HEART OPEN
HEART OPEN // HUNTER INNOVATION FESTIVAL
6PM - 9PM - SATURDAY 15 MAY 2021
Heart Open explores themes of regeneration and resilience with live music, dance, discussion and performance.
HEART OPEN //
HUNTER INNOVATION FESTIVAL
INSIDE ELANDS
INSIDE ELANDS //
16 APRIL - 30 MAY 2021
INSIDE ELANDS explores the poetics of place, architectural space and landscape memoir through local archives, moving image and sound, painting, writing and expanded photography.
INSIDE ELANDS //
COLLECT 2021
COLLECT 2021 //
5 JUNE - 27 JUNE 2021
Back again for 2021, The Lock-Up's fundraising exhibition COLLECT is your chance to see and invest in work by some of the best artists in the Hunter and beyond.
COLLECT 2021 //
EXPERIMENTA LIFE FORMS
EXPERIMENTA LIFE FORMS //
10 JULY - 22 AUGUST 2021
EXPERIMENTA returns to The Lock-Up with their 8th national touring exhibition LIFE FORMS exploring how biological and artificial life are challenging human-centric thinking.
EXPERIMENTA LIFE FORMS //
LOUD SKY
LOUD SKY //
26 MARCH - 15 MAY 2022
Stories of survival uncovered through the work of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in the Hunter Region will come to the foreground in this unique exhibition.
LOUD SKY //
Past Exhibitions // Events // Artist Residencies
FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY
FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY //
6 FEBRUARY - 11 APRIL 2021
FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY is a group show exploring the subjectivity, privilege and hidden cost of security.
FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY //
SOCIAL / UPDATES / FORUMS / PROMOTIONS / TRASH
SOCIAL / UPDATES / FORUMS / PROMOTIONS / TRASH // Giselle Stanborough
3.30PM SUNDAY 11 APRIL 2021 -
FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY artist Giselle Stanborough comes to The Lock-Up for her performance lecture Social / Updates / Forums / Promotions / Trash
SOCIAL / UPDATES / FORUMS / PROMOTIONS / TRASH //
Giselle Stanborough
FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY: Panel Discussion
FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY: Panel Discussion //
5.30PM TUESDAY 30 MARCH 2021 -
Bringing together a spectrum of voices, this panel will discuss child sexual abuse within religious institutions, the power and protection provided to the perpetrators, and the ongoing trauma for victims, survivors and their families.
FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY: Panel Discussion //
Pony Express: World Building For Weird Times
Pony Express: World Building For Weird Times //
3PM - 4PM SATURDAY 13 FEBRUARY 2021 -
Pony Express are collaborating on Epoch Wars, a large-scale, immersive project, presented in partnership with New Annual and The Lock-Up
Pony Express: World Building For Weird Times //
HALINKA ORSZULOK
HALINKA ORSZULOK // ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
2 FEBRUARY - 6 FEBRUARY 2021
Curator and artist Halinka Orszulok is coming to The Lock-Up as an artist in residence to install her latest curatorial project FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY.
HALINKA ORSZULOK //
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
HOW DO I KNOW MY PARROT IS HAPPY: ROSIE DEACON
HOW DO I KNOW MY PARROT IS HAPPY? // ROSIE DEACON
5 DECEMBER 2020 - 31 JANUARY 2021
Rosie Deacon transforms The Lock-Up spaces with her deep, immersive environmental installations that channel the artist's childhood memories of growing up in a rural town in New South Wales.
HOW DO I KNOW MY PARROT IS HAPPY? //
ROSIE DEACON
Rosie Deacon
ROSIE DEACON // ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
23 NOVEMBER - 6 DECEMBER 2020
Artist Rosie Deacon will take up residency at The Lock-Up to install solo exhibition HOW DO I KNOW MY PARROT IS HAPPY?
ROSIE DEACON //
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
CAPTURING THE REAL
CAPTURING THE REAL // Trajectory Ensemble with artist Nat Randall presented by Tantrum Youth Arts
13 NOVEMBER - 22 NOVEMBER 2020
Artist Nat Randall will be working with Tantrum Youth Art’s Trajectory Ensemble in an exciting multi-arts collaboration, exploring ideas of liveness and improvisation across performance, video, visual arts and sound.
CAPTURING THE REAL //
Trajectory Ensemble with artist Nat Randall presented by Tantrum Youth Arts
miyarnuwimanha: NICOLE MONKS
miyarnuwimanha // NICOLE MONKS
12 SEPTEMBER - 8 NOVEMBER 2020
miyarnuwimanha, translating to ‘learning, becoming knowledgeable’, explores the innate and unconscious interconnectedness to Country, community and culture.
miyarnuwimanha //
NICOLE MONKS
Oliver Harlan 'Cable' 2020
Oliver Harlan 'Cable' 2020 //
30 October 2020 -
A new video work by Newcastle artist Oliver Harlan that explores the current political and historical moment in America through performed recreations of the news media and the American obsession with paranormal content.
Oliver Harlan 'Cable' 2020 //
COLLECT
COLLECT //
15 AUGUST - 6 SEPTEMBER 2020
Featuring an incredible line up of 80+ artists, THE LOCK-UP COLLECT is your chance to see and invest in work by some of the best artists in the Hunter and beyond.
COLLECT //
DANCING WITH THE DEAD
DANCING WITH THE DEAD //
20 JUNE - 9 AUGUST 2020
DANCING WITH THE DEAD is a group exhibition that aims to illuminate the convergence of memory and corporeality within a larger context of 'deaths', and the multiplicity of experiences that fall within it, whether that be physical death, spiritual death or cultural death.
