Past Exhibitions

Michael Muir, New blue jeans 2011, oil on canvas. Courtesy of the artist and Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney

2011 Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize

Gallery 1 December 10, 2011 - February 5, 2012

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Walungkura Napanangka, Women's Ceremony 2006, synthetic polymer paint on canvas, The Corrigan Collection

21st Century Beginnings- The Corrigan Collection of Aboriginal Art

Gallery 2 December 17, 2011 - January 29, 2012

  The lands of the central deserts, Kimberley and Top End are home to some of the greatest artists pract…

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A child completing a drawing based on a page from the Children’s Art Centre publication Drawing Life for Kids: My Art Journal / Photograph: Mark Sherwood

DRAWING LIFE FOR KIDS ON TOUR: CELEBRATING ARTISTS

Gallery 1 January 16 - January 21, 2012

Drop-in activity, no bookings required Ages 3 – 10. Younger children welcome. Free event Parental supervision required  Join in the Gallery of Modern Art's fifth birthday …

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Korea Re-Imagining the City

Gallery 2 November 5 - December 11, 2011

Korea- Australia Exchange Exhibition: Korea_Re-imagining the city Contemporary Korean Media Art about cities and change  An…

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Caitlyn Coupe, Living Room (detail) 2011, transfer on ceramic plate in installation

Does My Art Look Big In This?

Gallery 1 October 22 - December 4, 2011

The Queensland College of Art at Griffith University offers an excellent visual arts program, with many former students going on to become nationally and internationally renowned artists. Undergr…

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Paul Davies, Seidler house pool & palms 2010, synthetic polymer paint on canvas, courtesy of the artist and Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney

Paul Davies

Gallery 2 October 22 - December 4, 2011

Paul Davies is interested in the relationship between the built and natural environment. His practice involves stencilling, acrylic paintings and photography. His work demonstrates an interest in…

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The Border Arts Prize 2011

The 2011 Border Art Prize

Gallery 1 September 3 - October 16, 2011

3 Sep - 16 Oct 2011  Now in its eleventh year, the Border Art Prize is an extraordinary demonstration of the creative exploits of artists from this region…

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FACE UP: A Look at portraits from the collection

Gallery 1 July 16 - October 6, 2011

16 Jul - 28 Aug 2011     Artists can bring intensive scrutiny to our notions of identity. Drawn from our collection, this exhibition will feature portraits …

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Opened Land

Opened Land

Foyer Gallery July 2 - August 28, 2011

In honour of 2011 NAIDOC week, a collection of recently aquired Indigenous works from the Gallery's collection …

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Dennis Nona: Waii - Coming In

Gallery 2 July 30 - August 11, 2011

30 Jul - 11 Sep 2011    Waii – Coming In refers to the wash of ocean detritus brought in and then left by the high tide – this wash parallels the mov…

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Dianne Hewitt, Black tulips 2008, textile, courtesy of the artist

Gold Coast Quilters Guild Exhibition

Gallery 2 July 2 - July 24, 2011

Presented by the Gold Coast Quilters Guild  Quilting appeals to all ages, from young mothers with babes i…

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Peter Walker- Surf Boards

Peter Walker Fluid and Hollow Wooden Surfboards, Gerry Wedd RIP Surf and Sea Ceramics

Gallery 2 May 28 - July 10, 2011

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Michael Aird, Paul Wright casting net, South Stradbroke Island 2007, digital print, courtesy of the artist

Michael Aird WOOGOOMPAH: My Country – Swamp Country

Darkroom May 7 - June 26, 2011

Aboriginal photographer and anthropologist Michael Aird presents a sequence of images of time spent in the waters and mangrove islands of his traditional…

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Cantchant- Vernon Ah Kee

cantchant - Vernon Ah Kee

Gallery 2 May 7 - June 26, 2011

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Winning Work- Darren Sylvester, What happens will happen 2010, Lightjet print, edition AP#1, courtesy of the artist and Sullivan + Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney.

2011 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award

Gallery 1 April 10 - May 22, 2011

Media Release 

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Now and When Australia Urbanism

Now and When: Australian Urbanism

Gallery 2 March 25 - May 1, 2011

View photos from the launch    Viewers entering Now and When Australian Urbanism will…

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Michael Zavros

Twelve Degrees of Latitude

Gallery 1 February 12 - April 3, 2011

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Fiona Kennedy Offspring

Fiona Kennedy-Altoft - Offspring

Gallery 2 February 12 - April 3, 2011

Local artist Fiona Kenn…

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1888 Melbourne Cup

Elaine and Jim Wolfensohn Gift - The 1888 Melbourne Cup

Foyer Gallery January 21 - March 21, 2011

Horse racing enthusiasts will be treated to a rare …

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Robert McFarlane- Bob Hawke on stage Newcastle Civic Centre 1976

