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Exhibitions

Saturday 6 June
2026

Adam Elliot

Making Memoir of a Snail

ACMI
Thursday 8 August – Sunday 1 November

Group Show

Darebin Art Prize 2026

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Wednesday 25 February – Saturday 20 June

Group Show

TarraWarra International 2026: System Release

TarraWarra Museum of Art
Saturday 21 March – Sunday 5 July

Aleks Danko

A(GAP)E

McClelland Gallery
Saturday 14 March – Sunday 14 June

Group Show

The Chelsea Hotel Years 1967–69

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 28 February – Sunday 16 August

Group Show

A New Universe—Architecture in Print

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 28 February – Sunday 7 June

John Perceval

All That We Are

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 21 March – Sunday 12 July

Simone Slee

Light Time

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 28 March – Sunday 28 June

Badra Aji

Get the boy a dog and call it a day

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 14 March – Sunday 16 August

Julius von Bismarck

This is not the storm

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
Friday 17 April – Sunday 14 June

Chun Yin Rainbow Chan

Continuum

MARS Gallery
Thursday 21 May – Friday 19 June

Yoko Ozawa

Mountain Edge

MARS Gallery
Thursday 21 May – Friday 19 June

Archer Davies

Borrowed Blue

MARS Gallery
Thursday 21 May – Friday 19 June

Loretta Lizzio

Naiades

Outré Gallery Fitzroy
Friday 15 May – Sunday 7 June

Stella Im Hultberg

Convergence

Outré Gallery Fitzroy
Friday 15 May – Sunday 7 June

Group Show

White Light/White Heat

Station Gallery
Saturday 2 May – Saturday 6 June

Ray Thomas

Yeerung's Journey

Koorie Heritage Trust
Saturday 30 May – Sunday 9 August

Jill Kempson

The Language of Flowers

Lennox St. Gallery
Wednesday 27 May – Saturday 20 June

Group Show

Floras Localis: Colour + Place

Australian Tapestry Workshop
Thursday 7 May – Saturday 11 July

Group Show

the way a stranger looks

Bus Projects
Wednesday 9 April – Saturday 3 May

As both an illustrative subject and an analytical gaze, the way a stranger looks reveals the notes we take as the keepers of things left behind—whether inherited or found. In its double meaning, the way a stranger looks can refer both to the physical and spiritual description of a stranger made by an audience, or the lens we take as an audience to something extrinsic—be it a person, place, belief, or moment. These are the little evidences of being alive that we hold onto and absorb within our sacred personal structures, as writer and academic Chelsea Watego asserts: “I tell these stories to enter into a conversation, one which others can be privy to; one that many of us have had at our kitchen tables.”

These artists are strangers to the stories they tell. In emulating them through their artistic practice, they do not attempt to distance themselves from their strangerhood, nor do they seek to fully understand it. With tender dedication, these artists peel back the layers of human experience, revisiting places and moments important to them, thus making them important to their audience. The way a stranger looks reveals the deepest and truest origins of art; storytelling, exploration, deeper histories, power dynamics, the nuanced politics of spirituality, uncovering personal experiences as reflected in fragments of past lives, rituals, and inherited practices.

The way a stranger looks is not merely a reflection of an outer appearance, but a window into the complexities of human existence. It is through the stories shared and the art created that we bridge the gap between the known and the unknown, the familiar and the foreign. The stranger’s gaze, in its layered meanings, invites us to examine not only the lives of others but our own - challenging us to rethink the boundaries of identity, connection, and history. Through this lens, art becomes a tool of both reflection and revelation, allowing the artists to navigate the intricacies of our collective and individual experiences.

I am because my little dog knows me. - Gertrude Stein

Curated by Tabitha Glanville.

