What's On at John Curtin Gallery

Next year our 2025 exhibitions kick off with our PERTH FESTIVAL program featuring: ‘Burndud Ground’ by Alice Guiness & ‘Doba Nation’ by Mai Nguyễn-Long

7 Feb – 17 Apr 2025

Opening event 6 Feb – subscribe to our mailing list to get all the upcoming details. www.curtin.edu.au/jcg or LINK in BIO

‘Burndud Ground’ is a major commission by @perthfest and @juluwarluartgroup and is part of the Boorloo Contemporary Program in partnership with @wesfarmersarts

‘Dobo Nation’ is presented with @perthfest @mainguyenlong @michaelreidsydney

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1) Alice Guiness, F, 2024, acrylic on canvas, 75 x 80 cm. Image courtesy the artist and Juluwarlu Art Group.
2) Alice Guiness in the studio. Photo by Marnie Richardson
3) Mai Nguyễn-Long, Doba (with arms), 2023, smooth terracotta fired to 1120, 23.5 x 27 x 21 cm. Photo by Jonathan Cohen, courtesy of the artist and Michael Reid Sydney + Berlin.
4) Mai Nguyễn-Long alongside the installation of Vomit Girl, Michael Reid, Sydney. Photo by Jodie Barker.

Last Days!! Closes Sunday 15 Dec.

John Stringer Prize: 10 Year Retrospective

Merrick Belyea
Jacobus Capone
Jacky Cheng
Alistair Rowe
Erin Coates
Jarrad Martyn
Bjoern Rainer-Adamson
Susan Roux
Stewart Scambler
Brendan Van Hek

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📸 Installation images, John Curtin Gallery, 2024.
@js_prize
@merrickbelyea @jacobus_capone @jackychengart @coates_erin @jarradmartyn @bjoernraineradamson @susanrouxart #alistairrowe #stewartscambler #brendanvanhek
@artcollectivewa @moorecontemporary @stalacontemporary
#studiopractice #collectorsclubperth #johnstringer #johnstringerprize2024

Last days!! Closes Sunday 15 Dec.

Brett Whiteley: In the Studio

Free admission.

Brett Whiteley: In the Studio is an @artgalleryofnsw and the @brettwhiteleystudio touring exhibition. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Visions of Australia program

#BrettWhiteley #perthart #inthestudio #agnsw #artexhibitionperth

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Brett Whiteley: In the Studio installation views at the John Curtin Gallery, 2024

Last Days!! Closes Sunday 15 Dec.

AIDA TOMESCU: in the midst of happening

Find the exhibition essay here: https://issuu.com/johncurtngallery/docs/jcg_aida_tomescu_foldup_web or LINK in BIO.

#aidatomescu #inthemidstofhappening #studiopractice
@aida_tomescu @flowersgallery @foxjensengallery

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Aida Tomescu, Diacritical (detail), 2012, oil and mixed media on linen.
Curtin University Art Collection. Donated through the Australian Government`s Cultural Gifts Program by Aida Tomescu, 2024. Courtesy of the artist and Fox Jensen Gallery. Photo: Jenni Carter
Installation photos, John Curtin Gallery, 2024.

✨ The JCG is proud to announce `The Strelley Mob` regional touring exhibition with Art on the Move 2025-27.
First stop Courthouse Gallery + Studio November 2025.

Earlier this year the we hosted a profound exhibition `The Strelley Mob` with Darren Jorgensen (curator), Barbara and Sharon Hale (curator and language holders), Vladimir Todorović (lead animator) and supported by: Nomads Charitable and Educational Foundation, The Australian Research Council, Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre, University of Western Australian School of Design

The Strelley Mob are the descendants of the Pilbara pastoral workers who went on strike in 1946 and went on to run their own mines and stations. The stories of the Strelley Mob – of hunting, pearl shell gathering, mining and organising themselves against a hostile government – were written and illustrated by elders for their children when they opened their own school. These original story books are jewels of Pilbara history, artefacts of a creative community making their own art and literature after generations of struggle. Their drawings, including some the first known art by Nyapuru (William) Gardiner, are here newly animated and projected alongside paintings and artefacts that bring the history of the Strelley Mob to life.
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Congratulations to the other touring exhibitions 👏
- `Underneath / Overlooked` by Penny Bovell and Gabby Howlett
- `Ngaluk Waangkiny` developed by Community Arts Network
- `Sick AF` a group exhibition curated by Amanda Alderson
- `Exquisite Bodies` by Bruno Booth and Lilly Blue
- `The Ronald Courtney Institute` by Jessee Lee Johns
- `Silence Listening` curated by Ron Bradfield Jnr

