Past exhibitions

Explore Lismore Regional Gallery’s history of exhibitions

An orange, yellow and grey painting of two figure hunched over exchanging flames, by Clare Milledge
Clare Milledge
complex notophyll vine forest: ground-proof
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A black and white image by Sonka Pietrek
Sonka Pietrek
Memory of motion
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Fania Connection Vase
Estefania Minniti
El tiempo es oro (time is gold)
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MMC Lismore
Mark Maurangi Carrol
Islands not to scale (Maru a’o) – Act II
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Sonia Levi Artwork
Sonia Levy
We marry you, O sea, as a sign of true and perpetual dominion
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Melanie Valentine artwork
Melanie Valentine
Active Stillness
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A portrait of Baker Boy by Matt Adante
Archibald Prize 2024
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Lisa Reihana 'GROUNDLOOP' (video still)
Lisa Reihana
GROUNDLOOP
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Photo by Jacklyn Wagner
Jacklyn Wagner
Through the Heart...
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An artwork by Peter Faulkner
Peter Faulkner
Dream vibrations
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Install photograph of Chas Glover paintings
Chas Glover
Swan songs and other tunes
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A desert landscape photography by Monica Buscarino
Monica Buscarino
The heart is a lonely hunter - somewhere between time
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A black and white photo by Clare Conroy
Claire Conroy
The sky from here
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A landscape painting by Matt O'Brien
Matt O'Brien
What if the wind could speak
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Merinda Davies, 'Stone Skins', process photograph
Merinda Davies
We are all eating and being eaten
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Oil painting on paper by Aafia Ali Shah
Aafia Ali Shah
To Love the Empty Cup
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Club Ate, Ex Nilalang (video still) 2017. Courtesy the artists and Art Gallery of New South Wales Club Ate
Club Ate
Ex Nilalang, episodes 1 - 4
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The Lismore City Library at night with a large scale projection of an animation of colourful boab trees.
Bronwyn Bancroft
Boab tree, bountiful in shape, standing on the plains
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Install photo of Bulaan Buruugaa Ngali exhibition
Various artists
Bulaan Buruugaa Ngali Exhibition …we weave together
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A colourful and imaginative portrait
Various
Young Archie exhibition
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A black and white photo of the artist painting a canvas on the ground
Shadow Work
Veronica Rojas Nunez
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Occurrent affair banner
Various
ProppaNOW
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A colourful painting of people in a waterhole, with oversize carnivorous plants
Various artists
ARTEXPRESS
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Shoreline of sandy beach with bushland in distance with people on beach, swimming and in boats.
Various artists
Works from the Collection
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ceramic cassette tap with yellow background and 'Mental As Anything' title
Tim Fry
Local Knowledge
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two men walking in front of a wall - image is of the same man in different walking positions.
William Kentridge
I Am Not Me, the Horse Is Not Mine
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Multiple objects with inscriptions related to the issues concerning Indigenous Australians presented in the form of an elephant.
Various Artists
Koori Mail Indigenous Art Award 2024 Exhibition
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timber sculpture in foreground with a lake and reflected icey mountains in distant background.
Tia Mavanie
Tia Mavanie
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Image of woman in dance pose looking a her reflection in mirrored surface
Various artists
Buruugaa Garaa Buruu Garaa Budgeramgali (Saltwater people Freshwater people stories)
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a person in a men's suit with feet on a timber desk, arms in the air and face and much of their body covered by newspaper pages.
Sprung Dance Theatre
Sprung News
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colourful painting with patterns in circular forms
Nell Pearson and Matthew Brooks
Blue Island
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image of building interior detail with staircase, balconies, window and rail details with faded out areas in the image
The ArtHitects Gary Carsley and Renjie Teoh
HANNAH HALLE
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sculptured dog form is made from sculptures of different foods including eggs, melons, gourds and bananas
Chloe Smith
Unbearable Incandescence
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Composite image of three different clay works. Object on left is a hand worked molded panel, in the centre, a ceramic bowl and on the right is a sculpture of a woman's head and torso on a clay ball
Luke Atkinson, Antionette O'Brien and Wally McGregor
Offering
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Blue crystals set on piece of stone surrounded by multiple narrow bamboo poles.
Various Artists
Earth Matter
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Two figures with gold faces, high 'beehive' hair, and a single set of large wings shared by the two figures.
The Huxleys
The Huxleys
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image of selection of objects including a snake, fish,skull, a bird and captions including 'awake', 'I'll take my chances', 'now', 'tomorrow', 'my life is was it safe', and others.