Location

Bus Projects
7 Little Miller Street, Brunswick East VIC, Australia

Date

Wednesday 9 April – Saturday 3 May

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Website

https://busprojects.org.au/program/the-way-a-stranger-looks

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Exhibitions

Saturday 6 June
2026

Adam Elliot

Making Memoir of a Snail

ACMI
Thursday 8 August – Sunday 1 November

Group Show

Darebin Art Prize 2026

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Wednesday 25 February – Saturday 20 June

Group Show

TarraWarra International 2026: System Release

TarraWarra Museum of Art
Saturday 21 March – Sunday 5 July

Aleks Danko

A(GAP)E

McClelland Gallery
Saturday 14 March – Sunday 14 June

Group Show

The Chelsea Hotel Years 1967–69

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 28 February – Sunday 16 August

Group Show

A New Universe—Architecture in Print

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 28 February – Sunday 7 June

John Perceval

All That We Are

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 21 March – Sunday 12 July

Simone Slee

Light Time

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 28 March – Sunday 28 June

Badra Aji

Get the boy a dog and call it a day

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 14 March – Sunday 16 August

Julius von Bismarck

This is not the storm

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
Friday 17 April – Sunday 14 June

Chun Yin Rainbow Chan

Continuum

MARS Gallery
Thursday 21 May – Friday 19 June

Yoko Ozawa

Mountain Edge

MARS Gallery
Thursday 21 May – Friday 19 June

Archer Davies

Borrowed Blue

MARS Gallery
Thursday 21 May – Friday 19 June

Loretta Lizzio

Naiades

Outré Gallery Fitzroy
Friday 15 May – Sunday 7 June

Stella Im Hultberg

Convergence

Outré Gallery Fitzroy
Friday 15 May – Sunday 7 June

Group Show

White Light/White Heat

Station Gallery
Saturday 2 May – Saturday 6 June

Ray Thomas

Yeerung's Journey

Koorie Heritage Trust
Saturday 30 May – Sunday 9 August

Jill Kempson

The Language of Flowers

Lennox St. Gallery
Wednesday 27 May – Saturday 20 June

Group Show

Floras Localis: Colour + Place

Australian Tapestry Workshop
Thursday 7 May – Saturday 11 July

Group Show

the way a stranger looks

Bus Projects
Wednesday 9 April – Saturday 3 May

As both an illustrative subject and an analytical gaze, the way a stranger looks reveals the notes we take as the keepers of things left behind—whether inherited or found. In its double meaning, the way a stranger looks can refer both to the physical and spiritual description of a stranger made by an audience, or the lens we take as an audience to something extrinsic—be it a person, place, belief, or moment. These are the little evidences of being alive that we hold onto and absorb within our sacred personal structures, as writer and academic Chelsea Watego asserts: “I tell these stories to enter into a conversation, one which others can be privy to; one that many of us have had at our kitchen tables.”

These artists are strangers to the stories they tell. In emulating them through their artistic practice, they do not attempt to distance themselves from their strangerhood, nor do they seek to fully understand it. With tender dedication, these artists peel back the layers of human experience, revisiting places and moments important to them, thus making them important to their audience. The way a stranger looks reveals the deepest and truest origins of art; storytelling, exploration, deeper histories, power dynamics, the nuanced politics of spirituality, uncovering personal experiences as reflected in fragments of past lives, rituals, and inherited practices.

The way a stranger looks is not merely a reflection of an outer appearance, but a window into the complexities of human existence. It is through the stories shared and the art created that we bridge the gap between the known and the unknown, the familiar and the foreign. The stranger’s gaze, in its layered meanings, invites us to examine not only the lives of others but our own - challenging us to rethink the boundaries of identity, connection, and history. Through this lens, art becomes a tool of both reflection and revelation, allowing the artists to navigate the intricacies of our collective and individual experiences.

I am because my little dog knows me. - Gertrude Stein

Curated by Tabitha Glanville.

Location

Bus Projects
7 Little Miller Street, Brunswick East VIC, Australia

Date

Wednesday 9 April – Saturday 3 May

Save to Calendar

Website

https://busprojects.org.au/program/the-way-a-stranger-looks

All exhibition content on this website has been sourced from the exhibiting gallery’s website or provided by other art enthusiasts. We do not own or seek to own any of this material. If you are concerned about any misuse of your content, please let us know here.

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