Exhibitions
Featured Exhibitions
Mar 10, 2021 – May 2, 2021
Speaking With the River
Group Show
An art/science exhibition curated by the LabX environmental arts group at Southern Cross University. Featured Artists Include Rob Garbutt, Grayson Cooke, Amanda Reichelt-Brushett, Frances Belle Parker, Annique Goldenberg, Jo Kijas and Adele Wessell.
Apr 3, 2021 – Jun 6, 2021
DEFIANT
Group Show
The DEFIANT project is presented across two venues creating an exciting arts trail starting at The Lismore Regional Gallery and across to the newly established ELEVATOR ARI to showcase the amazing art collaborations between the young people of our region and the following supporting artists.
All Exhibitions
Jan 29, 2021 – Apr 25, 2021
At Home with the Crawfords
Group Show
“At Home with the Crawfords” is the story of the William Ambrose Crawford family who lived in “Olivene” (now Crawford House Museum) and features family objects, memorabilia and photographs.
Mar 6, 2021 – Apr 25, 2021
Real Worlds: Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial 2020
Group Show
Real Worlds: Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial 2020 presents the work of eight contemporary Australian artists who create extraordinary new worlds in drawings of great complexity and invention.
Apr 16, 2021 – Apr 29, 2021
Les and Lis - Drawn Together
Group Show
Lesley's watercolours inspired by Japanese woodblocks sit beautifully next to Melissa's miniature figurative etchings in ornate frames.
Mar 31, 2021 – May 2, 2021
Lions Road Scenic Journe
Sally Joyce
A collection of landscapes celebrating the innovation of those who pioneered the Lions Road.
Apr 3, 2021 – May 2, 2021
Heritage House Easter Art Exhibition
Wynn-Moylan & Harriot
Heritage House presents works that relate to Bangalow – Simon Harriot's colour field landscapes & Karena Wynn-Moylan's collection of small & medium images.
Mar 10, 2021 – May 2, 2021
Tessellated Memory
Jodi Woodward
Woodard investigates expanded drawing, endurance and the repetitive process of mark making. Exposing the residual marks of unwitnessed labour, her work explores art making as lived experience, considering the bodily endurance of the maker.
Mar 10, 2021 – May 2, 2021
Occupy
Group Show
This exhibition explores what it means to reside in a place for generations, to build stories of occupancy wrought by time and the elements. Layering man-made artefacts and handmade papers.
Mar 10, 2021 – May 2, 2021
Speaking With the River
Group Show
An art/science exhibition curated by the LabX environmental arts group at Southern Cross University. Featured Artists Include Rob Garbutt, Grayson Cooke, Amanda Reichelt-Brushett, Frances Belle Parker, Annique Goldenberg, Jo Kijas and Adele Wessell.
Apr 3, 2021 – Jun 6, 2021
DEFIANT
Group Show
The DEFIANT project is presented across two venues creating an exciting arts trail starting at The Lismore Regional Gallery and across to the newly established ELEVATOR ARI to showcase the amazing art collaborations between the young people of our region and the following supporting artists.
May 5, 2021 – Jun 27, 2021
Remembered Felt Imagined
Group Show
Three artists, three different modes of experiencing and expressing, highlighting that within our difference, lies our common ground.
May 5, 2021 – Jun 27, 2021
Culture Vultures
Group Show
Culture Vultures is a group exhibition by four artists from REDinc. supported Art Studio, based in Lismore. These four artists explore concepts of culture inspired by their cultural heritage, popular culture and community.
May 5, 2021 – Jun 27, 2021
Map of Water
Rebecca Cook
Rebecca Cook plays in the space between the seen and unseen. She says of her work, “each print is an individual skin, like the imprint of a persons story on their body." Rebecca is the recipient of the 2019 Byron School of Art ( BSA) Graduate Award.
May 5, 2021 – Jun 27, 2021
Title (3)
Katie Cross
Reactions are shaped by acquired knowledge and experience. The layers in these works represent how at different times, past experiences and emotions will resonate more than others.
Jun 19, 2021 – Aug 1, 2021
CVIAA
Group Show
The CVIAA started in 2007 and is a biennial art award. The first prize $5,000 is acquisitive and the winner is invited to present an exhibition
Jun 30, 2021 – Aug 22, 2021
The Widening Gyre
Alex Mankiewicz
Two series of paintings reflecting upon the crises of our present moment – Covid-19 and the environmental and societal stress present before the virus appeared. Countering fear and anomia - the sense that social order is collapsing - both series
Jun 30, 2021 – Aug 22, 2021
2020 Graduates & Program Relaunch
Group Show
After their studies were disrupted by Covid-19, graduates from Southern Cross University’s Art & Design program shine in this exhibition, highlighting the University’s affiliation with some of the most promising contemporary artists in NSW.
Aug 25, 2021 – Oct 17, 2021
Oriel
Zen Staff
A collection of textural works inspired by local surrounds and satellite imagery, exploring how we perceive patterns, digitally and physically. Zen Staff is the recipient of the 2020 Byron School of Art Graduate Award.
Aug 25, 2021 – Oct 17, 2021
The Making of Impossible Things
Group Show
A behind the scenes look at the arts of dance theatre. An art in which choreography, music, costume, projections, and lighting combine in an alchemical way to transport an audience through a story without words.
Aug 25, 2021 – Oct 17, 2021
Slow Light. Slow.
Colleen DaRosa
Colleen studies of the impact of ‘slow’ light. The way natural ambient light constantly changes an object. She highlights the translucence and lustrous quality of various surfaces.
Aug 25, 2021 – Oct 17, 2021
Vitality
Jolene Maleficent + Kelly-Ann Oosterbeek
‘Vitality’ is the coming together of two distinct bodies of work developed under the premise of, collaboration in isolation. The final works are an unveiled flow of the narrative of positivity and harmony in uncertain times.
Oct 20, 2021 – Dec 12, 2021
BAM Art Prize 2021 Finalist Exhibition
Group Show
The BAM Finalist Art Prize exhibition promoting awareness of the arts in the Northern Rivers by presenting a national art prize within the region. The Finalist Exhibition showcases finalist artworks shortlisted for the 2021 prize.
Oct 20, 2021 – Dec 12, 2021
This is Nothing New
Gala Jane
Recipient of the 2020 SCU graduate art prize. Gala continues her study and self-reflection of sexism and assault that is so prevalent in our society. She combines found objects and text to empower, call out and open a dialogue with the viewer.
Oct 20, 2021 – Dec 12, 2021
Playing House
Amy Meng
Meng situates the bishoujo within the world of kawaii and domestic labour. Synthesizing elements of manga, video games and craft, she scrutinizes assigned female roles consequent of the accelerating infantilisation and pornification of society.
