Past Exhibitions // Events // Artist Residencies
PICNIC RAMBLE // ASH ISLAND
20 September 2014 - 11:00am - 2:30pm
Bring the family along to a Picnic Ramble at the wetlands on Kooragang Island. Bookings essential.
PICNIC RAMBLE //
ASH ISLAND
IN CONVERSATION // ASH ISLAND
06 Sep 2014 - 2pm - 3pm
In Conversation with Gionni di Gravio, Vanessa Finney, Belinda Howden, Cherie Cherie Johnson, Emma van Leest.
IN CONVERSATION //
ASH ISLAND
NICOLA HENSEL, CHERIE JOHNSON,EMMA VAN LEEST AND SHAN TURNER-CARROLL // ASH ISLAND AND ITS TRANSFORMATIONS
05 September - 28 September 2014
Ash Island and its Transformations features new works by artists Nicola Hensel, Cherie Johnson, Emma van Leest and Shan Turner-Carroll.
NICOLA HENSEL, CHERIE JOHNSON,EMMA VAN LEEST AND SHAN TURNER-CARROLL //
ASH ISLAND AND ITS TRANSFORMATIONS
EMMA VAN LEEST // ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
27 August 2014 - 10 September 2014
Emma Van Leest is The Lock-Up’s current Artist in Residence. She has undertaken two residency periods to inform the creation of new work commissioned as part of Ash Island and its Transformations.
EMMA VAN LEEST //
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
SHAPE THINGS TO COME // JOSH WODAK
22 November - 08 December 2013
shape Things To come explores the reversal of agency: from being shaped by things to come, to how humans may shape things to come through climate engineering interventions designed to separate existing life forms from six degrees of catastrophe.
SHAPE THINGS TO COME //
JOSH WODAK
PAUL HOWARD // DAVID MATTHEWS
06 November - 02 December 2013
Paul Howard and David Matthews return to present a film, a story about the commercial use and abuse of water and a satire of globalisation and popular culture.
PAUL HOWARD //
DAVID MATTHEWS
SELENA DE CARVALHO // ARCHITECTURE OF THE MIND
11 October - 27 October 2013
Architecture of the Mind by Selena de Carvalho explores the distance between the lived experience and the memory of experience, responding to neurological science that shows memories leave a physical trace in your brain.
SELENA DE CARVALHO //
ARCHITECTURE OF THE MIND
BILJANA JANCIC // OPPOSED
16 August - 1 September 2013
As Artist in Residence at The Lock-Up in June, Biljana Jancic has drawn on Nobby's breakwall as inspiration for site-specific spatial drawings for Opposed.
BILJANA JANCIC //
OPPOSED
JONATHAN JAMES // A IS FOR ABSENCE
07 - 30 June 2013
The abstract artworks in this exhibition are a mix of printed images and sculptural objects in addition to hand weaving, screen-printing and woodwork.
JONATHAN JAMES //
A IS FOR ABSENCE
LIAM POWER // LAND BULK
05 April - 21 April 2013
Land Bulk interrogates the notion of landscape as a valid contemporary subject.
LIAM POWER //
LAND BULK
KURT SORENSEN //
21 September - 14 October 2012
Sorensen's work reflects on colonial era European interactions with the Australian environment and the often misplaced confidence in the settlers ability to tame their adopted landscape.
KURT SORENSEN //
TAMARA DEAN //
04 May - 27 May 2012
After a successful exhibition last year in the John Paynter Gallery, Artist in Resident, Tamara Dean, continues her exploration of the fragile and vulnerability of humans during her stay at The Lock-Up.
TAMARA DEAN //
DAVID CAPRA //
12 April - 30 April 2012
Current Artist in Resident, David Capra, continues to explore 'prophetic art' - work inspired by divine encounters and ecstatic notions that surpass the rational - as well as investigates the artist as mystic.
DAVID CAPRA //
KATH FRIES //
20 April - 05 May 2011
The transience of existence and fragility of life are recurring themes of Fries' installation practice.
KATH FRIES //
NERIDAH STOCKLEY //
27 March - 15 April 2011
Based in Alice Springs, Stockley's practice involves painting and drawing directly from life.
NERIDAH STOCKLEY //
CHRIS BROWN // THE STAR
19 September - 30 September 2009
An exhibition exploring the unique nature of Newcastle's Star Hotel. Invited to contribute to the Star exhibition are local Newcastle Artist's Chris Brown, Tom Kearney and Charlotte Weight.
CHRIS BROWN //
THE STAR
EXPERIMENTA MAKE SENSE OPENING WEEKEND EVENTS
EXPERIMENTA MAKE SENSE INTERNATIONAL TRIENNIAL OF MEDIA ART // OPENING WEEKEND EVENTS
3 FEB 2018 -
Join us for the opening weekend events and hear from some of Australia’s most adventurous contemporary artists, researchers and creative technologists.
EXPERIMENTA MAKE SENSE INTERNATIONAL TRIENNIAL OF MEDIA ART //
OPENING WEEKEND EVENTS
Program
The Lock-Up’s innovatively curated program promotes current, experimental and diverse practices from local, national and international creatives.
The Lock-Up spaces, including a purpose built gallery and artist in residence apartment and the visually remarkable heritage listed cell block and former exercise yard are brought to life with a program that includes contemporary art exhibitions, events, site specific installation and performances, artist residencies, creative talks workshops and a variety of activities designed to engage the public and promote the sharing of ideas and creative vision.