holiday closure notice
Five Walls Gallery & Projects has concluded its 2024 exhibition program.
Thank you to all the artists and patrons for making 2024 an exceptional year. We look forward to sharing more incredible exhibitions with you in 2025.
Current Exhibition:
Sean Hogan
Nevermore
Nov 15th – Dec 14th, 2024
SEAN HOGAN | NEVERMORE
November 15, 2024Sean Hogan Nevermore November 15th – December 14th, 2024 SEAN HOGAN NEVERMORE Catalogue Nevermore continues my exploration of system theory and complexity science, which underpin the concepts of my artistic practice. By employing system-based processes and self-imposed structured sets of rules that utilise formal aesthetics such as geometry, colour theory, proportion, and materiality, these … Read More
Recent Exhibition:
The Portable Hole
Tom Loveday & Lisa Jones
October 4th – 26th, 2024
TOM LOVEDAY & LISA JONES | THE PORTABLE HOLE
September 21, 2024Tom Loveday Lisa Jones The Portable Hole October 4th – 26th, 2024 Tom Loveday & Lisa Jones The Portable Hole The Portable Hole, artists Tom Loveday and Lisa Jones explore the relationship between art, space, and perception through the concept of portals and thresholds. Inspired by the whimsical idea of “portable holes” from cartoons … Read More
Recent Exhibition:
DAVID PALLISER
FALLING SETS FORWARD
Aug 30th – Sep 21st, 2024
DAVID PALLISER | FALLING SETS FORWARD
August 14, 2024David Palliser Falling Sets Forward August 30th – September 21st, 2024 DAVID PALLISER Catalogue David Palliser is an artist based in Naarm,Melbourne. His work possesses an uncanny oscillation between sensations of abstraction and figuration. Driven by a particular sensitivity to colour and space, it is also informed by his long standing practice as an improvising … Read More
Offsite Exhibition:
SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY
Emma Langridge & Lachlan Stonehouse
September 5th – 8th, 2024
SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY | 2024
August 25, 2024Recent Exhibition:
Multiple Truths
Tim Johnson & David Sequiera
August 2nd – 24th, 2024
MULTIPLE TRUTHS | TIM JOHNSON & DAVID SEQUEIRA
August 2, 2024Multiple Truths Collaborations by Tim Johnson & David Sequeira August 2nd – 24th, 2024 Catalogue TIM JOHNSON & DAVID SEQUEIRA Although visually disparate, the imagery of Tim Johnson and David Sequeira reveals their shared interests in the relationship between art and the cosmos. Fusing their distinctive iconographies, their new suite of collaborative paintings, Multiple Truths … Read More
PROJECT SPACES
Current Exhibitions:
November 15th – December 14th, 2024
STRUCTURED VISIONS II
November 15, 2024STRUCTURED VISIONS II Daniel Argyle John Aslanidis Marieke Dench Louise Forthun Mit Jai Inn Emma Langridge Jane O’Neill Salvatore Panatteri Be Takerng Pattanopas Giles Ryder Alex Spremberg Jurek WybraniecCurated by Cathy Blanchflower with an essay by Kirsten Rann. November 15th – December 14th, 2024 Structured Visions II Catalogue Structured Visions II presents twelve artists from … Read More
KATE HENDRY | FERMATA
November 15, 2024Kate Hendry Fermata November 15th – December 14th, 2024 Kate Hendry FERMATA Fermata presents a series of artworks developed from my interest in symbols that direct us to pause, providing a space for interpretation and nuance. A fermata used within a symphony can direct an orchestra of hundreds to sustain a note or silence, … Read More
FINN GOLDSTRAW | TEST PATTERN
November 15, 2024Finn Goldstraw Test Pattern November 15th – December 14th, 2024 FINN GOLDSTRAW TEST PATTERN Catalogue Test Pattern takes its name from the visual calibration patterns once displayed on television screens between broadcasts. The exhibition features works created at various times, across different mediums, and with diverse intentions, all brought together through instinctive and playful curation. … Read More
PROJECT SPACES
Recent Exhibitions:
October 4th – 26th, 2024
PETER BROOK | KALEIDOSCAPE
September 17, 2024Peter Brook Kaleidoscape October 4th – 26th, 2024 PETER BROOK Catalogue This new body of work is a confluence of recent influences and challenges to my practice, including a January reread of Frank Stella’s mid 1980’s lecture compilation ‘Working Space’, in April observing the crystalline structures of iron meteorites in the Museum of Central … Read More