MARTY BAPTIST
TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS
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Multiple embroidered patches
Lyndall Phelps
Re-collect
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Collage of snakes and women
Various Artists
The Secret Life of Collage Club
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abstract patterns created by charcoal and Melaleuca tanins on paper
Jodi Woodward
How much art can you store under the bed
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Smoke from explosion with blue sky
Site Lab
Small Gestures toward infinity
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Floating sanctuary space with inflatable domed cvering
Various artists. Curated by Sandra Kaji-O’Grady and Kezia Geddes
Lismore Encore
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Abstract detail from colourful painting.
Jana Moser
Moss Moves
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A puddle of opaque substance the shape of two joined circles
Lucia Canuto
Seven Circles
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Three women sitting in hanging circular chairs with virtual reality headsets on
Xanthe Dobbie
Cloud Copy
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Man dancing in foreground with crowd behind.
Peter Derrett OAM
Aquarius50
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collage with musical instruments, parts of buildings a woman, and drawings of a cartoon creature and an eye
Mathew Daymond
The Complacency of Man and Machine
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Portait of the artist surrounded by colourful textile forms
Hiromi Tango
Rainbow
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Drawing with multiple depictions of people and nature
Aris Prabawa
Flame of power
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Potted plants with screens decorated with artwork
Andrew Rewald
Plant Treaty
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Woven map of Afganistan showing territories of occupying power with the flags of all the occupying nations
Various
I Weave What I Have Seen: The War Rugs of Afghanistan
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Cartoon like painted image
Sandra Taylor
Lonesome for Love in the Garden of Eden: A little Operetta
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Sculptures and images with formal funiture pieces
Kath Egan and Kate Rohde
We were made for these times
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Neon light rings around a neon light eye
Joanna Kambourian
Fear Catchers & Neon Talismans
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depictions of aspects of the disruptions to the lives of Indigenous people caused by colonisation
Gus Kelly
Nobody Told Me There'd Be Days Like These, 2021
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bright pink lighted sign 'GAYS GAZE'
Mr Pink
Gaze of Our Lives
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Steel frame structure
Michael Cusack
Steel Frames and Figureheads
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linocut print of plants
Jenny Kitchener
Seed
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linocut image of plants
Jenny Kitchener
Seed
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Two women dressed in butterfly constumes
Deborah Kelly -
CREATION
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two images of women - one facing us, the other walking away
Asphyxia
Love, Lies and Indoctrination
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Abstract embroidery
Aly Russell
Learning to See
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Accordion artist book
Lindy Lee
Lindy Lee: Moon in a Dew Drop
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A suitcase with name tag attached
Various
Face Me: The Art of Deafhood
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sculpture of a young person sitting on a stool
Antoinette O'Brien
Kids that are banned from the Square
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Koori Mail Indigenous Art Award 2021 promotion
Various
Koori Mail Indigenous Art Award 2021 Exhibition
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painting of bat flying against night sky
Barry RAINMAN Boland
Ancient Vibrations
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Aboriginal man from Wonnarua nation with forest in the background
Ryan Lee
Wonnarua
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women in queue in butcher shop
Max Dupain
Australian Modern
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painting of a leaf covered A frame and painting of people gardening
Amber Wallis and Kylie Banyard
The Heroine Paint
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timber block maker
Akio Suzuki
Sense of Ekō
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sculpture of body on recycled door, chairs and tin coffin liner
Geoffrey Cotton and Georgi Milln
After the Plague
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young woman surrounded by bright coloured lines and painted patterns
Various Artists
Defiant
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two people on ladders looking into a full skip bin
Make or Break
Department of Non-Human Resources
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Portrait of Frank
Verity Nunan
Where are we supposed to go?
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pencil drawing of forest
Various Artists
Real Worlds: Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial 2020
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painting of church against blue sky
Lucas Wright
In my town and your town
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black design on tapa cloth
Various artists
Sihotie, Nioge, new from old :: Omie Tapa Art PNG
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a hand with bunch of flowers
Colleen Coy's Films
'2020 Each Week'
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image of woman linocut on Indian textiles
Emma Gardner
Wildish
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collage with duck, child, kangaroo and tiger
Karla Dickens
A Dickensian Sideshow
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Banner for Hurford Portrait Prize
Various Artists
2020 Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize
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painted representation of covid cells
Jeremy Hawkes
Ingress
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abstract paintings of storm clouds
Beki Davies
Latitudes of salt and sky
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sculpture of stockman on a horse
Various Artists
Body Language
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ceramic sculptures of bones
Penny Evans
Language of the Wounded
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collage of vegetables
Charlotte Haywood & Edward Horne plus Invited guests
Mnemonic Vegetables
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abstract landscape
Melissa Harvey
The Silent Pool
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child's singlet with car motif hanging on clothes line beside men's singlet with 'be a man' caption on front
Paulette Hayes
CONTROL. ABUSE. KILL. She'll Be Right, Mate!
