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  Location within Australia | |
| Established | 2010 |
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| Location | Collingwood, Victoria, Australia |
| Coordinates | 37°47′52.566″S144°59′9.88″E / 37.79793500°S 144.9860778°E |
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| Website | www.backwoods.gallery |
Backwoods Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located in the Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, Australia. [1]
Backwoods Gallery opened in the back streets of Collingwood in 2010 with the purpose of exhibiting contemporary art by emerging artists from Australia and around the world. Backwoods was founded by members of the Everfresh Studio and 25 Easey St community. The name 'Backwoods' was taken from an early Everfresh group show, rolling papers & our location – the depths of Collingwood.
| Dates | Exhibition | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 25/09/2010 – 10/10/2010 | Shake That Ass | Yasumasa Yonehara |
| 05/11/2010 – 13/11/2010 | Too Big To Be Human | Petro |
| 20/11/2010 – 04/12/2010 | Omni [2] [3] | Kami and Sasu |
| 17/17/2010 – 23/12/2010 | SALE! | Lush |
| Dates | Exhibition | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 25/03/2011 – 11/04/2011 | Down Low, Too Slow [4] [5] | James Reka |
| 15/04/2011 – 20/04/2011 | New Yellow 01 | Jun Inoue |
| 20/05/2011 – 10/06/2011 | If We’re Going, Then Lets Go | Ghostpatrol |
| 17/06/2011 – 26/06/2011 | l’inconnue de la rue | Rone |
| 15/07/2011 – 30/07/2011 | Oriental Elements [6] | Usugrow, Toshikazu Nozaka |
| 19/08/2011 – 30/08/2011 | Inner Demons II | Meggs |
| 09/09/2011 – 25/09/2011 | You Have No Chance With Coincidence | Yuske Imai |
| 14/10/2011 – 30/10/2011 | Lite Works | Stabbs |
| 18/11/2011 – 05/12/2011 | Momoka | Tanja Jade McMillan (Misery) |
| 09/12/2011 – 12/12/2011 | Another Shithouse "Art" Show | Lush |
| Dates | Exhibition | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 10/02/2012 – 10/02/2012 | Oath Of Armageddon | French |
| 18/02/2012 – 20/02/2012 | Bode Australian Tour | Mark Bode |
| 02/03/2012 – 16/02/2012 | Primary Suspects | James Reka |
| 24/04/2012 – 06/05/2012 | Natural Progression | Beastman |
| 01/05/2012 – 16/06/2012 | Cosmic Scale And The Super Future | Ghostpatrol |
| 20/06/2012 – 22/06/2012 | Open Studio [7] | James Reka |
| 29/06/2012 – 10/07/2012 | Fall From Grace | Rone |
| 03/08/2012 – 12/08/2012 | Jet Babies | Stephen Ives |
| 17/08/2012 – 26/08/2012 | Decorating The Apocalypse | Fred Fowler |
| 14/09/2012 – 30/09/2012 | Seven Samurai [8] | Hiroyasu Tsuri (TwoOne) |
| 07/09/2012 – 30/09/2012 | Hakuchi | Shohei Otomo |
| 12/10/2012 – 14/10/2012 | A Study Of Hands [9] | Anthony Lister, Ashley Wood, Dave Kinsey, Haroshi, James Reka, James Greenaway, Ian Strange, Mark Bode, Shohei Otomo, Hiroyasu Tsuri, Usugrow, Yuske Imai, Alexander Mitchell |
| 19/10/2012 – 28/10/2012 | Truth In Myth II | Meggs |
| 16/11/2012 – 19/11/2012 | Neds Maps and Other Outback Stories | Mark Bode |
| 30/11/2012 – 16/12/2012 | Carrion [10] [11] | ROA |
| Dates | Exhibition | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 01/01/2013 – 28/02/2013 | Artist Residency [12] | James Reka |
| 01/03/2013 – 03/03/2013 | The Evolution Of A Graffiti Shitcunt | Lush |
| 31/03/2013 – 15/03/2013 | Organized Chaos | Slicer |
| 19/04/2013 – 05/05/2013 | Ecstasy In the Abyss | Shida |
| 24/05/2013 – 09/06/2013 | Hero | Stephen Ives |
| 12/07/2013 – 21/07/2013 | Define Nothing [13] | Hiroyasu Tsuri (TwoOne) |
| 15/08/2013 – 25/08/2013 | Take Me To Your Leader [14] | Shohei Takasaki |
