Exhibitions

For past exhibitions please look at our GPG Exhibition Archive page


UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

11 – 22 September 2023
Celebration: Thursday 14 September 5-7pm

ENTRANCE GALLERY
NABIS2K
Jessie Smith (curator), Sophie Tanner, Phoebe Haig, and Grace Chandler



NABIS2K is an exhibition of contemporary painters whose work addresses age-old themes of decoration, ornamentation, and domestic space with a modern perspective and palette. Like the original Nabis group, these artists use painting as a means of depicting, distorting, and disrupting the distinction between fine art and ‘everyday’ design.

MAIN GALLERY
VCA Graduate Residency and Exhibition Award
Jordan Koudmani



Jordan Koudmani’s practice revolves around the construction of sound-based sculptures, stringing together derelict materials and analogue media. These works often use minimal sounds, implicating silence as a vital aspect of the space in order to direct attention to the often-ignored ambience of the room and its exterior. Koudmani is continually intrigued by the dynamics of repetition and irregularity.

 

ENTRANCE & MAIN GALLERY
2 – 13 October 2023
Celebration: Thursday 5 October 5-7pm

The Artist’s Eye
James Farrar, Christy Chudosnik, Gretta Wallaby-Crayfish Miller, Indi Meara, Vasilika Tsingos, and Wylie Siassios
Curated by Patricia Agus



This exhibition is closely inspired by the essays in John Berger’s book ‘Ways of Seeing’. How we see and interpret the world and how we live in it will influence our work and practice in some way. The way we see as artists is different to those outside of our world, yet it is a crucial process in artmaking. I want to present the audience with a glimpse of an artist’s mind, how we think, how we see the world and how we see the materials around us.

 

23 October – 3 November 2023
Celebration: Thursday 26 October 5-7pm

ENTRANCE GALLERY
Unplayable Games
Bahji (Vi) Nguyen, Elmira Cheung (Ng), Grace Stevenson, Kianna Juma, Nina Rose Prendergast, Michelle Yuan Fitzgerald, Sarah Kottek, Tahlia McCuskey, Jordan McKinnon, and Will Aggenbach



Welcome to our suite of Unplayable Games; a memorial to tabletop pastimes and their ashes. Scattered under couches and at the back of cupboards everywhere these games have been superseded by their e-selves. 10 Artists (re)imagine,(re)construct and/or (re)assemble their remnants. Enter an entertainment room on the spectrum of dystopia and mania...

MAIN GALLERY
Shimmer(ing)
Cait Foord, Marli Maddison, Isaac Glenwright, Stacee Collee, Lilly Skipper, and Matt M Benjamin



Shimmer(ing) approaches phenomena by way of embodiment.

The feeling of light shimmering atop a reflective surface; shimmering; visual onomatopoeia; a verbal designation that captures the quality of something intangible - a sonic photocopy of a silent event, a visual representation of something invisible, something there but not there.

 

13 November – 7 December 2023
Celebration: Thursday 16 November 5-7pm

ENTRANCE & MAIN GALLERY
GPG 2023 alumni exhibition

Le Lendemain
Leanne Bock, Christina Darras, Rebecca Diele, Kayleigh Goh, Meredith Marshallsea, and Rachel O’Connor
Curated by Christina Darras



Le Lendemain, in French, means the day after.

Le Lendermain is a residency /exhibition exploring {Space + Time} after graduation and transitioning from academic to real life. How do we reenter the stratosphere of reality? What is the role of our acquired knowledge? How have our creative processes shifted?

The George Paton Gallery (GPG) is a contemporary art gallery run by the UMSU Arts Programs department. The GPG presents projects by the University of Melbourne students throughout the year. The GPG is free to attend, and we invite proposals from students from all departments to participate in our program.
The George Paton Gallery (GPG) is a contemporary art gallery run by the UMSU Arts Programs department. The GPG presents projects by the University of Melbourne students throughout the year. The GPG is free to attend, and we invite proposals from students from all departments to participate in our program.