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Exhibitions

Saturday 28 February
2026

Adam Elliot

Making Memoir of a Snail

ACMI
Thursday 8 August – Sunday 1 November

Nell

Face Everything

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 11 October – Sunday 1 March

John Nixon

Song of the Earth

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Wednesday 26 November – Monday 9 March

Tammy Kanat

Circle of Her

Jewish Museum of Australia
Thursday 18 September – Sunday 22 March

Inbal Nissim

Regards From Your Future

Jewish Museum of Australia
Monday 6 October – Sunday 22 March

Hany Armanious

Stone Soup

Buxton Contemporary
Friday 21 November – Saturday 11 April

Richard Lewer

I Only Talk to God When I Want Something

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 15 November – Sunday 1 March

Group Show

The City Wakes, The City Sleeps

TarraWarra Museum of Art
Saturday 29 November – Sunday 1 March

Nipa Doshi

MECCA X NGV Women in Design Commission 2025

NGV International
Thursday 25 September – Wednesday 1 April

Group Show

Houses, Spouses, Crises and Chrises

Arts Project Australia Gallery
Saturday 31 January – Saturday 7 March

Tourmaline

Transcendent

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
Friday 12 December – Sunday 15 March

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r e a : c l a i m e d

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
Friday 12 December – Sunday 15 March

Taree Mackenzie

Wave Works

Neon Parc
Friday 30 January – Saturday 28 February

Nick Selenitsch

Amalgam

Sutton Gallery
Saturday 31 January – Saturday 28 February

Vivienne Westwood & Rei Kawakubo

Westwood Kawakubo

NGV International
Sunday 7 December – Sunday 19 April

Ruth Howard

Woven Mantle

Benalla Art Gallery
Friday 14 November – Saturday 28 February

Group Show

Wyndham Art Prize 2026: Finalist

Wyndham Art Gallery
Monday 19 January – Sunday 22 March

Elyas Alavi

Face to Face / روبه‌رو

Futures Gallery
Thursday 5 February – Saturday 28 February

Group Show

Wet Areas

Gallery Jones
Sunday 1 February – Tuesday 31 March

David Bradley

EPOCH

Lyon Housemuseum
Thursday 31 July – Sunday 31 May

Group Show

Through Our Eyes

Blak Dot Gallery
Saturday 14 February – Sunday 8 March

Group Show

A Conch Choir

Blak Dot Gallery
Saturday 14 February – Sunday 8 March

Jessie Hartwig-Boutkan

A Swell Like You

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 12 February – Sunday 1 March

Isaac Hood

EAT

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 12 February – Sunday 1 March

Nancy Cover

The Bloom Room

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 12 February – Sunday 1 March

Ruby Ann May Archer

Animula

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 12 February – Sunday 1 March

Elijah Värttö

Forms & Figures of Noise & Omittance

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 12 February – Sunday 1 March

Aster Denisenko

Conversations with the Past

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 12 February – Sunday 1 March

Group Show

Summer Daze

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 12 February – Sunday 1 March

Tina Stefanou

Motet Fail

West Space
Saturday 14 February – Saturday 18 April

Cindy Huang

Landings

Gertrude Contemporary
Saturday 7 February – Saturday 21 March

Jordan Dymke

Who Am I?

Gertrude Glasshouse
Friday 30 January – Saturday 28 February

Augusta Vinall Richardson

Temporary Configurations

Gertrude Contemporary
Saturday 7 February – Saturday 21 March

Wayne Magrin

We'll be home by daybreak | 1995 - 2025

Lennox St. Gallery
Wednesday 4 February – Saturday 28 February

Group Show

Molten Tongues

Incinerator Gallery
Saturday 31 January – Saturday 28 March

Group Show

GRAPHIC

Boom Gallery
Thursday 26 February – Saturday 21 March

Group Show

Fresh! 2026

Craft
Saturday 14 February – Saturday 28 March

Cam Summers

And Where's The World You're Living In

Backwoods Gallery
Friday 20 February – Sunday 8 March

Daniel Hollier

Bent Straight, Straight Bend

Five Walls
Friday 6 February – Saturday 28 February

Nicholas Mahady

Pressure

Daine Singer
Saturday 7 February – Saturday 7 March

Group Show

Three Painters — Katherine Hattam, Milly James, Maureen Poulson Napangardi

Sarah Scout Presents
Friday 13 February – Saturday 28 March

Scotty So

Oh This Archival Dior Hat?

MARS Gallery
Saturday 14 February – Saturday 14 March

Group Show

Pillars

Arc One Gallery
Friday 30 January – Saturday 28 February

Julia Trybala

New Paintings

Station Gallery
Saturday 31 January – Saturday 14 March

Ronnie Van Hout

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Station Gallery
Saturday 31 January – Saturday 14 March

Hiroyasu Tsuri

Physical Action as a Thinking Form

Backwoods Gallery
Friday 28 November – Sunday 11 January

For Hiro, the philosophy refers to the simplicity of making a mark on the canvas (or paper, or wall, or glass), often with watery, diluted paint. The fluidity of the diluted paint gives the medium a life of its own, it is less about the maker and more about the materials and the action itself. This allows the mark making to flow without hesitation or concern and with focus on the action rather than (what can often be overbearing) thought. Nothing is forced or contrived - just creativeness spilling onto the support. Hiro has recently studied and found resonance with the Japanese Gutai Art Association. Their approach to art was characterised as a different version of Hiro's philosophy, with unconventional and experimental application of paint and methods of creating.

