Since opening, the gallery has shown more than 300 exhibitions with an average of 30 per year, including 5 which have been curated and toured nationally by the gallery. Over 65% of exhibitions offered an intriguing insight into the social heritage and culture of Far North Queensland.
The Exhibitions Policy stipulates that exhibitions are local, national and international, with local content a high percentage of the program each year.
Exhibitions will offer the community ways of seeing its cultures, environments and histories. Exhibitions will encourage the expression of ideas, attitudes and ambitions - they are about the tradition of art and art in our time, cultural diversity, communication and enjoyment. Exhibitions should offer audiences stimulation and challenging engagement.
The curated exhibitions feature the artworks of the Far Northern region, which have toured nationally; including Artists Studio, Escape Artists: Modernists in the Tropics, the highly acclaimed Ilan Pasin (this is our Way) exhibition of Torres Strait Islander art and Home Island, Home Country - a special exhibition of works on paper by young people from communities across Cape York and the Torres Strait, and Encounters with Country: Landscapes of Ray Crooke.
Exhibitions by local artists are developed through the Community Exhibitions Program. The Gallery curates exhibitions using works from the Collection and by regional artists. Some of these exhibitions are toured nationally and highlight particular aspects of an artist's work in the region. The Gallery also presents touring exhibitions from regional, state and national museums.
All exhibitions are complimented with an active promotional, educational, advertorial and interpretive program targeting both the local and visitor community to the region.
Alma Mater - Stefan Cools
29 May 2009 - 12 July 2009
An exhibition of installation works by Netherlands-based contemporary artist Stefan Cool who specialises in the perception of nature on the human being. This body of work explores Cool’s experiences of the natural environments of Far North Queensland.
A Cairns Regional Gallery Curated Exhibition
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Mod Squad: Contemporary Design + Objects
26 June 2009 - 23 August 2009
Mod Squad presents the work of top Queensland designers who have influenced, impacted and inspired contemporary design in Australia. Showcasing product, furniture, lighting, jewellery and textile design, this touring exhibition also examines the innovative practices of these key creative individuals.
A collaboration between Cairns Regional Gallery, Redcliffe City Gallery and Logan Art Gallery.
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In Your Dreams
26 June 2009 - 23 August 2009
The thirty works represented in this exhibition are deeply felt mediations on dreams and dreaming. They challenge, they delight, they celebrate and they mourn. In the best sense, they enrich our understanding of ourselves and others not in any narrow sense as Canadians or Germans or Australians but as members of the human family.
A Travelling Exhibition Curated by Helen Sanderson
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Through Steel Eyes - Gianna Sabaini
4 July 2009 - 9 August 2009
An exploration of metals and techniques, exposing the potential and reactions to manipulation.
A Cairns Regional Gallery Community Exhibitions Program
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Waters Edge: Creating environments - Jill Chism
17 July 2009 - 30 August 2009
This exhibition aims to draw attention to water as a vital substance, whilst focusing on our interaction with the waters edge.
A Travelling Exhibition by Jill Chism
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Heaven Kissing - Helen Hume
14 August 2009 - 20 September 2009
A series of paintings that take in the aerial view in combination with close up imagery, drawn from Hume’s outback travels over the past 4 years.
A Cairns Regional Gallery Community Exhibitions Program
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Paddocks Of Play
28 August 2009 - 18 October 2009
An exhibition curated with children in mind, featuring art from the Gallery Collection and local artists who share a love for farm animals.
Children’s activities will accompany this exhibition.
A Cairns Regional Gallery Curated Exhibition
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A Trip To Taterine
4 Septembe 2009 - 18 October 2009
Inspired by the uninhibited minds of the young, A trip to Taterine takes its name from a fantasy planet developed as an ideal place – a place to feel at home amongst space creatures, boots that walk on their own, conehead men, sharks, basketballs, ice cream and ipods.
A Cairns Regional Gallery Curated Exhibition
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Frame By Frame: Asia Pacific Artists On Tour
4 September 2009 - 18 October 2009
This exhibition will showcase the work of 10-12 major contemporary Asian and Pacific artists from the Queensland Arts Gallery’s Collection and comprises works from previous Asia Pacific Triennials. Highlighting how the APT continues to provide a unique international platform for the exhibition and interpretation of contemporary Asian and Pacific art.
A Travelling Exhibition from the Queensland Art Gallery
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Entanglement - Christine Eyres
25 September 2009 - 18 October 2009
Observations of a community and how lives are entwined and drawn to a centralised location through quantum mechanics.
A Cairns Regional Gallery Community Exhibitions Program
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Hidden Treasures - The Postcard Show
23 October 2009 - 8 November 2009
The annual fundraising exhibition of works by local and national artists for sale by silent auction.
A Cairns Regional Gallery Fundraising Exhibition
63rd Cairns Art Society Annual Award
23 October 2009 - 8 November 2009
An annual exhibition of works by local, state and national artists hosted by the Cairns Art Society.
A Cairns Regional Gallery Community Exhibitions Program
TAFE Mainstream Visual Arts Students Exhibition
6 November 2009 - 13 December 2009
Graduating students from the Tropical North Queensland TAFE Visual Arts Department present an exhibition of various media.
A Cairns Regional Gallery Community Exhibitions Program
Cairns Photographic Society Biennial Exhibition
18 December 2009 - 24 January 2010
An exhibition of selected works by the Cairns Photographic Society members.
A Cairns Regional Gallery Community Exhibitions Program
Melting Pot Biennial Exhibition
13 November 2009 - 20 December 2009
A showcase of ceramic works by local, state and national artists, hosted by the Cairns Potters Club.
A Cairns Regional Gallery Community Exhibitions Program
Tapa: Bark Cloth - Polynesian & Melanesian Bark Cloth in Queensland
11 December 2009 - 31 January 2010
Showcasing the diversity of islander cultural practices through tapa in the context of their families, their homelands and new homes in Brisbane and shared history in order to preset this relatively new (since 1988) culturally diverse regional community in a new and culturally dynamic context.
A Travelling Exhibition from Brisbane Multicultural Arts Centre
Please contact us for further information about our exhibition program.
