Opening 31 July at The Owens Collective. "Road Trip" brings together paintings Leslie has created over the last eighteen months, drawn from journeys she's taken around Australia during that time. Wide skies, quiet roads, familiar horizons — some of these vistas may feel like ones you've driven through yourself.

2026

Common Ground is a duo exhibition exploring land, place and memory. O'Connell's paintings are built from her signature drip technique, layering warm rusts and browns drawn from her connection to the outback. Norman works in acrylics and oil sticks, building landscapes through colour, texture and intuitive mark-making inspired by the changing seasons of regional NSW. Two artists, working independently, arriving somewhere shared.

2026

Two artists. One shared language of line, mark and tide.

Drift / Mark brings together Evie Homewood and Angelea Van Dam in an exhibition exploring how marks operate as both orientation and disruption - where instinct meets structure, and the measured meets the felt.

2026

David Trout's current paintings are an intuitive reflection on, and dialogue with, the metaphor of cancer - explored on a biographical, collective and cultural level. Drawing on his experience of a nephrectomy and the healing that followed, the work explores a deepening perception of the choices we have, both individually and within contemporary society, to heal. Abstract paintings - oil on canvas. David Trout studied at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and completed an MFA in Illinois, USA. David currently works as Head Teacher at the Newcastle Art School and continues to paint.

2026

Kim Van Koeverden is based in Lake Macquarie. This multidisciplinary artist brings a lifetime of artmaking into her debut solo exhibition-an expressive body of work that celebrates strength, beauty and the tactile joy of creation. Working across ceramics, painting, mosaic, sculpture, drawing, fine art and jewellery, her practice is grounded in a deep love of colour, texture and form.

2026

We are very proud and happy to announce our next Big Group Show KAIROS at the @theowenscollective is opening May 15th.

KAIROS explores those moments when time shifts and something new begins to unfold.

In ancient Greek thought Kairos refers to the opportune moment, not the ticking of the clock but the instant when insight, action or transformation becomes possible.

2026

This is more than a jewellery workshop. It’s a space to slow down. To create with intention. To reconnect with your hands.

To make something tangible in a world that constantly pulls you outward.

Whether you’re coming with friends or arriving alone, this afternoon is about focused creation and meaningful connection.

2026

From Garden to Canvas: Nature- Inspired Exhibition SANCTUARY Opens in Newcastle Encounters with nature, transformed into captivating artworks, are set to bring an Islington gallery to life.

A new exhibition celebrating the colours, textures and movement of the natural world will open at The Owens Collective in Islington, featuring immersive works by Newcastle-based artist Bridie Watt. Watt has exhibited in solo and group shows since completing an Honours degree in Painting at the University of Newcastle in 1996.

2026

We’re excited to present Splash!, a new solo exhibition by Rod Pattenden at Owens Collective.

Splash! is a striking series of oil paintings that explores the delicious refreshment — and dangerous depths — of being in water. Figures are suspended in fluid space, reaching for air or plunging into the unknown. Water becomes both a life-giving force and a site of risk, framing human experience through moments of buoyancy, grace, pressure and containment.

2026

IgniteHER Practice is a calm, in-person space for women who are ready to stop quietly avoiding themselves. This isn’t a workshop. Not therapy. Not motivation. It’s a practice. A space to slow down, settle your nervous system, and meet yourself honestly — without fixing, performing, or outsourcing your authority.

Gabrielle Brown, a business owner and guide who creates spaces where women reclaim internal authority and responsibility — without burnout, performance, or dependence. Her work is grounded, direct, and intentionally spacious.

2026

We are family of artists who have been creating art for many years. Art is an essential part of our lives and although we are separated by long distance, we communicate frequently to discuss our current work, to share ideas and images and provide critique.

2026

A striking new exhibition by Tracey Taylor. Meet Blue Boy. He was born. And he was blue. And they called him a God. This is the starting point for Tracey Taylor’s latest body of work — a bold and emotionally charged exhibition at The Owen’s Collective. Blue Boy is a visually arresting story told through paintings, exploring belief, power, and the slow corruption of a man who started to believe his own hype.

2026

A State of Play By Jay Camps invites you into a vibrant collision of colour, texture and movement — an immersive exhibition where spontaneity becomes structure and intuition takes the lead.