👉 Check out the Art on the Move website for the full program: artonthemove.art
@artonthe_move @deptlgsc
#ArtOnTheMove #RegionalExhibitionTouringBoost

@curtinuniversity @curtin.humanities @arc_govau @wangkamaya @uwafinearts.and.historyofart @uwa_design #NomadsCharitableandEducationalFoundation #thestrelleymob @universityartmuseumsaustralia

Stewart Scambler
Source, 2024
ceramic, 188.5 x 141 cm

Source is a material response to the travels Scambler has made through the land surrounding Yandanyirra (The Fortescue River). Across his journey, Scambler collects materials such as brick clay, iron ore fines, dust collected on his vehicle and ochres gifted to him by a Yindjibarndi Elder. These materials combine to produce the distinctive surface colour. In this work Scambler explores his interest in the land as home and driver of cultural identity, along with the sun as an energetic force that brings both life and death. He embraces the uncertainty of using local unrefined materials in his works, taking the unexpected results as final in this large ceramic form.

25 Oct – 15 Dec 2024
This 10 Year Retrospective of the John Stringer Prize is celebrated with an exhibition of new works by past winners, each influenced by studio visits and patronage from the Collectors Club and highlights a distinctive and eclectic representation of West Australian artistic practice.

Winner 2023
#stewartscambler

@js_prize #collectorsclubperth
Supported by @lendlease and #thenavigatorscircle

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Portrait image by Ezra Alcantra

Brendan Van Hek
Minimal dirt (JCG), 2024

A small marble slab rests on the gallery floor in front of a larger dirt rectangle rubbed onto the wall, as if mirroring or mimicking it. The charged space between the two is in constant flux, never settling, inviting viewers to continuously question their relationship. Through contrasting material qualities—marble`s permanence and dirt`s impermanence—the piece challenges conventional ideas of value and hierarchy. The tension between these elements blurs the boundaries between what is considered lasting or valuable, pushing us to reconsider our assumptions about material importance and the dynamic interactions between objects in space.

25 Oct – 15 Dec 2024
This 10 Year Retrospective of the John Stringer Prize is celebrated with an exhibition of new works by past winners, each influenced by studio visits and patronage from the Collectors Club and highlights a distinctive and eclectic representation of West Australian artistic practice.

Inaugural Winner 2011
#brendanvanhek

@js_prize #collectorsclubperth @curtinalumni
Supported by @lendlease and #thenavigatorscircle

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Portrait image by Ezra Alcantra

🎧 JCG Curator Lia McKnight recently joined Maxxi May on Artbeat to talk about 2 of our current exhibitions now on.

If you didn`t get a chance to hear it live or you would like to listen again - just follow the 🔗 link in our bio or find at https://rtrfm.com.au/story/whats-on-at-john-curtin-gallery/

Catch RTR`s Artbeat on FRIDAYS 9AM-12PM @rtrfm 🙏 @maxximay @lia_mcknight

DON’T MISS OUT! Only a few weeks left before `Brett Whiteley: In the Studio` closes and this comprehensive collection of artworks heads back over east.

On until 15 December.
Mon - Fri 11am-5pm, Sun 12-4pm
Free admission.

Brett Whiteley: In the Studio is an @artgalleryofnsw and the @brettwhiteleystudio touring exhibition. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Visions of Australia program

#BrettWhiteley #perthart #inthestudio #agnsw #artexhibitionperth

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Brett Whiteley: In the Studio installation views at the John Curtin Gallery, 2024

Jarrad Martyn
Curiosity, 2024
oil on linen, 41 x 31 cm
Endurance, 2024
oil on canvas, 160 x 149 cm
Sojourner, 2024
oil on linen, 37 x 31 cm
Represented by Stala Contemporary

Jarrad Martyn’s practice is centred on investigating the changing legacy of history and the archive over time. These works respond to his father’s photo archive created while working in Antarctica in 1985. Martyn collages archive and personal material to create abstractions that reflect on the preservation and recollection of both personal and collective memory. His use of digital and analogue technologies including painting and photography work together to distort and re-present history along with commonly held beliefs. These works call for new conversations about collective memory, the fallible human experience, and Martyn’s interest in the human impact on the environment.

25 Oct – 15 Dec 2024
This 10 Year Retrospective of the John Stringer Prize is celebrated with an exhibition of new works by past winners, each influenced by studio visits and patronage from the Collectors Club and highlights a distinctive and eclectic representation of West Australian artistic practice.

Winner 2018
@jarradmartyn @stalacontemporary

@js_prize #collectorsclubperth @curtinalumni
Supported by @lendlease and #thenavigatorscircle

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Portrait image by Ezra Alcantra