ABSTRACTION 2026
May 8 – 30, 2026
Five Walls Gallery is pleased to present Abstraction 2026, a group exhibition bringing together twelve gallery and invited artists whose practices engage with abstraction and non-objective modes of working.
Presenting works by Kubota Fumikazu, Sean Hogan, Daniel Hollier, Franky Howell, Emma Langridge, Keisuke Matsuura, Sarah Robson, Britt Salt, Vivian Cooper Smith, Lachlan Stonehouse, Max Lawrence White, and Michael Vandorpe, the exhibition spans a range of material and conceptual approaches to abstraction, reflecting a cross-border dialogue between artists working across Australia, Europe, and Japan.
Rather than positioning abstraction as a fixed aesthetic, Abstraction 2026 considers it as an open and evolving field—one that moves between gesture and control, surface and depth, intuition and system. Across painting, object-based practices, and expanded material approaches, the works explore the capacity of abstraction to operate beyond representation while remaining grounded in process, perception, and spatial awareness.
Abstraction 2026 reflects the continued relevance of abstraction within contemporary practice, foregrounding its ability to be continually redefined through material, context, and intent.