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Exhibitions

Thursday 15 January
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

Maria Kontis

And I Would Say These Things To No One But You

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 6 September – Monday 23 February

Group Show

Always Modern: The Heide Story

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 13 May – Sunday 25 January

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

Group Show

Coral Futures

Linden New Art
Saturday 15 November – Sunday 1 February

Richard Lewer

I Only Talk to God When I Want Something

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 15 November – Sunday 1 March

Group Show

Legacy 2025 - Part II

Arc One Gallery
Wednesday 22 October – Saturday 31 January

Group Show

The City Wakes, The City Sleeps

TarraWarra Museum of Art
Saturday 29 November – Sunday 1 March

Group Show

Rest Time

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Saturday 11 October – Saturday 14 February

Pia de Bruyn

Female Trouble

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Saturday 11 October – Saturday 14 February

Corinna Berndt

jpg Fossils

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Wednesday 8 October – Saturday 14 February

Abbra Kotlarczyk & Briony Galligan

Arranging by chance

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Saturday 11 October – Saturday 14 February

Nipa Doshi

MECCA X NGV Women in Design Commission 2025

NGV International
Thursday 25 September – Wednesday 1 April

Group Show

Maquette: Sculpture Award

McClelland Gallery
Saturday 22 November – Sunday 22 February

Group Show

DONE/UNDONE

Craft
Friday 14 November – Saturday 7 February

Ko Jou Chen

Portable Passages

Craft
Thursday 6 November – Saturday 24 January

Group Show

Rosetta

Jacky Winter Gallery
Friday 5 December – Saturday 24 January

Group Show

House of Ghosts

Seventh Gallery
Wednesday 26 November – Saturday 17 January

Group Show

New Directions

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 15 November – Sunday 22 February

Group Show

A Moment in Time—Collecting Contemporary

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 22 November – Sunday 15 February

Heather B. Swann

Melanie and The Night Falls

Station Gallery
Saturday 29 November – Saturday 24 January

Séraphine Pick

Twenty 25

Station Gallery
Saturday 29 November – Saturday 24 January

Group Show

Summer Salon | Little Treasures

Lennox St. Gallery
Wednesday 3 December – Saturday 31 January

Group Show

Textiles X Art

Australian Tapestry Workshop
Thursday 11 December – Saturday 21 February

Group Show

"PUPPETS? EVERYBODY LOVES PUPPETS"

Oigall Projects
Wednesday 3 December – Saturday 31 January

Dylan Marelić

…and there’s no one around to hear it

Incinerator Gallery
Saturday 29 November – Saturday 17 January

Group Show

Ako ay may kaibigan, kasama ko kahit saan (I have a friend; where I go, they go)

Incinerator Gallery
Saturday 29 November – Saturday 17 January

Aida Azin

Brown Pillars II

Incinerator Gallery
Saturday 29 November – Saturday 17 January

Group Show

Small Works Art Prize 2026

Brunswick Street Gallery
Sunday 4 January – Saturday 17 January

Bea Rubio-Gabriel

a slight tilt forward

West Space
Saturday 29 November – Tuesday 3 February

Group Show

rūḥ al-rūḥ – jan-e janān

West Space
Saturday 15 November – Saturday 31 January

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

Leeroy New

Polyp

Linden New Art
Saturday 15 November – Sunday 8 February

Group Show

The 13th Koorie Art Show 2025

Koorie Heritage Trust
Saturday 6 December – Sunday 22 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

Justin Andrews

PAINTING / SOUND

Castlemaine Art Museum
Saturday 1 November – Sunday 1 February

Millie Hopton

Self Portrait (Of Us)

Red Gallery
Wednesday 14 January – Sunday 25 January

David Bradley

EPOCH

Lyon Housemuseum
Thursday 31 July – Sunday 31 May

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

Thursday 15 January
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

Maria Kontis

And I Would Say These Things To No One But You

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 6 September – Monday 23 February

Group Show

Always Modern: The Heide Story

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 13 May – Sunday 25 January

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

Group Show

Coral Futures

Linden New Art
Saturday 15 November – Sunday 1 February

Richard Lewer

I Only Talk to God When I Want Something

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 15 November – Sunday 1 March

Group Show

Legacy 2025 - Part II

Arc One Gallery
Wednesday 22 October – Saturday 31 January

Group Show

The City Wakes, The City Sleeps

TarraWarra Museum of Art
Saturday 29 November – Sunday 1 March

Group Show

Rest Time

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Saturday 11 October – Saturday 14 February

Pia de Bruyn

Female Trouble

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Saturday 11 October – Saturday 14 February

Corinna Berndt

jpg Fossils

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Wednesday 8 October – Saturday 14 February

Abbra Kotlarczyk & Briony Galligan

Arranging by chance

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Saturday 11 October – Saturday 14 February

Nipa Doshi

MECCA X NGV Women in Design Commission 2025

NGV International
Thursday 25 September – Wednesday 1 April

Group Show

Maquette: Sculpture Award

McClelland Gallery
Saturday 22 November – Sunday 22 February

Group Show

DONE/UNDONE

Craft
Friday 14 November – Saturday 7 February

Ko Jou Chen

Portable Passages

Craft
Thursday 6 November – Saturday 24 January

Group Show

Rosetta

Jacky Winter Gallery
Friday 5 December – Saturday 24 January

Group Show

House of Ghosts

Seventh Gallery
Wednesday 26 November – Saturday 17 January

Group Show

New Directions

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 15 November – Sunday 22 February

Group Show

A Moment in Time—Collecting Contemporary

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 22 November – Sunday 15 February

Heather B. Swann

Melanie and The Night Falls

Station Gallery
Saturday 29 November – Saturday 24 January

Séraphine Pick

Twenty 25

Station Gallery
Saturday 29 November – Saturday 24 January

Group Show

Summer Salon | Little Treasures

Lennox St. Gallery
Wednesday 3 December – Saturday 31 January

Group Show

Textiles X Art

Australian Tapestry Workshop
Thursday 11 December – Saturday 21 February

Group Show

"PUPPETS? EVERYBODY LOVES PUPPETS"

Oigall Projects
Wednesday 3 December – Saturday 31 January

Dylan Marelić

…and there’s no one around to hear it

Incinerator Gallery
Saturday 29 November – Saturday 17 January

Group Show

Ako ay may kaibigan, kasama ko kahit saan (I have a friend; where I go, they go)

Incinerator Gallery
Saturday 29 November – Saturday 17 January

Aida Azin

Brown Pillars II

Incinerator Gallery
Saturday 29 November – Saturday 17 January

Group Show

Small Works Art Prize 2026

Brunswick Street Gallery
Sunday 4 January – Saturday 17 January

Bea Rubio-Gabriel

a slight tilt forward

West Space
Saturday 29 November – Tuesday 3 February

Group Show

rūḥ al-rūḥ – jan-e janān

West Space
Saturday 15 November – Saturday 31 January

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

Leeroy New

Polyp

Linden New Art
Saturday 15 November – Sunday 8 February

Group Show

The 13th Koorie Art Show 2025

Koorie Heritage Trust
Saturday 6 December – Sunday 22 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

Justin Andrews

PAINTING / SOUND

Castlemaine Art Museum
Saturday 1 November – Sunday 1 February

Millie Hopton

Self Portrait (Of Us)

Red Gallery
Wednesday 14 January – Sunday 25 January

David Bradley

EPOCH

Lyon Housemuseum
Thursday 31 July – Sunday 31 May

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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