Linden New Art
Current exhibitions
Upcoming exhibitions
Linden Postcard Show 2024-25
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Exhibition Opening > 7 December 2024, 1 to 4PM
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Past exhibitions
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.