Past Exhibitions - Emerge Art Space

Wed 03 Apr - Wed 08 May 2013 'Subject Matters' - Ben Sherar

In a continuing exploration of light and dark, local artist Ben Sherar will showcase a new series of moody and intriguing domestic still life paintings with a twist.

‘Subject Matters’ will be Ben’s third solo exhibition.

Wed 27 Feb - Sat 23 Mar 2013 'Ngaaditj Boodja (Salt Country)' - Lindsay Harris

This is both the ninth solo exhibition by Noongar artist Lindsay Harris and the first exhibition at our new gallery location 827 Beaufort St (cnr Sixth Ave) Inglewood. The focus of this haunting new body of work is the legacy of devestation that clearing of the land and its subsequent salt encroachment has had on Lindsay's land in and around the wheatbelt town of Kwolyin.

Wed 12 Dec - Fri 21 Dec 2012 The Affordable/Collectable Lockhart River Show 2012

Group exhibition featuring Silas Hobson, Adrian King, Irene Namok, Josiah Omeenyo and Patrick Butcher.

Wed 14 Nov - Fri 07 Dec 2012 'Creatures GREAT and small' - Sharon Dawes

Wed 17 Oct - Fri 02 Nov 2012 'In My Cupboard' - Anne Walmsley and 'Luminosity' - Alana McVeigh

Wed 22 Aug - Fri 28 Sep 2012 'The Passage South' - Ayad Alqaragholli

Wed 25 Jul - Wed 15 Aug 2012 'Transmute'- Kathryn Haug

Kathryn Haug’s important third solo at emerge continues her unique use of paint to portray the familiar in new and unfamiliar ways. This new exhibition will feature both her signature portrait studies and her quietly powerful rural landscapes. **Works are available for sale now.**

Wed 13 Jun - Tue 03 Jul 2012 'cream 4: Hide and Seek'- Emily ten Raa

Emily ten Raa is the joint 2011 winner of our annual 'cream Art Award'. This 'cream 4: Hide and Seek' exhibition will be her first solo exhibition of oil paintings and is a 'must-see' show!

Thu 17 May - Sat 02 Jun 2012 'Half Follies' - Pierre Capponi

This is Pierre Capponi's important third solo exhibition featuring his signature distinctive pressed tin sculptures.

Tue 24 Apr - Sat 12 May 2012 'cream 4'- Dominique

This year, for the first time emerge ART SPACE is awarding a dual 'cream Art Award' to two separate winners. The award goes jointly to Emily ten Raa, a 2011 Visual Arts graduate of Edith Cowan University, Mt Lawley and Dominique, a 2011 Visual Arts graduate of Polytechnic West in Midland. Both artists are to be congratulated and will hold separate solo exhibitions at emerge ART SPACE in 2012.

Wed 21 Mar - Wed 11 Apr 2012 'Ngayu Kulmin Kunthakuntha (I return strong)' - Silas Hobson

An exhibition of new works by Silas Hobson, one of the original 'Lockhart River Art Gang' members from the acclaimed indigenous art community in far Northern QLD. The ever popular Silas has not exhibited for several years so we are delighted to be the only gallery in Australia with these flamboyant and dramatic new paintings.

Wed 07 Mar - Sat 17 Mar 2012 '4G Four Generations' (Photography Exhibition) - Richard Barry

emerge ART SPACE is delighted to be showing '4G Four Generations', a new photographic exhibition by Richard Barry.

Tue 06 Dec - Fri 16 Dec 2011 'Directors' Cut' - Group Exhibition

An engaging selection of new and stockroom works including paintings, sculpture, ceramics, glass and jewellery from a selection of emerge's represented artists including Pierre Capponi, Di Cubitt, Sharon Dawes, Estelle Dean, Dianne Gall, Kathryn Haug, Lindsay Harris, Thomas Heidt, Gigi Hesterman, Alana McVeigh, Ben Sherar, Felicity Sivewright, David Small, Catherine Swioklo and jewellery designer Charlotte Sykora.

Wed 09 Nov - Fri 02 Dec 2011 'Celestial Animal' - Sharon Dawes

Celestial Animal will be the fourth solo exhibition by Sharon Dawes, whose beautifully rendered paintings of animals continue to be highly sought after.

Sun 09 Oct - Fri 04 Nov 2011 'If not for the dawn' - Ben Sherar

Ben Sherar’s second solo exhibition at emerge continues his moody and evocative oil paintings examining the Perth urban inner-city nightscape and the shadowy ambiguity of alleyways, car parks and the concrete underbelly of the city after dark. This is another powerful show with Ben’s signature intrinsic light permeating and illuminating these new works.

