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Exhibitions

Wednesday 3 December
2025

Adam Elliot

Making Memoir of a Snail

ACMI
Thursday 8 August – Sunday 1 November

Ayoung Kim

Delivery Dancer's Arc: 0° Receiver

ACMI
Thursday 22 August – Friday 2 January

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

Group Show

TXT XXV

Five Walls
Friday 14 November – Saturday 13 December

Group Show

Various Small Fires

Gertrude Contemporary
Friday 31 October – Saturday 13 December

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

Peter Thomas

New World Fauna

Fox Galleries
Thursday 13 November – Sunday 7 December

Nipa Doshi

MECCA X NGV Women in Design Commission 2025

NGV International
Thursday 25 September – Wednesday 1 April

Group Show

Whispers in the Walls

Arts Project
Monday 13 October – Friday 19 December

Group Show

ABSTRACTION 25

Charles Nodrum Gallery
Saturday 15 November – Saturday 6 December

Caleb Shea

Stop Motion

Lon Gallery
Wednesday 19 November – Saturday 13 December

Group Show

Maquette: Sculpture Award

McClelland Gallery
Saturday 22 November – Sunday 22 February

Georgia Harvey

Bright Side

Boom Gallery
Thursday 13 November – Saturday 6 December

Group Show

Landscape Salon

Boom Gallery
Thursday 13 November – Saturday 6 December

Hop Dac

Buffalo

Boom Gallery
Thursday 13 November – Saturday 6 December

Group Show

DONE/UNDONE

Craft
Friday 14 November – Saturday 7 February

Ko Jou Chen

Portable Passages

Craft
Thursday 6 November – Saturday 24 January

Hiroyasu Tsuri

Physical Action as a Thinking Form

Backwoods Gallery
Friday 28 November – Sunday 21 December

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

Wednesday 3 December
2025

Adam Elliot

Making Memoir of a Snail

ACMI
Thursday 8 August – Sunday 1 November

Ayoung Kim

Delivery Dancer's Arc: 0° Receiver

ACMI
Thursday 22 August – Friday 2 January

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

Group Show

TXT XXV

Five Walls
Friday 14 November – Saturday 13 December

Group Show

Various Small Fires

Gertrude Contemporary
Friday 31 October – Saturday 13 December

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

Peter Thomas

New World Fauna

Fox Galleries
Thursday 13 November – Sunday 7 December

Nipa Doshi

MECCA X NGV Women in Design Commission 2025

NGV International
Thursday 25 September – Wednesday 1 April

Group Show

Whispers in the Walls

Arts Project
Monday 13 October – Friday 19 December

Group Show

ABSTRACTION 25

Charles Nodrum Gallery
Saturday 15 November – Saturday 6 December

Caleb Shea

Stop Motion

Lon Gallery
Wednesday 19 November – Saturday 13 December

Group Show

Maquette: Sculpture Award

McClelland Gallery
Saturday 22 November – Sunday 22 February

Georgia Harvey

Bright Side

Boom Gallery
Thursday 13 November – Saturday 6 December

Group Show

Landscape Salon

Boom Gallery
Thursday 13 November – Saturday 6 December

Hop Dac

Buffalo

Boom Gallery
Thursday 13 November – Saturday 6 December

Group Show

DONE/UNDONE

Craft
Friday 14 November – Saturday 7 February

Ko Jou Chen

Portable Passages

Craft
Thursday 6 November – Saturday 24 January

Hiroyasu Tsuri

Physical Action as a Thinking Form

Backwoods Gallery
Friday 28 November – Sunday 21 December

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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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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