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array of clock chimes
Ross Manning
Dissonant Rhythms
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painting of Lismore post office clock tower
Lismore Art Club
Celebrating 60 years
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mixed media image oj tree in landscape
Steve Waller
Occulture
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lit display case containing slay in front of wall the large mounted image of slag
Grayson Cooke
Blinman Slag
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white squirrel in front of striped background
Bennett Miller
Media Studies
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image of person in front of mountain in background and person falling
Skye Baker
Lore
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woman in red cot with a bird on her shoulder looking out with a city in ruins behind her
Zom Osborne
a New World
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boat with animal skin sails in foreground with another boat behind
Various Artists
The Partnershipping Project
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photograph of Andy Warhol
Various Artists
The Museum Project
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Three ceramic pieces with different cut out patterns
The Alchemists
North Coast Woodfire
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mixed media collage
Reynaldo Alcocer
Abyss
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geoff hannah pulls back the covers to show a sneak preview of his latest piece of woodwork
Chesta Drawz and the Lowboys
An exhibition of fine woodwork by Geoff Hannah and his students
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two people together with tree behind them and animals below
Jumaadi
Comes from the shadow
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assemblage with timber and carboard
Maggie Schreiber & Michael Donnelly
thing space
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artist in studio mixing paint with artworks behind her and jars of brushed in the foreground
Emma Walker
The dark sublime
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colourful abstract image
Grayson Cooke & Emma Walker
Open Air
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room with red lighting and red walls and floor with a large screen
Various Artists
Idle Worship
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one black and one white forms in shape of ginkgo seeds
Grant Vaughan
Gesture of balance
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image of storm clouds above treeless landscape
Jay-Dea Lopez
Eesti
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five women dancing with shawls on a high rock shelf with forest and lake landscape behind them
Melody Popple
Gunyah
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assemblage of repurposed objects to create shredder
Various Artists
Object therapy
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framed image of man and woman with a peacock in front
Katka Adams
Coming home
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a man with black eyes and another man threatening him with a closed fist.
Scott Harrower
Fighting not dancing
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pencil drawing of artist's mother
Various Artists
Young Archies
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2018 Archibald Prize promotional banner
Various Artists
2018 Archibald Prize
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cold cathode fluorescent lamps, power supply and wood
Dan McDonnell
Data Streams
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Offset print, from hand drawn original, work
Lionel Bawden
Paperbark
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a group of the artist's
Marion Conrow
'Museum of My Friends #1'
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self portrait sculpture made from found objects
Mick Parr
A Creative Life
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protesters sitting with policman, giving him a massage
David Kemp, Michael Murphy, Hugh Nicholson, Paul Tait & Jeni Kendall
The Terania Creek Protest
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image of sound waves
Lawrence English
Rhythm of Protest
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two corsets made from ceramics
Amanda Bromfield
Hey, Listen Up
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man behind bars with large black X across his tatooed chest
David Griggs
BETWEEN NATURE AND SIN
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net constructed from glass beads and wire
Nicky McLaughlin & Virginia Reid
Jewelled Net
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colourful abstract representing time with photographs of artist' family members
Bronwyn Bancroft
Riverstones and Ramifications
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teddy bear in chair
Jessica O’Connor
Unrestful Emptiness, Restless Silence
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ceramic sculpture of legs, detail of abstract art work and tube sculpture
Fiona Fell and Kellie O'Dempsey
Dirt and Ash
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2 upholstered chairs in front of dried landscape. There are flowers in front of the chairs - one is badly withered
Matt O'Brien
Meander - Place and Experience
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portrait of woman in her sitting room with a vase of flowers on table next to her
Jacklyn Wagner and Peter Derrett
Heart & Soul
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multiple ceramic sculptures representing people
Victoria Pitel
Far to Go
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a school of fish
Albert (Digby) Moran
Growing up on The Island
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a kombi being driven on a dirt road with a photographer riding on the roof
Bob Cooper, John Witzig, Alby Falzon, Dick Hoole.
The Trailer Project. The Lure of the Sea
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accordian folded fabric dyed with plant dyes
Susan Fell Mclean
Gondwana Colour: Eucalyptus Colour
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a kombi being driven on a dirt road with a photographer riding on the roof
Bob Cooper, John Witzig, Alby Falzon, Dick Hoole.
