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Friday 5 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

Juz Kitson

All I Need

Sophie Gannon Gallery
Saturday 16 May – Friday 5 June

Jonathan Ben-Tovim

Hardwares

Sophie Gannon Gallery
Saturday 16 May – Friday 5 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

Mitch Pinney

Shortcuts

Hillvale Gallery
Friday 6 December – Friday 31 January

In 2020 my days fell into a rhythmic routine where I would wander with my camera behind the Coburg drive-in cinema and along the serpentine banks of the Merri Creek. Each evening, I returned home to develop my film, repeating the journey the following day. It was during these excursions that I found a treehouse cradled by the banks. The treehouse could be reached only by foot over stepping stones strewn across the creek bed. It felt like a special location, detached from the tumult and turmoil of the world beyond.

In the years since the lockdowns lifted, I have returned regularly to the treehouse, witnessing its transformations with the seasons. Crude messages and confessions have been scrawled across its plywood walls overgrown blackberry bushes creep ever closer. Under its shelter, a man, recently rendered homeless by the housing crisis, has carved out a sanctuary for himself and his two dogs.

Shortcuts unfolds as an ambling exploration of the treehouse and the wilderness that contains it. Echoing the path of its creation, it travels an undefined trajectory, following flowered sidepaths and leaf-strewn switchbacks, detecting fleeting moments and glimpses of light, circling back upon and intersecting itself. The contours of this exploration reflect the internal musings during its making, and, subtly - similar to the manner in which a sculptural form has its obverse in the mould from which it emerged - gestures toward the broader social and economic environment which has given rise to this space-as-sanctuary.

Location

Hillvale Gallery
43-45 Edward Street, Brunswick VIC, Australia

Date

Friday 6 December – Friday 31 January

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Exhibitions

Friday 5 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

Juz Kitson

All I Need

Sophie Gannon Gallery
Saturday 16 May – Friday 5 June

Jonathan Ben-Tovim

Hardwares

Sophie Gannon Gallery
Saturday 16 May – Friday 5 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

Mitch Pinney

Shortcuts

Hillvale Gallery
Friday 6 December – Friday 31 January

In 2020 my days fell into a rhythmic routine where I would wander with my camera behind the Coburg drive-in cinema and along the serpentine banks of the Merri Creek. Each evening, I returned home to develop my film, repeating the journey the following day. It was during these excursions that I found a treehouse cradled by the banks. The treehouse could be reached only by foot over stepping stones strewn across the creek bed. It felt like a special location, detached from the tumult and turmoil of the world beyond.

In the years since the lockdowns lifted, I have returned regularly to the treehouse, witnessing its transformations with the seasons. Crude messages and confessions have been scrawled across its plywood walls overgrown blackberry bushes creep ever closer. Under its shelter, a man, recently rendered homeless by the housing crisis, has carved out a sanctuary for himself and his two dogs.

Shortcuts unfolds as an ambling exploration of the treehouse and the wilderness that contains it. Echoing the path of its creation, it travels an undefined trajectory, following flowered sidepaths and leaf-strewn switchbacks, detecting fleeting moments and glimpses of light, circling back upon and intersecting itself. The contours of this exploration reflect the internal musings during its making, and, subtly - similar to the manner in which a sculptural form has its obverse in the mould from which it emerged - gestures toward the broader social and economic environment which has given rise to this space-as-sanctuary.

Location

Hillvale Gallery
43-45 Edward Street, Brunswick VIC, Australia

Date

Friday 6 December – Friday 31 January

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Website

https://hillvalegallery.com.au/

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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