Linden New Art
Current exhibitions
Past exhibitions
DESIGN FRINGE 2024
We have shared bread and salt
6 September > 24 November 2024
Michelle Hamer
I'm A Believer
Until 25 August 2024
Vittoria Di Stefano
Pears on a Willow
Juncture Art Prize
Until 25 August 2024
Shivanjani Lal
Mere Porvaj [I am remembering]
Juncture Art Prize
Until 25 August 2024
Aaron Christopher Rees
Mirage
Until 19 May 2024
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Jill Orr
The Promised Land Refigured
Until 19 May 2024
Linden Postcard Show 2023-24
10 December 2023 > 11 February 2024
DESIGN FRINGE 2023
Speculation: Eight Billion Little Utopias
23 September > 26 November 2023
Johnathon World Peace Bush > Everything that came before makes the present
17 June > 10 September 2023
ABDUL-RAHMAN ABDULLAH > Journeys
18 March > 4 June 2023
Kate Just > Self Care Action Series
18 March > 4 June 2023
Nell > Old New Wave
18 March > 4 June 2023
Michael Kluge > Left Behind
10 December 2022 > 26 February 2023
Known for his documentation of historic buildings and cultural relics from bygone days, Left Behind heralds a bold new
development in Kluge’s practice, as the artist extends his focus towards the subject of memory as observed through the lens of grief.
Linden Postcard Show 2022-23
10 December 2022 > 26 February 2023
The iconic Linden Postcard Show returns for its 32nd year.
Lyn Pool > Nest
Opening 8 September 2022
Presenting a series of collages combining photographs of nests with found strips of text, Nest sees Pool craftily harness the
figure of the nest as a means of addressing the ongoing ecological crisis.
DESIGN FRINGE 2022
17 September > 27 November 2022
This year, Design Fringe asks participating designers to ‘Design the Future: Don’t Waste Time’. Linked to the major global
challenge of sustainability, the exhibition encourages both designers and visitors to rethink our relationship with objects, as well as
raising awareness to help us to make better choices about what we buy in order to reduce the amount of waste we produce.
LOUISA BUFARDECI > FIGURING
11 June > 4 September 2022
Figuring features over one hundred string figures made of face-mask elastic, pinned across the walls of three galleries.
KATE BEYNON > THE SHAPESHIFTER’S HOUR
11 June > 4 September 2022
The Shapeshifter’s Hour explores supernatural themes, guardian figures and magical creatures. The imagery and characters in
Beynon’s new body of work expand her interest in cross-cultural stories and mythologies.
HONOR FREEMAN > Ebb
11 June > 4 September 2022
Ebb explores the metaphoric qualities of water. The exhibition will feature a
bathtub, complete with Freeman’s signature soaps, alongside contemporary lachrymal vessels used to collect tears, porcelain rain gauges and
buckets.
Ilan El > Colours of Light
12 March > 05 June 2022
This exhibition will showcase a selection of work by St Kilda-based designer and artist Ilan El. Using glass and lighting design, El will explore the transformative beauty of colour and its relationship to light.
Yuriyal Eric Bridgeman > Yal
12 March > 5 June 2022
This exhibition presents a selection of photographic work and large painted shields created with members of the artist's Yuri tribe of
Simbu Province, and his diasporic family in the Waghi Valley of the Highlands of Papua New Guinea.
Cyrus Tang > TIME FELL ASLEEP IN THE EVENING RAIN
12 March > 5 June 2022
Cyrus Tang will present a series of photographic works and light boxes that explore time and memory.
Anna Hoyle
Your choc-mint pelvik floor is so boring
3 December 2021 > 27 February 2022
This exhibition is a collection of recent works on paper that reflect Hoyle’s longstanding interest in words and phrases inspired by
self–help trends, advertising and consumer culture.
Linden Postcard Show 2021-22
3 December 2021 > 27 February 2022
The iconic Linden Postcard Show will return for its 31st year.
Design Fringe > Designers on your Doorstep
Melbourne Fringe’s iconic, avant-garde furniture exhibition celebrates its 35th year and a new name. Evolving from Fringe Furniture to Design Fringe, it will include an expanded series of virtual projects, design workshops and talks celebrating Melbourne’s extraordinary independent and emerging designers and the ground-breaking works they produce.