| 20/09/2013 – 28/09/2013 | Coalescence | DrewFunk, Otis Chamberlain |
| 18/10/2013 – 03/11/2013 | Bright Night Sky [15] | Stanislava Pinchuk |
| 15/11/2013 – 24/11/2013 | KUH | Jun Inoue |
| 06/12/2013 – 15/12/2013 | A Study Of Eyes | Al Stark, Anthony Lister, Dave Kinsey, Hiroyasu Tsuri, Alexander Mitchell, James Reka, Ian Strange, Kozyndan, Marda, Miss Van, Shohei Otomo, Stanislava Pinchuk, Stephen Ives, Usugrow, Yuske Imai |
| Dates | Exhibition | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 17/01/2014 – 26/01/2014 | The Existential Vacuum [16] | Jonathan Guthmann |
| 10/02/2014 – 21/02/2014 | Backwoods Retrospective | Stanislava Pinchuk, Ghostpatrol, Hiroyasu Tsuri, Fred Fowler & James Reka |
| 7/03/2014 – 16/03/2014 | Gold Blood, Magic Wierdos | Ghostpatrol, Brendan Monroe, Simon Hanselmann, kozyndan, Sheryo, The Yok, Jean Jullien, James Jirat Patradoon, Mr. Gauky, Mel Stringer |
| 18/04/2014 – 27/04/2014 | Keep It Simple [17] [18] [19] | Stabs |
| 02/05/2014 – 11/05/2014 | Stick Folk [20] | Tom Civil |
| 06/06/2014 – 15/06/2014 | Untold [21] [22] [23] | James Reka |
| 20/06/2014 – 29/06/2014 | New Landscapes [24] | Fred Fowler |
| 18/07/2014 – 27/07/2014 | Drawing Blood | Eno |
| 19/07/2014 – 27/07/2014 | Modern-Classic | Shun Kawakami |
| 01/08/2014 – 10/08/2014 | Bright Lights [25] | Numskull |
| 22/08/2014 – 31/08/2014 | Oblivion | Yusk Imai |
| 26/09/2014 – 05/10/2014 | A Study Of Hair [26] [27] [28] [29] | Merda, Inkie, C215, Dave Kinsey, Mark Bode, Stanislava Pinchuk (Miso), Faith47, Shohei Otomo, Jonathan Guthmann, ROA, Stephen Ives, Hiroyasu Tsuri (TwoOne), Usugrow, Yusk Imai, Alexander Mitchell. |
| 10/10/2014 – 19/10/2014 | Outsiders | Hiroyasu Tsuri (TwoOne) |
| 24/10/2014 – 02/11/2014 | Flat Blend [30] | Shohei Otomo, Kosuke Kawamura |
| 04/11/2014 – 16/11/2014 | Flat Blend | Jun Inoue |
| 28/11/2014 – 07/12/2014 | Silent Landscapes | Stanislava Pinchuk |
| 06/12/2013 – 07/12/2013 | 81 Bastards | Jun Inoue, Yoshi47, Mhak, Jun Inoue, Sand, O.T |
| Dates | Exhibition | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Waterworld | Fintan Magee |
| 2015 | Stereodynamica | Felipe Pantone |
| 2015 | Snow Landscapes | Shun Kawakami |
| 2015 | Rockgroup | Sheone & O-Two |
| 2015 | Apocalypse | Jonathan Guthmann |
| 2015 | Ricochet | DEM189 |
| 2015 | Sloe Trails | Acorn |
| 2015 | Bleak | Stephen Ives |
| 2015 | Razzle Dazzle | Clemens Behr |
| 2015 | Back and Forth | Nelio |
| 2015 | Heavy Leisure | Evie Cahir & Gemma Topliss |
| Dates | Exhibition | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Bring Cash | Lushsux [31] |
| 2016 | 100 Faces | Hiroyasu Tsuri [32] |
| 2016 | Mors [33] | Jonathan Guthman |
| 2016 | Brainfade [34] [35] | French |
| 2016 | Spectrum [36] [37] | Senekt |
| 2016 | The Mortal Drama [38] [39] | Yusk Imai |
| 2016 | Hic Svnt Dracones | ROA |
| 2016 | In The Fold | Taj ‘Deams’ Alexander |
| 2016 | Ki-Oku | Goma |
| 2016 | Doomsday Song | Guy Mathews |
| 2016 | Summoning Lovers Out of Time | Shida |
| 2016 | Wizards, Lizards and Broads [40] | Mark Bode |
| 2016 | Ora Ora [41] | Shohei Otomo |
| 2016 | Facing Deconstruction | Ed Bechervaise (Unwellbunny) |
| 2016 | Mirror Stage | Kim Hyunji |
| 2016 | Equilibrium | Senekt |
| 2016 | Self Loathing | Mic Porter |
| 2016 | The Resistible Rise of a Bear of Little Brain | Stephen Ives |
| 2016 | Transition | Taj ‘Deams’ Alexander |
| 2016 | Stroke | Shun Kawakami & Jun Inoue |
| 2016 | A Study of Erotica | Alexander Mitchell, Alpha Channeling, Anthony Lister, Ashley Wood, Kes Acorn, Kim Hyunji, Kristen Liu Wong, Senekt, Shida, Shohei Takasaki, Susanna Rose Sykes, Takeru Amano, Yone |
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