exhibitions

2011 Exhibition Program

Days of Summer: Salvatore Zofrea

19 January to 6 March 2011

Salvatore Zofrea is one of Australia's most accomplished woodcut artists. His latest body of work, Days of Summer, is a touring exhibition presented by Maitland Regional Art Gallery and is the culmination of almost twenty years of making prints. This series of woodcut prints, featuring native flowers and birdlife, presents to the viewer the life, colour and movement found in the bushland close to his studio in Kurrajong in the lower Blue Mountains of New South Wales.

The Twin Scapes Pinhole Photography: Hideharu Matsuhisa

9 March to 8 April 2011

The Twin Scapes is a photographic response to the overwhelming wave of digital technology sweeping the globe. Through a fascination of pinhole photography as the most basic means of producing an image directly onto paper, without lens or film, Japan and Australia are expressed through the eyes of a Japanese photographer using natural light at its highest and lowest levels, resulting in an intense play on shadows and shade to depict differences in history, culture and sensitivities.

Painting Survey of the Shipwreck Cherry Venture: Stephen Phibbs

13 April to 22 May 2011

Contemporary painter Stephen Phibbs pays tribute to the once iconic and now dismantled shipwreck Cherry Venture, which ran aground on Teewah Beach in southeast Queensland in 1974. Presenting an extended survey of paintings of the wreck from various perspectives, the exhibition explores the artist's experimental and creative journey as he documents the changing wreck that has fascinated him for many years.

Dreaming or Reality? Josef Lanc

13 April to 22 May 2011

An exhibition of digital prints depicting improbable situations with highly realistic imagery. Josef Lanc's digitally crafted images are a response to world events, dreams and fairytales told by his grandmother and 'backyard' experiences, often inspired by the great Surrealists Magritte, Tanguy and Dali, and then manipulated through a combination of digital software and cutting edge 3D technology.

Zhongjian: Midway

25 May to 3 July 2011

Zhongjian: Midway, curated by Jin Sha, is a timely exhibition that reveals the mesh of associations and influences that operate in our trans-cultural world. This exhibition consists of works by fourteen contemporary artists from China and Australia, and features painting, sculpture, installation and video projections. Five of the artists are Chinese nationals living and working in China, four are Chinese-born artists living and working in Australia, and five identify themselves as Australian artists whose work has been closely informed by Chinese culture.

A Wollongong City Gallery touring exhibition.

Chinese Whispers

25 May to 3 July 2011

Supporting exhibition Chinese Whispers by Sunshine Coast artists Kevin Grealy and Johanna De Maine. Chinese Whispers alludes to the distortion/exaggeration that takes place when a story is told from person to person. The same process takes place when techniques and influences pass from person to person and culture to culture to creatively inform artwork.

The Sunshine Coast Art Prize

6 July to 11 September 2011

The Sunshine Coast Art Prize (SCAP) is a national acquisitive painting and 2D art prize valued at $26,000 and includes an artist residency in Maleny on the Sunshine Coast hinterland. The exhibition of forty finalists is a showcase of contemporary 2D practice by leading local and national artists.

SCAP Website: www.scap.org.au

Squeeze 2011

14 September to 23 October 2011

A biennial art educator exhibition, Squeeze encourages art educators out of their classrooms and into their studios to expand their arts practice. Squeeze 2011 challenges the artists to explore Fresh work.

Lineage: David Fairbairn
Selected Portraits 1998–2010

26 October to 4 December 2011

This Campbelltown Arts Centre touring exhibition is a twelve-year survey exhibition of the work of David Fairbairn, illustrating the artist’s dedication, skill, and insight into portraiture.

My Morning Ritual: Nicola Chatham

7 December to 15 January 2011

Nicola Chatham takes the physical and emotional experience of her natural environments and personal relationships, translating it into a beautiful visual and literary record of day-to-day self-examination.

Serenity Is...Margi Parry

7 December to 15 January 2011

For centuries poets and philosophers have spoken of the universal desire for serenity and of those fleeting moments when life slows down long enough for our blessings to come into focus. Gathered in this exhibition are some of Margi Parry’s moments of serenity. Each work recalls a past memory, captures the now or anticipates the future, while savouring the insight of each serene moment.

Caloundra Regional Gallery  |  22 Omrah Avenue, Caloundra Qld  |  07 5420 8299  |  Wednesday to Sunday, 10.00am–4.00pm  |  Free Entry