Robert McFarlane Received Moments Photography 1961 – 2009

Gallery 2 February 5 - March 20, 2011

Born in Adelaide in 1942, Robert McFa…

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2010 Duke Art Prize

The Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize 2010

Gallery 1 December 4, 2010 - February 6, 2011

 

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Rahel Ungwanaka, Aboriginal, Arrernte (Aranda)/Luritja people, Australia b.1946, Waterbirds 2002, synthetic polymer paint on linen, 88.3 x 120.9cm, Purchased 2003 with funds from Margaret Mittelheuser, AM, through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Collection: Queensland Art Gallery

Namatjira to Now

Gallery 2 November 13, 2010 - January 30, 2011

13 November 2010 - 30 January 2011   

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Lucy Clark Vintage Pump 2

QCA Graduates - Spray Tan Spread

Gallery 1 October 23 - November 28, 2010

23 October - 28 November 2010   

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Michelle van Eps- Toowoomba

Michelle van Eps

Foyer Gallery October 23 - November 28, 2010

23 October - 28 November 2010    Brisbane artist Michell…

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Banksia serrata, John Frederick Miller, © Natural History Museum, London, ANMM Collection Gift from Dr and Mrs. E Schiller

Joseph Banks and the Flora of the Australian East Coast

Gallery 2 September 25 - November 7, 2010

25 September - 7 November 2010     Botanical enthusiast Joseph Banks, accompanied James Cook on his momentous first Pacific voyag…

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Say it with flowers- mixed bunch

Linelle Stepto - Colonise

Darkroom September 25 - November 7, 2010

25 September - 7 November 2010  Linel…

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Arising- Stephanie Lane

Arising: Stephanie Laine

Foyer Gallery September 11 - October 17, 2010

11 September 2010 - 17 October 2010    Local …

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2009 student – Kirra Middling

Energies 2010

Gallery 2 August 7 - September 19, 2010

7 August 2010 - 19 September 2010    Gold Coast City Art Gallery has been…

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mark Cibbs- Venus Bacchus Ceres and Cupid

Mark Gibbs

Foyer Gallery July 17 - September 5, 2010

17 July 2010 - 5 September 2010    Often depicting Australian beach cultur…

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Is Home and away on yet, Rob McHaffie, oil on linen, 46 x 36 cm, Courtesy the artist and Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney

Nobody Knows: Simon Mee, Anne Wallace, Rob McHaffie

Gallery 1 July 17 - August 15, 2010

17 July 2010 - 15 August 2010     Anne Wallace, Simon Mee and Rob McHaffie create ambiguous and dark stories …

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Shayne Higson, Give me warmth 2004. Acquired 2006. Judges Selection, Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award 2006

Bursting at the Seams

Gallery 2 June 5 - August 1, 2010

5 June 2010 - 1 August 2010    You might not know it but behind the storage doors of Gold Coast City Gallery lies a collec…

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Susan Buret and Nicola Moss

Susan Buret & Nicola Moss: It's My Clothes Line Tan

Darkroom June 5 - August 1, 2010

5 June 2010 - 1 August 2010    The collaboration between Nicola Moss and Susan Buret began with a weather observation proj…

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Ian Smith- The role of the left over BBQ sausage in western art.

Ian Smith: On and Off the Road

Gallery 1 May 29 - July 11, 2010

29 May 2010 - 11 July 2010    This project has received financial assistance from the Queensland Government through…

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Carolyn Cleak Suffolk sunset  2009 oil on canvas

Carolyn Cleak: Light Falling

Foyer Gallery May 29 - June 11, 2010

29 May 2010 -  11 July 2010    Light Falling is an exhibition of Carolyn Cleak’s recent paintings which explore the…

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 Victoria Reichelt English Fairy Tales 1 2009, Courtesy of the artist and Diane Tanzer Gallery

Flying Colours: 10 Years of QCA Graduates

Gallery 2 April 3 - May 30, 2010

Queensland College of Art Celebrates 10 Years of Gold Coast Alumni  3 April 2010 - 30 May 2010 

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Garth Knight- Jewelled Skull (Vanitas)

2010 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award

Gallery 1 April 10 - May 23, 2010

10 April 2010 - 23 May 2010    Winner Announced! 

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Ray Cavill- Summer Detaila

Colour Texture Form

Gallery 1 February 20 - April 4, 2010

20 Feb 2010 - 04 Apr 2010    Drawing from Gold Coast City Gallery’s extensive collection, curator Stephen Baxter has selected ceramics, paintings and mixed media wo…

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In Conversation with Mangroves: Carole King

Foyer Gallery February 20 - April 4, 2010

20 Feb 2010 - 4 Apr 2010    Carole King is a practising local artist and educator who intially trained in Sydney and moved to Queensland in 1995. She has exhibited and tau…

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