EXHIBITIONS

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EXHIBITION DEAKIN ELK_Kevin_McKenzie
ELK: Luke Cornish
11 Feb 2026 – 1 May 2026
Deakin University Art Gallery
Alan Adler
Auto-Photo: A Life in Portraits
26 Feb 2026 – 2 May 2026
Frankston Arts Centre
EXHIBITION MANNINGHAM Ben Street - Creature
Before words there were rainbows
11 Mar 2026 – 2 May 2026
Manningham Art Gallery
RMIT Gallery Creative Antarctica
Creative Antarctica: Australian Artists and Writers in the Far South
20 Feb 2026 – 2 May 2026
RMIT Gallery
EXHIBITON SAM Nyini Woka My Place
Nyini Woka (My Place)
14 Feb 2026 – 3 May 2026
Shepparton Art Museum (SAM)
EXHIBITION WAMA SALON DE REFUSES
Salon des Refusés
6 Dec 2025 – 3 May 2026
WAMA Foundation
EXHIBITION NGV Women Photographers 1900–1975 A Legacy of Light
Women Photographers 1900–1975: A Legacy of Light
28 Nov 2025 – 3 May 2026
National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)
EXHIBITION LAI All that is Alive
All That is Alive
25 Feb 2026 – 10 May 2026
La Trobe Art Institute
Imprint - What Remains
IMPRINT 2026: What Remains
15 Apr 2026 – 10 May 2026
Victorian Artists Society
EXHIBITION KINGSTON hannah-brontë-diva-worship- hero image
'Diva Worship' by Hannah Brontë
20 Mar 2026 – 16 May 2026
Kingston Arts Centre
EXHIBITON WALKER The Maze
The Maze
7 Mar 2026 – 16 May 2026
Walker Street Gallery and Arts Centre and Dandenong Arts Precinct
EXHIBITION KINGSTON Horizon_low res
We are not our names and we are not our bodies by David Rosetzky
20 Mar 2026 – 16 May 2026
Kingston Arts Centre
EXHIBITION KHT Treading LIghtly
Treading Lightly
7 Mar 2026 – 17 May 2026
Koorie Heritage Trust
EXHIBITION LRG A Country practice
A Country Practice
24 Jan 2026 – 24 May 2026
Latrobe Regional Gallery
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CODED BLOOMS | flowers have never been innocent 
7 Mar 2026 – 24 May 2026
Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh)
EXHIBITION LRG Homeground Continuing Connections
Homeground: Continuing Connections
24 Jan 2026 – 24 May 2026
Latrobe Regional Gallery
EXHIBITION LRG Unpacking Home
Unpacking Home
24 Jan 2026 – 24 May 2026
Latrobe Regional Gallery
Green shiny hat (& a shooting star)
Michael Vale: The Cuckoo, the Herring and the Trembling Tambourines
28 Feb 2026 – 31 May 2026
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
EXHIBITION KINGSTON LucyAllinson_Lorne_2025_photograph
'A Timeline of Listening' by Lucy Allinson
10 Apr 2026 – 6 Jun 2026
Kingston Arts Centre
EXHIBITON Potter A Velvet Ant
A velvet ant, a flower and a bird opens
19 Feb 2026 – 6 Jun 2026
Potter Museum of Art
EXHIBITION LRG Earthsong
Earthsong
7 Feb 2026 – 7 Jun 2026
Latrobe Regional Gallery
EXHIBITION LRG The Land as Witness
The Land as Witness
7 Feb 2026 – 7 Jun 2026
Latrobe Regional Gallery
Djaa Djuwima - A Solo Series
Their Stories: A Solo Series
4 Mar 2026 – 9 Jun 2026
Djaa Djuwima
EXHIBITION KINGSTON Echoes From a Near Future - Caroline Monnet_Low res
'Ikwewak (Women)' by Caroline Monnet
20 Mar 2026 – 13 Jun 2026
Kingston Arts Centre
EXHIBITION WAMA FUNGI
Entanglements with Fungi: Life, Death and Renewal
21 Mar 2026 – 14 Jun 2026
WAMA Foundation
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Hayley Millar-Baker: Selected Works
11 Apr 2026 – 14 Jun 2026
Wyndham Art Gallery
Exterior of Geelong Gallery with large colourful panels spelling “DUNNO” installed across the façade, beside a statue and garden in the foreground.
Jon Campbell—DUNNO
21 Nov 2025 – 21 Jun 2026
Geelong Gallery
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Wall of Magic Creatures by Kate Beynon
14 Feb 2026 – 25 Jul 2026
Town Hall Gallery
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TREATY
27 Oct 2024 – 2 Aug 2026
State Library Victoria
 EXHIBITION ARARAT Lisa Waup
Lisa Waup | after ever here
28 Feb 2026 – 16 Aug 2026
Ararat Gallery TAMA
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occupation studies: ngayanhurra bayarral Birrarung (they tried to tame Birrarung)
21 Mar 2026 – 13 Sep 2026
Koorie Heritage Trust
EXHIBITION HELLENIC Heroes and Hoplites
HEROES & HOPLITES: Warfare in Ancient Greece
1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2026
Hellenic Museum
EXHIBITION BERNINNEIT Yawa
Yawa (Long Journey)
14 Jun 2025 – 31 Dec 2026
Berninneit Art Gallery
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Rebel Heart: Love letters and other declarations
12 Feb 2026 – 27 Jan 2027
State Library Victoria
Bruce Nauman: The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths
29 Mar 2025 – 28 Mar 2027
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery

