Aboriginal photographer/videographer and artist has been awarded what is considered one of the most prestigious Australian art accolades: 2009 NAIDOC - "Artist of the Year". In front of more than a thousand people at the Brisbane Convention Centre Wayne accepted his award from Bangarra artistic director Stephe Page and said "I am very honoured to be nominated for 'Artist of Year', but to win is overwhelming. This award signifies that we as a people respect all art forms and are as progressive as any race when it comes to preserving our cultural heritage while embracing new practices." Wayne Quilliam has been a Premiere Portfolio Member at absolutearts.com since 2001. Read Indepth Article

Sabine Hawkins’ “Unwearable Art”, life-size wooden Icon Coats will be on display at Robyn Bauer Studio Gallery from 2 – 22 February. The 14 coats on show are the result of 7 years work for German born Ashgrove resident Sabine. The pieces are all wall mounted wooden sculptures, constructed from various materials such as reclaimed wood, jigsaw pieces, barbed wire, tassels and beads, painted and collaged. Sabine describes them as “the most precious offering I can give”. The coats are all unique, with the images portrayed in different ways, - pleating to represent the stories unfolding, jigsaw pieces to convey the idea of fragile beliefs and moveable doors to conceal and reveal images. Read Indepth Article

RM Galleries is thrilled to present the amazing freeform works by Brisbane artist, Madeleine Ekeblad open on March 7, 2007. This exhibition is her first solo show with us and we are excited about presenting Brisbane with such a unique body of work. The simplicity of each canvas conceals the intricate planning and preparation that goes into every piece. Read Indepth Article

“Swishyswoom “ is the title of one of Cate Collopy’s works in her exhibition entitled “Nostalgia Nostalgia”, at RM Galleries, opening night on Friday 30th June at 6pm. In this piece, there is a glorious vampy lady from the 1960’s rushing towards us, from the blue green and murky waves of the ocean. She is emerging from the water with a huge smile which says it all, “Swishyswoo, that was fun!”. In this exhibition, Collopy combines her love of experimental mixed media with found objects and the human element for which she is well known. Collopy’s exuberant warm personality shines through in her sensitive works which capture her relationship with images that are evocative of the 50’s & 60’s, and present day surroundings. Read Indepth Article

Post Contemporary Painting (PCP), a large-scale group exhibition of local, interstate and international artists, opens at the IMA on Thursday 3rd June at 6pm (continues until July 3). David M. Thomas, Shane Haseman, Tony Schwensen, Bibo, Robert Pulie, Paul Wrigley, Camilla Cassidy, Catherine Brown, Guy Benfield, Paul Bai, Robert Pulie, Jason Markou and Dienna Georgetti challenge the relevance, importance and function of the process of painting within contemporary art practice.  This survey of artists whose work addresses the notion and practice of painting, transcends the conventional 'painted surface' adopting a conceptual and multi-disciplined approach. Whilst the exhibition includes several paintings, 'painting' is intended as a 'starting point' or historical reference. As participating artist Camilla Cassidy reminds us "Since the role of documentation and representation has been overtaken by photography, we have yet to clearly define what exactly painting's role is now." Read Indepth Article

From childhood wonderlands to peep show aesthetics, the Institute of Modern Art presents Fresh Cut – its annual exhibition of emerging artists with work selected from the graduating student exhibitions of 2003.  Kick starting the 2004 exhibition program Fresh Cut continues until March 13 with the work of Megan Bennett, Catherine Chui, Kate Dickson, Julia Dowe, Joshua Feros, Krystal Ingle, Svenja Kratz, Alice Lang, Ben Murrell, Sonya G Peters, David Spooner and Katherine Taube. Read Indepth Article

Discover the dynamic work of a group of rarely exhibited women artists in a new QUT Art Museum exhibition, The Brisbane Line: Queensland Women Artists of the Early Twentieth Century at QUT Cultural Precinct. Queensland-based women artists are less familiar than their Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide contemporaries, yet many had a significant impact on the Brisbane art scene and were well known in Europe and the United Kingdom where they studied or worked. The Bisbane Line focuses on nine women artists and though some are known through solo exhibitions, such as Vida Lahey, Bessie Gibson and Daphne Mayo, this will be a rare opportunity to view their works alongside their contemporaries Josephine Muntz-Adams, Anne Alison Greene, Rose Simmonds, Gwendolyn Grant, Caroline Barker and Frank Payne. Read Indepth Article

