fortyfivedownstairs hosts more than 80 exhibitions, performances and events every year. We have worked with many of Australia’s finest arts practitioners and have hosted countless memorable and noteworthy shows. Use the search function below to access information about our previous events.
Our online archive spans late 2009 – current, however the organisation has been running since 2002. For information on any events between 2002 and 2009 please contact our staff directly.
Past Exhibitions in 2026
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Exhibitions in 2018
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Exhibitions in 2015
8 – 19 December: India’s Disappearing Railways- A Photographic Journey, Angus McDonald
24 November – 5 December: The Haunting, Janice Gobey
10 November – 5 December: Look Up – Brave Up, Janno
27 October – 21 November: 9000 Vinyl Records, Stephen Williams
27 October – 8 November: Offtrack – On Site, Terry Swann
29 September -24 October: Canzone – Music as Storytelling, Angela Cavalieri
15 – 26 September: The Drawing Room, James Yuncken
15 – 26 September: Mr Modi’s Inheritance, March Chew
1 – 12 September: Go, said the bird, Courtney Jackson, Marcos Guzman, Inari Kiuru & Shaun Tan
18 – 29 August: Is This How You Feel?, Joe Duggan
18 – 29 August: Luna, Rodney Schaffer
1 – 15 August: Victorian Craft Award, 50 artists
7 – 25 July: Lacuna, Michael Pearce
7 – 25 July: Epiphany, Theo Papathomas & Helen Andrade
23 June – 4 July: Solstice – of darkness and light, Aurelia Yeomans, Inari Kiuru & Naoko Inuzuka
2 – 20 June: Bone Idol, Chris Orr
2 – 20 June: The Printed Painting, Gavin Brown
12 – 30 May: Flight from Silence, Lisa Sewards & Anna Taylor
21 April – 9 May: Cut, Steph Bolt
31 March – 18 April: greyscale spectrum, George Papadimas
31 March – 18 April: Palya, PALYA Art Group of 25 Indigenous artists
10 – 28 March: Tooborac Rocks, Chris Humphries
10 – 28 March: Recent Painting, Richard Besley
17 February – 7 March: Secrets and Shadows, Mel Kerr
17 February – 7 March: Nevada, David Hurst
3 February – 14 February: 5, Cathy Drummond, Bill Hay, Kristin Headlam, Philip Faulks & Richard Stringer
28 January – 14 February: The Fifth Wall, Julia Boros
19 – 31 January: Kalabaw, Kaff-eine
Exhibitions in 2014
9 – 20 December: Walls – Internal and External, Ian Howard presented by Watters Gallery
9-20 December: Hallucinatory Anthropomorphism, Chris O’Doherty (aka) Reg Mombassa presented by Watters Gallery
25 November – 6 December: Out of the Ordinary, Penelope Metcalf
25 November – 6 December: Eastern Arrernte Art, Keringke Arts
11 – 22 November: in/animate, Louisa Ennis-Thomas
11 – 22 November: NORTH excerps and essags, Julie Poulsen
28 October – 8 November: PILBARA, Geoffrey Falk
28 October – 8 November: First Dog on the Moon
14 – 25 October: Ground Form, Dayne Trower
14 – 25 October: Weather, Jo Daniell
17 September – 11 October: Pollen, Ivana Perkins
17 September – 11 October: The Decorated Shelf, Kate Durham
2 – 13 September: Imperfect and Pervasive, Catherine Hull Sinclair, Robyn Rich & Terry Barclay
2 – 13 September: Places Nearby, James Yunken
5 – 16 August: North South East West, Ricardo Idagi , Vicki West, Maree Clarke, Phyllis Thomas & Peggy Patrick presented by Vivien Anderson Gallery
22 July – 2 August: Sea & Sky, Michael Prideaux
22 July – 2 August: HUG, David Frazer
8 – 19 July: Non/sense (or ‘when words fail.’), Paul Blackman
8 – 19 July: A Life Beyond Waiting, partnered by Transplant Australia
24 June – 5 July: Of the Land, Abby Storey
24 June – 5 July: Travelling, Josephine Do
10 – 21 June: The Daylesford Landscapes, Allan Wolf-Tasker
27 May – 7 June: Hybrid, Emma Davies
27 May – 7 June: Still Life Paintings & Commissions, Christopher Beaumont (Artist in Residence 2014)
13 – 24 May: Burma Untold, Dario Pignatelli, Katsuo Takahashi, Tammy Law & Gaye Paterson
13 – 24 May: Confluence, Geoffrey Bartlett & Rhonda Baum
29 April – 10 May: Sculpture in Wood, Christopher Hazzard
29 April – 10 May: Maternus, Anika Lister, Annie van Limbeek, Bonnita Gillard, Debbie Robinson, Katie Young, Kirsty Gorter, Mina Young & Sarah Gosling
8 – 26 April: Entanglement, Danielle McCarthy
8 – 26 April: Indigenous Masterpieces, presented by Brigitte Braun
25 March – 5 April: New Paintings, John Cullinane- presented by Brigitte Braun
25 March – 5 April: A Selection of works by Wolfgang Sievers, Wolfgang Sievers- presented by Liberty Victoria
11 – 22 March: Royal Park- The Last Summer, David Tatnall
25 February – 8 March: Then, Now and Everything Inbetween, Robert Lee Davis
25 February – 8 March: Florid, Olga Cironis, Thea Costantino, Mel Dare, Eva Fernandez, Susan Flavell, Ryan Nazzari, Clare McFarlane & Andrew Nicholls
11 – 22 February: Ill-fitted, Georgia MacGuire
11 – 22 February: Women in Design, Design Institute of Australia
28 January – 8 February: Katabasis, Matto Lucas
28 January – 8 February: embodied, Tassia Joannides, Suse Scholem, Rachel Timmins & Selina Woulfe