These botanical hand dyed textiles provoke viewers to think about the imaginary and discursive places we inhabit in relationship to other people: shared spaces, contested spaces, collaborative spaces and boundaries and walls that divide us.
A new series of large scale paintings exploring the links between the artist's past and present.
TOO-ROO-DUN has brought together Victorian Aboriginal communities to create an immersive and imagined exhibition celebrating the Bunyip.
fortyfivedownstairs and Future Leaders present the fourth annual Emerging Artist Award 2018.
The Light Collective presents an exhibition of photographic works interpreting the deeply captivating and somewhat mystical landscape that is Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre.
Constant Companions explores concepts of dysfunctional attachment, heredity, trauma and healing; both in relation to the artist and her family, and as a unifying thread running through humanity.
The first solo exhibition of an architect/artist exploring the materiality of line and colour in painting.
A series of paintings capturing the Australian landscape, exposed to the elements, in a rapidly changing environment.
An exhibition of Melbourne cityscapes by Arthur Ted Powell
An exhibition of glass portraits depicting the diversity of the artist's community.
A Small Gathering brings together a series of artworks from Studio Gallery Melbourne.
An exhibition of photography commenting on how convenience, industrialisation and modern materials are impacting the natural world.
A series of large scale paintings finding figuration through means of abstraction.
A new series of work as part of Melbourne Design Week exploring cultural heritage and traditional textiles as the inspiration to create new performative and cultural connections with the medium.
As part of an artist residency at fortyfivedownstairs, Robyn Rich will present an exhibition of paintings that explore life through the eyes of the artist.
An exhibition of sculpture, drawing and prints commenting on issues affecting our lives, war, the environment and the higher being.
A new body of work connecting the materiality of prints and the fluidity of paintings with imagery emphasizing illusory maritime parachutes.
An extension of the research undertaken for Jan Donaldson's PhD project exploring the doll/puppet as a cultural icon and artifact.
An exhibition exploring the minutiae of landscape replicated in the aerial view, documenting the exquisite mirroring of detail, pattern and line. Both a celebration of our earth and it’s incredible
beauty, and a call to action to save it.
A series of paintings and sculpture traversing the liminal states of being and exploring the ever-changing states of the human condition.
An exploration in the subtleties of physical expression through body language, attitude and sartorial choices.
A collection of of mixed media artworks and prints inspired by childhood memories.
A body of work centred around personal experiences and struggles, exploring the artist's deepest responses to the world around her.
The series of work in LIMINAL derives from Liza McCosh’s direct engagement with the natural environment.
The Art of Conversation presents a colloquial and visual dialogue around the arts, community, collectivity and what it’s like to be young.
This series of visceral contemporary watercolours capture in vivid abstraction the essence of Australia’s ancient and unspoilt landscapes.
A Decade of Dance celebrates ten years of artwork inspired by dance companies from New York to The Australian Ballet by Debra Luccio.
Nili Kotoka is an attempt to understand how despite the most desperate circumstances, community is fundamental, music permeates all aspects of life and above all, education is cherished.
An exhibition of watercolours documenting the effects of climate change along Melbourne coastlines.
Convenire is an exhibition of sculpture, photography and works on paper by three renowned Melbourne artists.
An exhibition of 45 artists at fortyfivedownstairs to celebrate our fifteenth birthday!
David Frazer teams up with Australian song-writing legend Don Walker to create his latest handmade book collaboration of traditional wood block prints.
The purse-sized gouache miniature portraits of Queen Elizabeth I are a meditation on regaining authorship of one’s own story.
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After a four-month residency at fortyfivedownstairs, Rehgan De Mather presents an exhibition inspired by his travels through Mexico and South America.
Wet Feet expresses the artist's dismay at the way in which we are ignoring the effects of climate change on others.