Innovative, experimental and challenging, IMA in collaboration with Elision, presents Particle Moves, a series of exhibitions and performances by established local and international sound artists,  opening Thursday July 31 at 6:00 (until August 30).  Particle Moves features high-tech installations by Andrew Kettle, lowkey+nude (Michael Hogg and Clare McGrogan) and Ed Osborn and a Screening Program by Lawrence English.   Internationally renowned artist Ed Osborn also collaborated with Elision for two performances, Friday 25 July & Saturday 26 July. Read Indepth Article

Aptly titled 4 x 4, IMA presents a series of four exhibitions by Brisbane based artists with essays by four Brisbane based curators opened Thursday 12 June.  Confronting, political, powerful and even haunting, four distinct exhibitions by Vernon Ah Kee, Jewel Mackenzie, Kim Demuth and Annie Hogan show the diversity and magnitude of their art practices. Read Indepth Article

The final exhibition at the Institute of Modern Art for the year promises to be one to look forward to. The mood is fast, fun, energetic and set to open on Saturday 30th November. Featured are the works of Guy Benfield, Nat Paton, Peter Robertson, Daniel Wallwork and Paul Wrigley. The exhibition’s opening also coincides with IMA’s annual cocktail party, bringing the excessive nature of the exhibition to fever pitch. Read Indepth Article

IMA profiles the work of  Adam Donovan, Jondi Keane, Rodney Spooner and Carl Warner. Although each artist has a diverse approach, and the work by each stands alone as discrete solo exhibitions, all four explore different means of interacting with constructed environments. Read Indepth Article

In September the IMA is proud to present the work of Fiona Foley and Simryn Gill in a show entitled "Your place or mine?" In the exhibition both of these artists explore their links to their place of birth and culture and the way it is presented. As part of this unique exhibition, Fiona Foley, a Badtjala woman of Fraser Island, presents photographs from the various series she has created over the previous decade. These images, taken by the artist and in some instances featuring her, aim to redefine and reclaim the photographic history of indigenous people. Read Indepth Article

From the 25th of July until the 31st of August the IMA will present the work of Patricia Piccinini and Christopher Langton in a show entitled Modified Terrain. This show curated especially for the IMA, will be an exceptional opportunity to see both of these artists together. Read Indepth Article

India, a country steeped in many traditions is not well known for its video and new media art. Yet as curator Johan Pijnappel has found, there are a growing number of artists using video as a way of negotiating issues surrounding their relationship to tradition, globilisation and ever changing facets of contemporary life. In the current political climate of India and the looming threat of war these videos serve as a timely tool to explore the mindset of contemporary Indian artists. Read Indepth Article

For the months of May and June the Institute of Modern Art brings together three Brisbane artists. Showing in galleries three and four, Judith Wright utilizes video and then takes stills from the videos painting and further abstracting the images. For this exhibition Daniel Templeman will be exhibiting a sculptural piece entitled ‘Confit’ in gallery one. Brisbane artist Paul Bai's investigation of painting‚ forms the content of his exhibition in gallery two. Read Indepth Article

This beautiful exhibition brings together approximately fifty paintings by renowned French artists Claude Monet and Henri Matisse and Australian impressionist John Peter Russell. Read Indepth Article

In 2002 the IMA will present exhibitions from three women artists, Anne Zahalka, Anne Wallace and Annette Bezor, whose work is unified by their references to film, the viewer as voyeur, sexuality and identity. This is an extraordinarily beautiful selection of works by three truly talented artists. Read Indepth Article

Remember me is a series of six installations which explore the potential of photography for experiencing loss, desire, memory and subjectivity. In the past Fereday has combined sculptural installation and photography as a way of exploring the effects and experience of the photographic medium and its illusions. Read Indepth Article

Brisbane Powerhouse and Brisbane City Council are presenting Switch On, a series of arts industry forums, discussions and workshops throughout 2001. Idea to Reality is the second forum/workshop in this series. Idea to Reality will focus on skills development, discussion and practical workshop in the art of grant writing. This is a great opportunity for anyone wanting to apply for an arts grant as either a first time applicant or a previously unsuccessful applicant (including young and emerging artists, experienced artists, community organisations) to learn some of the tools of the trade necessary to improve your chances of success in seeking financial assistance from funding bodies. Read Indepth Article

Pizza Surprise is a curated exhibition of 10 new works that take art out of the gallery and directly to the audience, via pizza-style home delivery (in Perth) or by overnight delivery (elsewhere in Australia). Following 4 weeks of home delivery, the Pizza works will be shown en masse in centrally located commercial premises. DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS:   MAY 4 2001 NOTIFICATION:     MAY 18 2001 WORKS TO BE COMPLETED BY: AUGUST 13 2001 Read Indepth Article

