Linden New Art


Current exhibitions


DESIGN FRINGE 2024

DESIGN FRINGE 2024

We have shared bread and salt

6 September > 24 November 2024


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Upcoming exhibitions


Linden Postcard Show 2024-25

Linden Postcard Show 2024-25

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

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.