Ruth Höflich
To Feed your Oracle
22 May 2021 > 14 November 2021
Ruth Höflich is an artist and filmmaker, born in Munich, Germany, and currently based in Melbourne. In an installation of video, photography
and site intervention, To Feed Your Oracle will explore how we might understand, or predict, things that we can’t see and how our
expectations might affect how we experience the unknown.
Natasha Bieniek
Halcyon
22 May 2021 > 22 August 2021
Natasha Bieniek is best-known for her miniature oil paintings. Bieniek’s paintings are meticulous in their execution and demand close
inspection. They link the ancient tradition of 16th century miniature painting with present-day image culture.
This exhibition brings together a suit of recent works that have not been seen together before, including Bieniek’s stand out painting, Biophilia,
which was the winner of the Wynne Prize in 2015.
Vipoo Srivilasa
Wellness Deity
22 May 2021 > 14 November 2021
Vipoo Srivilasa is a Thai-born Melbourne-based artist, curator and arts activist. This exhibition will present the Wellness Deity
Project, which Srivilasa undertook in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This collaborative, community-driven project invited people to
submit a drawing of their Wellness Deity, a being that has a special empowering or protective power.
Nicholas Folland
Burn Down the House
13 February 2021 > 16 May 2021
Nicholas Folland’s practice explores the relationship between domestic objects and materials, natural forces and historical
references. His work speaks to uncertainty, ecological fragility and our perception of time.
Troy Emery
Sonder
13 February 2021 > 16 May 2021
Troy Emery’s practice encompasses sculpture, painting, and drawing. Emery’s artwork explores the way that representations of animals can be
used as decorative motifs, superficial icons for ecological issues or fetishised objects of adornment and entertainment.
Ash Keating
Duality
13 February 2021 > 16 May 2021
Ash Keating works within an expanded contemporary field, through painting, performance, sculpture, video and intervention. Keating’s large
outdoor murals, created with paint filled fire extinguishers, can be found across Melbourne.
Linden Postcard Show 30th Birthday Celebration
16 October 2020 > 31 January 2021
Let's celebrate the 30th Birthday of the Linden Postcard Show. Unlike any Postcard Show birthday you’ve seen before, we’ve invited
back some of the past winners, from 30 years of the show’s history, to exhibit their current work.
Linden Postcard Show 2020-21
5 December 2020 > 31 January 2021
Since 1990, this much-loved open-entry small artwork prize exhibition has been providing artists - from emerging to established - the
opportunity to present their artwork on the walls of Linden New Art's beautiful Victorian-era building.
Robert Fielding
Routes / Roots
22 February 2020 > 30 August 2020
Opening on Friday 21 February 2020, 6-8PM
Robert Fielding is a contemporary artist of Pakistani, Afghan, Western Arrente and Yankunytjatjara descent, who lives in Mimili Community in
the remote Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands. Fielding’s work combines strong cultural roots with contemporary perspectives.
Karla Dickens
My Mother’s Keeper
22 February 2020 > 30 August 2020
Opening on Friday 21 February 2020, 6-8PM
My Mother’s Keeper will feature a film and a series of new photographs produced as a result of a collaboration between the artist
Karla Dickens and writer Bruce Pascoe. Initiated by the Kandos School of Cultural Adaptation, the work focusses on the urgent need for us to
protect and conserve the land and our environment.
Jacqui Stockdale
The Long Shot
22 February 2020 > 30 August 2020
Opening on Friday 21 February 2020, 6-8PM
This new body of work extends Stockdale’s long-held fascination with early colonial times in Australia. The Long Shot explores the
dominant narratives of Australian folk history, mythology and iconography and challenges their potency within a contemporary context. Based
on extensive research, Stockdale presents a new version of Ned Kelly’s family history, with a focus on the experiences of Kelly’s mother,
Ellen.
Linden Postcard Show 2019-20
23 November 2019 > 9 February 2020
Visit the iconic Linden Postcard Show! Since 1990, this much-loved open-entry small artwork prize
exhibition has been providing artists - from emerging to established - the opportunity to present their artwork on the walls of Linden New
Art's beautiful Victorian-era building.
Simon Finn
Breath-hold dwelling
7 September > 10 November 2019
Simon Finn creates multimedia installations, including video, drawing and sculpture that are informed by his professional experience in
Architecture, visualisation and freediving.
Alicia King
Our Long Conversation with the Sun
7 September > 10 November 2019
Alicia King works with new and experimental media to raise questions about the use of technology to manipulate nature and its increasing
impact on biological systems, including the human body.