Wed 14 Sep - Fri 30 Sep 2011 'Shaping the Land' - David Small and 'Odyssey' - Catherine Swioklo

This is the joint solo exhibitions of David Small and Catherine Swioklo.

Wed 24 Aug - Fri 09 Sep 2011 'Entropy: Pierre & Piero' - Anna Sabadini

In this exhibition of new works Anna Sabadini creates exquisite oil paintings exploring her ongoing interest in romantic and classical themes in painting.

Wed 27 Jul - Fri 12 Aug 2011 'Umi - You an Me together' - Susie Pascoe , Irene Namok & Elizabeth 'Queenie' Giblet (Lockhart River Art Community QLD)

Sue, Irene & ‘Queenie’ are considered as the premier senior female indigenous artists to be producing work from the acclaimed Lockhart River Art Community Qld.

Wed 01 Jun - Fri 17 Jun 2011 'Time Slot' - Thomas Heidt

Time Slot’ is Thomas Heidt’s second solo exhibition following on from his acclaimed first show ‘cream 1’ in 2008, an exhibition prize awarded annually by emerge ART SPACE to an outstanding tertiary arts graduate.

Wed 11 May - Fri 27 May 2011 'Boodja Yaaragut (Earth on Top)'- Lindsay Harris

This exhibition follows on from Lindsay’s selection in the upcoming National Indigenous Art Triennial 2012 at the National Gallery of Australia. This prestigious exhibition showcases those artists who have been selected as the top 20 indigenous artists in Australia. ‘Boodja Yaaragut (Earth on Top)‘ will be Lindsay’s sixth solo exhibition of his signature powerful resin and pigment paintings on hemp depicting his country Kwolyin and the stories of his Noongar people. His work is becoming increasingly sought after and as such significant works have recently been acquired by private collectors in New York, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Canada and extensively across Australia. A not–to-be missed exhibition!

Wed 30 Mar - Fri 15 Apr 2011 'Come the Night' - Dianne Gall

emerge is delighted to be showing acclaimed South Australian artist Dianne Gall’s solo exhibition of paintings 'Come the night'. Dianne has been exhibiting extensively in Australia since 1985 and will be exhibiting in Hamilton, Canada this October. This new body of work continues her exploration of ‘Film Noir’ inspired paintings that ‘are a snapshot of being human, a voyeuristic representation of the journey we must take through life'.

Wed 09 Mar - Fri 25 Mar 2011 'Transience' - Di Cubitt

Continuing with her interest in the natural environment, Di Cubitt has drawn on a place close to home for the inspiration for her second solo exhibition. Having moved for the first time to a house with a large garden, these paintings are a celebration of the discoveries and unexpected surprises found within the many life cycles and seasonal changes in that space, the anticipation of new growth and the beauty that can be found in death and decay.

Wed 09 Feb - Fri 25 Feb 2011 'Grasp'- Kathryn Haug

This is Kathryn Haug's stunning second solo exhibition and her new work continues an exploration of the paint medium and the manipulation of paint. The work focuses on the materiality of paint - the way it looks, feels and behaves - as well as investigating the act of making a representation of something directly from life; where observation, correction, repetition, and passing time come into play.

Tue 30 Nov - Sat 11 Dec 2010 'The Affordable/Collectable Lockhart River Show 2010'

The second in our annual series of 'Affordable/Collectable' Group exhibitions from the highly acclaimed Lockhart River Art Community. Featured will be dynamic new works by the currently highly sought after Patrick Butcher , Cheryl Accoom , 'Old Girls' Susie Pascoe , Doris Platt & Elizabeth 'Queenie' Giblet , Irene Namok and Fiona Omeenyo and Josiah Omeenyo.

Wed 10 Nov - Fri 26 Nov 2010 'Reconfigured' - A group exhibition of figurative paintings.

Introducing three new artists - acclaimed South Australian artists Dianne Gall and Richard Maurovic and WA artist Karen Seaman.

Tue 12 Oct - Fri 29 Oct 2010 'Texas' - Jimmy McKenzie

Jimmy McKenzie was born on Texas Downs station near the Bungle Bungle Massif (Purnululu) in the east Kimberley WA.

Thu 09 Sep - Wed 30 Jun 2010 'cream 03' - Richard Healy

'cream 03' is Curtin University graduate Richard Healy's first solo exhibition at emerge ART SPACE following on from being chosen as the 2009 winner of emerge ART SPACE's 'cream Art Award'.

