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Exhibitions

Wednesday 25 March
2026

Adam Elliot

Making Memoir of a Snail

ACMI
Thursday 8 August – Sunday 1 November

Hany Armanious

Stone Soup

Buxton Contemporary
Friday 21 November – Saturday 11 April

Nipa Doshi

MECCA X NGV Women in Design Commission 2025

NGV International
Thursday 25 September – Wednesday 1 April

Vivienne Westwood & Rei Kawakubo

Westwood Kawakubo

NGV International
Sunday 7 December – Sunday 19 April

Group Show

Wet Areas

Gallery Jones
Sunday 1 February – Tuesday 31 March

David Bradley

EPOCH

Lyon Housemuseum
Thursday 31 July – Sunday 31 May

Tina Stefanou

Motet Fail

West Space
Saturday 14 February – Saturday 18 April

Anna Higgins

True Love at Dawn

Neon Parc
Friday 6 March – Saturday 11 April

Group Show

Molten Tongues

Incinerator Gallery
Saturday 31 January – Saturday 28 March

Group Show

Fresh! 2026

Craft
Saturday 14 February – Saturday 28 March

Group Show

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

Sarah Scout Presents
Friday 13 February – Saturday 28 March

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

Little Darlin'

Saxon Quinn

Lennox St. Gallery
Wednesday 4 March – Saturday 28 March

Group Show

Marjorie Street – Chris & Friends

Australian Tapestry Workshop
Thursday 5 March – Saturday 25 April

Alec Baker and Eric Barney

Paintamilani Tjungungku / Painting Together

Alcaston Gallery
Wednesday 11 March – Saturday 11 April

Matthew Harris

Stilhed

Futures Gallery
Thursday 12 March – Saturday 4 April

Group Show

Ara-Thulu (Tree)

Blak Dot Gallery
Saturday 14 March – Sunday 5 April

Aleks Danko

A(GAP)E

McClelland Gallery
Saturday 14 March – Sunday 14 June

Heather Lee

Vessels of Qi: Carrying What Endures

Craft
Tuesday 3 March – Saturday 11 April

Group Show

The Chelsea Hotel Years 1967–69

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

Christian Capurro

Mimic’s Turn

Five Walls
Friday 6 March – Saturday 28 March

Kate Tucker

Fragment, Unknown

Daine Singer
Wednesday 11 March – Saturday 18 April

Rebecca Jensen

Marking Out

Gertrude Glasshouse
Friday 6 March – Saturday 11 April

Jent Do

Pagoda Jent

Bus Projects
Wednesday 25 March – Tuesday 21 April

Mia Khin Boe

Walking about

Sutton Gallery
Saturday 7 March – Saturday 11 April

Group Show

Future Creatives

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 28 February – Sunday 17 May

Group Show

Art + Language

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 14 March – Sunday 17 May

yEAH / dUNNO

Jon Campbell

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 28 February – Sunday 24 May

Group Show

Minimal

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 14 March – Sunday 17 May

Group Show

A New Universe—Architecture in Print

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 28 February – Sunday 7 June

Telly Tuita

A Tongpop Tale: Memoirs of a Professional Brown Man

MARS Gallery
Wednesday 18 March – Saturday 25 April

Chantel de Latour

Rooms with a View

MARS Gallery
Wednesday 18 March – Saturday 18 April

Brook Andrew

Holding Ceremony

Tolarno Galleries
Saturday 21 March – Saturday 18 April

Lydia Wegner

Beam

Arc One Gallery
Wednesday 4 March – Saturday 11 April

Sean Whelan

Magical Thinking

Outré Gallery Fitzroy
Friday 20 March – Sunday 12 April

Veins

Veins

Outré Gallery Fitzroy
Friday 20 March – Sunday 12 April

Group Show

Entanglements

Station Gallery
Saturday 21 March – Saturday 25 April

Julie Dowling

Bulgurr Mabarn (Bush Medicine/Magic)

Niagara Galleries
Wednesday 25 March – Saturday 18 April

The Nowee Sisters

Life and the Desert

Alcaston Gallery
Tuesday 24 March – Saturday 18 April

Sean Whelan

Magical Thinking

Outré Gallery Fitzroy
Friday 20 March – Sunday 12 April

Sean Whelan is an Australian artist based in Hobart, Tasmania. Specialising in acrylic painting, he creates hyper-coloured surreal compositions that merge figuration, symbolism and theatrical design. His influences range from 17th-century European Baroque painting to the Japanese Superflat movement.

Born in Melbourne in 1981, Whelan exhibits in Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom and Japan.

Artist Statement

Magical thinking is a familiar habit: the tendency to turn experiences into a story, reshaping something complex so meaning becomes easier to hold.

In this body of work, I draw on this idea to depict a series of staged scenes. Figures wear masks and costumes that assign them roles – preparing for rituals, dancing, performing music and playing out transformative rites.

Some look joyful, others reluctant, grotesque or monstrous. And while there is an underlying absurdity to these activities, the figures are invested in what they are doing. The performances are sincere, even when the logic behind them is unclear.

Fantasy offers a promise – a role, a decisive action and the sense that something will be resolved. Magical Thinking grew from an interest in how easily this structure is adopted, rehearsed, and believed.

