Artspace Mackay
Civic Precinct, corner Gordon and Macalister Streets,
Mackay, QLD 4740 [Map 14]
07 4961 9722
Tue to Fri 10am–5pm, Sat and Sun 10am–3pm. Free entry.
2 December 2022—19 February
Underground Spandex
Ryan Vella
Drawing on recent work Underground Spandex showcases Vella’s intricate line drawings of comic characters in graphic, narrative scenes.
26 November 2022—5 February
Focus on the Collection: Formed
Visual responses to colour theory, shape and space link work from the Mackay Regional Art Collection in Formed. Across ceramic, artists’ books and printmaking, the way artists consider these areas is highlighted.
26 November 2022—5 February
Too Little, Too Much
Niloufar Lovegrove
Creating visual narratives that combine her central Queensland lived experience and Persian storytelling
2 December 2022—5 February
Asia Pacific Contemporary: Three Decades of APT
Presented by Queensland Art Gallery I Gallery of Modern Art.
Caboolture Regional Art Gallery
moretonbay.qld.gov.au/caboolture-gallery
The Caboolture Hub
4 Hasking Street, Caboolture, QLD 4510 [Map 13]
07 5433 2800
Tue to Sat 10am–4pm.
26 November 2022—4 March
Swelter
Bella Deary, Dylan Mooney, Hailey Atkins, Amelia Hine, Abigail Varney, Grant
Stevens, Kenny Pittock, Catherine Parker, Salote Tawale, Tarryn Gill.
‘It’s hot’… it’s a saying we are all familiar with. In Australia, as the climate changes and our summers get warmer, how do we prepare to face the heat? In Swelter, Australian artists consider how heat affects our bodies, our communities and our planet. New commissions and existing works share different perspectives of the effects of heat on the body and how to beat it.
Caloundra Regional Gallery
gallery.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au
22 Omrah Ave, Caloundra,
Sunshine Coast, QLD 4551 [Map 13]
07 5420 8299
Tue to Fri 10am–4pm, Sat and Sun 10am–2pm.
See our website for latest information.
9 December 2022—29 January
Radical Localism and Legacy
Dr Elizabeth Shaw
3 February—19 March
Latest & Greatest II: Sunshine Coast Art Collection new acquisitions
Gallery 48
gallery48thestrandtownsville.com
2/48 The Strand, Townsville, QLD 4810 [Map 14]
0408 287 203
Wed and Sat 12noon–5pm, and Fridays by appointment.
See our website for latest information.
1 January—30 February
Ongoing Summer
Ann Greig
Hervey Bay Regional Gallery
166 Old Maryborough Road, Hervey Bay, Queensland 4655
07 4197 4206 [Map 13]
10 December 2022—26 February
Veiled Paradise
Fiona Foley
Veiled Paradise surveys three decades of Badtjala artist Dr. Fiona Foley’s practice. This leading contemporary Aboriginal artist’s work is informed by her ancestral connection to K’gari/Fraser Island, drawing equally upon its serene beauty and the history of systemic violence and sexual exploitation perpetrated on its shores.
Incorporating original research around the government-regulated opium trade and of the connection between sex and violence on the frontier and beyond, the artist refutes colonisation’s attempts to erase her people sees some of Foley’s most iconic works and some of her less-seen works put into the spotlight. This is the first major survey of the artist’s practice initiated in Queensland, and curated by an Aboriginal researcher, writer and curator—Angelina Hurley.