2026

We are family of artists who have been creating art for many years.

Art is an essential part of our lives and although we are separated by long distance, we communicate frequently to discuss our current work, to share ideas and images and provide critique.

2026

We’re thrilled to invite you to Play Ground, an exhibition that celebrates creativity as a joyful act of discovery. Enter, explore, experience, and play as artists from the New Artists’ Collective transform the gallery into a space of imagination and wonder.

2025

Inspired is a group show by Annette Kelsey, Bernadette Trainor, Cheryl Van Oyen, Kim Wilson, Helene Ruma, Leslie Duffin, Liz Cunningham and Trudi Bean.

Join us for an immersive art exhibition featuring the works of talented local artists inspired by the beauty of nature. Experience the calming landscapes of Kim Wilson, the playful energy of Helene Ruma's magpie, and the vibrant floral abstractions of Liz Cunninghame. From the serene stillness of the river to the dynamic movement captured in Trudi Bean's pieces, each artist offers a unique perspective on the natural world.

2025

In Body without a Trunk By Ben Kenning forms emerge, dissolve, and reappear in the eye of the viewer.

Kenning’s black and white artworks resist resolution, offering images that shift with every glance. These works are not fixed. They are visual ecosystems, living spaces for perception, where the act of looking becomes a collaboration. Meaning is never imposed, it is found, built, and remade through the act of observation.

2025

Kathryn's imagined, metaphoric and mashed world of the Prickly Pear and beyond.

Kathryn is an artist and retired academic. She uses her artmaking to unpack the complexities of life events, entangled in her social and cultural life with wider connections to our globalised world. This exhibition seeks to explore our collective humanity through symbols of resilience and sometime fragile identities.

2025

Hugh Doyle and Keegan Evans got to talking over a few schooners of an obscure triple IPA, while both working at Newcastle's The Grain Store. A shared passion for abstract and expressionist art led to the easy decision of sharing an exhibition. Through the show, you'll see influences from Warhol, Lichtenstein, Dali, De Kooning, Olsen, Whiteley. However, the works are unmistakably original. This exhibition is bold, charismatic and alive.

2025

Bob Spargo and Garth Cooksey are both local artists. Sharing a deep passion for nature, they have collaborated on this exhibition, while both have individual styles, there is a cohesion of their works through each of them employing 'plein air' in the preparation of the exhibition.

2025

Bearfoot Theatre is set to premiere Cosa Vedranno: What Will They See? at Newcastle's Owens Collective in an evocative fusion of history, mythology, and dystopian imagination. This bold new production reimagines iconic figures of the Italian Renaissance like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and the enigmatic Mona Lisa as maladjusted reincarnations navigating a shattered world.

2025

The New Artists Collective presents Azimuth, a group exhibition exploring direction, movement, and inner guidance in art and life. Featuring fourteen emerging artists from Newcastle and the Hunter Valley.

2025

Newcastle based Visual Artist Susan Cotten obtained her BAVA from the University of Newcastle and the NCAE in 1985. Combining Susan’s personal experience and her extensive travelling history, this has enhanced her understanding of emotional encounters demonstrated in her art.

2025

Mariners on the Margins is the first such narrative exposing the full story of this industry. Through his extensive research, David Prior gives you rare insights into a neglected chapter of Australia’s history.

2024

The title is a reference to and; work around of the R.E.M song, 'Can’t get there from here'. 'Here' is Tony’s current situation, being a full-time artist who has built a strong body of work through consistent practice. This dedication has ensured that Tony is in the position he wanted to be in where he exhibits his artwork to the public.

2024

Rachael Vogelzang is a self-taught painter living in Newcastle NSW, where the city collides with the ocean, harbour and the bush. Rachael is constantly learning about topics relating to science, spirituality, biology and nature. Her art explores the intersection of these themes and translates these concepts into visual imagery.

2024

This eclectic mix of artists has been painting and exhibiting together for over ten years. We are all contemporary expressionist painters ranging from abstract to semi-realism, using vibrant colour and design for this exciting exhibition.

2024

‘I’m a collector of ‘things’. The work in this exhibition is made up of work produced in the last three years. In my art practise, I work mostly with readymade, mass produced, domestic or industrial bits and pieces. These could be for example vintage hair accessories, bra inserts, vegetable packaging nets, bicycle inner tubes, shoelaces or 2-dollar shop finds.

