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Group Exhibition – North QLD First Nations artists
UMBRELLA STUDIO IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED TO PROTECT STAFF AND VISITORS WHILE COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS ARE IN PLACE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT WHEN WE REOPEN. IN THE MEANTIME, VIEW OUR DIGITAL EXHIBITION EXPERIENCES AND ENGAGE WITH OUR UPCOMING ONLINE PROGRAMS. Umbrella Studio now has a dedicated exhibition space for North Queensland First Nations artists. While some exhibitions will be guest curated or feature solo exhibitions by artists from this region, other exhibitions will feature prints, objects and works held in stock from…
Find out more »Neil Binnie – Urban Construct
Umbrella is responding to government restrictions for gatherings at this time and visitors must comply with our COVID-19 Safety Plan. Please confirm your attendance for the Exhibition Launch 6pm Friday 10 July 2020. Please also join our eNews or follow our social media for updates. Urban Construct is an investigation into visualising space as lived experience within Townsville’s evolving urban landscape. Traversing the city as a pedestrian allows for a sensory and spatial experience. It encourages listening to the sounds of human activity,…
Find out more »Stephen Coutts – Pareidolia and the Subconscious
Umbrella is responding to government restrictions for gatherings at this time and visitors must comply with our COVID-19 Safety Plan. Please confirm your attendance for the Exhibition Launch 6pm Friday 10 July 2020. Please also join our eNews or follow our social media for updates. Stephen Coutts’ exhibition explores the link between ‘pareidolia,’ a phenomenon where the mind responds to a stimulus by seeing familiar forms where none exist, and the subconscious. The resultant works include drawings, prints and sculptures which invite subjective…
Find out more »Katya Venter – Insiders
Umbrella is responding to government restrictions for gatherings at this time and visitors must comply with our COVID-19 Safety Plan. Please confirm your attendance for the Exhibition Launch 6pm Friday 10 July 2020. Please also join our eNews or follow our social media for updates. Insiders is a site-specific interactive video installation that reflects on the curious time of pandemic and sudden self-isolation at home, which, simultaneously became a place of safety and confinement. Katya Venter uses references to pop culture to map…
Find out more »Hidden Marks – Nigel Matejcic
Umbrella is responding to government restrictions for gatherings at this time and visitors must comply with our COVID-19 Safety Plan. Please confirm your attendance for the Exhibition Launch 6pm Friday 10 July 2020. Please also join our eNews or follow our social media for updates. The hidden room in Umbrella’s new building is open, and Nigel Matejcic's live-streaming site-specific Creative Sparks project Hidden Marks can now be viewed in person at Umbrella. Please note there is limited accessibility for this exhibition, as there is only one…
Find out more »Always Was, Always Will Be – First Nations Artists Group Exhibition
Umbrella is responding to government restrictions for gatherings at this time and visitors must comply with our COVID-19 Safety Plan. Please confirm your attendance for the Exhibition Launch 6pm Friday 10 July 2020. Please also join our eNews or follow our social media for updates. This exhibition features works by First Nations artists Arone Meeks, Susan Peters and Yunbii (John Phillips) exploring and celebrating Country. Exhibitions also on display 27 June - 9 August: Urban Construct (Neil Binnie) | Pareidolia & the Subconscious (Stephen Coutts) Creative…
Find out more »Jenny Mulcahy – Liminal Space
Umbrella is responding to government restrictions for gatherings at this time and visitors must comply with our COVID-19 Safety Plan. Umbrella's updated opening hours from Sunday 9 August 2020: Tues-Fri 9am-5pm | Sat-Sun 9am-1pm | Gallery closed Mondays, public holidays and during exhibition install weeks | Shop open during gallery open hours and Tues-Thurs of install weeks. Follow our social media for updates. Our world is in the midst of a mass extinction of life with scientists estimating we lose 150-200 species of plant, insect, bird and mammal…
Find out more »Sonia Ward – Semiotics of the Bathroom
Umbrella is responding to government restrictions for gatherings at this time and visitors must comply with our COVID-19 Safety Plan. Umbrella's updated opening hours from Sunday 9 August 2020: Tues-Fri 9am-5pm | Sat-Sun 9am-1pm | Gallery closed Mondays, public holidays and during exhibition install weeks | Shop open during gallery open hours and Tues-Thurs of install weeks. Follow our social media for updates. Sonia Ward's video work Semiotics of the Bathroom subverts and contemporises Martha Rosler's seminal Semiotics of the Kitchen with an iPhone selfie-style performance. The work is influenced by…
Find out more »Susan Peters – Ngumban
Umbrella is responding to government restrictions for gatherings at this time and visitors must comply with our COVID-19 Safety Plan. Umbrella's updated opening hours from Sunday 9 August 2020: Tues-Fri 9am-5pm | Sat-Sun 9am-1pm | Gallery closed Mondays, public holidays and during exhibition install weeks | Shop open during gallery open hours and Tues-Thurs of install weeks. Follow our social media for updates. Susan Nampitjin Peters' latest body of work features experimental works engaging with the materiality of hessian, plant matter, ochres and her lore and culture. The title Ngumban is…
Find out more »Tony Lamont – Our Internal Shadows
Umbrella is responding to government restrictions for gatherings at this time and visitors must comply with our COVID-19 Safety Plan. Umbrella's updated opening hours from Sunday 9 August 2020: Tues-Fri 9am-5pm | Sat-Sun 9am-1pm | Gallery closed Mondays, public holidays and during exhibition install weeks | Shop open during gallery open hours and Tues-Thurs of install weeks. Follow our social media for updates. Tony Lamont’s highly saturated digital prints recontextualise elements from black and white chest X-rays. The digital image processes are cathartic to the artist, relieving stressful…
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