Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces

Last updated

Gertrude Contemporary is a contemporary art complex located in Melbourne, Australia.

Contents

The organisation was founded in 1985 and is located at 21-31 High St, Preston South. [1] It also has a satellite exhibition space, Gertrude Glasshouse, at 44 Glasshouse Rd, Collingwood. The gallery was previously located in the suburb of Fitzroy. [2]

Gertrude Contemporary's programs include exhibitions across the two gallery sites, studio residencies for local and international artists and education and public programs. The Gertrude Contemporary Studio Program hosts 16 artists for a period of two years. [3]

The current Co-Directors of Gertrude Contemporary are Mark Feary, Artistic Director, and Tracy Burgess, Executive Director. Previous Directors of the organisation are Alexie Glass-Kantor, [4] Emma Crimmings, Louise Neri, Rose Lang, Max Delany and Samantha Comte.

History

Gertrude Contemporary was established in 1983 as series of artist studios at 200 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy in a converted textiles factory. In 1985 it led the way as Australia’s first combined gallery and studio complex, a model it continues to operate today. First established under the name of 200 Gertrude Street, from the outset the organisation was dedicated to the production and presentation of experimental and contemporary art. [5]

In July 2017, Gertrude Contemporary relocated its primary venue to 21-31 High Street, Preston South, converting a furniture warehouse into a combined studio and gallery complex. Gertrude Glasshouse, the organisation's satellite venue, opened at 44 Glasshouse Road, Collingwood, in 2015.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fitzroy, Victoria</span> Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Fitzroy is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km (1.9 mi) north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Yarra local government area. Fitzroy recorded a population of 10,431 at the 2021 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brunswick Street, Melbourne</span> Street in Melbourne, Australia

Brunswick Street is a street in inner northern Melbourne, known for cafés, live music venues and alternative fashion shops.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Smith Street, Melbourne</span> Street in Melbourne, Australia

Smith Street is a street in inner northern Melbourne, running north from the city proper and separating Fitzroy from Collingwood.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Australian Centre for Contemporary Art</span> Contemporary art museum in Victoria, Australia

The Australian Centre For Contemporary Art (ACCA) is a contemporary art gallery in Melbourne, Australia. The gallery is located on Sturt Street in the Melbourne Arts Precinct, in the inner suburb of Southbank. Designed by Wood Marsh Architects, the building was completed in 2002, and includes facilities for Chunky Move dance company and the Malthouse Theatre.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Centre for Contemporary Photography</span>

The Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP), in Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, is a venue for the exhibition of contemporary photo-based arts, providing a context for the enjoyment, education, understanding and appraisal of contemporary practice.

Melbourne, the capital of Victoria and the largest city in Australia, has gained international acclaim for its diverse range of street art and associated subcultures. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, much of the city's disaffected youth were influenced by the graffiti of New York City, which subsequently became popular in Melbourne's inner suburbs, and along suburban railway and tram lines.

Gertrude Street is a street in the inner northern suburb of Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia.

The Melbourne Arts Precinct is home to a series of galleries, performing arts venues and spaces located in the Southbank district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It includes such publicly-funded venues as Arts Centre Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria and Southbank Theatre, along with various offices and training institutions of arts organisations.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ian Potter Museum of Art</span> Art museum in Victoria, Australia

The Ian Potter Museum of Art at the University of Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia was established in 1972. It houses the art collection of the University of Melbourne. Current director, Kelly Gellatly, was appointed in 2013. It is not to be confused with the Ian Potter Centre, another art gallery in Melbourne, run by the National Gallery of Victoria.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Melbourne's Living Museum of the West</span> Culture museum in Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne's Living Museum of the West is an ecomuseum and community social history museum in Melbourne's western suburb of Maribyrnong. It was established as part of Victoria's sesquicentenary in 1984, along with the Children's Museum and the Museum of Chinese Australian History.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">MARS Melbourne Art Rooms</span>

[MARS] Melbourne Art Rooms is a contemporary commercial art gallery in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. MARS specialises in exhibiting, promoting and building the careers of contemporary Australian and International artists.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arts Project Australia</span> Non-profit organisation based in Australia

Arts Project Australia Inc. is a registered charity and non-profit organisation located in Northcote, an inner northern area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The organisation provides facilitation/mentoring, studio and exhibition spaces for artists with intellectual disabilities, and as such has been identified as a major centre for the promotion and exhibition of outsider art, or art that has been produced outside of the contemporary and historical mainstream. In 2016 there were approximately 130 artists attending the studio, with the work of exhibiting artists featuring alongside works from the broader contemporary art community in the annual rotating exhibition program.

Miles Howard-Wilks is an Australian artist. While working primarily as a painter, Howard-Wilks is also a ceramicist and animator and has worked in the Arts Project Australia studio since 2000. His diverse subject matter explores themes such as the Australian landscape, seascapes, and Australian Rules Football. With a fine attention to detail and a special interest in oceanic and environmental imagery, Howard-Wilks' works have been widely exhibited both Australia-wide and internationally. His works are held within many collections, most notably at the National Gallery of Australia and the Museum of Contemporary Art. He is viewed as an important figure in outsider art in Australia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Julian Martin</span>

Julian Martin is an Australian artist, known primarily for his pastel drawings and self-portraits. Martin resides in the Melbourne suburb of Doncaster, and has worked from his Northcote-based studio at Arts Project Australia since 1989, where he has also had numerous solo shows. He has exhibited widely, both nationally and internationally [see Exhibitions] and in 1994 he was a finalist in the prestigious Moët & Chandon Travelling Fellowship. In 2014 he was the winner of the Australian State Trustees Connected art prize. His work is held in several public collections, including the Deakin University Art Collection, the City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection and Monash University Museum of Art.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Valerio Ciccone</span> Australian artist

Valerio Ciccone is an Australian artist who is best known for his drawings of mass-media events and icons taken from popular culture. He has worked from his Northcote-based studio at Arts Project Australia since 1984, where he has also had numerous solo shows. He has exhibited widely, both nationally and internationally [see Exhibitions] and his work is held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, Trinkhall Museum, Liège, and the National Sports Museum.

Kate Beynon is an Australian contemporary artist based in Melbourne. She was the 2016 winner of the Geelong Contemporary Art Prize for the painting, Graveyard scene/the beauty and sadness of bones.

Artists Space Gallery was an Australian art gallery showing mainly photography, as well as other media, through the 1980s in Melbourne.

Angela Cavalieri is an Australian printmaker.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Geoffrey Bartlett</span> Australian sculptor

Geoffrey Bartlett is an Australian sculptor working in Melbourne. Bartlett's career in sculpture has spanned over almost 50 years since 1973. He is known for both his studio-based works and major public commissions in sculpture. Bartlett's work has been noted for its contribution to modern Australia sculpture. In 2007, the National Gallery of Victoria held a major retrospective on Bartlett's work since 1987.

References

  1. ↑ "The New Gertrude". Broadsheet. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "The End of Time. The Beginning of Time". Concrete Playground. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  3. ↑ "About" . Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "'You promised me…' Group exhibition at Anna Schwartz Gallery". Vogue Living Australia. NewsLifeMedia. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "About Gertrude". gertrude.org.au. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2022.

37°48′23″S144°58′52″E / 37.80639°S 144.98111°E / -37.80639; 144.98111


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.