STEVEN TONKIN | FOLDS
September 17, 2024Steven Tonkin Folds October 4th – 26th, 2024 STEVEN TONKIN Catalogue In my artistic practice I draw a creative lineage from the radical experiments with the book form that characterised early 20th Century Modernism, specifically Constructivism and Bauhaus graphic design and typography. I also find inspiration in the intersections of geometric abstraction with graphic … Read More
LISA STONHAM | EVERYDAY WONDER
September 17, 2024Lisa Stonham Everyday Wonder October 4th – 26th, 2024 LISA STONHAM Catalogue Lisa Stonham is a multi-disciplinary artist whose practice is driven by photography, leading to the creation of two- and three-dimensional works that explore space, light, and time. Her work extends the boundaries of photography into physical space through experimentation with surface, volume, … Read More
ARIELLA FRIEND | FICTIONAL FLORA
September 17, 2024Ariella Friend Fictional Flora October 4th – 26th, 2024 ARIELLA FRIEND Catalogue This exhibition ‘Fictional Flora’ presents a new body of work in which Ariella Friend further explores her relationship to nature in a digital world. Researching the natural landscape of Footscray surrounding the gallery through online text based prompts and image searches, plants … Read More
PROJECT SPACES
Recent Exhibitions:
August 30th – September 21st, 2024
BIANCA DURRANT | THE COLLECTION
August 18, 2024Bianca Durrant The Collection August 30th – September 21st, 2024 Based on creative development during a GlogauAIR Berlin residency in 2024, The Collection continues the artist’s focus on how museum objects function, the politics of display and institutional ontologies. Using generative AI tools – that are trained on inherently biased content – as a … Read More
ANNA CAIONE | TEMPIETTO
August 18, 2024Anna Caione Tempietto August 30th – September 21st, 2024 In this exhibition, I am particularly interested in how the placement of artworks within a space influences the way one can engage and relate to them. This interplay between the artwork and its environment may encourage reflection on nature, culture the human condition, and … Read More
ANNELIES JAHN | DRAW TO FORM
August 18, 2024Annelies Jahn Drawn to Form August 30th – September 21st, 2024 ANNELIES JAHN Catalogue In my work I investigate ideas of space, relationship and temporality, as experienced through objects and place. The contingency of these perceptions is observed via the agency of measure to become the process of my art making. For me, all … Read More
MELANIE JAYNE SANCHO TAYLOR | ITEM LEVEL
August 18, 2024Melanie Jayne Sancho Taylor Item Level August 30th – September 21st, 2024 The catalogue is an essential tool for any archive, in making its contents findable and accessible. But how does one create the descriptions and metadata for photographic material that has endless manifestations, formal and narrative connections? Drawing on the evocative imagery from … Read More
FIVE WALLS STOCKROOM
Established in 2023, the Five Walls Stockroom presents a diverse collection of artworks by represented and affiliated artists, with carefully considered works from both local and international artists. Artwork undergoes a biannual rotation, ensuring that the available works are regularly updated. Complementing our ongoing exhibition program, the Five Walls Stockroom presents work with a distinct focus on Abstraction, Reductive, and Non-Objective art.
Stockroom Featured Artist:
Zhejun (Joyce) Huang
HYPHA_E CATALOGUE ESSAY
by Corinna Berndt
March, 2023
Last year, an article suggesting that fungi might communicate with each other using words went viral. British computer scientist, Andrew Adamatzki proposed that mushrooms have their own computational language, comprising of a vocabulary of approximately 50 words, which they transmit in the form of electrical signals via their interconnected mycelium networks……
ABSTRACTION ESSAY
by EMMA LANGRIDGE
February, 2023
In 1968, the National Gallery of Victoria opened its doors on its inaugural exhibition, The Field. This was a landmark event: a comprehensive survey of abstraction in Australia…….