The Trailer Project :: The Lure of the Sea
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a hand with fingers walking and miniature man's head attached looking forward
Various Artists
From Here to There: Australian Art and Walking
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person resting on the trail with feet up on back packs
Ailsa Piper
Walking Home. In partnership with Byron Bay Writers Festival
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painting of a sheep in a love heart with a line painted though it
The missing you collective: Hilary Herrmann, Rene Bolten, Kellie O'Dempsey, Michelle Dawson
Missing you
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protest march against pipeline through
Angus Mordant
Standing Rock
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abstract painting of houses
Various Artists
Frequency Red: REDinc.
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person painting at easel
Screenworks
Createability Films
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swimming pool with jungle themed background constructed with found objects
Justene Williams
The Curtain Breathed Deeply
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circle of naked bathers in the sea
Natalie Grono
Seeker.Keeper.Lover
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exhibition view of three artworks and part of the Hannah Cabinet
Various artists
Works from the Permanent Collection
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photographs of soldiers
Karen Donnelly, Tony Nott and Raimond de Weerdt
Facing World War One: Stories of loyalty, loss and love By Facing Australia
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woman with paint brush between teeth looking at artwork on easel
Tracey Moffatt and Gary Hillberg
Montages: The Full Cut, 1999 - 2015
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landscape painting
Caitlin Reilly & Kate Ford
The roads take us to where the quiet hills speak
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man leaving woman in bed
Various artists
Beguile: European Masters:17th - 20th Century
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patterned sculpture of shield shape with relief sculpture of person and decorated with echidna quills and flowerss
Penny Evans
Death to a Stereotype
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landscape with flowers and pieces of branches overlaying it
Hobie Porter
Unnatural History: The Tower Hill Project
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detail of crocheted flower
Various artists
Pearl, Perle, Purl: Celebrating 30 years of stitch
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sculpture of dogs with sunst sky behind
Geoff Harvey
DOGGED
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stockman on horse in landscape
Bryce Anderson
Rodeo Role Play
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landscape with river and mountains painted on board
Various artists
Art on Bundjalung
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colourful paintings and sculptures
Ali Noble & Cybele Cox
The Golden Flowerpot: Arcane Folly
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mushrooms growing in discarded metal
sarah-jane mcgrath
obsolete
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woman across a black cross with flowers, butterflies, crosses, some buildings, masks and zombi images
Various artists
Four Women: (I do Belong) Double
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painting of landscape
Various artists
Dreaming Trails
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abstract sculpture
Leora Sibony
Industrial Relations
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painted depiction of tribal man
Adrian Cameron
Widjabul Dreaming
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colourful abstract painting
Madeline Kidd and Masato Takasaka
Playroom
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image of Franklenstein holding a mermaid with wolverine in foreground
Nathan Gooley
Superheroes and Monsters
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painting of garlic bulb between pepper and salt shakers
RenΓ© Bolten
Paintings and Drawings
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collection of images of clock tower, butterflies and maps taped to wall
Kenzee Patterson
A tree branches, so does a river
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buildings with shadow of a child and woman walking in the foreground
Lucien HervΓ©
When do we cast off for happiness?
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abstract painting
Rachel Farlow
Passing Through
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sculpture with bicycle rims and woven form within them
Svea BjΓΆrnsson
AlphAmaze
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two sculptures representing to two 'types' of women - good 'women' and 'bad' women
Amanda Bromfield
Damned Whores and God's Police
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Geoff Hannah in front of cabinet he is making
Geoff Hannah & Students
In glue and dust we trust
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photograph of crowd with enlarged section
Jacob Boylan
Australian Race
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close up of plant leaves
Karen Stone
Last Night I Dreamt of Banksias
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Chrissy Amphlett at microphone singing
Tony Mott
What a Life! Rock Photography by Tony Mott
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rocket flying through sky
Kate Hallen
Lay Down Your Swords
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colourful birds flying
Nikky Morgan-Smith
Wing Song
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dolphin swimming on background with small fish and dot painting
Various artists
Bundjalung stories: our art, our connection to country
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man moving hay with a fork
Nutter Buzacott
The Art of Nutter Buzacott
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ceramic pot with detail of people and buildings and a woman sitting on top of the lid
Hermannsburg Potters
INSIGHT, the Hermannsburg Potters Collection of the Moreton Bay Region
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psychedelic abstract pattern
Jasper Hills
Trip
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woman reclining on couch in front of window with street scene outside
Emma Burrows
Mothertongue
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man surrounded by flowers
DEBORAH KELLY
NO HUMAN BEING IS ILLEGAL (IN ALL OUR GLORY)
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woman riding animal
Hillary Herrmann
The Voyage
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portraits of 2 men
Martin Munz
Not a pretty picture
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abstract image on pink background
HEATHER MATTHEW
I was here
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portrait of Maude Boate
Maude Boate
Maudeville
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abstract painting
Kathryn Dolby
Room to Move
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U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev with translators
DAVID BURNETT
The Presidents: from JFK to Obama
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landscape with birds over the sea
Alberto Sanchez
Presagio
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arrangement of domestic kitchen objects
Miriam Soloman
Still Life: Varying Domesticities
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relief sculpture of a tent and flags including Aboriginal flag
Clare Urquhart & Cassandra Purdon
Trading Place
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etching of block of wood
Various artists
Auditory Visions
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Hiromi Tango
Hiromi Tango
Art Magic : Remnant
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photo of Bon Scott and Angus Young
Rennie Ellis
The Rennie Ellis Show
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collection of record album covers
Emma Wright
Record me then
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large circle in foreground with a row of hanging monkey bar rings going back into the distance int
Various artists
G-Click
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Headshot of statue with hard hat in foreground with stuffed toys in background
Scott Harrower
Somewhere over the Rainbow
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photographic equipment boxes
Kurtis Adamson
am_n boxes
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two elephants making arch with trunks with woman standing beneath it lotus flower
Rodney Glick
Hi, I'm Everyone...
