Honeywill, Elisa Jane Carmichael, Vida Lahey, Clairy Laurence, Boneta-Marie Mabo, Margaret Olley, Lyndall Phelps, Julian Podmore, Milomirka Radovic, Sarah Rayner, Edith Rewa, Monica Rohan, Bronwyn Searle, Pamela See (Xue Mei-Ling), Judith Sinnamon, Jaishree Srinivasan, Karen Stone, Man&Wah, Anna Varendorff, and Michael Zavros.

Petrie Terrace Gallery
Home of the RQAS, Brisbane Branch
?Map
Unit 3, 162 Petrie Terrace, Brisbane 4000.
(07) 3367-1977.
gallery@rqas.com.au
www.rqas.com.au
Entry is free, except for ticketed events.
Wed–Sun 10.00 to 3.30.
Welcomes membership from professional and hobby artists, open and members exhibitions, workshops, private gallery hire, corporate and event hire.
To April 9 RQAS Fellows – an exhibition that presents the best of what the RQAS means and has to offer by showcasing the artwork of our Fellows at Ryan’s on the Park, located within the Treasury Hotel: Treasury Casino and Hotel Brisbane, 130 William Street, Brisbane City QLD 4000.
March 28 to April 21 Abstraction 2024 – artists show us their interpretation of an Abstract or Abstracted artwork in this RQAS Exhibition.

Philip Bacon Galleries
?Map
2 Arthur Street, Fortitude Valley 4006.
(07) 3358-3555.
info@philipbacongalleries.com.au
www.philipbacongalleries.com.au
Tues–Sat 10.00 to 5.00. Closed public hols.

Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA)
?Map
Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane 4101.
(07) 3840-7303.
www.qagoma.qld.gov.au
Free entry, unless otherwise stated.
Daily 10.00 to 5.00. Closed Christmas, Boxing Day and Good Friday. Open from 12.00 Anzac Day.
QAG:
To June 23 I can spin skies.
To Aug 11 mudunama kundana wandaraba jarribirri: Judy Watson.
To Sept 29 North by North-West.
To Jan 26, 2025 Woods III: Inscriptions and Excavations.
To Aug 3, 2025 Small Figures.
To Jan 26, 2026 Birds of Passage: Ian Fairweather and Paul Jacoulet.
GOMA:
To April 28 Fairy Tales, and Jakkai Siributr: The Legend of the Rainbow Stag.
To Aug 18 Seeds and Sovereignty.
To Aug 25 sis Pacific Art 1980–2023, and Creative Generation 2024: Excellence Awards in Visual Art.

QUT Art Museum and William Robinson Gallery
QUT Art Museum:
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2 George Street, QUT Gardens Point Campus (next to the City Botanic Gardens), Brisbane 4000.
(07) 3138-5370.
artmuseum@qut.edu.au
www.artmuseum.qut.edu.au
Free entry.
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 4.00, Sun 10.00 to 2.00. Closed Mon, Sat and public hols.
Visit website for programs and events.
To June 9 Current: Gail Mabo, Lisa Waup, Dominic White – featuring newly commissioned and recent work by three First Nations artists whose work affirms their powerful connection to their lands, waters and ancestors. Organised by McCelland.

To June 9 Decades: 80 Years of Collecting – a compilation of well-known and rarely seen works by significant Australian and international artists, including paintings, sculpture, ceramics and works on paper. A small sample of more than 3,000 art objects acquired by QUT over nine decades, the exhibition reveals hidden patterns and unexpected connections.

William Robinson Gallery:
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Old Government House, 2 George Street, QUT Gardens Point Campus (next to the City Botanic Gardens), Brisbane 4000.
(07) 3138-8005.
williamrobinsongallery@qut.edu.au
www.wrgallery.qut.edu.au
Visit website for programs and events.
To Sept 15 The Painter & the Printmaker – William Robinson is revered as one of the nation’s great contemporary painters, recognised for his multiperspective depictions of the Australian landscape. While he is most readily identifiable by his monumental paintings, his print works are scarcely understood or fully acknowledged for their aesthetic value and contribution to the artist’s remarkable creative vision. This exhibition provides rare insight into Robinson’s mastery as a colourist and mark-maker by showcasing four decades of printmaking, in particular his lithographs and etchings, alongside major paintings.

Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland
?Map
Cnr Middle and Bloomfield streets, Cleveland 4163.
(07) 3829-8899.
gallery@redland.qld.gov.au
artgallery.redland.qld.gov.au
Free admission.
Mon–Fri 9.00 to 4.00, Sun 9.00 to 2.00.
Also at Redland Art Gallery, Redland Performing Arts Centre (RPAC) Mezzanine:
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2–16 Middle Street, Cleveland 4163
artgallery.redland.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/rpac-mezzanine
Mon–Fri 9.00 to 4.00, and 1 hour prior to all performances.
April 8 to June 4 CREATE EXCHANGE: Ngumpi, Sonja Carmichael and Elisa Jane Carmichael.

UQ Art Museum
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James and Mary Emelia Mayne Centre (Building 11), University Drive, The University of Queensland, St Lucia 4067.
(07) 3365-3046.
artmuseum@uq.edu.au
www.art-museum.uq.edu.au
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 4.00, Sat 11.00 to 3.00.
To June 15 How we remember tomorrow celebrates storytelling across generations, through oceans and waterways and transcending eras and perspectives.
Artists: Cora-Allan, Brook Garru Andrew, Atong Atem, Sonja Carmichael and Elisa Jane Carmichael, Stephanie Comilang and Simon Speiser, Latent Community, Kim Kruger, Shivanjani Lal, Napolean Oui, Lisa Reihana, Teho Ropeyarn, Katerina Teaiwa, and Jasmine Togo-Brisby. Curated by Isabella Baker, Léuli Eshrāghi, Jocelyn Flynn, and Peta Rake.

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Gold Coast

Anthea Polson Art
?Map
29 Tedder Avenue, Main Beach 4217.
(07) 5561-1166, 0417-707-326.
info@antheapolsonart.com.au
www.antheapolsonart.com.au
Director: Anthea Polson.
Mon–Sat 10.00 to 6.00, Sun 10.00 to 4.00.
March 30 to April 13 Coastal Keepsakes by Erica Gray.

Gallery One
Shop 16.02 The Brickworks, 107 Ferry Road, Southport 4215.
Mon–Sat 9.00 to 5.00, Sun 10.30 to 4.00.

HOTA Gallery
?Map
135 Bundall Road, Surfers Paradise 4217.
(07) 5588-4000.
gallery@hota.com.au
www.hota.com.au
Daily 10.00 to 4.00.
HOTA Gallery is filled with multiple ideas that present an unfolding experience of viewpoints and trails that challenge us to dig deeper and get lost in creative ideas. Go online to view the exhibitions and events calendar.
To April 28 Donna Marcus: Radiate – a survey exhibition of the past 20+ years of practice for internationally acclaimed artist Donna Marcus.

To May 19 HOTA Collects: Material World – drawn from the HOTA Collection, this exhibition brings together artworks that feature surprising and dynamic uses of different materials. HOTA Collects: Material presents some of the most significant works in the city’s collection and explores the ways in which materials are central to artistic practice.

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Sunshine Coast

Australian Body Art Festival
www.australianbodyart.com.au
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April 20 to 21 in Eumundi, Queensland.
A festival of colour with full body painting, special effects, face painting, Indigenous art, wearable art, live music, dance and more! Free entry.

Caloundra Regional Gallery
22 Omrah Avenue, Caloundra 4551.
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 4.00, Sat–Sun 10.00 to 2.00. Closed public hols and exhibition changeovers.

Montville Art Gallery
138 Main Street, Montville 4560.
Daily 10.00 to 5.00.

Noosa Regional Gallery
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Level 1, 9 Pelican Street, Riverside, Tewantin 4565.
(07) 5329-6145.
gallery@noosa.qld.gov.au
www.noosaregionalgallery.com.au
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 4.00, Sat–Sun 10.00 to 3.00. Closed Mon, public hols and during exhibition changeover.
To April 14 Right Place / Right Time – an exhibition of new works by Sunshine Coast-based artist Peter Hudson featuring a recent study made en plein air.
Also, Pressed Into Place – a group exhibition featuring local Sunshine Coast-based print artists.
Also, Creativity Has No Limits – an exhibition featuring local Sunshine Coast-based artist Michele Rudder.
April 20 to June 9 Art In Conflict – a new touring exhibition of contemporary art from the collection of the Australian War Memorial.