This concept of practice began with the influence and experiences of skateboarding and graffiti culture, initially as an observer in his late teens and then as a practising artist in the streets of Melbourne. During this time, graffiti pushed the boundaries of mark making beyond the spray can, finding new and different ways to create marks, with fire extinguishers, sprayers and rollers on extension poles. The ephemeral nature of street art also encouraged endless experimentation with materials and techniques without the intimidation of permanence.

Two other factors define Hiro's work - his use of monotone, and nature as inspiration.

The use of monotone removes the consideration of colour and allows a freer approach to building the composition. Hiro's original inspiration of delft pottery began as experimentation and developed into a defining characteristic of his work. Varied application techniques complement each other when each approached using the same colour and tone. Gestural mark marking takes precedence over colour and results in highly imaginative concepts coming to life. For the works in this exhibition, Hiro has taken an additional step back and abandoned colour entirely using only black and white. It is a conscious decision to lean further into the concept of Physical Action as Thinking Form and is influenced again by graffiti, specifically painting in abandoned buildings. The logistics of painting in these spaces means that the materials carried in need to be simplified, and the simplest is black and white, plus the nature of these places is complex and benefits from simple intervention. Upon reflection these black and white compositions carried strength that has been further explored in these works.

Abandoning ridged preparation work and the complication of colour, you would be forgiven for assuming that there is little focus in Hiro's art practice, yet his constant inspiration of nature and his surrounding environment create a site-specific focus to his work, that translates wherever he sits in the world at any time. Focusing on a flower or a leaf combined with capturing movement as a different form of thinking, has built a harmonious oeuvre of works.

Hiro holds the firm belief that everybody is an artist, and barriers of expectation and harsh self-judgement rob us of our creativity. The perfectionism of our society has ingrained a sense of inability and doubt, and an artist is only so because of their ability to push through these barriers.

- Melanie Carlisle (Cultural and Curatorial Officer, South Gippsland Shire Council)

Location

Backwoods Gallery
level 1/25 Easey St, Collingwood VIC 3066, Australia

Date

Friday 28 November – Sunday 11 January

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Exhibitions

Saturday 28 February
2026

Adam Elliot

Making Memoir of a Snail

ACMI
Thursday 8 August – Sunday 1 November

Nell

Face Everything

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 11 October – Sunday 1 March

John Nixon

Song of the Earth

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Wednesday 26 November – Monday 9 March

Tammy Kanat

Circle of Her

Jewish Museum of Australia
Thursday 18 September – Sunday 22 March

Inbal Nissim

Regards From Your Future

Jewish Museum of Australia
Monday 6 October – Sunday 22 March

Hany Armanious

Stone Soup

Buxton Contemporary
Friday 21 November – Saturday 11 April

Richard Lewer

I Only Talk to God When I Want Something

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 15 November – Sunday 1 March

Group Show

The City Wakes, The City Sleeps

TarraWarra Museum of Art
Saturday 29 November – Sunday 1 March

Nipa Doshi

MECCA X NGV Women in Design Commission 2025

NGV International
Thursday 25 September – Wednesday 1 April

Group Show

Houses, Spouses, Crises and Chrises

Arts Project Australia Gallery
Saturday 31 January – Saturday 7 March

Tourmaline

Transcendent

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
Friday 12 December – Sunday 15 March

r e a

r e a : c l a i m e d

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
Friday 12 December – Sunday 15 March

Taree Mackenzie

Wave Works

Neon Parc
Friday 30 January – Saturday 28 February

Nick Selenitsch

Amalgam

Sutton Gallery
Saturday 31 January – Saturday 28 February

Vivienne Westwood & Rei Kawakubo

Westwood Kawakubo

NGV International
Sunday 7 December – Sunday 19 April

Ruth Howard

Woven Mantle

Benalla Art Gallery
Friday 14 November – Saturday 28 February

Group Show

Wyndham Art Prize 2026: Finalist

Wyndham Art Gallery
Monday 19 January – Sunday 22 March

Elyas Alavi

Face to Face / روبه‌رو

Futures Gallery
Thursday 5 February – Saturday 28 February

Group Show

Wet Areas

Gallery Jones
Sunday 1 February – Tuesday 31 March

David Bradley

EPOCH

Lyon Housemuseum
Thursday 31 July – Sunday 31 May

Group Show

Through Our Eyes

Blak Dot Gallery
Saturday 14 February – Sunday 8 March

Group Show

A Conch Choir

Blak Dot Gallery
Saturday 14 February – Sunday 8 March

Jessie Hartwig-Boutkan

A Swell Like You

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 12 February – Sunday 1 March

Isaac Hood

EAT

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 12 February – Sunday 1 March

Nancy Cover

The Bloom Room

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 12 February – Sunday 1 March

Ruby Ann May Archer

Animula

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 12 February – Sunday 1 March

Elijah Värttö

Forms & Figures of Noise & Omittance

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 12 February – Sunday 1 March

Aster Denisenko

Conversations with the Past

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 12 February – Sunday 1 March

Group Show

Summer Daze

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 12 February – Sunday 1 March

Tina Stefanou

Motet Fail

West Space
Saturday 14 February – Saturday 18 April

Cindy Huang

Landings

Gertrude Contemporary
Saturday 7 February – Saturday 21 March

Jordan Dymke

Who Am I?