Its that time again, when all the energy that has been bubbling away in South East Queensland's art schools bursts onto the Brisbane art scene . In celebration, the IMA launches its year of exhibitions with Fresh Cut 2001. This years' show draws on both undergraduate and honours students from the Queensland College of Art and the Queensland University of Technology, and the vista is looking bright. Audiences visiting the show will have the opportunity to move through a diverse range of issues, ideas and interests, piecing together what drives emerging artists. Read Indepth Article

This is an exceptional job for an exceptional person. The IMA is one of Australia's major contemporary art spaces currently occupying a rundown warehouse in Fortitude Valley. In July 2001 it will move into the newly refurbished contemporary art centre on Brunswick Street. The IMA is a small organisation with 6 permanent staff and runs local, national and international exhibitions, publishing, performance, residency, public art, education and forum programs. Read Indepth Article

Throughout October and November, the Institute of Modern Art will take you on a journey of contemporary visual art in Queensland. Told through the dramatically beautiful Black and White photography of Richard Stringer, this is a walk down memory lane that will shock, tickle, mesmerise and captivate gallery patrons. Read Indepth Article

Horizons and Aphorisms, an installation by Brisbane artist Jondi Keane will leave the viewer wondering where the architecture of the gallery ends and the art within the gallery begins. Read Indepth Article

In the 1978 film, Coma, a government-sponsored holding facility for irreversibly comatose patients is discovered to be involved in the illegal auctioning of human organs. Even more disturbingly, the Jefferson Institute, as it is known, is working hand in hand with a respected hospital to ensure that young healthy patients admitted for routine surgical procedures suffer irreparable brain damage. Read Indepth Article

Andrew Arnaoutopoulos has constucted his work for Trojan Horse around the rich historical drama of the Parthenon Marbles. Two centuries ago these infamous sculptures were removed from Athens' Acropolis by Lord Elgin and have been kept in the collection of the British Museum despite continuing pleas for their return. Read Indepth Article

Open Panorama explores the perceptions of one individual in today's fast paced society. Ehmann asks his audience to slow down, to consider the way in which personal, sensory and visual responses transform what they see. Read Indepth Article

Contemporary visual artists work in an environment in which advertising is constantly presented as the most lucrative, effective and desirable use of their talents. In a world in which everything is reduced to infotainment and corporate masturbation, artists find it easier to make money in advertising than in private art production. Read Indepth Article

A new art exhibition titled domestica showcases the work of three Brisbane artists and opened at Space 43 Contemporary Art Spaces on Friday 14th of April at 6pm. A combination of Photographs, Paintings and Picturegrams comprises the exhibition giving a fresh insight into Queensland domestic life. domestica aims to readdress specific notions of domesticity through various mediums and from differing perspectives. Read Indepth Article

Another Landscape is a three-part exhibition/project that commenced in Japan, developed further in Bombay, and concludes at the IMA. It presents Brisbane artist Judith Wright alongside contemporaries Kaoru Hirabayashi (Japan) and Nalini Malani (India). Read Indepth Article

This exhibition features the work of Luke Roberts and Suzanne Treister. The opeing is also the IMA annual member's cocktail party. The party will kick off at 4pm - entry and refreshments (solid and liquid) are FREE. Read Indepth Article

In My Father's House / Postcards from Mummy Memory can be fragile, is permeable, prone to corruption and even erasure. (Hetti Perkins, Strange Fruit, 1996). Since 1991, Indigenous artists Brenda L. Croft and Destiny Deacon have exhibited their work alongside one another in various exhibitions, strengthening a friendship which stems from early days in indigenous affairs, government and community organisations. Read Indepth Article

Tracey Moffatt is considered internationally as one Australias most prominent contemporary artists. Her much acclaimed career began at the Queensland College of Art in the 80s and has since then included the presentation of works in Cannes (1993), Venice (Biennale 1997) and at the Dia Centre for the Arts in New York (1997/98). Read Indepth Article

Brisbane Powerhouse Centre for the Live Arts acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which it is situated, and is committed to fostering a culture of remembrance, recognition and respect for Indigenous people.Designed for the future of the arts, the centre is dedicated to excitement, creative risk and surprise. It provides a much needed medium scale facility for contemporary performance, new media art and community arts, as well as a new meeting place for artists, communities and audiences. Read Indepth Article