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South East Region

Gympie Regional Gallery
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39 Nash Street, Gympie 4570.
(07) 5481-0733.
gallery@gympie.qld.gov.au
www.gympie.qld.gov.au/recreation-tourism/art-culture/gympie-regional-gallery
Tues–Sat 10.00 to 4.00. Closed public hols.
The Gallery showcases a changing program of emerging and established artists from the region, as well as touring exhibitions from around Australia.

Ipswich Art Gallery
d’Arcy Doyle Place, Ipswich 4305.
Daily 10.00 to 5.00 unless stated otherwise.

Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery
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531 Ruthven Street, Toowoomba 4350.
(07) 4688-6652.
art@tr.qld.gov.au
tr.qld.gov.au/trag
Instagram: @trartgalleries
Free entry.
Wed–Sun 10.30 to 3.30. Closed Mon–Tues and public hols.
April 6 to July 21 I, Object considers the many complex relationships Indigenous Australian artists continue to have with objects – from the histories informing their creation to the social and cultural consequences of their collection. The exhibition demonstrates the great pride and inspiration of inherited cultural practices and historical Indigenous objects, and reveals the difficulties posed by their collection and estrangement. A touring exhibition from Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art.

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North

Artspace Mackay
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Mackay’s regional art gallery is closed for renovations with public programs ongoing in various locations throughout the region.
Visit www.artspacemackay.com.au for current information and events, to search the art collection, take virtual tours of past exhibitions and more.
(07) 4961-9722.
artspace@mackay.qld.gov.au

Cairns Art Gallery
?Map
Cnr Abbott and Shields streets, Cairns 4870.
(07) 4046-4800.
info@cairnsartgallery.com.au
www.cairnsartgallery.com.au
Free entry.
Mon–Fri 9.00 to 5.00, Sat 10.00 to 5.00, Sun 10.00 to 2.00.
To May 19 Staging Oneself: Photography and New Media Self-Portraits by Women Artists, and Clarice Beckett: Paintings from the National Collection.
To May 26 Clay on Country: Ceramics from the Central Desert.

Gab Titui Cultural Centre
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Cnr Blackall Street and Victoria Parade, Thursday Island 4875.
(07) 4069-0888.
info@gabtitui.com.au
www.gabtitui.gov.au
www.facebook.com/GabTituiCulturalCentre
Admission fees.
Mon–Fri 9.00 to 4.30, Sat 9.30 to 1.00 (April to Oct), Mon–Fri 10.00 to 3.00, Sat 9.30 to 1.00 (Nov to March).
Gab Titui Cultural Centre is a contemporary art gallery and keeping place for cultural artefacts located on Thursday Island, Torres Strait. Our goal is to contribute to the preservation and revitalisation of our region’s rich cultures, and to the development and promotion of local Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal art.

NorthSite Contemporary Arts
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Bulmba-ja Arts Centre, 96 Abbott Street, Cairns 4870.
(07) 4050-9494.
hello@northsite.org.au
northsite.org.au
Galleries: Mon–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat 9.00 to 1.00. Closed Sun and public hols.

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
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Cnr Flinders and Denham streets, Townsville 4810.
(07) 4727-9011.
galleries@townsville.qld.gov.au
www.townsville.qld.gov.au/ptrg
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat–Sun 10.00 to 1.00.
April 19 to June 9 Bruce Reynolds: How Soon Is Now? Exploring how we arrived at this point – from the archaic to a language of compressed space – Bruce Reynolds invites us to consider the ancient and the “now” in his work. His practice has expanded from collage to relief and sculpture over several decades. Recent residencies in Rome focused both studio and architectural works on relief forms that occupy the space between painting and sculpture, between drawing and architecture. He describes it as being both archaic and a fresh place of representation.

