PJ HICKMAN | ADD TO CART
PJ Hickman Add To Cart May 2nd – 24th, 2025 ADD TO CART is an ironic commentary on the way the internet has affected aesthetics and the commodification of art and design. In the exhibition, PJ Hickman continues to pursue an increasingly reductive aesthetic and conceptual approach, using a playfully sophisticated blend of … Read More
IAN WELLS | BLOCKED
Ian Wells Blocked April 4th – 26th, 2025 IAN WELLS BLOCKED CATALOGUE Each new work in Ian Wells’ latest exhibition continues his formal exploration of composition, surface, colour, and line. Opacity, interruption, and irregular colour remain key tools of investigation. The physical scale has expanded, and new techniques have been introduced—not in response to … Read More
MINIMAL \ REDUCTIVE
Minimal \ Reductive curated by Aaron Martin February 7th – March 1st, 2025 (1st edition)March 7th – 29th, 2025 (2nd edition)MINIMAL REDUCTIVE Catalogue MINIMAL REDUCTIVE cont. Catalogue Minimal \ Reductive is part of a larger series of Minimal exhibitions initiated by Art Collector and JAHM Director Charles Justin, planned for 2025—including exhibitions at the … Read More
MELBOURNE ART FAIR | LACHLAN STONEHOUSE
Melbourne Art Fair Lachlan Stonehouse Booth L2 February 20-23rd, 2025 Five Walls Gallery is thrilled to announce our participation in the Melbourne Art Fair from February 20–23, 2025. For our second entry, we will present a solo exhibition by Melbourne-based, Tasmanian-born artist Lachlan Stonehouse. If you are attending the MAF we invite you to visit … Read More
FRANKY HOWELL | FORMLINE
Franky Howell Formline May 2nd – 24th, 2025 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 of the sculptural pieces, … Read More
IN PLAIN SIGHT | PETALIA HUMPHREYS | WILMA TABACCO | STEPHEN WICKHAM
In Plain Sight Petalia Humphreys, Wilma Tabacco, and Stephen Wickham May 2nd – 24th, 2025 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. Obviously, each of us … Read More
ANNA FINLAYSON | UNTITLED
Anna Finlayson Untitled May 2nd – 24th, 2025 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 roots as a painter … Read More
SEAN HOGAN | NEVERMORE
Sean Hogan Nevermore November 15th – December 14th, 2024 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 works interrogate the … Read More
MULTIPLE TRUTHS | TIM JOHNSON & DAVID SEQUEIRA
Multiple Truths Collaborations by Tim Johnson & David Sequeira August 2nd – 24th, 2024 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 points towards an interconnectedness of … Read More
LOUISE BLYTON | MULOONING
Louise 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
Adrian 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
On 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
A 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
Kate 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
David 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
Samuel 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
STRUCTURED 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
Kate 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
Finn 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
Peter 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
Steven 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
Lisa 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
Ariella 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
Bianca 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