Wed 08 Sep - Fri 24 Sep 2010 'Kiss and Fly'- Ayad Alqaragholli

An exhibition of new sculptures and a selection of paintings by popular Iraqi born artist Ayad Alqaragholli. Ayad exhibited in Sculpture by the Sea Cottesloe 2010 and this new show follows on from his recent participation in an exhibition of renowned sculptors in Jordan. In addition to his signature human form sculptures in copper and bronze 'Kiss and Fly' will also feature new paintings referencing Ayad's cultural upbringing in southern Iraq.

Wed 11 Aug - Fri 27 Aug 2010 'Concrete Reflections' - Ben Sherar

An exhibition of new oil paintings by local artist Ben Sherar exploring themes of consumerism and waste and the continual concrete inroads that society has made on once fertile city areas.

Wed 21 Jul - Fri 06 Aug 2010 'Walls Talk' - Pierre Capponi & Denise Pepper

This will be a not-to-be-missed show: joint solo exhibitions by sought after sculptor Pierre Capponi and acclaimed glass artist Denise Pepper.

Wed 12 May - Fri 28 May 2010 'Nyiikumu Kiikana - New looking' - Cheryl Accoom and Irene Namok

This is the important joint first solo exhibition of rising star young artist Cheryl Accoom and her mentor, senior painter Irene Namok from the acclaimed Lockhart River art Community, far northern Queensland.

Wed 21 Apr - Fri 07 May 2010 'Disconnection'- Claire Steele / 'Osmosis' - Alana McVeigh

A joint solo exhibition between award winning portrait painter Claire Steele and acclaimed ceramicist Alana McVeigh.

Wed 17 Mar - Thu 01 Apr 2010 'Kaarlagup (Place of my home, my fire)' - Lindsay Harris

This will be Nyoongar artist Lindsay Harris' fifth solo exhibition. Lindsay is an award winning artist who paints with resins, ochres and pigments on hemp about his country Kwolyin, a tiny now deserted siding town in the eastern West Australian wheatbelt.

Wed 17 Feb - Fri 05 Mar 2010 'Yuma Kuuntha (strong fires inside)' - Elizabeth 'Queenie' Giblet , Susie Pascoe , Doris Platt

A three woman exhibition by the following acclaimed senior 'Old Girl' artists Doris Platt , Elizabeth "Queenie" Giblet & Susie Pascoe of the prestigious Lockhart River Art Community QLD.

Wed 25 Nov - Sun 13 Dec 2009 'cream 02' - Kathryn Haug

In December 2007 emerge ART SPACE initiated the 'cream' award for an outstanding final year tertiary arts graduate and the 2008 recipient was Kathryn Haug, a painter and graduate of Curtin University. The 'cream 02' exhibition (her first solo) is the culmination of this award and will showcase Kathryn's luscious paintings, using her signature thickly applied gestural paint depictions of humble everyday domestic objects and memories of a blissful rural childhood. Using economy of line Kathryn effortlessly conveys complex objects with a unique 'liveliness'.

Wed 04 Nov - Fri 20 Nov 2009 Affordable/Collectable Lockhart River Show' - 2009

Featuring affordable yet highly collectable works from acclaimed artists of the Lockhart River Art Community.

Wed 14 Oct - Fri 30 Oct 2009 'Zoo One Eleven' - Sharon Dawes

Following on from her very successful first solo exhibition 'Colonial Animal' (June 2008) artist Sharon Dawes presents 'Zoo One Eleven' , an exploration into the opening of Perth Zoo in 1898. Using a 'Transcript of an Article in the West Australian' dated Monday 17th October 1898 Dawes re-creates the foundation animals of the zoo, in her own unique style.

Wed 09 Sep - Fri 25 Sep 2009 'Then and Now' - Felicity Sivewright

Wed 12 Aug - Sun 30 Aug 2009 'From Mesopotamia' - Ayad Alqaragholli

A solo exhibition of new bronze sculptures by Iraq-born artist Ayad Alqaragholli.

Wed 22 Jul - Fri 07 Aug 2009 'My Mind is the Sky | My Body is the Sea' - Jonah Cacioppe

A collection of new paintings and prints exploring the interdependence of nature and humanity.

Wed 20 May - Fri 05 Jun 2009 'My Country My Place' - Moira Macumboy

The first solo exhibition in Australia of this highly collectable artist who has already shown in group exhibitions in Italy and the United States.