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abstract scene
Jennifer Collins
Silenced
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letter with watercolour painting of bus and man carrying child
Judy Cassab
Dear Bodhi
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black and white line and dot image of night sky
Michael Philp
Cosmology in Me
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person carrying large object
Julie De Lorenzo
From here to there
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painting of Penelope Seidler
Various artists
Archibald Prize 2014
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abstract paintimg
Mahala Magins
Post Iceland
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branches with leaves on a background of dot painting
Daphne Kal-Ma-Kuta Dux
Dreamer
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One child videoing two others
Various artists
The Lucinda digital video project:: Amazing myths and legends
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house with two small trees
Various artists
Australia Fair
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Neighbourhood street scene
Keg De Souza
If There's Something Strange In Your Neighbourhood...
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image of raised house with stilts and ladder
Vitor Dos Santos
I wish my house had legs
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two artists creating work
Various artists
Resistant Obsolescence
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image of Brigette Lucas
Brigette Lucas
Untitled
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two people relaxing on field of clover with building behind them
Duke Albada and various artists
Lismore 2074: Imagining Lismore 60 years hence
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guardhouse in front of a stormy sky
Raimond de Weerdt
Silent Speech
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sculpture of person looking out of a hole in a ceramic form with holes
Rahima Jackson
It's my house, but you can't come in
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large soapbox with sheets of paper with text on top
Raposo Knight
Soapbox
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painting of beach, sea and people with boats
Various artists
The Three Brothers Art Project
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vintage australian flag with embroidered applique
Various artists
Parliament of NSW Aboriginal Art Prize 2013
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group of children holding paper lanterns
Various artists
Retrospective : 20 Light Years On : The Lismore Lantern Parade
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abstract sculpture
ANNIQUE GOLDENBERG
LIVING WATER: the river hid
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masked activist in front of protest tripod
Various artists
Protest Songs: Artful Actions
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two children on playground equipment
Various artists
Sense of self ... through the eyes of Jarjums
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multiple images with 'duo' tag and photo detail of cars
Various artists
DUO
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prints of hibiscus flowers
Jan Davis
Big Garden
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woman looking in mirror
Penny Evans
The AB-sorption Method
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black and white painting of man
Jitka Donnelly
Uranus
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photograph of large old tree with pathway leading to bench in the background
Cec Bown
Close to Home
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video still of people dancing
Various artists
living things
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pencil drawing of buildings into distance and trees in foreground
Lloyd Rees
Journeying
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video still from Australian film Noise (2007)
Isabelle Delmotte
Sounding Out Frames
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three people in costume, two with masks in green tunnel
Various artists
25 years of inclusion
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two men kissing
Liz Menzies
Private Bits
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planets and stars with string art
Leigh Arnold
Eternity
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painting of heath plants
Christine James, Janet de Boos and Christopher Meagher
Retracing Bundjalung National Park
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stone in foreground of photo with an archway showing light at end of tunnel in background
Ana Wojak
Stepping stones
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Lismore Regional Gallery acknowledges the Widjabul Wia-bal people of the Bundjalung Nation as the traditional owners of the land upon which the gallery stands. We pay respects to elders past and present, and extend that respect to all First Nations peoples and their continuing connection to land, waters, community and the arts.