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Exhibitions

Wednesday 4 March
2026

Adam Elliot

Making Memoir of a Snail

ACMI
Thursday 8 August – Sunday 1 November

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

Nipa Doshi

MECCA X NGV Women in Design Commission 2025

NGV International
Thursday 25 September – Wednesday 1 April

Group Show

Houses, Spouses, Crises and Chrises

Arts Project Australia Gallery
Saturday 31 January – Saturday 7 March

Tourmaline

Transcendent

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
Friday 12 December – Sunday 15 March

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r e a : c l a i m e d

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
Friday 12 December – Sunday 15 March

Vivienne Westwood & Rei Kawakubo

Westwood Kawakubo

NGV International
Sunday 7 December – Sunday 19 April

Group Show

Wyndham Art Prize 2026: Finalist

Wyndham Art Gallery
Monday 19 January – Sunday 22 March

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

Through Our Eyes

Blak Dot Gallery
Saturday 14 February – Sunday 8 March

Group Show

A Conch Choir

Blak Dot Gallery
Saturday 14 February – Sunday 8 March

Tina Stefanou

Motet Fail

West Space
Saturday 14 February – Saturday 18 April

Cindy Huang

Landings

Gertrude Contemporary
Saturday 7 February – Saturday 21 March

Augusta Vinall Richardson

Temporary Configurations

Gertrude Contemporary
Saturday 7 February – Saturday 21 March

Group Show

Molten Tongues

Incinerator Gallery
Saturday 31 January – Saturday 28 March

Group Show

GRAPHIC

Boom Gallery
Thursday 26 February – Saturday 21 March

Group Show

Fresh! 2026

Craft
Saturday 14 February – Saturday 28 March

Cam Summers

And Where's The World You're Living In

Backwoods Gallery
Friday 20 February – Sunday 8 March

Nicholas Mahady

Pressure

Daine Singer
Saturday 7 February – Saturday 7 March

Group Show

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

Sarah Scout Presents
Friday 13 February – Saturday 28 March

Scotty So

Oh This Archival Dior Hat?

MARS Gallery
Saturday 14 February – Saturday 14 March

Julia Trybala

New Paintings

Station Gallery
Saturday 31 January – Saturday 14 March

Ronnie Van Hout

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Station Gallery
Saturday 31 January – Saturday 14 March

Group Show

Darebin Art Prize 2026

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Wednesday 25 February – Saturday 20 June

Little Darlin'

Saxon Quinn

Lennox St. Gallery
Wednesday 4 March – Saturday 28 March

Noel McKenna

The Distance Between

Niagara Galleries
Wednesday 25 February – Saturday 21 March

Helen Maudsley

Helen Maudsley

Niagara Galleries
Wednesday 25 February – Saturday 21 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

Wednesday 4 March
2026

Adam Elliot

Making Memoir of a Snail

ACMI
Thursday 8 August – Sunday 1 November

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

Nipa Doshi

MECCA X NGV Women in Design Commission 2025

NGV International
Thursday 25 September – Wednesday 1 April

Group Show

Houses, Spouses, Crises and Chrises

Arts Project Australia Gallery
Saturday 31 January – Saturday 7 March

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

Vivienne Westwood & Rei Kawakubo

Westwood Kawakubo

NGV International
Sunday 7 December – Sunday 19 April

Group Show

Wyndham Art Prize 2026: Finalist

Wyndham Art Gallery
Monday 19 January – Sunday 22 March

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

Through Our Eyes

Blak Dot Gallery
Saturday 14 February – Sunday 8 March

Group Show

A Conch Choir

Blak Dot Gallery
Saturday 14 February – Sunday 8 March

Tina Stefanou

Motet Fail

West Space
Saturday 14 February – Saturday 18 April

Cindy Huang

Landings

Gertrude Contemporary
Saturday 7 February – Saturday 21 March

Augusta Vinall Richardson

Temporary Configurations

Gertrude Contemporary
Saturday 7 February – Saturday 21 March

Group Show

Molten Tongues

Incinerator Gallery
Saturday 31 January – Saturday 28 March

Group Show

GRAPHIC

Boom Gallery
Thursday 26 February – Saturday 21 March

Group Show

Fresh! 2026

Craft
Saturday 14 February – Saturday 28 March

Cam Summers

And Where's The World You're Living In

Backwoods Gallery
Friday 20 February – Sunday 8 March

Nicholas Mahady

Pressure

Daine Singer
Saturday 7 February – Saturday 7 March

Group Show

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

Sarah Scout Presents
Friday 13 February – Saturday 28 March

Scotty So

Oh This Archival Dior Hat?

MARS Gallery
Saturday 14 February – Saturday 14 March

Julia Trybala

New Paintings

Station Gallery
Saturday 31 January – Saturday 14 March

Ronnie Van Hout

- 0 +

Station Gallery
Saturday 31 January – Saturday 14 March

Group Show

Darebin Art Prize 2026

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Wednesday 25 February – Saturday 20 June

Little Darlin'

Saxon Quinn

Lennox St. Gallery
Wednesday 4 March – Saturday 28 March

Noel McKenna

The Distance Between

Niagara Galleries
Wednesday 25 February – Saturday 21 March

Helen Maudsley

Helen Maudsley

Niagara Galleries
Wednesday 25 February – Saturday 21 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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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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