Exhibition

Julie Dowling: ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

Julie Dowling‘s work features in the exhibition Ngarn Wa’ngal: Art of the gum tree at The Potter Museum of Art at Melbourne University. Translating as ‘breathing for us’ in Woi Wurrung, Ngarn Wa’ngal celebrates the deep cultural and ecological significance of the eucalypt.

ECU Gallery’s exhibition Grit is drawn from works in the Edith Cowan University Art Collection and includes paintings by Julie Dowling. The exhibition spans a wide range of material approaches, including painting, photography, ceramics, sculpture, wood carving, video, ochre, drawing, printmaking, collage, glass, textiles, and found materials.

In addition, Julie Dowling & Fiona Foley‘s work feature in the current exhibition I AM: Aboriginal art from the State Art Collection at Art Gallery of WA. Curator of Indigenous Art Carly Lane notes that “I AM is an exhibition about identity and personhood. How we know ourselves, how we make sense of the world around us, and how we navigate the two is the overarching theme of the show”. Read more in The Conversation here.

Ngarn Wa’ngal: Art of the gum tree
The Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne
until 21 November 2026

I AM: Aboriginal art from the State Art Collection
Art Gallery of WA, Perth
current, with additional iterations in August 2026 & early 2027

Euan Heng: National Works on Paper 2026 finalist

Congratulations Euan Heng, finalist in the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery’s National Works on Paper award. An exhibition of the finalists’ work opens in September.

National Works On Paper 2026
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, Melbourne
5 September – 22 November 2026 

NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA: Angelina Pwerle & Gunter Christmann

Currently on display at the National Gallery of Australia: works by Angelina Pwerle & Gunter Christmann.

Ken Whisson: exhibition review

Ken Whisson’s current show at Niagara Galleries has been reviewed in the latest Art Beat, Melbourne by Dr Christopher Heathcote.

The review can be accessed here.

Noel McKenna: ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

Congratulations Noel McKenna, finalist in the 2026 Wynne & Sulman Prizes. McKenna’s paintings entitled The Street Where I Live (Wynne Prize finalist) and Handmade cotton shirt (deuce) (Sulman Prize finalist) will be shown in the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2026 exhibition, both at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, opening 9 May.

In addition, John Brack x Noel McKenna at the National Portrait Gallery is now open. John Brack x Noel McKenna brings together the work of two influential Australian artists in a beautifully curated exhibition that Jo Pickup for ArtsHub described as “a masterstroke in design and vision, and a deeply-felt exploration of these two artists’ work”. Read Pickup’s review in full here and abc news’ coverage here.

Noel McKenna’s work also features in the exhibition Iconic Loved Unexpected, currently showing at Newcastle Art Gallery.

Iconic Loved Unexpected
Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
until 23 May 2026

John Brack x Noel McKenna
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
until 19 July 2026

Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2026
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
9 May – 16 August 2026

Brenda L Croft: ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

Congratulations Brenda L. Croft, finalist in The National Photographic Portrait Prize 2026. An exhibition of the finalists’ works will be held from 22 August to 11 October 2026 at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra before touring nationally.

FUTURE COUNTRY: Country Road + NGV First Nations Commissions exhibition, in which emerging First Nations artists and designers are paired with established Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander creatives, is now open. As part of the national mentorship program, Brenda L. Croft mentored Paul Girrawah House. Read more about the program in the latest edition of NGV Magazine and watch Croft and House discuss the program and their work here.

FUTURE COUNTRY: Country Road + NGV First Nations Commissions
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Fed Square, Melbourne
Level 3, First Nations Art
until 13 September 2026

The National Photographic Portrait Prize 2026
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
22 August – 11 October 2026

Julie Dowling: ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

Julie DowlingFiona Foley and Dianne Jones feature in the current exhibition I AM: Aboriginal art from the State Art Collection at Art Gallery of WA. Curator of Indigenous Art Carly Lane notes that “I AM is an exhibition about identity and personhood. How we know ourselves, how we make sense of the world around us, and how we navigate the two is the overarching theme of the show”. Further details below.

Julie Dowling’s work also features in the exhibition Nyini Woka (My Place) at Shepparton Art Museum. The exhibition brings together artworks from the Carrillo and Ziyin Gantner Indigenous Art Collection and recent works by contemporary Yorta Yorta artists. Spanning an array of creative practices and stories from across the vast continent, Nyini Woka (My Place) explores what it means to be here, today, on Yorta Yorta Country and beyond.

In addition, a monoprint by Julie Dowling features in the upcoming exhibition MOTHER at the National Gallery of Victoria. Traversing geographies, cultures and mediums, MOTHER presents diverse stories drawn from across the NGV Collection.

Nyini Woka (My Place): Featuring artworks from the Carrillo and Ziyin Gantner Collection of Australian Indigenous Art
Shepparton Art Museum, Shepparton, VIC
until 3 May 2026

MOTHER: stories from the NGV Collection
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Fed Square, Melbourne
until 12 July 2026

I AM: Aboriginal art from the State Art Collection
Art Gallery of WA, Perth
current, with additional iterations in August 2026 & early 2027

ART GALLERY OF WA: Fiona Foley & Dianne Jones

Works by Fiona Foley and Dianne Jones feature alongside Julie Dowling’s painting in the exhibition I AM: Aboriginal art from the State Art Collection. Drawn from the State Art Collection, I AM brings together over 60 works by First Nations artists from across Australia and centres on personal and shared stories that elevate Aboriginal knowledge and perspectives on the world and our place in it. Read more in The Conversation here.

I AM: Aboriginal art from the State Art Collection
Art Gallery of WA, Perth
current, with additional iterations in August 2026 & early 2027

NEWCASTLE ART GALLERY: Noel McKenna, Savanhdary Vongpoothorn & Clarice Beckett

Newcastle Art Gallery has reopened after their landmark expansion with the exhibition Iconic Loved Unexpected. The exhibition features more than 7,000 works of art including examples by Noel McKennaSavanhdary Vongpoothorn and Clarice Beckett.

Iconic Loved Unexpected
Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
until 23 May 2026

GERTRUDE CONTEMPORARY: Sangeeta Sandrasegar

Sangeeta Sandrasegars ceramics features in the upcoming exhibition Octopus 26: Melange at Gertrude Contemporary. Now in its 26th year, the initiative Octopus platforms new modes of curatorial practice and exhibition-making methodologies. Octopus 26: Melange is developed by curator Krisna Sudharma, a contemporary art historian and writer, and director of Nonfrasa Gallery in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. Read more about the exhibition and initiative here.

The Octopus series of exhibitions has been supported by Proclaim since 2002.

In addition, Sangeeta Sandrasegar’s watercolour and paper cut-out works feature in the exhibition The Mordant Family Gift: Newcastle Art Gallery Collection, opening in May.

The exhibitions celebrates a major recent gift to Newcastle Art Gallery from the Mordant Family Collection.

Octopus 26: Melange
Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne
11 April – 30 May 2026

The Mordant Family Gift: Newcastle Art Gallery Collection
Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
23 May – 15 November 2026

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