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Jan Murphy Gallery represented artist, Lara Merrett, has curated Studio Wars, which presents work by seven of the artists she shares her studio with in Birmingham Street, inner Sydney. Each artist in Studio Wars has produced new work for the exhibition and features paintings by Sally Anderson, Jonny Niesche, Lara Merrett, John Nicholson and Gemma Smith. […]

Robert Malherbe has been featured on design blog, In/Out, in an article about his major survey exhibition ‘Resist the spirit of the times’ at the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre. The insightful article highlights Malherbe’s unique and considered approach to oil painting, which has seen him honoured by the survey held in the region in which he […]

Road Trip is a group exhibition featuring the work of significant Australian artists Juz Kitson, Fiona Lowry, William Mackinnon and Guy Maestri. The show considers the long held presence of the ‘road trip’ in the Australian psyche and how it shapes our experience of the landscape. The utterance of the phrase ‘road trip’ immediately conjures […]

Guy Maestri will have works from his personal art collection on display throughout March as part of Art Month Sydney 2016. Held at S.H. Ervin Gallery, Private Lives, the artist as collector will feature works from the collections of some of Australia’s leading contemporary artists including Maestri, Nicholas Harding and Idris Murphy. The exhibition runs from 27 […]

Juz Kitson and Danie Mellor have been curated into the 2016 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art. Titled ‘Magic Object’, the 2016 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art takes inspiration from the Wunderkammer, delving into a world of wonder and enchantment through the eyes of Australian contemporary artists. Presented by the Art Gallery of South Australia and curated […]

Jan Murphy Gallery represented artists Natasha Bieniek, William Mackinnon, Danie Mellor and Alex Seton have been shortlisted as finalists for the 2016 Fleurieu Art Prize. Held at the Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art in Adelaide , the Fleurieu Art prize is the richest landscape art prize in the world. The 2016 prize will […]

Monica Rohan was interviewed by writer Lucy Stranger in the latest issue of Artist Profile. Rohan discusses the different elements which make-up her unique painting practice and explains the concepts behind her work. To read the interview, please click here.  Image credit: Monica Rohan, Bluster, 2015, oil on board, 60.0 x 45.0 cm

Carrie McCarthy from Cultural Flanerie has reviewed Linde Ivimey’s current Jan Murphy Gallery solo exhibition, Cross My Heart. Running until 3 October 2015, the new exhibition consists of eleven exquisite hand-crafted sculptures exploring themes of identity and self using a vast range of materials and techniques. The review discusses Linde’s unique artistic practice from her studio […]

Natasha Bieniek has been named as the winner of the 2015 Portia Geach Memorial Award for her miniature oil painting ‘Sahara’ 2014. Presented at S.H. Ervin Gallery in Sydney, the non-acquisitive award of $30,000 is in it’s 50th year and recognises excellence by Australian women artists in contemporary portraiture. This year’s judges were Eleonora Trigunboff, Art […]

Robert Malherbe has been named as the winner of the 2015 Manning Art Prize: Naked & Nude for his oil painting ‘Woman in a Black Coat’ 2015. The $10,000 acquisitive prize was judged and awarded for 2015 by Sydney Morning Herald Art Critic, John McDonald. An exhibition of award winners and finalists will run at the […]

Victoria Reichelt and Linde Ivimey are in Discerning Judgement, an exhibition at the Supreme Court Library Queensland. The exhibition is showing until 5 February 2015. Curated by John Stafford and Jodie Cox from CREATIVEMOVE, in collaboration with the Supreme Court Library, Discerning Judgment explores commonalities of how judgment is required in the practices of art and law. The nine artists […]

Jason Benjamin’s exhibition ‘Practicing Calligraphy’ has been featured in the July/August 2015 issue of Art Guide Australia. Arts writer Louise Martin-Chew previewed works from Jason’s upcoming solo exhibition, Practicing Calligraphy, which is showing at Jan Murphy Gallery from 11 August – 11 September. To read the Art Guide article, please click here. Image credit: Jason Benjamin, Song of […]

Jan Murphy Gallery is excited to introduce emerging Brisbane painter Claudia Greathead, who will be exhibiting as part of upcoming group exhibition ‘Anywhere, Elsewhere’, curated by Tess Maunder. Greathead’s practice critiques constructed cultural values and ideologies through the examination of beauty and its portrayal in Western media – she appropriates and recontextualises imagery in the […]

Fresh artistic talents will be unveiled in upcoming group exhibition, Anywhere Elsewhere, which focuses on the practices of emerging QLD artists. In an initiative to support the next generation of contemporary artists, Jan Murphy Gallery is excited to present the work of local artists, Bridie Gillman, Claudia Greathead and Sancintya Simpson. Curated by Brisbane based […]

Congratulations to Natasha Bieniek who has been named as the winner of the 2015 Wynne Prize for landscape painting with her miniature oil painting, Biophilia 2015. Of the work Bieniek has stated “I’m particularly interested in the impact of nature within an urban environment. My miniature oil painting, Biophilia, is part of a recent series […]

Congratulations to the following artists who have been announced as finalists in the 2015 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. Jason Benjamin (Archibald Prize) Natasha Bieniek (Wynne Prize) Guy Maestri (Wynne Prize) Robert Malherbe (Wynne Prize) Michael Muir (Wynne Prize) Leslie Rice (Archibald Prize) The winners of the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes will be announced […]

Marina Strocchi’s survey exhibition, ‘Marina Strocchi: A survey exhibition 1992 – 2014′ at Araluen Arts Centre has been reviewed in the current issue of Artlink Magazine. To read the interview, please click here. The exhibition is currently touring, opening on 19 June 2015 at Godinymayin Yijard Rivers Arts and Culture Centre in Katherine, NT. It will […]

Monica Rohan features in this week’s issue of the Brisbane News in an enlightening article that outlines the emerging QLD artist’s career journey so far. To read the article, please click here. Image credit: Monica Rohan, Fickle, 2015, oil on board, 100.0 x 70.0 cm

Monica Rohan was featured in an article in the Australian Financial Review as a result of her sold out exhibition ‘Topsy-turvy’, currently showing at Jan Murphy Gallery. To read the article, please click here. Image credit: Monica Rohan, Dense, 2015, oil on board, 77.0 x 60.0 cm

Guy Maestri and fellow Australian landscape painter, Luke Sciberras, are on the cover of the current issue of Artist Profile magazine. Both artists are featured in a 12-page article exploring the nature of the artists’ friendship and its impact on their respective painting practices. The article is an insightful look into the similarities and differences […]