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Past Exhibitions

Manufactured Underwater by Briony Galligan

‘Manufactured Underwater’ is a series of drawing works that explores how children develop and learn within a queer ‘family’ and is presented as part of the 2023 Midsumma Festival.

Forward Motion

'Forward Motion', presented by Creative City Hobsons Bay and Wyndham City Arts & Culture, consisted of artists from the western regions of Melbourne who participated in Wunder Gym’s Forward Motion arts program.

Rhys Cousins - Mire (Particles)

Laneway Gallery presented ‘Mire (particles)’ an exhibition by Rhys Cousins featuring a series of abstract generative textures to foreground landscape complexity and process, providing an intimate approach for local viewers who may often overlook them.

Phuong Ngo - Nostalgia for a Time that Never Was

Laneway Gallery presented ‘Nostalgia for a time that never was’ an exhibition by Phuong Ngo designed to create dialogue about place, occupation and identity.

Sofie Dieu - We Are The Ocean

Laneway Gallery presented 'We Are The Ocean' by Sofie Dieu which targeted women living in Hobsons Bay and positively represented women and multiculturalism.

Matto Lucas - Impossible Dance (iii)

Laneway Gallery presented ‘Impossible Dance (III)’ a collection of photographic images taken from over the last decade by artist Matto Lucas.

Sarah Allen – Beaks of the Bay

Laneway Gallery presented ‘Beaks of the Bay’ a showcase of illustrations by Sarah Allen, author-illustrator of a children's book Busy Beaks. The exhibition comprised four illustrations of birds local to Hobsons Bay alongside a time-lapse video revealing the creation of the picture book, Busy Beaks.

Lina Buck - Embrace(s)

Laneway Gallery presented Lina Buck's 'Embrace(s),' sequence of photographic and moving image works developed using performance, landscape and set design on display across a series of four billboards and a projection site at the front and side laneways of the Woods Street Art Space in Laverton.

Autumn Tansey - Saving for a Rainy Day

Laneway Gallery presented ‘Saving for a Rainy Day’ a photography and video project by Autumn Tansey investigating themes of food security and biodiversity in relation to a changing climate.

‘Here, Out at the West’ by Mita Chowdhury

‘Here, Out at the West’ is a conceptual multimedia exhibition presented as part of Cultural Diversity Week.

Carlos Almenar Diaz

‘Chromatic Concentric Times Sequences from the Progress Pride Flag’ portrays a visual journey presented as part of IDAHOBIT 2023.

Yu Fang Chi – Intertwine

‘Intertwine’ explores the understanding of material, processes of making and the relationship between human and environment and is presented as part of Plastic Free July.

Priyanka Jain: Phospholipid Bilayers

Priyanka Jain's Phospholipid Bilayers series utilises the symbol of the cell membrane and various cultural motifs to explore the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on how society connects.

Wunder Gym 2023 – Recollection

Recollection was a group exhibition by artists from Melbourne’s west who participated in the 2023 Wunder Gym creative development program.

Finally The Sun by Olivia Mroz

2 January to 29 February 2024

This exhibition delved into the intricate dynamics of queer relationships.

5 Little Birds & Other Little Things Outside My Doorstep

15 April to 27 May 2024

Local artist Frances Loriente's work spotlights the small and intriguing wildlife glimpsed in the many sanctuaries around Hobsons Bay.

'Joiners 3.0 : Hobsons Bay' by Jonabelle Cogan

30 May to 26 July 2024

Artist Jonabelle Cogan displays a series of ‘joiner’ photographs of local sites within Hobsons Bay.

'The Colour Blue' by Sophia Connell-Lengerman

1 August to 22 September 2024

Reflect on blue as both a colour and a feeling.

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