Brodie Ellis
Heavy Launch
7 September > 10 November 2019
Brodie Ellis will present a video, sculpture and sound installation. Beautifully abstracted fragments of dozens of rocket launches are
blended together in a fluid animation that focuses on jet propulsion and the burning of resources.
Linden Locals
29 June > 1 September 2019
Linden Locals is a project to celebrate you; the many people – visitors, artists and locals – that make Linden New Art what it is today.
Mona Ruijs
Sympathetic Resonance
29 June > 1 September 2019
Mona Ruijs creates and performs sound baths and sound meditations featuring gongs.
Lucreccia Quintanilla
A Ripple and an Echo
29 June > 1 September 2019
Lucreccia Quintanilla makes work that explores structures of amplification, both natural and technological.
Cat Hope
Sub Decorative Sequences
29 June > 1 September 2019
Cat Hope is a composer, musician, songwriter and performance artist. Taking the decorative elements of Linden’s Hope will create unique
graphic scores that will be displayed in the gallery and performed by musicians in a series of special events.
Erin Coates & Anna Nazzari
Dark Water
4 May > 23 June 2019
Presented by Perth-based artists Erin Coates and Anna Nazzari, Dark Water examines psychological thresholds and the limits of the human body
in relation to oceanic environments.
Baluk Arts
Elements
4 May > 23 June 2019
This group exhibition showcases works made by artists from Baluk Arts, an urban Aboriginal Arts Centre based in Mornington.
Linden Art Prize 2019
23 February > 28 April 2019
The Linden Art Prize is a non-acquisitive contemporary art award established for artists graduating from a Masters or PhD from a Victorian
University.
Linden Postcard Show 2018-19
23 November 2018 - 10 February 2019
Visit the iconic Linden Postcard Show! Since 1990, this much-loved open-entry small artwork prize exhibition has been providing artists
Natalie Ryan
Imaging the Dead
25 August > 4 November 2018
Natalie Ryan's practice explores themes that surround the aesthetic representation of animal cadavers and natural sciences, throughout
history and in contemporary art.
Julia deVille
Wholeness and the Implicit Order
25 August > 4 November 2018
To celebrate Linden New Art’s return to our St Kilda home, we will be presenting a major solo exhibition of new work by leading Australian
mid-career artist Julia deVille.
Puna Yanima & Linda Puna
Wangka Kutjara, Tjukurpa Kutju
28 July > 2 September 2018
Drawing upon the 2018 National NAIDOC theme Because of her, we can!, Wangka Kutjara, Tjukurpa Kutju (language for Two Voices, One Tjukurpa)
presents the mother-daughter relationship of Anangu women Puna Yanima and Linda Puna for the first time in a public gallery setting.
Nicole Newman
Genaivisheh Shtiklech (Tricky Pieces)
23 February > 9 March 2018
This is an exhibition of sixteen new works by Nicole Newman. These small-scale sculptures are intended to be somewhat of a puzzle to the
viewer.
Linden Postcard Show 2017-18
10 November 2017 > 23 February 2018
This year, the Linden Postcard Show will be held at Domain House (Dallas Brooks Drive, South Yarra) while our beloved Acland Street building
undergoes renovations.
Papulankutja Artists
Tjanpi Desert Weavers & Warakurna Artists
11 August - 24 September 2017
Centred upon the thriving artistic foundations of the tri-state border of WA, SA and NT, Border Lines brings together celebrated painters
from the Papulankutja and Warakurna art communities and the renowned fibre artists of the Tjanpi Desert Weavers.
Kylie Stillman
The Opposite Of Wild
27 May > 6 August 2017
The Opposite of Wild was created specifically for the space at Domain House. It included one of Stillman's largest 'book
sculptures’ to date.
Sam Leach
Avian Interplanetary
27 May > 6 August 2017
Sam Leach’s solo exhibition Avian Interplanetary is a proposal for a future habitat that takes into account the world view of non-humans as
well as humans.
Changing Places
10 February > 8 March 2017
Changing Places is a response to Linden's temporary relocation in 2017. Five artists explore the notions of “change” and “place”;
peeling back the layers to find what it means to them, to their worlds & practices.
Penny Byrne
Brutal
10 February > 8 March 2017
Penny Byrne’s sculptural works are politically charged, highly engaging and often disarmingly humorous.
Linden Postcard Show 2016-17
21 October 2016 > 29 January 2017
The Linden Postcard Show is an open entry exhibition for all artists from hobbyist, emerging to established, and celebrates it's 26th
year in 2016.
