Project Spaces
Current Exhibitions
May 2nd – 24th, 2025

FRANKY HOWELL | FORMLINE
April 27, 2025Franky Howell Formline May 2nd – 24th, 2025 FRANKY HOWELL FORMLINE Catalogue Franky Howell’s latest body of works, Formline build on his bold visual language explored in ‘Chromakrill’ at Five Walls Project space 2023. The works consist of a range of large, wooden multipaneled pieces, with the remnants of these becoming the starting point … Read More

IN PLAIN SIGHT | PETALIA HUMPHREYS | WILMA TABACCO | STEPHEN WICKHAM
April 23, 2025In Plain Sight Petalia Humphreys, Wilma Tabacco, and Stephen Wickham May 2nd – 24th, 2025 IN PLAIN SIGHT Catalogue Stephen Wickham and I have exchanged ideas, curated group exhibitions and exhibited together over so many years that neither of us wish to enumerate them. Petalia Humphreys’ works we have only recently and happily discovered. … Read More

ANNA FINLAYSON | UNTITLED
April 23, 2025Anna Finlayson Untitled May 2nd – 24th, 2025 ANNA FINLAYSON UNTITLED Catalogue For over three decades Anna Finlayson’s art practice has incorporated drawing, painting, wall and floor based sculptural forms and assemblages together with site-specific installation. Finlayson’s recent studio explorations have resulted in several new bodies of drawings as well as returning to her … Read More
PAST EXHIBITIONS & ARCHIVES

LOUISE BLYTON | MULOONING
April 4, 2025Louise Blyton Mulooning April 4th – 26th, 2025 LOUISE BLYTON MULOONING Catalogue Louise Blyton’s practice integrates method and meaning through a meticulous engagement with reductivist techniques. In her exhibition Muloooning, her handcrafted works occupy a nuanced space between painting and sculpture, where form, colour, and texture are considered with equal weight. Blyton constructs her pieces … Read More

ADRIAN CORKE | BEAUTY AND FOREBODING
April 4, 2025Adrian Corke Beauty and Foreboding April 4th – 26th, 2025 ADRIAN CORKE BEAUTY AND FOREBODING Catalogue Artists over centuries have faced the enduring struggle for representation against the flat canvas. It is this space itself — the world within — in which an artist frames their point of view for you, the viewer. Pensive … Read More

ON PAPER | ELISABETH BODEY & MARK WINGRAVE
April 4, 2025On Paper Elisabeth Bodey and Mark Wingrave April 4th – 26th, 2025 In recent times technology and digital platforms have inspired artists to reassess the physical nature of the papers they work on. Drawing, assemblage and collage have enabled the exploration and extension of Bodey’s and Wingrave’s drawing processes: for Wingrave, in language translation and … Read More

A THIRD SPACE | CATHY MUHLING & NANOU DUPUIS
March 7, 2025A Third Space Cathy Muhling & Nanou Dupuis March 7th – 29th, 2025 A Third Space is an exhibition by Cathy Muhling and Nanou Dupuis. It reflects on the artists conversing side by side but remaining true to their processes – exploring paint through layering and dissolving of paint Dupuis challenges the perception of … Read More

KATE STEWART | INTERMISSION
March 7, 2025Kate Stewart Intermission March 7 – 29th, 2025 Five Walls Gallery & Projects is thrilled to announce the launch of our inaugural RMIT Graduate Art Award, an award that celebrates excellence and innovation in painting, drawing, and sculpture among graduating students. We are pleased to congratulate Kate Stewart as the recipient of the 2025 Five Walls … Read More

DAVID WALLAGE | MATTER
January 25, 2025David Wallage Matter February 7th – March 1st, 2025 Peer out of an airplane at 30,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean and project the overlay of meridian, latitudinal and longitudinal, lines onto the incalculable body of water below. This is reminiscent of David Wallage’s recent body of work, ‘Matter’. There are no definable objects being … Read More

SAMUEL WOODMAN | SELF-REPLICATION
January 25, 2025Samuel Woodman Self-Replication February 7th – March 1st, 2025 Self-replication is a series fusing abstract diagrammatic iconography with the aesthetic judgement of watercolor. The series explores a specific longing which emerges from asking; Where did life come from? Why do we need to know? Is it not lonely? Drawing inspiration from chaos theory, speculative … Read More

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 presents twelve artists from Australia and Thailand … Read More

KATE HENDRY | FERMATA
November 15, 2024Kate Hendry Fermata November 15th – December 14th, 2024 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, producing a … Read More

FINN GOLDSTRAW | TEST PATTERN
November 15, 2024Finn Goldstraw Test Pattern November 15th – December 14th, 2024 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. Drawing from both unfinished … Read More

PETER BROOK | KALEIDOSCAPE
September 17, 2024Peter Brook Kaleidoscape October 4th – 26th, 2024 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 Australia and … Read More

STEVEN TONKIN | FOLDS
September 17, 2024Steven Tonkin Folds October 4th – 26th, 2024 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 design, posters, … Read More

LISA STONHAM | EVERYDAY WONDER
September 17, 2024Lisa Stonham Everyday Wonder October 4th – 26th, 2024 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, light and … Read More

ARIELLA FRIEND | FICTIONAL FLORA
September 17, 2024Ariella Friend Fictional Flora October 4th – 26th, 2024 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 such as … Read More

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
PROPOSALS
PROJECT SPACES 1, 2, 3, & 4
Applications to exhibit in our Project Spaces in 2025 are now open.
LIGHTBOXES
The Five Walls Lightboxes are now under the management of Arcade Projects. The current exhibition “Night Arcade – 64 Ways of Being” by Troy Innocent and Aaron Martin is supported by the Maribyrnong City Council, and continues to 2024. For more details please visit the Arcade Projects website.
ARCADE STUDIOS FOOTSCRAY
Five Walls studios are now known as Arcade Studios Footscray. Arcade Studios have 16 creative studios and are available for medium or long term rent for artists or other creatives. All studios are lockable with good lighting, NBN WiFi, and 24hour access.
To register your interest for any upcoming vacancies please contact arcadeprojectspace(at)gmail(dot)com.