Lynda Draper wins the Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramic Award
The Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramic Award is one of the most prestigious awards in the visual arts in Australia, with a uniquely ceramic focus. It has evolved over its many year history. It began in 1991 as the Sidney…
Andrew Seward in two art prizes
We are excited to announce that Andrew Seward has been pre-selected for the 2019 Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing. The Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing is a $25,000 acquisitive art award among the most significant of its kind in the country. The Exhibition…
IAN FRIEND IN COME CLOSE AT USC
Taking its title from the poetry of Sappho, Come Close is a group exhibition at the University of the Sunshine Coast Art Gallery featuring the work of Leonard Brown, Christian Flynn, Ian Friend, Gordon Shepherdson, Amber Wallis and Judith Wright. Placed…
Junko Go Finalist in John Glover Art Prize
It is with great delight that we announce Junko Go as a finalist for the John Glover Art Prize. Celebrating the legacy of the 19th century painter, the Glover Prize is one of Australia's most significant awards for landscape painting. The $50,000…
Belinda Fox in Watercolour Award
Splash – Contemporary Watercolour Award has been established to showcase Australian Artists who work with the watercolour medium. The $30,000 acquisitive award has been supported by the Fornari Bequest. It is with great pleasure to announce Belinda Fox's nomination with…
Lori Pensini in Doug Moran Prize
This delightful work by Lori Pensini has been announced as a semi-finalist in Australia's richest art prize for portraiture, the Doug Moran. Lori will face off against more than 100 artists to be in the running for this prestigious $150,000…
Eric Bridgeman on the cover of two art magazines
We are excited to see Eric Bridgeman on the cover of the August issue of Art Monthly and the upcoming issue of Art Guide. Bridgeman's hand painted shields which featured in his recent solo exhibition at Gallerysmith, explore the theatre…
Subtle tones in Merriwee House
We had the privilege of working with Templeton Architecture on a recent project in Toorak. Templeton's work has a strong focus on proportion, light, colour and surface to create beautifully resolved design outcomes. The interiors in Merriwee House incorporated paintings…
Gallerysmith joins ‘This Wild Song’ to tackle gender equality
Did you know that despite the fact that 75% of art school graduates are women, the average number of female artists represented by Victorian commercial galleries is just 40%? Gallerysmith is proud to be one of only five commercial art…
Eric Bridgeman acquired by Monash Gallery of Art
Martin King awarded Creative Victoria Fellowship
Martin King was today announced as a recipient of a State Library of Victoria Creative Fellowship. The fellowship program provides artists and scholars with a unique environment in which to immerse themselves in the Library's many and varied collections and…
SUE LOVEGROVE HIGHLY COMMENDED
Sue Lovegrove was highly commended in the Hadley's art prize today. The Hadley Prize celebrates painting, printmaking and drawing of the landscape and is one of Australia's newest and richest art awards, with the winning artist receiving $100,000. Sue's miniature…
Jennifer Goodman awarded Local Prize in Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize
Jennifer Goodman was awarded the Local Prize in the Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize for her painting, Zephyr. This year's Bayside is an eclectic mix of works by artists such as Andrew Browne, Deborah Walker and Isobel Clement (also from Gallerysmith).…
Eric Bridgeman at QA GOMA
A vast installation by Eric Bridgeman forms the centerpiece of a major exhibition at QA GOMA until Jan 17. No.1 Neighbour: Art in Papua New Guinea 1966-2016 presents work dating from the mid-1960s to today. The exhibition focuses on the…
Adriane Strampp in three art prizes
Adriane Strampp rounds off another successful year with her work included in another three art prize exhibitions. Gauze was shortlisted for the John Leslie Prize at Gippsland Art Gallery, First Light is in the Len Fox Painting Prize at Castlemaine…
Rachel Coad wins the $50,000 Black Swan Prize
Rachel Coad has been awarded the 2016 at the Art Gallery of Western Australia. Her winning portrait of fellow artist Waldemar Kolbusz was selected by a panel of judges including Angus Trumble, Thea Costanino and former Director of AGWA, Alan…
Jennifer Goodman edition
Jennifer Goodman has five editioned prints on paper in a small group exhibition at Stephen McLaughlin Gallery in the famed Nicholas Building in Melbourne’s CBD. This exhibition, thoughtfully curated by Stephen Wickham, includes works by Stephen and Jennifer, along with…
Lynda Draper a finalist in two art awards
Lynda Draper's porcelain work, Apparition, is a finalist in the 2016 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize. This is the seventh time Lynda has been shortlisted for this award since 2006. Lynda is also a finalist in the 30th Gold Coast International Art…
602: New Art Event in Melbourne
The void left by the recent collapse of Melbourne Art Fair prompted action from an alliance of leading art galleries resulting in a new art event in Melbourne in August, titled 602. The alliance of galleries from both Melbourne and…
OVERUNDERSIDEWAYSDOWN exhibition
A number of works by Lynda Draper are in the exhibition, OVERUNDERSIDEWAYSDOWN. Curated by Glenn Barkley, this exhibition explores “ceramic’s present currency within the art world and the reasons why it is of such interest to artists…. It collectively reenergises…
Kirstin Berg interview in Art Collector
An insightful interview with Kirstin Berg has been published by Art Collector magazine on their website. Read it here.
Denfair 2016
Gallerysmith is delighted to announce that we are exhibiting a selection of works by Jennifer Goodman, Martin King and Ian Friend at DENFAIR in Melbourne from June 2-4.
Martin King finalist in National Works on Paper Award
Martin King has been selected as a finalist in the 2016 National Works on Paper Award at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery. This biennial award exhibition was established in 1998 and this year’s judges include Kirsty Grant, Director of Heide Museum…
Adam Norton: The Daejeon Museum of Art Biennale 2016
Adam Norton has been selected for The Daejeon Museum of Art Biennale 2016 in South Korea in July. The theme of the biennale is COSMOS, and will include a number of works by Adam including Space Yurt which we exhibited…
Eric Bridgeman in Australian Exotica
Eric Bridgeman‘s work, Woman from Settlement with Boobs, is currently featured in an exhibition at Monash Gallery of Art titled Australian Exotica which showcases a range of photographic work that engage with the theme of exotic antipodes. “For many contemporary…
Jennifer Goodman: Bayside Art Award in Brighton.
Jennifer Goodman was once again shortlisted for the Bayside Art Award in Brighton.
Rachel Coad at Janet Holmes A Court Gallery
Janet Holmes a Court Gallery at Vasse Felix is hosting a solo exhibition of Rachel Coad which opens in June. Rachel will also be artist in residence at the gallery from June through to September. The exhibition will feature works…