Wed 29 Apr - Fri 15 May 2009 'OBJECTIFY' - A group exhibition

Featuring the sculptures of Thomas Heidt, Pierre Capponi and Daniel Iley, new southern ice porcelain vessels by ceramicist Alana McVeigh, jewellery by up-and-coming jewellers Kim Wong and Justin Linney, Katrina Virgona's textile a works, glass forms by Denise Pepper and bronze sculptures by Ayad Alqaragholli.

Wed 25 Mar - Thu 09 Apr 2009 'Tunnelled Vision' - Gigi Hesterman

A solo exhibition of new paintings in which Gigi explores ideas relating to 'progress, direction and concentrated intent'.

Wed 04 Mar - Fri 20 Mar 2009 'Vespers' - Francesco Villicich

A time of the day when evening falls A sacred moment for prayers An intimate search for clarity.

Wed 04 Feb - Sun 22 Feb 2009 'Story - Places' - Susie Pascoe

The first solo exhibition in Australia by Aboriginal artist Susie Pascoe from the acclaimed Lockhart River Art Community, Cape York Peninsula, far northern Queensland.

Wed 26 Nov - Sun 14 Dec 2008 'cream 01' - Thomas Heidt

This is sculptor Thomas Heidt's first solo show as the inaugural recipient of the emerge ART SPACE 'cream' award for an outstanding tertiary institution arts graduate.

Wed 05 Nov - Sun 23 Nov 2008 'Skin of the land (Boodja Ngoorl)' - Lindsay Harris

Following on from his previous two highly successful exhibitions.

Wed 15 Oct - Sun 02 Nov 2008 'Translation' - Anna Sabadini

A solo exhibition from this phenomenal painter 'framing' the world from a bilingual perspective.

Wed 03 Sep - Sun 21 Sep 2008 'Lie of the land' - David Small

An exploration of landscape in charcoal and pastels by this talented artist

Wed 06 Aug - Sun 24 Aug 2008 'Tchi'ilpu Wunch Wuncha Wulpa'amu: Old Men and Young Men Coming Together for Men's Business' - Group Exhibition

Silas Hobson , Adrian King , Josiah Omeenyo , Lawrence Omeenyo , Sammy Clarmont, Patrick Butcher , Leroy & Terry Platt. A group exhibition of prints and paintings by the male artists of the Lockhart River Art Community

Thu 12 Jun - Fri 04 Jul 2008 'Colonial Animal' - Sharon Dawes

Sharon Dawes first solo exhibition is an exploration in paintings of the animal species that were introduced to Australia on the First Fleet and beyond.

Wed 21 May - Sun 08 Jun 2008 SEX BOMBS & BLISS'- Jonah Cacioppe

After last year's sell out show in London, Perth raised painter Jonah Cacioppe returns to Perth for his first solo show in WA at emerge ART SPACE. Following on from the London show, also titled 'Sex, Bombs & Bliss', Jonah has produced a body of work addressing the enduring themes of beauty, death and the sublime.

Wed 30 Apr - Sun 18 May 2008 'Umpoula Kououkouounji umpoula Ma’apina: We Old Girls work together Make Painting’ - The Old Girls of Lockhart River QLD

This is a group exhibition by fourteen senior women artists from the acclaimed Lockhart River Art Community, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. Artists feature are painters Joanne Butcher , Denise Fruit , Susie Pascoe , Maria Butcher , Moira Macumboy , Doris Platt , Ina Waradoo , Maureen Sandy , Minnie Pascoe and Elizabeth "Queenie" Giblet . Weavers showcasing work are Evelyn Omeenyo, Lorraine Clarmont, Dottie Hobson, Veronica Piva and Natasha Accoom.

Thu 17 Apr - Sun 20 Apr 2008 'Hideaway' - Mason Kimber

This new series of works titled 'Hideaway' (Renault New Generation Art at Art Melbourne 08) explore the narrative potency of empty houses by creating an interaction between loose, painterly surfaces and solid life-like structures.

Wed 26 Mar - Sun 13 Apr 2008 'Inanimate/Animate’ - Daniel Iley

The first solo exhibition of sculptures by Daniel Iley referencing the organic forms of nature in a variety of media.

Wed 13 Feb - Sun 09 Mar 2008 'mix' - A group exhibition

Featuring painting and sculpture by emerge artists Pierre Capponi, Di Cubitt, Estelle Dean, Lindsay Harris, Gigi Hesterman, Mason Kimber, Angela McHarrie, Alana McVeigh, Berenice Rarig, Felicity Sivewright and introducing Jonah Cacioppe, Sharon Dawes, Daniel Iley and Jake Snell .