DANCING WITH THE DEAD //
LIVING WITH UNCERTAINTY
LIVING WITH UNCERTAINTY // LUCAS DAVIDSON
9 FEB - 29 MAR 2020
LIVING WITH UNCERTAINTY is a solo exhibition by artist Lucas Davidson featuring a series of new installations that aim to disrupt the traditional subject-object relationship within the viewing experience.
LIVING WITH UNCERTAINTY //
LUCAS DAVIDSON
IN CONVERSATION
IN CONVERSATION // LUCAS DAVIDSON, GAVIN VITULLO AND UNA REY
5.30PM - 7PM WEDNESDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2020 -
Join curator and academic Dr Una Rey for an in conversation with artists Lucas Davidson and Gavin Vitullo.
IN CONVERSATION //
LUCAS DAVIDSON, GAVIN VITULLO AND UNA REY
NATURAL CAUSES
NATURAL CAUSES // GAVIN VITULLO
9 FEB - 29 MAR 2020
Examining the physical relationships of form and surface, of action and of consequence, Gavin Vitullo's solo exhibition NATURAL CAUSES questions the perpetual nature of the co-existence of man and environment.
NATURAL CAUSES //
GAVIN VITULLO
LUCAS DAVIDSON
LUCAS DAVIDSON // ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
3 FEB - 9 FEB 2020
Artist Lucas Davidson will take up residency at The Lock-Up to install his site specific solo exhibition LIVING WITH UNCERTAINTY.
LUCAS DAVIDSON //
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
GRACE PARTRIDGE
GRACE PARTRIDGE // ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
14 JANUARY - 21 JANUARY 2020
Curator Grace Partridge will utilise her time as Artist in Residence to research and develop ideas around the upcoming exhibition DANCING WITH THE DEAD.
GRACE PARTRIDGE //
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
SARA FRUNER
SARA FRUNER // ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
21 DECEMBER 2019 - 14 JANUARY 2020
New York City based writer and poet Sara Fruner is The Lock-Up’s current artist in residence who will be working on completing a number of ongoing projects during her residency.
SARA FRUNER //
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
Michaela Gleave
MICHAELA GLEAVE // ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
27 NOVEMBER - 8 DECEMBER 2019
Contemporary artist Michaela Gleave will take up residency at The Lock-Up to install her site specific work for the group exhibition ALL THINGS ARE WATER.
MICHAELA GLEAVE //
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
all things are water
all things are water //
8 DECEMBER 2019 - 26 JANUARY 2020
A group show curated by Meryl Ryan and Naomi Riddle that rethinks water as an environment, as a site of escape, as an emotional state, and as a necessity for survival.
all things are water //
OPEN HOUSE
OPEN HOUSE //
19 OCT - 1 DEC 2019
OPEN HOUSE is a group exhibition that attempts to dismantle stigmas surrounding homelessness and present the complexity of the situation by examining and questioning these issues within the larger context.
OPEN HOUSE //
TOWN HALL MEETING: HOMELESSNESS
TOWN HALL MEETING: HOMELESSNESS //
12.30PM - SATURDAY 30 NOVEMBER 2019
A Town Hall style community meeting discussing homelessness for the final week of OPEN HOUSE.
TOWN HALL MEETING: HOMELESSNESS //
Sara Morawetz
SARA MORAWETZ // ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
5 NOVEMBER - 17 NOVEMBER 2019
Artist Sara Morawetz will be utilising this residency to complete initial research and planning for her solo exhibition at The Lock-Up in 2021
SARA MORAWETZ //
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
LEAVES AND LASHES: HIGH TEA AND THE ART OF FLOGGING
LEAVES AND LASHES: HIGH TEA AND THE ART OF FLOGGING // FESTIVAL X
7.30PM-8.30PM - 16 NOVEMBER 2019
A site-specific performance presented by The University of Newcastle’s School of Creative Industries as part of Festival X.
LEAVES AND LASHES: HIGH TEA AND THE ART OF FLOGGING //
FESTIVAL X
Leaves and Lashes: High Tea and the art of Flogging
Leaves and Lashes: High Tea and the art of Flogging // FESTIVAL X
7.30PM-8.30PM - 13 NOVEMBER 2019
A site-specific performance presented by The University of Newcastle’s School of Creative Industries as part of Festival X.
Leaves and Lashes: High Tea and the art of Flogging //
FESTIVAL X
KEG DE SOUZA
AIR KEG DE SOUZA // ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
15 OCT - 21 OCT 2019
Artist Keg de Souza will take up residency at The Lock-Up to install her work for the exhibition OPEN HOUSE.
AIR KEG DE SOUZA //
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
SHAHMEN SUKU
SHAHMEN SUKU // ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
8 OCT - 13 OCT 2019
Shamen Suku is undertaking a residency at The Lock-Up in preparation for his headline performance at THE BENDER.
SHAHMEN SUKU //
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
THE BENDER 2019
THE BENDER 2019 //
7PM 12 OCTOBER 2019 -
The Lock Up's best art party THE BENDER is BACK with another dose of the wild and glorious.
THE BENDER 2019 //
CRITICAL ANIMALS CREATIVE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM 2019
CRITICAL ANIMALS CREATIVE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM 2019 //
3 - 6 OCT 2019
Octapod and The Lock-Up present the Critical Animals Research Symposium
as part of This is Not Art (TiNA).
CRITICAL ANIMALS CREATIVE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM 2019 //
SUSIE SHAPONES
AIR SUSIE SHAPONES // ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
23 SEPT - 29 SEPT 2019
Animator Susie Shapones is undertaking a residency at The Lock-Up in partnership with the School of Creative Industries, University of Newcastle.
AIR SUSIE SHAPONES //
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
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.