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.
Halcyon
22 May 2021 > 14 November 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.
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.
Of Slender Means
29 July 2021 > 29 August 202
Carolyn Menzies will present a series of sculptural works and charcoal drawings that explore materiality and the intersection of art and
craft. Menzies’ sculptures are made from steel wool and steel mesh. Steel is a hallmark of modern sculptural practice, however Menzies’ use
of the material gently subverts this legacy as the wool and mesh are unashamedly domestic.
If you could live anywhere, where would that be? What does your perfect home look like? Is your perfect home by the sea or in the mountains? Everything is possible in this activity! Linden New Art have produced this activity inspired by the Design Fringe theme of ‘home’.
Saturday 09 October 2021, 2PM to 3PM, FREE Live on YouTube and Facebook
Join Curator Juliette Hanson for an exciting conversation with leading First Nations multi-disciplinary creative Nicole Monks
- winner of the 2021 Design Fringe First Nations Commission.
Sunday 10 October 2021, 4PM to 5PM, LIVE at the Pride Centre, St Kilda
This special edition of Strange Bedfellows features a lively discussion about Drag Queens and Mid Century Modern. Prepare to learn some
weird and wonderful facts and come up with the winning question that unites these two topics to win a prize on the night.
Thursday 14 October 2021, 6PM to 7PM, FREE Live on YouTube and Facebook
Join us for a special professional development session facilitated by Curator Juliette Hanson, and featuring Melbourne Fringe, Monash
University, and team leaders from the Design Solutions task force. We will find out how the Monash student teams tackled your design
problems, and you can vote for the best team!
Sunday 17 October 2021, 2PM to 3PM, FREE Live on YouTube and Facebook
Join Linden’s Curator Juliette Hanson in an intimate conversation with designers from Design Fringe as they share how their work responds to
the exhibition’s theme of Home and how their ideas turned into designer magic.
Tuesday 19 October 2021, 6PM to 7PM, FREE Live on YouTube and Facebook
Join us for a special professional development session in partnership with Design Fringe and Craft Victoria as part of Craft Contemporary,
featuring Ella Saddington from multidisciplinary design studio Us From Space, furniture designer Thomas Lentini, and Elishia Whitchurch,
Design Principle at UAP, facilitated by Director Melinda Martin.
Online show, to be announced soon.
This year, the Melbourne Fringe Festival will launch Design Fringe, a program that evolves the 34-year history of Fringe Furniture
to create a stunning new design exhibition and events program to reach design loving audiences across Melbourne. We are thrilled to be
hosting the first Design Fringe exhibition, which will be on display across all of our gallery spaces.
4 December 2021 > 27 February 2022
The iconic Linden Postcard Show will return for its 31st year.
Linden Extra will take you through artists' studios and around our local neighbourhood, providing you with all with the insider knowledge you need to take full advantage of a visit to Linden, or to get your art fix from the comfort of your couch.
