• What's On
    • Exhibitions
    • Programs & Events
  • Opportunities
    • Arts Lab
    • Proposals
    • Volunteer With Us
  • Publishing
  • Collection
  • About
  • Visit
  • Back to UMSU

Exhibition Archive

The George Paton Gallery Archives document more than five decades of exhibitions, artists and creative activity at the Gallery. This page presents exhibitions from the past two years. You can explore the Gallery’s broader history, from 1971 to 2024, through our exhibition archive page. Archival materials are held across the University of Melbourne Archives and Special Collections and the UMSU Archives, with a growing selection of exhibition records also available to explore online.

Himbo Limbo

Channon Goodwin

Opening Thursday 25 June 5-7pm, 'Himbo Limbo' by Scotty So examines masculinity as a racialised and disciplinary construct shaped by trauma, sport, and digital culture.

Mon 15 Jun 2026

Serve, Hit, Rally, Rally, Rally, Rally. Point.

Daniel Collins and Molly Dalziell

Opening Thursday 28 May, 5-7pm, 'Serve, Hit, Rally, Rally, Rally, Rally. Point.' is an exhibition by Daniel Collins and Molly Dalziell.

Tue 19 May 2026

Extensions: performance and installation at MPavilion Parkville

Extensions is a presentation of new work across sculpture and movement at MPavilion Parkville, between 19 and 21 May.

Tue 12 May 2026

bipoc5eva

Opening Thursday 28 May, 5-7pm, the 5-year anniversary show of the VCA BIPOC Collective, bipoc5eva, acts as a meeting site for all past, present, and future members. In this space, we play out conversations, material exchanges, fierce rejections, and

Mon 11 May 2026

Liquid Left

Channon Goodwin

Liquid Left a 2.5D atmospheric narrative exploration game adapted from xindi's fiction Liquid Left. You play as didi, a sentient droplet navigating a breathing, organic world. Through a series of abstract, sensory stages, players explore themes of la

Mon 20 Apr 2026

Unspeakable, the remaining crevices 不可言说之,仅存的缝隙

'Unspeakable, the remaining crevices 不可言说之,仅存的缝隙' explores the third space, a transitional space that can be embraced, playable, or symbolized, a space that can generate new meanings. Featuring works by Yaoyao Li, Yang Ran, Yangchao Shen, Kya Su, Xi

Thu 16 Apr 2026

The Correct Way to Open a Can: Strike with the Spine

Channon Goodwin

'The Correct Way to Open a Can: Strike with the Spine' is a curatorial intervention created by Gingercan featuring works by Barcode People (Qihao Liang and Tong Shu), Can Fan, Guangli Liu. Opening Thursday 30 April, 5–7pm.

Wed 15 Apr 2026

As Long As You Love Me

Opening Thursday 2 April, 5-7pm, 'As Long As You Love Me' is an exhibition by Alanna Baxter, Lara Oluklu and Naimo Omar.

Wed 18 Mar 2026

Warp and Weft

Channon Goodwin

Opening Thursday 2 April, 5-7pm, 'Warp and Weft' is an exhibition by Leo Loscher and Michael Doyle.

Tue 10 Mar 2026

Index Cards

Channon Goodwin

Opening Thursday 5 March, 5-7pm, 'Index Cards' is an exhibition by Fiona Shewan whose practice has evolved into an expanded approach centred on the embodied experience of making through analogue processes.

Tue 17 Feb 2026

The Arena

Channon Goodwin

Opening Thursday 5 March, 5-7pm, 'The Arena' is an exhibition by Elise Sawell, Casper Plum, Stacey Collee and Lidia Byrne whose individual practices traverse sculpture, photography, painting and performance.

Tue 10 Feb 2026

Purity and Danger

Channon Goodwin

Opening Thursday 5 February, 5-7pm, 'Purity and Danger' is an exhibition by Leena O’Luu. O’Luu’s looks at how healing and harm can exist side by side in our bodies and experiences. Her sculptures speak in the language of ritual and craft, drawing fro

Fri 16 Jan 2026

Translucences

Opening Thursday 5 February, 5-7pm, "Translucences" by Soyo Paek expands from asemic writing - a form of mark-making without literal language - into large-scale canvases that integrate drawing and painting.

Fri 16 Jan 2026

Bells and Whistles

Opening Friday 28 November, 6-8pm, "Bells and Whistles", is an exhibition of postgraduate work from Masters and PhD students at the Victorian College of the Arts. Featuring Jincheng Deng, Tom Denize, Majed Fayad, Briony Galligan, and Jen Valender.

Thu 30 Oct 2025

clicking into place

Opening Thursday 16 October, 5-7pm, "clicking into place" is a solo exhibition by Nino Muratore featuring recent photographs brought together by a structure that traces the walls of the gallery.

Fri 03 Oct 2025

Roots

Keiran Molaeb

Opening Thursday 16 October, 5-7pm, "Roots" is an exploration of intergenerational and familial connection, story-telling and story-sharing, and is an exhibition that engages art-making as a tradition that exists throughout the roots of the artist's

Thu 02 Oct 2025

Farrago 100

Channon Goodwin

Opening Thursday 18 September, 6-8pm, we marks the centenary of Farrago, Australia’s oldest student publication and a pillar of the University of Melbourne’s creative and political life since 1925. Across ten turbulent decades, it has given voice to

Wed 27 Aug 2025

Spectrum

Presented as part of MUDfest 2025, Spectrum showcases the work of sixteen student artists from the University of Melbourne, working across painting, sculpture, video and installation.

Wed 13 Aug 2025

Carrier Wave: an infrastructural sound program

As part of the 2025 Winterfest program, the George Paton Gallery presents Carrier Wave. Installed across Building 159, Wednesday 23 and Thursday 24 July, 11-8pm.

Mon 21 Jul 2025

MURKY WATERS CRYSTAL HORIZON

Caoife Power

On show from 24 July - 15 August 2025, this is an exhibition by Caoife Power about the implications of water, the body and the artist as they shift across waves of intimacy and rejection.

Wed 25 Jun 2025
1 2 3 4 Next Last

  • 1971–2024 Exhibition History

VISIT

11am—5pm Monday—Friday during semester.

GEORGE PATON GALLERY
Wurundjeri Country
Level 1, Arts & Cultural Building (B159)
University of Melbourne, VIC 3010

CONTACT

03 8344 6966

gpg@union.unimelb.edu.au

@georgepatongallery (opens in a new tab)

George Paton Gallery (opens in a new tab)

NEWSLETTER

Sign up to our mailing list for exhibition openings and events.

UMSU acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we work and pay our respects to Indigenous Elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty has never been ceded. It always was and always will be, Aboriginal land.

UMSU Inc  |  ABN: 78 125 531 707

George Paton Gallery logo Student powered logo

© George Paton Gallery

Log in