PAST EXHIBITIONS & ARCHIVES
BIANCA DURRANT | THE COLLECTION
August 18, 2024Bianca Durrant The Collection August 30th – September 21st, 2024 Based on creative development during a GlogauAIR Berlin residency in 2024, The Collection continues the artist’s focus on how museum objects function, the politics of display and institutional ontologies. Using generative AI tools – that are trained on inherently biased content – as a … Read More
ANNA CAIONE | TEMPIETTO
August 18, 2024Anna Caione Tempietto August 30th – September 21st, 2024 In this exhibition, I am particularly interested in how the placement of artworks within a space influences the way one can engage and relate to them. This interplay between the artwork and its environment may encourage reflection on nature, culture the human condition, and … Read More
ANNELIES JAHN | DRAW TO FORM
August 18, 2024Annelies Jahn Drawn to Form August 30th – September 21st, 2024 ANNELIES JAHN Catalogue In my work I investigate ideas of space, relationship and temporality, as experienced through objects and place. The contingency of these perceptions is observed via the agency of measure to become the process of my art making. For me, all … Read More
MELANIE JAYNE SANCHO TAYLOR | ITEM LEVEL
August 18, 2024Melanie Jayne Sancho Taylor Item Level August 30th – September 21st, 2024 The catalogue is an essential tool for any archive, in making its contents findable and accessible. But how does one create the descriptions and metadata for photographic material that has endless manifestations, formal and narrative connections? Drawing on the evocative imagery from … Read More
THE ORANGE PATH | AC4CA
August 2, 2024AC4CA The Orange Path and Selected Works August 2nd – 24th, 2024 AC4CA Catalogue The Australian Centre for Concrete Art – Orange Path and Selected Works The AC4CA was founded in 2001 to ‘establish a national/international foundation which promotes artistic activities relating to the guiding principles of the international movement known as Concrete Art. The … Read More
PREVIEW | EMMA LANGRIDGE & LACHLAN STONEHOUSE
August 2, 2024PREVIEW EMMA LANGRIDGE & LACHLAN STONEHOUSE August 2nd – 24th, 2024 Opening this Friday is our Sydney Contemporary preview show, “Preview”. This exhibition presents an opportunity for a Melbourne audience to view the work of Emma Langridge and Lachlan Stonehouse before we make the long trek north in September. Emma Langridge Emma Langridge is a Melbourne-based … Read More
ELKE VARGA | ADAPTATIONS & RECONFIGURATIONS
August 2, 2024Elke Varga Adaptions and Reconfigurations August 2nd – 24th, 2024 Elke Varga is an artist who lives and works in Perth. Her practice explores ideas associated with colour, and includes painting, sculpture and artist books. Her work is influenced by art history, sociology, colour theory, colour science, colour-modelling systems and psychology. Adaptations and Reconfigurations … Read More
ANNA STEELE | REDACTED
June 24, 2024Anna Steele Redacted July 5 – 27th, 2024 This body of work is a translation of my experience of the urban landscape. Watching a city change and evolve over time presents us with a layered environment of past and present. In thinking about the transformation of a space, the constructed and deconstructed, I wanted … Read More
KERRIE WILSON MCCONCHIE | VAGUE GREY CLOUD
June 24, 2024Kerri Wilson McConchie Vague Grey Cloud July 5 – 27th, 2024 With a practice focusing on drawing, installation, video and projection, I create work addressing themes of instability and unknowing. Drawings and material fragments transform through digital processes and form the basis of animated choreographed sequences. Personal memory and aspects of the human condition … Read More
KENDAL HEYES | TIME AND THE OCEAN
June 24, 2024Kendal Heyes Time and the Ocean July 5 – 27th, 2024 This exhibition brings together three major works from a series of exhibitions called Time and the Ocean, held over four years at Articulate Project Space in Leichhardt, Sydney. This is the first time the three major works have been shown together. The work … Read More
WENDY KELLY | VARIATIONS: ONE PLUS ONE
June 24, 2024Wendy Kelly Variations: One Plus One July 5 – 27th, 2024 These works continue to explore the visual themes of abstraction and geometry through the immediacy of the linocut technique. Using twelve plates, either singularly or in a multiple over-printing format, these unique state prints develop a strong graphic geometrical quality of structure and … Read More
STEFANIE SCHULTE | CAREFULLY PLANNED INTUITION
May 21, 2024Stefanie Schulte Carefully Planned Intuition June 7th – 29th, 2024 Navigating between control and surprise, between rational planning and spontaneity, between colour theory and intuition, I try to explore a parallel to the idea of emotion and poetry shining through the almost mathematical approaches to music of baroque composers. I like to see my … Read More
GABRIEL COLE | LOVE LETTERS FROM PERUGINA
May 21, 2024Gabriel Cole Letters from Perugina June 7th – 29th, 2024 Love Letters from Perugina explores the relationship between the industrial component of spatial design and the quantitative spirit of human emotion. In his new body of work, Gabriel Cole seeks to distil passing moments of wisdom into physical objects. Through humour and poetic gesture, … Read More
DANNY JARRATT | TEMPORAL CRASH
May 21, 2024Danny Jarratt Temporal Crash June 7th – 29th, 2024 Temporal Crash explores the relationship between time, humans, and success. This research uses time travel to explores preconceived notions of time and how humans are policed by time. We have cultural timelines for almost any task we undertake. Aren’t you too old to be playing … Read More
DALE NASON | POSITION DESCRIPTION
May 21, 2024Dale Nason Position Description June 7th – 29th, 2024 Dale Nason presents artefacts from critical making processes exploring relief printing of fonts and other typographic gestures. Holding the position of teacher, student and technician simultaneously whilst rematerializing a place for graphic design learning, more-than-human discourses emerge problematizing his everyday workflow. Observing and participating in … Read More