Wed 14 Nov - Sun 09 Dec 2007 'Momentum' - Pierre Capponi

The first Australian solo sculpture exhibition of Marseille born artist Pierre Capponi using his signature medium of recycled pressed tin.

Fri 19 Oct - Fri 09 Nov 2007 'Mepla One (we are one) - Fiona Omeenyo (Lockhart River Art Community) and introducing the 'Old Girls' of Lockhart River

Moira Macumboy , Dorothy Short , Elizabeth 'Queenie' Giblet , Joanne Butcher , Maria Butcher , Susie Pascoe , Minnie Pascoe , Denise Fruit and Doris Platt Selected images from the exhibition. Further images available on request.

Wed 05 Sep - Sun 23 Sep 2007 'Outsider' - Mason Kimber

The title for this second solo show describes the viewer's point of view in all of the works - an outsider. These paintings attempt to describe the feeling of being a foreigner in a public space. The original locations of the scenes are based on recent photographs taken in Cuba, Mexico, Greece and also around where I live. Although based on photographs, once entering the realm of paint they transform into places that may only exist in imagination

Wed 15 Aug - Sun 02 Sep 2007 'Liquid Thought' - Di Cubitt

My inspiration for these works in my first solo exhibition stems from my interest in how we perceive the elemental forces of our world, such as the movement of wind, thermals, air pressure and so on. These phenomena are more often felt than seen, but the marks left on the materials they come in contact with are a visible reminder of their existence.

Wed 25 Jul - Sun 12 Aug 2007 'Feathering Nests' - Gigi Hesterman

Gigi's first solo exhibition explores ideas pertaining to self-identity, transience, life values and choices, the fragility and vulnerability of our social fabric and the notion of preciousness.

Sun 17 Jun - Fri 06 Jul 2007 'ALINED' - Lindsay Harris & Alana McVeigh

Joint solo exhibitions by acclaimed Nyoongar contemporary painter Lindsay Harris and the ethereal Southern Ice porcelain vessels of ceramicist Alana McVeigh.

Wed 23 May - Wed 13 Jun 2007 'Wifebeater' - Eli Smith

Wife beater. Got your attention, didn't it? It's a highly charged word and by definition, a masculine act of aggression. And then there is the other wifebeater. A slang reference to the blue Chesty Bonds singlet often worn by shearers, truck drivers, laboureres - men stereotyped by a dependence on their strong physicality.

Fri 27 Apr - Fri 18 May 2007 'RESET' (Refiguring, Emerging, Surfacing, Expanding, Transforming) - Felicity Sivewright

The first solo exhibition of exquisitely rendered layered abstract paintings by Felicity Sivewright.

Tue 13 Mar - Wed 04 Apr 2007 'believing is seeing' - Angela McHarrie

'believing is seeing' is a playful exploration of our relationship to the objects around us and how what we know influences what we see.

Wed 22 Nov - Fri 15 Dec 2006 'WRAPPED UP' - Group Exhibition

Our end of year group exhibition featuring Gigi Hesterman , Angela McHarrie, Lindsay Harris , Di Cubitt , Silas Hobson ,Kirstine Sadler , Alana McVeigh , Estelle Dean, Berenice Rarig, Mel Dare & Tori Benz.

Wed 18 Oct - Fri 10 Nov 2006 'looking at him' - Mel Dare

Wed 06 Sep - Fri 06 Oct 2006 'Stepping Edge' - Silas Hobson

The first solo exhibition by Silas Hobson of the renowned Lockhart River Art Community, Cape York, far northern Queensland.

Wed 09 Aug - Fri 01 Sep 2006 'Beyond' - Mason Kimber

The thoughts and feelings of embarking on a trip to South America are the inspiration for 'Beyond',my first solo exhibition, as all works allude to the act of taking a journey into the unknown.

Wed 28 Jun - Thu 27 Jul 2006 'Moments in Time' - Lindsay Harris

This is Nyoongar artist Lindsay Harris' first solo painting exhibition using resin, ochre & pigments that are part of his country Kwolyin in the WA wheatbelt. The land, granite rocks and outcrops of this country are portrayed in a strong almost sculptural contemporary(way. Selected images from the exhibition)

Wed 03 May - Sun 28 May 2006 'First Works' - Kirstine Sadler

emerge ART SPACE'S inaugural exhibition and Kirstine Sadler's first solo painting exhibition.