Location

Outré Gallery Fitzroy
319 Smith Street, Fitzroy VIC, Australia

Date

Friday 20 March – Sunday 12 April

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Website

https://www.outregallery.com/collections/sean-whelan-magical-thinking

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Exhibitions

Wednesday 25 March
2026

Adam Elliot

Making Memoir of a Snail

ACMI
Thursday 8 August – Sunday 1 November

Hany Armanious

Stone Soup

Buxton Contemporary
Friday 21 November – Saturday 11 April

Nipa Doshi

MECCA X NGV Women in Design Commission 2025

NGV International
Thursday 25 September – Wednesday 1 April

Vivienne Westwood & Rei Kawakubo

Westwood Kawakubo

NGV International
Sunday 7 December – Sunday 19 April

Group Show

Wet Areas

Gallery Jones
Sunday 1 February – Tuesday 31 March

David Bradley

EPOCH

Lyon Housemuseum
Thursday 31 July – Sunday 31 May

Tina Stefanou

Motet Fail

West Space
Saturday 14 February – Saturday 18 April

Anna Higgins

True Love at Dawn

Neon Parc
Friday 6 March – Saturday 11 April

Group Show

Molten Tongues

Incinerator Gallery
Saturday 31 January – Saturday 28 March

Group Show

Fresh! 2026

Craft
Saturday 14 February – Saturday 28 March

Group Show

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

Sarah Scout Presents
Friday 13 February – Saturday 28 March

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

Little Darlin'

Saxon Quinn

Lennox St. Gallery
Wednesday 4 March – Saturday 28 March

Group Show

Marjorie Street – Chris & Friends

Australian Tapestry Workshop
Thursday 5 March – Saturday 25 April

Alec Baker and Eric Barney

Paintamilani Tjungungku / Painting Together

Alcaston Gallery
Wednesday 11 March – Saturday 11 April

Matthew Harris

Stilhed

Futures Gallery
Thursday 12 March – Saturday 4 April

Group Show

Ara-Thulu (Tree)

Blak Dot Gallery
Saturday 14 March – Sunday 5 April

Aleks Danko

A(GAP)E

McClelland Gallery
Saturday 14 March – Sunday 14 June

Heather Lee

Vessels of Qi: Carrying What Endures

Craft
Tuesday 3 March – Saturday 11 April

Group Show

The Chelsea Hotel Years 1967–69

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

Christian Capurro

Mimic’s Turn

Five Walls
Friday 6 March – Saturday 28 March

Kate Tucker

Fragment, Unknown

Daine Singer
Wednesday 11 March – Saturday 18 April

Rebecca Jensen

Marking Out

Gertrude Glasshouse
Friday 6 March – Saturday 11 April

Jent Do

Pagoda Jent

Bus Projects
Wednesday 25 March – Tuesday 21 April

Mia Khin Boe

Walking about

Sutton Gallery
Saturday 7 March – Saturday 11 April

Group Show

Future Creatives

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 28 February – Sunday 17 May

Group Show

Art + Language

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 14 March – Sunday 17 May

yEAH / dUNNO

Jon Campbell

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 28 February – Sunday 24 May

Group Show

Minimal

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 14 March – Sunday 17 May

Group Show

A New Universe—Architecture in Print

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 28 February – Sunday 7 June

Telly Tuita

A Tongpop Tale: Memoirs of a Professional Brown Man

MARS Gallery
Wednesday 18 March – Saturday 25 April

Chantel de Latour

Rooms with a View

MARS Gallery
Wednesday 18 March – Saturday 18 April

Brook Andrew

Holding Ceremony

Tolarno Galleries
Saturday 21 March – Saturday 18 April

Lydia Wegner

Beam

Arc One Gallery
Wednesday 4 March – Saturday 11 April

Sean Whelan

Magical Thinking

Outré Gallery Fitzroy
Friday 20 March – Sunday 12 April

Veins

Veins

Outré Gallery Fitzroy
Friday 20 March – Sunday 12 April

Group Show

Entanglements

Station Gallery
Saturday 21 March – Saturday 25 April

Julie Dowling

Bulgurr Mabarn (Bush Medicine/Magic)

Niagara Galleries
Wednesday 25 March – Saturday 18 April

The Nowee Sisters

Life and the Desert

Alcaston Gallery
Tuesday 24 March – Saturday 18 April

Sean Whelan

Magical Thinking

Outré Gallery Fitzroy
Friday 20 March – Sunday 12 April

Sean Whelan is an Australian artist based in Hobart, Tasmania. Specialising in acrylic painting, he creates hyper-coloured surreal compositions that merge figuration, symbolism and theatrical design. His influences range from 17th-century European Baroque painting to the Japanese Superflat movement.

Born in Melbourne in 1981, Whelan exhibits in Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom and Japan.

Artist Statement

Magical thinking is a familiar habit: the tendency to turn experiences into a story, reshaping something complex so meaning becomes easier to hold.

In this body of work, I draw on this idea to depict a series of staged scenes. Figures wear masks and costumes that assign them roles – preparing for rituals, dancing, performing music and playing out transformative rites.

Some look joyful, others reluctant, grotesque or monstrous. And while there is an underlying absurdity to these activities, the figures are invested in what they are doing. The performances are sincere, even when the logic behind them is unclear.

Fantasy offers a promise – a role, a decisive action and the sense that something will be resolved. Magical Thinking grew from an interest in how easily this structure is adopted, rehearsed, and believed.

Location

Outré Gallery Fitzroy
319 Smith Street, Fitzroy VIC, Australia

Date

Friday 20 March – Sunday 12 April

Save to Calendar

Website

https://www.outregallery.com/collections/sean-whelan-magical-thinking

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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