Alick Tipoti
Lagangu
21 July > 9 October 2016
Linden New Art is proud to present a new solo exhibition Lagangu (from the islands) by Alick Tipoti.
Samuel Tupou
Duplikator
21 July > 9 October 2016
In Duplikator we find Samuel’s signature use of vivid colours, pop sensibility, and street art techniques combined with patterns inspired by
Ngatu designs.
Leith Maguire
Heads or Tails?
6 May > 17 July 2016
Leith is interested in the way that living things exist in and move through the natural world.
Arts Project Australia
Wild Lands
6 May > 17 July 2016
Founded in 1974 Arts Project Australia’s inner city studio and gallery exist to nurture and promote artists with an intellectual disability
as they develop their art practice, encouraging individual artistic expression and personal style.
Linden Art Prize 2016
4 March > 1 May 2016
The Linden Art Prize is a non-acquisitive contemporary art award established for artists graduating from a Masters Degree or PhD in 2015.
The Linden Art Prize celebrated its inaugural year in 2014.
Object Future III
4 December 2015 > 28 February 2016
Object Future III, follows six design studios commissioned to produce an object specifically for this exhibition.
Linden Postcard Show 2015
19 September > 21 November 2015
The much-loved Linden Postcard Show is an annual feature of the Linden calendar.
New Frontiers
New Frontiers
17 July 2015 > 6 September 2015
New Frontiers will present a selection of contemporary art that is being created in some of Australia’s most remote Indigenous communities
including those located in the Great Sandy Desert and the East Pilbara.
Linden Projects: Paper
8 May 2015 > 12 July 2015
Linden will present four solo exhibitions in the Linden Projects: Paper exhibition. This exhibition explores how one of the oldest of art
medias is used by contemporary artists today and explores how this media can be extended.
Linden Projects: Atmosphere
8 May 2015 > 12 July 2015
Linden will present two solo exhibitions and one group exhibition in the Linden Projects, Atmosphere exhibition.
Linden Art Prize 2015
27 February 2015 > Sunday 3 May 2015
Linden is proud to present the second annual Linden Art Prize; a non-acquisitive award established to celebrate excellence and nurture a new
generation of artists.
Alex Seton
Last Resort
6 January 2015 > 22 February 2015
Alex Seton's solo exhibition Last Resort, explores Australia’s response to migration.
Marian Drew
19 December 2014 > 22 February 2015
Marian Drew’s compelling photographs reference the wealth and privilege of early European still-life painting.
Linden Postcard Show 2014
25 October 2014 > 6 December 2014
The Postcard Show is Linden's annual open entry award exhibition. With all works for sale, the Linden Postcard Show is a unique
opportunity to purchase an original and affordable artwork.
Innovators 3
12 September 2014 > 12 October 2014
Linden's Innovators series of exhibitions presents new and innovative contemporary art.
Outlaws
9 August 2014 > 7 September 2014
Outlaws, brings together a young and daring group of Indigenous artists working across photography, textiles, video, installation and
performance.
Innovators 2
27 June 2014 > 3 August 2014
Linden's Innovators series of exhibitions presents new and innovative contemporary art.
Innovators 1
16 May 2014 > 22 June 2014
Linden's Innovators series of exhibitions presents new and innovative contemporary art.
Witness
4 April 2014 > 11 May 2014
Witness examines the way in which artists respond to disaster, trauma and crisis.
Linden Art Prize 2014
21 February 2014 > 30 March 2014
The inaugural Linden Art Prize is a non-acquisitive contemporary art award established for artists graduating from a Victorian University
PhD or Masters degree in 2013.
Born This Way
20 December 2013 > 16 February 2014
Born This Way: An exploration of LGBTI youth identity through art, brings together the creative works of LGBTI youth from across Victoria.
Wish You Were Here
20 December 2013 > 16 February 2014
The artists of the Swarm Collective take on notions of place and longing, in Wish You Were Here, initiating a creative dialogue dealing with
transience, dislocation and nostalgia.
Innovators 3
16 November 2013 > 15 December 2013
Art is often made with the intention of lasting forever, if not physically then at least by being recorded in history.
A Space Oddity
28 September 2013 > 10 November 2013
A Space Oddity explores the human condition in a contemporary world characterised by a sense of identity that is de-centered and multiple.
What Lies Buried Rises
17 August 2013 > 22 September 2013
Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts presents What Lies Buried Rises, the annual contemporary Indigenous exhibition in the gallery's
program.