upcoming

Collection of Collectors Delight unframed works feature image 2025 - Catherine Jaworski Liz Gridley Barbara McManus
Collectors' Delight
15 May 2026 – 24 Apr 2026
Victorian Artists Society
Image credit Sprinkle by Antoaneta Tica Photo Barry Alsop  Eyes Wide Open Images - Copy
Australian Wearable Arts Festival: A Wearable Canvas
9 May 2026 – 13 Jun 2026
Frankston Arts Centre
EXHIBITION Bayside Painting Prize 2026
Bayside Painting Prize 2026
1 May 2026 – 14 Jun 2026
Bayside Gallery
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Confined 17 
1 May 2026 – 14 Jun 2026
The Torch Gallery
Opening event, Confined 16 2025, presented by The Torch at Glen Eira City Council Gallery. Photo-Tiffany Garvie_1
Confined 17
1 May 2026 – 14 Jun 2026
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Natalie Finney, A Feast of False Abundance (detail) photograph
Natalie Finney: Second Nature
30 Apr 2026 – 27 Jun 2026
Frankston Arts Centre
Self portrait in two mirros, Jennifer Huang
VAS Portrait Exhibition
1 Jul 2026 – 12 Jul 2026
Victorian Artists Society
Image credit Generative Artist Andreas Rau from previous live film Echo No Resonance - low res
Michael Beets/Here & Now: Fragments
7 May 2026 – 18 Jul 2026
Frankston Arts Centre
Slow Read Hero
Slow Read
6 May 2026 – 25 Jul 2026
Town Hall Gallery
Image Yobbos, Sunbury Pop Festival 1974 © Rennie Ellis
Rennie Ellis: Good Times
7 May 2026 – 1 Aug 2026
Frankston Arts Centre
EXHIBITION DEAKIN Finding-Dada
Anindita Banerjee: Finding Dada
13 May 2026 – 7 Aug 2026
Deakin University Art Gallery
EXHIBITION DEAKIN Contemporary-Small-Sculpture-Award
Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award
19 Aug 2026 – 9 Oct 2026
Deakin University Art Gallery
EXHIBITION DEAKIN Obiectivus
Obiectivus
22 Oct 2026 – 11 Dec 2026
Deakin University Art Gallery

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