April 19 to June 9 John Nesirky: The Recollection of Sound. Memories are triggered by all our senses. We can be transported by a song, a scent, an old photograph; and find distant moments of our lives surround us briefly. It is more poignant when the memory takes you to people lost and places long ago altered. Early memories of John Nesirky’s time in North Queensland are underpinned by the sounds of insects during hot hikes to cool off in a creek or swimming hole. The tropical nighttime soundtrack. He is fascinated by the endless complex variety. The structures that allow these creatures to sing out leave ears ringing.

Pinnacles Gallery
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Riverway Arts Centre, 20 Village Boulevard, Thuringowa 4817.
(07) 4727-9011.
galleries@townsville.qld.gov.au
www.townsville.qld.gov.au
Free entry.
Pinnacles Gallery is a dynamic art space committed to community engagement, artistic development, and contemporary practice.
To April 28 good grief, danish quapoor! – Danish Quapoor is known for his distinctive flat-colour compositions and playful narratives. The artist’s largest body of work to date features his trademark illustrative paintings, wall drawings and ceramics alongside blown glass, textile forms and stop-motion animation. Quapoor reconciles these ostensibly disparate elements of his practice with a cohesive colour palette and a consistent use of repetitive, time-consuming processes. Conceptually, good grief is an interrogation of personal identity and familial relationships. The artist reflects on his father’s unexpected death in the 2020 peak of COVID-19, and the exasperation of experiences and memories in the wake of that loss. Collectively, the works illuminate and subvert concepts of grief, sexuality, and gender roles within heteronormative regional contexts. These concepts are tempered by layers of humour, wordplay, misdirection and a life-affirming levity in aesthetic and approach.

May 3 to July 7 Tate Adams: In Black & White. Tate Adams’ (1922–2018) artistic career began and ended as a painter. Only a few of his early paintings survive. Connemara Girl was the only painting he kept. The work is typical of the small-scale figurative paintings he produced in Ireland before immigrating to Australia and speaks of his reverence for Ireland. Adams would live into his nineties, a life of continuous artistic exploration. Largely thought of as a printmaker, Adams taught the first diploma of printmaking in Australia at RMIT. His colleagues and students number among the well-known in Australian art. Adjusting to the onset of macular degeneration in the latter half of his life, and when living almost reclusively in Townsville, Adams synthesised his artistic knowledge to create large-scale gouaches. In Black & White is a celebration of these large-scale black gouache paintings and the prints that derived from them. Produced towards the end of his life, they express Adams’ delight in exploring his Irish and broader artistic heritage and incorporating his Australian environment.

Rockhampton Museum of Art
220 Quay Street, Rockhampton 4700.
Daily 9.00 to 4.00. Closed Good Friday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and New Year’s Day.

Tableland Regional Gallery
16 Robert Street, Atherton 4883.
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 4.00, Sat 9.00 to 12.00. Closed Sun–Mon.

Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts
408 Flinders Street, Gurambilbarra/Townsville 4810.
Tues–Fri 9.00 to 5.00, Sat–Sun 9.00 to 1.00. Gallery closed Mon, public hols and during exhibition install weeks.

UMI Arts Gallery & Gift Shop
?Map
4/1 Jensen Street, Manoora 4870.
(07) 4041-6152.
exhibitions@umiarts.com.au
umiarts.com.au
www.facebook.com/umi.arts
Instagram: @umiarts
Mon–Fri 10.00 to 4.00.
UMI Arts is the incubator Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural organisation for Far North Queensland, an area that extends north of Cairns to include the Torres Strait Islands, south to Cardwell, west to Camooweal and includes the Gulf and Mt Isa regions. UMI Arts is a not-for-profit company governed and managed by an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Board and has been operating since 2005. Our mission is to operate a cultural organisation that assists Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to participate in the maintenance, preservation, and protection of culture.

The UMI Arts Gallery and Gift Shop in Cairns showcases the fine art and crafts created by our member artists, assisting them to continue preserving and protecting the culture and stories of the region. UMI is a Creole word that means “”You and Me” – for UMI Arts, this is significant as we believe that we need to work together to keep our culture strong.

