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Exhibitions

Thursday 2 April
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

Vivienne Westwood & Rei Kawakubo

Westwood Kawakubo

NGV International
Sunday 7 December – Sunday 19 April

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

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

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

Michelle Kettle

The Long Way Home

Boom Gallery
Thursday 26 March – Saturday 18 April

Rebecca James

At The Table

Boom Gallery
Thursday 26 March – Saturday 18 April

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

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

Jackson McLaren

Slow Dazzle

CAVES Gallery
Saturday 28 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

Dagmar Cyrulla

Être

Lennox St Gallery
Wednesday 1 April – 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

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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Exhibitions

Thursday 2 April
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

Vivienne Westwood & Rei Kawakubo

Westwood Kawakubo

NGV International
Sunday 7 December – Sunday 19 April

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

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

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

Michelle Kettle

The Long Way Home

Boom Gallery
Thursday 26 March – Saturday 18 April

Rebecca James

At The Table

Boom Gallery
Thursday 26 March – Saturday 18 April

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

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

Jackson McLaren

Slow Dazzle

CAVES Gallery
Saturday 28 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

Dagmar Cyrulla

Être

Lennox St Gallery
Wednesday 1 April – 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

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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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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