Gertrude Glasshouse
Friday 30 January – Saturday 28 February

Augusta Vinall Richardson

Temporary Configurations

Gertrude Contemporary
Saturday 7 February – Saturday 21 March

Wayne Magrin

We'll be home by daybreak | 1995 - 2025

Lennox St. Gallery
Wednesday 4 February – Saturday 28 February

Group Show

Molten Tongues

Incinerator Gallery
Saturday 31 January – Saturday 28 March

Group Show

GRAPHIC

Boom Gallery
Thursday 26 February – Saturday 21 March

Group Show

Fresh! 2026

Craft
Saturday 14 February – Saturday 28 March

Cam Summers

And Where's The World You're Living In

Backwoods Gallery
Friday 20 February – Sunday 8 March

Daniel Hollier

Bent Straight, Straight Bend

Five Walls
Friday 6 February – Saturday 28 February

Nicholas Mahady

Pressure

Daine Singer
Saturday 7 February – Saturday 7 March

Group Show

Three Painters — Katherine Hattam, Milly James, Maureen Poulson Napangardi

Sarah Scout Presents
Friday 13 February – Saturday 28 March

Scotty So

Oh This Archival Dior Hat?

MARS Gallery
Saturday 14 February – Saturday 14 March

Group Show

Pillars

Arc One Gallery
Friday 30 January – Saturday 28 February

Julia Trybala

New Paintings

Station Gallery
Saturday 31 January – Saturday 14 March

Ronnie Van Hout

- 0 +

Station Gallery
Saturday 31 January – Saturday 14 March

Hiroyasu Tsuri

Physical Action as a Thinking Form

Backwoods Gallery
Friday 28 November – Sunday 11 January

For Hiro, the philosophy refers to the simplicity of making a mark on the canvas (or paper, or wall, or glass), often with watery, diluted paint. The fluidity of the diluted paint gives the medium a life of its own, it is less about the maker and more about the materials and the action itself. This allows the mark making to flow without hesitation or concern and with focus on the action rather than (what can often be overbearing) thought. Nothing is forced or contrived - just creativeness spilling onto the support. Hiro has recently studied and found resonance with the Japanese Gutai Art Association. Their approach to art was characterised as a different version of Hiro's philosophy, with unconventional and experimental application of paint and methods of creating.

This concept of practice began with the influence and experiences of skateboarding and graffiti culture, initially as an observer in his late teens and then as a practising artist in the streets of Melbourne. During this time, graffiti pushed the boundaries of mark making beyond the spray can, finding new and different ways to create marks, with fire extinguishers, sprayers and rollers on extension poles. The ephemeral nature of street art also encouraged endless experimentation with materials and techniques without the intimidation of permanence.

Two other factors define Hiro's work - his use of monotone, and nature as inspiration.

The use of monotone removes the consideration of colour and allows a freer approach to building the composition. Hiro's original inspiration of delft pottery began as experimentation and developed into a defining characteristic of his work. Varied application techniques complement each other when each approached using the same colour and tone. Gestural mark marking takes precedence over colour and results in highly imaginative concepts coming to life. For the works in this exhibition, Hiro has taken an additional step back and abandoned colour entirely using only black and white. It is a conscious decision to lean further into the concept of Physical Action as Thinking Form and is influenced again by graffiti, specifically painting in abandoned buildings. The logistics of painting in these spaces means that the materials carried in need to be simplified, and the simplest is black and white, plus the nature of these places is complex and benefits from simple intervention. Upon reflection these black and white compositions carried strength that has been further explored in these works.

Abandoning ridged preparation work and the complication of colour, you would be forgiven for assuming that there is little focus in Hiro's art practice, yet his constant inspiration of nature and his surrounding environment create a site-specific focus to his work, that translates wherever he sits in the world at any time. Focusing on a flower or a leaf combined with capturing movement as a different form of thinking, has built a harmonious oeuvre of works.

Hiro holds the firm belief that everybody is an artist, and barriers of expectation and harsh self-judgement rob us of our creativity. The perfectionism of our society has ingrained a sense of inability and doubt, and an artist is only so because of their ability to push through these barriers.

- Melanie Carlisle (Cultural and Curatorial Officer, South Gippsland Shire Council)

Location

Backwoods Gallery
level 1/25 Easey St, Collingwood VIC 3066, Australia

Date

Friday 28 November – Sunday 11 January

Save to Calendar

Google

Website

https://www.backwoods.gallery/exhibitions/105-physical-action-as-a-thinking-form-hiroyasu-tsuri/

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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