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Exhibitions

Tuesday 1 September
2026

Adam Elliot

Making Memoir of a Snail

ACMI
Thursday 8 August – Sunday 1 November

Group Show

EMERGENCE[Y]

Melbourne Science Gallery
Saturday 6 June – Saturday 5 December

Christopher Pyett

Years of Colour

McClelland Gallery
Saturday 27 June – Sunday 25 October

Alison Tedesco

Street Stories

McClelland Gallery
Saturday 27 June – Sunday 25 October

Group Show

Chogh چوغ

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Wednesday 1 July – Saturday 24 October

Heidi Schoenheimer

Around Here

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Wednesday 1 July – Saturday 24 October

Group Show

Requiem in Power (RIP)

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Wednesday 1 July – Saturday 24 October

Sally Ann McIntyre

Post-extinction huia soundings

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Wednesday 1 July – Saturday 24 October

Group Show

Watch These Hands

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 4 July – Sunday 25 October

Group Show

Other Worlds

Arts Project Australia Studio
Monday 13 July – Friday 25 September

Group Show

Views and Vistas of the Valley

Incinerator Gallery
Saturday 18 July – Saturday 31 October

Desire Moheb Zandi

Songs

Australian Tapestry Workshop
Thursday 23 July – Saturday 3 October

Group Show

Inside the Mirage

TarraWarra Museum of Art
Saturday 25 July – Sunday 1 November

Brassaï

Secret Paris

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 25 July – Sunday 15 November

Moya McKenna

Picture in a window

Neon Parc
Friday 31 July – Saturday 5 September

Group Show

Truth Telling Display

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Wednesday 5 August – Saturday 19 December

Jacquie Meng

I’ve got bells ringing in my big toe

West Space
Friday 7 August – Tuesday 8 September

Tia Ansell

Duality

Lon Gallery
Saturday 8 August – Saturday 5 September

Amanda Johnson

Enclosure Acts: New Landscapes

Boom Gallery
Thursday 13 August – Saturday 5 September

Kels O'Sullivan

Refractions

Boom Gallery
Thursday 13 August – Saturday 5 September

George Johnson

George Johnson: Centenary Exhibition

Charles Nodrum Gallery
Saturday 15 August – Saturday 5 September

Rebecca Fletcher

Cut From The Same Cloth

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 20 August – Sunday 6 September

Emma Sutherland

Inhale the Velvet Sky

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 20 August – Sunday 6 September

Ika Jumali and Isaac Hood

Dialogue: The surreal

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 20 August – Sunday 6 September

Hannah Goggs

Animalia

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 20 August – Sunday 6 September

Emmy Cooper Granville

Pretty Ugly

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 20 August – Sunday 6 September

Group Show

language to reach with

West Space
Saturday 22 August – Saturday 24 October

Caroline Walls

Night Light

Futures Gallery
Thursday 27 August – Saturday 26 September

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

Tuesday 1 September
2026

Adam Elliot

Making Memoir of a Snail

ACMI
Thursday 8 August – Sunday 1 November

Group Show

EMERGENCE[Y]

Melbourne Science Gallery
Saturday 6 June – Saturday 5 December

Christopher Pyett

Years of Colour

McClelland Gallery
Saturday 27 June – Sunday 25 October

Alison Tedesco

Street Stories

McClelland Gallery
Saturday 27 June – Sunday 25 October

Group Show

Chogh چوغ

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Wednesday 1 July – Saturday 24 October

Heidi Schoenheimer

Around Here

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Wednesday 1 July – Saturday 24 October

Group Show

Requiem in Power (RIP)

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Wednesday 1 July – Saturday 24 October

Sally Ann McIntyre

Post-extinction huia soundings

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Wednesday 1 July – Saturday 24 October

Group Show

Watch These Hands

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 4 July – Sunday 25 October

Group Show

Other Worlds

Arts Project Australia Studio
Monday 13 July – Friday 25 September

Group Show

Views and Vistas of the Valley

Incinerator Gallery
Saturday 18 July – Saturday 31 October

Desire Moheb Zandi

Songs

Australian Tapestry Workshop
Thursday 23 July – Saturday 3 October

Group Show

Inside the Mirage

TarraWarra Museum of Art
Saturday 25 July – Sunday 1 November

Brassaï

Secret Paris

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 25 July – Sunday 15 November

Moya McKenna

Picture in a window

Neon Parc
Friday 31 July – Saturday 5 September

Group Show

Truth Telling Display

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Wednesday 5 August – Saturday 19 December

Jacquie Meng

I’ve got bells ringing in my big toe

West Space
Friday 7 August – Tuesday 8 September

Tia Ansell

Duality

Lon Gallery
Saturday 8 August – Saturday 5 September

Amanda Johnson

Enclosure Acts: New Landscapes

Boom Gallery
Thursday 13 August – Saturday 5 September

Kels O'Sullivan

Refractions

Boom Gallery
Thursday 13 August – Saturday 5 September

George Johnson

George Johnson: Centenary Exhibition

Charles Nodrum Gallery
Saturday 15 August – Saturday 5 September

Rebecca Fletcher

Cut From The Same Cloth

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 20 August – Sunday 6 September

Emma Sutherland

Inhale the Velvet Sky

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 20 August – Sunday 6 September

Ika Jumali and Isaac Hood

Dialogue: The surreal

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 20 August – Sunday 6 September

Hannah Goggs

Animalia

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 20 August – Sunday 6 September

Emmy Cooper Granville

Pretty Ugly

Brunswick Street Gallery
Thursday 20 August – Sunday 6 September

Group Show

language to reach with

West Space
Saturday 22 August – Saturday 24 October

Caroline Walls

Night Light

Futures Gallery
Thursday 27 August – Saturday 26 September

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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