2024

This exhibition is a retrospective of works made over the past 10 years. 'As a visual artist I am passionate about the power of art to engage audiences through aesthetic appreciation, sharing important stories through visual narrative and real time connection and conversation with diverse audiences.'

2024

Randa Magdi and Lisa Ellen Hughes are LGBTQIA artists who explore the eclectic collaboration of creating colourful contemporary art together. In their third joint exhibition, 'Sassy Kunst' is exactly that Sassy, Complimentary, Unique, Vibrant Art. Together they portray the vitality of expressing vibrancy in the essence of creating a narrative around the subject.

2024

'Arcadia' is an immersive art collection that draws inspiration from the serene and connected experience of being enveloped by the wilderness. Prudence De Marchi's new body of work pays homage to the cherished moments spent in the Blue Mountains with her family, blending abstract and natural forms to evoke the profound calm and joy that nature uniquely provides. Prudence De Marchi is a Newcastle-based artist known for her evocative and nature-inspired artworks.

2024

Mazie Karen Turner: PAINTINGS is a commercial exhibition of abstract works exploring the eyes' mind. Mazie Turner's mature paintings embody emotion through colour and light.

This show celebrates the on-going impact of Mazie's art, a decade after her death in 2014, featuring many works from her 2024 exhibition 'Things the Mind Already Knows' at MAC yapang Museum of Art and Culture, Lake Macquarie.

2024

Lisa J Winter is an Australian artist based in Newcastle NSW who is motivated to create art from her experiences with plant medicines, magick rituals, and meditation practice. This assists in informing the subject matter of visionary dreamlike worlds and esoteric symbols. Lisa is fascinated with the energy and power of sacred geometry and how we can tap into the collective conscious and unconscious through magic symbology.

2024

A small group of four Artists, for this particular Exhibition, interested in exploring the themes surrounding "the window" and its metaphorical possibilities. As a metaphor, the window encapsulates a liminal space, marking the boundary between the familiar and the enigmatic. Artists have employed the window to evoke a sense of potential, to stir feelings of longing, and to allude to the mysteries that lie beyond.

2024

Kellett and Lee are Islington based and have collaborated in 2024 to produce mixed media 3D works in clay and recycled metal. Their exhibition at The Show Room will also feature their work as individuals. Kellett works with recycled metal and machine parts and sometimes uses found objects. Lee's work is mostly bird focused. Textile bird 'portraits' are made from wire, plastic and upcycled textiles. In 2024 she has returned to ceramics, after many years, to continue to explore the theme of things with wings.

2024

Featuring 15 emerging artists from the New Artists’ Collective, each offering a unique perspective on the theme, REVEAL.

The group exhibition gives each artist a unique perspective on the theme, revealing truths and narratives through their work, and inviting viewers to embark on their own voyage of discovery. The New Artists’ Collective, was founded on principles of collaboration and community.

2024

Tony La Chiusa is a talented Australian contemporary artist, specialising in large statement acrylic, ink and mixed medium on canvas. He has a thirty year portfolio of exhibited works across a diverse array of genres from textured abstracts, landscapes, urban-street raw to popular icon portraits and murals.

2024

Celebrating ageless beauty of women over 30 years at the 30 Over 30 portrait exhibition. This project is about body positivity and transforming the way women are viewed by the media and society. It's about feeling comfortable in your own skin and loving every wrinkle and strand of grey hair as well as honouring one's journey at 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 and beyond. Created by local photographer Gee, GG Noir will unveil the results of her 6-month long body-positivity project on 20th January 2024.

2024

‘Realm’ contains several layers of meaning and context, representing both the inner and outer lives of the artists, their imaginations, and the landscapes within which they live or create. It can also represent the sovereignty of living life as an artist that exists in a realm of uncertainty, ambiguity and the unknown and being comfortable in that space.

2024

Indulge in an enchanting experience at the collaborative art showcase featuring the talents of Penelope Morgan and Julie McVey. Explore a fusion of mesmerising photography and captivating paintings as the artists delve into the realms of self-reflection, imaginative reverie, and the profound allure of a deep, enigmatic hue. The result is a rich and dreamy nostalgia that emerges from a mysterious and alluring abyss. Don't miss out on this unique artistic exploration!

