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Exhibitions

Sunday 1 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

Maria Kontis

And I Would Say These Things To No One But You

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

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

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

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

Group Show

Textiles X Art

Australian Tapestry Workshop
Thursday 11 December – Saturday 21 February

Group Show

Houses, Spouses, Crises and Chrises

Arts Project Australia Gallery
Saturday 31 January – Saturday 7 March

Bea Rubio-Gabriel

a slight tilt forward

West Space
Saturday 29 November – Tuesday 3 February

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

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

Arthur (Jalyirri) Dixon

Untitled

Niagara Galleries
Wednesday 28 January – Saturday 21 February

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

Justin Andrews

PAINTING / SOUND

Castlemaine Art Museum
Saturday 1 November – Sunday 1 February

Munmun Dhamija

Ethereal Pathway Of Serenity

Red Gallery
Wednesday 28 January – Sunday 8 February

Group Show

Queer Group Exhibition

Red Gallery
Wednesday 28 January – Sunday 8 February

Matt Ware

Walls to Colour

Red Gallery
Wednesday 28 January – Sunday 8 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

Grained

Blak Dot Gallery
Saturday 17 January – Sunday 8 February

Group Show

DECADE

Lon Gallery
Wednesday 28 January – Saturday 21 February

Jordan Dymke

Who Am I?

Gertrude Glasshouse
Friday 30 January – Saturday 28 February

Group Show

one septillion stars

CAVES Gallery
Friday 30 January – Saturday 21 February

Group Show

Molten Tongues

Incinerator Gallery
Saturday 31 January – Saturday 28 March

Stephen Benwell & Raphy

Trees and Animals

Craft
Thursday 6 March – Saturday 26 April

Trees and Animals features the works of Victorian based ceramic sculptural artists Stephen Benwell and Raphy. This exhibition is an exploration of form, using trees and animals as experimental subjects. A series of Benwell’s expressive tree sculptures, capturing a trees strength and presence, are accompanied by a variety of animal sculptures created by Raphy. Together, their works weave a narrative of interdependence between the strong, sturdy and reliable tree and the wild, unpredictable and playful animal.

“Trees grow, animals live amongst the trees, artists meet and show their work together, it’s instinctual …”

– Raphy, 2024

“Whatever we make connects us to history and the world around us. Showing alongside Raphy is connecting and reaching out to another artist …

About a year ago, I began a series of tree forms that are hand-built hollow in a simplified way, then coloured and glazed. They have developed into a series of small sculptures. I had noticed some Italian gardens where strong vertical lines were created by pencil-thin cypress trees punctuating the landscape design. I began the series with these elongated, cone shapes.

The collaboration with Raphy came about when I suggested he make animals to go with these trees. In the early stages of the collaboration, I thought that I would go on with the same tree ideas that I began with. However, I was pulled up with a jolt when Raphy said his animals would all be Australian native animals. I thought then that my Italianate, toy-like trees might look a bit out of place with wallabies and koalas. So, I embarked on another series called Trunks that I’m showing here for the first time alongside the Trees. The Trunks works are based on the hollowed-out branches and tree trunks of old gum trees. This new direction is a material, if serendipitous, outcome of the collaboration with Raphy. "

– Stephen Benwell

Location

Craft
Watson Place, Melbourne VIC, Australia

Date

Thursday 6 March – Saturday 26 April

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https://craft.org.au/whats-on/all-events/trees-and-animals/

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Exhibitions

Sunday 1 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

Maria Kontis

And I Would Say These Things To No One But You

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

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

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

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

Group Show

Textiles X Art

Australian Tapestry Workshop
Thursday 11 December – Saturday 21 February

Group Show

Houses, Spouses, Crises and Chrises

Arts Project Australia Gallery
Saturday 31 January – Saturday 7 March

Bea Rubio-Gabriel

a slight tilt forward

West Space
Saturday 29 November – Tuesday 3 February

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

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

Arthur (Jalyirri) Dixon

Untitled

Niagara Galleries
Wednesday 28 January – Saturday 21 February

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

Justin Andrews

PAINTING / SOUND

Castlemaine Art Museum
Saturday 1 November – Sunday 1 February

Munmun Dhamija

Ethereal Pathway Of Serenity

Red Gallery
Wednesday 28 January – Sunday 8 February

Group Show

Queer Group Exhibition

Red Gallery
Wednesday 28 January – Sunday 8 February

Matt Ware

Walls to Colour

Red Gallery
Wednesday 28 January – Sunday 8 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

Grained

Blak Dot Gallery
Saturday 17 January – Sunday 8 February

Group Show

DECADE

Lon Gallery
Wednesday 28 January – Saturday 21 February

Jordan Dymke

Who Am I?

Gertrude Glasshouse
Friday 30 January – Saturday 28 February

Group Show

one septillion stars

CAVES Gallery
Friday 30 January – Saturday 21 February

Group Show

Molten Tongues

Incinerator Gallery
Saturday 31 January – Saturday 28 March

Stephen Benwell & Raphy

Trees and Animals

Craft
Thursday 6 March – Saturday 26 April

Trees and Animals features the works of Victorian based ceramic sculptural artists Stephen Benwell and Raphy. This exhibition is an exploration of form, using trees and animals as experimental subjects. A series of Benwell’s expressive tree sculptures, capturing a trees strength and presence, are accompanied by a variety of animal sculptures created by Raphy. Together, their works weave a narrative of interdependence between the strong, sturdy and reliable tree and the wild, unpredictable and playful animal.

“Trees grow, animals live amongst the trees, artists meet and show their work together, it’s instinctual …”

– Raphy, 2024

“Whatever we make connects us to history and the world around us. Showing alongside Raphy is connecting and reaching out to another artist …

About a year ago, I began a series of tree forms that are hand-built hollow in a simplified way, then coloured and glazed. They have developed into a series of small sculptures. I had noticed some Italian gardens where strong vertical lines were created by pencil-thin cypress trees punctuating the landscape design. I began the series with these elongated, cone shapes.

The collaboration with Raphy came about when I suggested he make animals to go with these trees. In the early stages of the collaboration, I thought that I would go on with the same tree ideas that I began with. However, I was pulled up with a jolt when Raphy said his animals would all be Australian native animals. I thought then that my Italianate, toy-like trees might look a bit out of place with wallabies and koalas. So, I embarked on another series called Trunks that I’m showing here for the first time alongside the Trees. The Trunks works are based on the hollowed-out branches and tree trunks of old gum trees. This new direction is a material, if serendipitous, outcome of the collaboration with Raphy. "

– Stephen Benwell

Location

Craft
Watson Place, Melbourne VIC, Australia

Date

Thursday 6 March – Saturday 26 April

Save to Calendar

Google

Website

https://craft.org.au/whats-on/all-events/trees-and-animals/

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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