Galleries
| Botanica: From Earth to Sea Migaloo Press Artists Collective 31 January to 16 March 2025 Botanica: From Earth to Sea delves deep into the beauty and diversity of plant communities across South-East Queensland, as interpreted by the members of Migaloo Press Artist Collective. United by their love for printmaking and the natural world, the group brings together individual perspectives on the habitats and species that inspire them. | ||
| Feng Shui `n' Art Debra Macpherson 21 March to 4 May 2025 This collection of varied artworks brings together a wide variety of the artists skill sets and creative inspirations. Feng Shui 'n' Art has been inspired by Debra's passion for the creative arts and the ancient tradition of Feng Shui. Feng Shui has been used through generations by ancient and modern Chinese people to bring about the most auspicious functioning for the occupants of a building. By embracing the natural and man-made forms and structures along with the compass direction of each space, relevant colour, shapes to complement each room. Audiences are invited to appreciate the artworks in the context of the ancient art of Feng Shui, or simply enjoy the works. | ||
| Life Surprises Escarpment Artists 9 May to 22 June 2025 Life is unpredictable and full of surprises that can impact plans, dreams, goals and life trajectory. This exhibition of the Escarpment Artists provides an interpretation of the ups and downs of life. Stories are an ingrained part of life everywhere, and in fact life is a series of successive stories with endless changing promises and surprises. - Rumi | ||
| As Above AJ Gogas 27 June to 17 August 2025 As Above is a showcase of bold colour and rhythmic flow. AJ explores the intuitive process of somatic painting by creating colourful swirls of abstract art. Somatic painting is informed by body sensations and held emotions like heaviness in the chest, butterflies in the stomach and tingling fingers. The tension and release process results in inner landscapes of vibrant colour and movement. Aligning to the quality of being beyond the physical realm, As Above as a title embraces the otherworldly, inviting the viewer to truly experience the artwork. What is your body telling you? | ||
| Viewpoints High Schools of the Lockyer Valley 22 August to 12 October 2025 Viewpoints showcases student work from various high schools in the Lockyer Valley. Featuring a diverse range of artwork, viewers are invited to perceive the works through the eyes of a teenager growing up in the Lockyer Valley. Sometimes beautiful, sometimes challenging, the works demonstrate student responses to, and their interpretation of, the places, people and politics they encounter. This keenly anticipated exhibition is embraced by both the local community and visitors to our region. | ||
| Nature's Canvas Nature's Canvas Group 17 October to 30 November 2025 The Nature’s Canvas exhibition is the collaboration of three Somerset Artists: Marita Reynolds, Wildlife artist, Karen Leahy, artist and retired Veterinarian, and Cassandra Hodgins, Botanical Illustrator. The artists share a special interest in preserving and protecting the natural environment as habitat for flora and fauna. Each artist brings their own unique style and message to their works, through their dedication and experiences. This exhibition highlights the diverse range of flora and fauna living in our environment, with a view to inform and inspire the audience to appreciate and conserve species, sometimes common, sometimes threatened, living in our own backyards. | ||
| DistoMorph Svenja 5 December 2025 to 25 January 2026 Distortion - the act of twisting or altering something out of its true, natural, or original state Morph - to undergo transformation from an image of one object into that of another DistoMorph is an exploration and celebration of colour and texture, line and shape, movement and growth, as witnessed in nature. Colour saturation / distortion / amplification takes the design inspirations to another plane, a parallel world, seen as though looking through a kaleidoscope or affected by LSD. Many of the original inspiration elements are tiny, but have become greatly enlarged, adding to the strangeness. |
Exhibiting in the Lockyer Valley Art Gallery
The Lockyer Valley Art Gallery has one main space for artists and groups interested in exhibiting.
Artists or interested parties can submit a proposal to exhibit their work in the Gallery. Please download and read the Art Gallery Guideline prior to completing the online Exhibition Application Form.
Applications can be made each year and close on 31 August for the next calendar year. If you are unsuccessful, your application will not be considered for future years, although you are very welcome to submit another application in the future.
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For further information, email galleries@lvrc.qld.gov.au.
Arts and Culture Strategy
The Arts and Culture Strategy provides a clear and concise vision for the connection and growth of our creative sector.