Innovators 2
13 July 2013 > Sunday, 11 August 2013
The second installment of Linden’s Innovators exhibition series reflects on and challenges the condition of global market forces flowing
through and affecting the objects we encounter daily.
Like Mike
18 May 2013 > Sunday, 7 July 2013
Linden Centre of Contemporary Arts presents an ambitious homage to Australian artist Mike Brown (1938-1997).
Innovators 1
6 April 2013 > 12 May 2013
Innovators 1 presents the work of five artists who explore the human condition.
Linden Postcard Show 2013
2 February 2013 > 23 March 2013
The Linden Postcard Show celebrated its twenty-second year in 2013. The unique open entry prize is a nostalgic event in the Melbourne
cultural calendar.
Innovators 3
12 November 2011 > 11 December 2011
Throughout the evolution of the human species, we have sought refuge from our natural environment: to create alternative spaces to occupy
and inhabit.
Innovators 3
3 November 2012 > 9 December 2012
The works on display at Linden as part of Innovators 3 create environments and encounters that invite us to linger and reflect on the spaces
we inhabit.
omission
22 September 2012 > 28 October 2012
omission explores Australia's tragic colonial history, in particular the overt culture and practice of division, exclusion
and
omission of Indigenous peoples, their cultures, their landscapes and the creatures that occupy them.
Haunts and Follies
4 August > 16 September 2012
Picture some bizarre, spooky, pseudo ruin, partially overgrown. It is the kind of place that if you were watching a D-grade horror movie you
just know that the girl and the guy would go on to meet the unexpected.
Innovators 2
30 June 2012 > 29 July 2012
Each of these exhibitions, in their own particular way, deals with the meaning of life.
Symphonic Encounters
12 May 2012 > 24 June 2012
Six female artists will create site-specific works that respond to and engage with the historically rich and idiosyncratic architecture of
Linden, transforming the gallery into six new environments.
Innovators 1
31 March > 6 May 2012
Traditional and contemporary mediums and found objects are used to explore cycles and relationships within language, culture and nature.
Linden Postcard Show 2012
4 February 2012 > 17 March 2012
2012 This marks the twenty-first annual Linden Postcard Show and one of the only open entry award exhibitions remaining in Australia.
Jackey, Joey, Johnnie and Chockey
1 October 2011 > 6 November 2011
Curator Clinton Nain asked four Indigenous artists to respond to the reality of being indigenous men during this period of change in
Australia’s history.
Cuttings
17 September 2011 > 25 September 2011
Cuttings is an performative installation exploring divergent approaches to sculpture and sound by five artists.
What's Yours is Mine
30 July 2011 > 11 September 2011
This exhibition brings together a diverse group of artists from the United States and Australia that use creative activism as a vehicle to
draw attention to the overlooked, disregarded, concealed and sometimes illegal aspects of daily living.
Innovators 2
25 June 2011 > 24 July 2011
This Innovators series presents works that take colour, ideas of excess and intricate detail as their inspiration.
A Way of Calling
14 May 2011 > 19 June 2011
A Way of Calling, highlights six contemporary art practices that evoke, activate or engage mysterious forces, energies or
sensations.
Innovators 1
9 April 2011 > 8 May 2011
The Innovators 1 exhibition presents a mix of media exploring issues of identity and transformation.
Linden Postcard Show 2011
5 February 2011 > 26 March 2011
The Linden Postcard Show is the largest Australian open entry competition showing work across all media Linden Centre for
Contemporary.
Jus' Drawn, proppaNOW
7 August 2010 > 12 September 2010
‘As Aboriginal people, as Blackfellas, drawing is something we all do.’ For proppaNOW, drawing is an action and a tool that we use to
communicate our feelings and ideas and it is the beginning of our art-making processes.
Innovators 2
3 July 2010 > 1 August 2010
Innovators 2 explores old and new technologies and the spaces between.
The Politics of Art
15 May 2010 > 25 June 2010
The Politics of Art explores the art landscape and terms such as 'art-world' and 'art industry,' which suggest a community
dedicated to the production and consumption of art that is separate, yet similar to the 'real' world.
Innovators 1
10 April 2010 > 9 May 2010
Five artists explore ideas of scale, perspective and relationship with viewers.
The Linden Postcard Show 2010
6 February 2010 > 27 March 2010
The winner of the Bendigo Bank award of $5,000.00 was Hana Rajkovic who migrated to Australia from Serbia in 2009.