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Western District

Dogwood Crossing, Miles
?Map
81 Murilla Street, Miles 4415.
(07) 4628-5330.
dogwood.crossing@wdrc.qld.gov.au
www.dogwoodcrossing.com
Free entry.
Mon–Fri 9.00 to 5.00, Sat 9.00 to 12.00. Closed Sun.
To May 11 John Mullins Memorial Art Gallery: Carbon Dating – a series of artwork-based experiments that aim to generate interest in Australia’s often endangered native grasses. Artists include Delissa Walker Ngadijina, Jason Murphy, Pipier Weller, Merinda Davies, Hilary Coulter, Liz Capelin, Melissa Stannard, Kilagi Nielsen, Mia Hacker, Sasha Parlett, Donna Davis, Andrea Higgins, Danielle Constance, Luke Lickfold, and Keith Armstrong.

To May 11 Curved Wall: Changing face: New meanings through distortion by Kristen Flynn – a series of split composition self-portrait prints that explore the notion of abject.

Grassland Art Gallery
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30 Arthur Street, Tambo 4478.
(07) 4621-6600.
admin@grasslandgallery.com.au
www.grasslandgallery.com.au
Free admission.
Mon–Fri 8.30 to 4.45.

Outback Regional Gallery, Winton
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Waltzing Matilda Centre, 50 Elderslie Street, Winton 4735.
(07) 4657-2625.
karens@matildacentre.com.au
www.matildacentre.com.au
Mon–Fri 9.00 to 5.00, Sat–Sun 9.00 to 3.00.
To May 19 The John Villiers Outback Art Prize Finalist Exhibition – artworks depicting ‘Outback: A Sense of Place’.

Qantas Founders Museum
?Map
Sir Hudson Fysh Drive, Longreach 4730.
(07) 4658-3737.
info@qfom.com.au
qfom.com.au
Visit website for opening hours.
To Sept 22 Yayoi Kusama: THE SPIRITS OF THE PUMPKINS DESCENDED INTO THE HEAVENS.

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Bundaberg, Hervey Bay

Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery
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1 Barolin Street (cnr Quay Street), Bundaberg 4670.
(07) 4130-4750.
bragadmin@bundaberg.qld.gov.au
artsbundaberg.com.au/galleries
Mon–Fri 9.30 to 5.00, Sat–Sun and public hols 10.00 to 2.00.
Visit website for full exhibition program.
To May 5 National Photographic Portrait Prize 2023.

Hervey Bay Regional Gallery
?Map
166 Old Maryborough Road, Hervey Bay 4655.
(07) 4197-4206.
regionalgallery@frasercoast.qld.gov.au
hbrg.ourfrasercoast.com.au
Tues–Fri 10.00 to 4.00, Sat–Sun and public hols 10.00 to 2.00. Closed Mon.
To April 21 Wilhelmus Breikers: Eat the Moon (This is not a dystopian parable) – Wilhelmus Breikers presents a selection of works drawing upon reflective examinations of self, questions of reception and perception and the interior dimensions of landscape. Led by a desire to respond literally to his surroundings, Breikers’ work invariably moves in the direction of metaphor. There is a discernible element of introspection in the work, an enquiry of content as well as form – Art for its own sake and Art for the sake of something else. Born in Holland, Breikers arrived in Australia at the age of seven, completing a visual art degree in Brisbane in his early twenties. A long-term resident of Hervey Bay, Breikers has continued to develop his art practice and has been keenly involved in the cultural life of the Fraser Coast community. With rough-hewn figures and scenery that is often contestable, Eat the Moon (This is not a dystopian parable) destabilises our viewpoint, opening a window to unexpected narratives and identifications.

To April 21 Cane – explores the history of indentured South Sea Islander workers in the Queensland sugarcane industry. This exhibition brings together historical objects and personal accounts with contemporary artworks from local, national and international artists, including Sancintya Mohini Simpson, Dylan Mooney, Shari O’Dywer, Jasmine Togo-Brisby, Luis Vasquez La Roche, and Shivanjani Lal. Bringing local stories into dialogue with international perspectives, this exhibition makes connections between agricultural and labour practices across colonies of the British Empire in the 19th century. Through a process of truth-telling and creative exchange, Cane celebrates the enduring spirit and cultural legacy of Australian South Sea Islanders in the Fraser Coast region.