Our gallery program features regular curated survey and thematic exhibitions, including the works of established and emerging contemporary Australian artists and a series of dynamic public programs for children and adults. The gallery program also includes hire exhibitions by local artists, schools and community groups.
Exhibitions
Look
1 November 2024–12 January 2025
Contemporary Australian Portraiture
Look explores contemporary Australian portraiture and the intriguing range of approaches and perspectives around this popular genre, inviting the viewer into the lives and stories of their subjects. The exhibition unpacks themes of identity and gender and captures a rich diversity of faces and people ranging from artistic, creative or cultural identities to faces from everyday life.
Featuring compelling works by leading award-winning contemporary Australian artists, the exhibition examines the enduring significance and interest in this genre, and the relationship between artists and sitters, enriching our engagement with the multi-layered approaches to portraiture.
Artists include Yvette Coppersmith, Julie Dowling, Graeme Drendel, Prudence Flint, Julia Gutman, Lewis Miller, Michael Vale, Peter Wegner and Marcus Wills.
Look: Artist and Curator Floor Talks
Sunday 17 November, 2pm–3pm
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Join the participating artists and Curator Diane Soumilas who will delve into the intriguing world of portraiture and self-portraiture and share their diverse perspectives and approaches.
Free. Book online from 4 November.
Artist Floor Talk: Prudence Flint
Wednesday 4 December, 12.30pm
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Join leading Award-winning artist Prudence Flint for a fascinating insight into her painting practice and approach to the world of portraiture. Flint works with an inner circle of close friends, drawing and painting her models from life, before refining her luminous, pastel-hued paintings.
Free. Book online from 18 November.
Artist Floor Talk: Graeme Drendel
Wednesday 11 December, 12.30pm
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Join award-winning artist Graeme Drendel for an engaging talk that delves into his artistic practice and his approach to the portraiture genre. Drendel is a skilful portraitist who was awarded the 2022 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize for his powerful portrait of fellow artist and friend Lewis Miller. His ability to capture a visible likeness of the sitter, and the intimate conversation, intensity and shared experienced during the portrait sitting is celebrated in the series of remarkable portraits in this exhibition.
Free. Bookings essential.
Magic in Glen Eira
Malakai Reed
1–24 November, Gallery 2
Malakai Reed's exhibition Magic in Glen Eira explores popular locations in Glen Eira with a refreshing lens, bringing to life the fantastical creatures that would otherwise be found in these spaces amongst us. From Benn’s Books of Bentleigh to Classic Cinema of Elsternwick, Reed guides the viewer through a whimsical window into Glen Eira.
The Way Forward is Back
Daniel A’Vard
26 November 2024–12 January 2025, Gallery 2
The Way Forward Is Back is an exploration of awe and wonder through a lens of abstracted, digital landscape images. Daniel A’Vard presents the images as backlit prints in lightboxes to evoke the majesty and mystery long associated with stained glass windows. The work invites the viewer into an imagined place that transcends space and time as we know it.