2024

All five artists exhibiting in Hi-Vis live and work in and around Newcastle, a city historically defined by industry and labour. It has also been, and is, a city of working artists. Hi-Vis workwear has become an aesthetic marker of hard work. Hi-Vis, the exhibition, makes this work visible.

2023

A collaboration of three artists coming together to send a message of love and hope. Hon Mark Pearson (Baritone Opera singer; 2015 until 2023 member of the NSW Legislative Council, representing the Animal Justice Party), Rhonda Partridge (Painter) and Nicole Nelmes (Musician).

2023

An exhibition of five local artists, each with diverse interests and approaches to their art practice. Not only are they connected by their love of creativity but by a friendship of many years. This connection offers a supportive and encouraging atmosphere where they pursue their individual artistic journey while drawing inspiration from each other.

2023

Kathryn's second solo exhibition is observational and imaginative. She draws ideas from nature, memory, and the environment, symbols of her personal experiences. The lake and the sea near to Kathryn's home, the tall spotted gum trees, and the Watagan Mountain ranges to the East, provide a rich source of imagery for expression in her art.

2023

The Paintings in this show are a product of an obsession with practicing abstract expressionism, through the painting of figurers, faces and symbols, which enable the exploration of the artist's state influenced by his environment, experiences and relationships. This show reflects many complex feelings and ideas that can only be expressed through artmaking, each work conveys a unique emotion or reaction.

2023

Leslie lives between the lake and the ocean, so doesn't have to travel far to glimpse vistas of water. She's constantly aware of the significance of living on the edge of a beautiful yet powerful force, mesmerising, yet deadly if taken for granted. Water gives life, but can so easily take it away. The duality draws us and keeps us fascinated.

2023

'Creative Ingredient Soiree' is a fun, free, public gathering for those in the creative sector and those interested in Newcastle's creative scene - hosted by creative consultancy, The Creative Ingredient. It is also the official launch of local author Megan Hills' collection of short stories 'Cookie Jar', with a reading (book sales thanks to local independent bookseller: Betty Loves Books).

2023

Originally a landscape painter, Michael has emerged as an experienced abstract painter inspired by texture and colour in the world around him. He is primarily known as a colourist. To quote Michael 'I just keep throwing the paint on until I am happy with it'. This relaxed approach to his work creates a visual feast for all that take the time to view and enjoy it.

2023

Rohan was inspired for this show by our connection with bright colours, movement, water, and nature. Most of his images are being in the right place at the right time, using creative post editing techniques to make the images evoke different emotions.

2023

A joint exhibition of emerging local Artists, following their intuition, breaking their own rules and providing no explanations. The artworks on display showcase two distinctly different styles with Emily diving into moody contrast and texture and Julie indulging in vibrant colour.

2023

'Each piece created is an extension of an emotion I have felt when previewing my future as a woman in society. The links between playing games constantly with divine femininity and having a purpose for our existence in the future, is ever more relevant as I navigate my early adult life.'

2023

Bridie's artworks recall moments in time, a captured conversation with nature's inhabitants, a sensory exchange that beckons our attention and offers a 'Greeting' as you pass, reminding us of our connection to the natural world and the importance it holds.

2022

Melody is a contemporary Australian artist who currently specialises in large scale figurative drawing from her studio on the edge of Lake Macquarie.

2022

Spring is an exhibition by four established artists who work across the disciplines of Printmaking, Painting, Drawing and Sculpture.

2022

Permanent Rainbow is an exhibition of new paintings and works on paper. This series evolved from collages made late last year that will also be exhibited.

2022

In this exhibition, Chris is presenting new paintings of Newcastle, recent still life paintings and older memorials from the last 20 years.

2022

A showcase of the latest works by acclaimed Newcastle Artist, John Morris. This is an exhibition of paintings largely focused on time spent on the Hawkesbury River.

2022

This exhibition presents a curated selection of fine art from 11 local artists who have national and international exhibiting profiles.

2022

Inspired by the artist's proximity to the bush and the ocean, a playful mixture of oils and acrylics.

2022

Two emerging local talents present 'Liminal' - the dreamers and their dreams.

2022

An exhibition of paintings exploring the emotional imprint of water as an essential life force, told in visual language.

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