Art Gallery
The gallery is open Tuesday - Friday from 10 am - 3 pm. Entry to the gallery is FREE.
2023 Exhibitions
Art tells the story of our landscapes, and connects us to our identity, our Country and our people. The 2023 First Nations Art Competition aims to allow First Nations artists from the 28 Nations in our area to share their art with others, and be recognised for their incredible talent.
We acknowledge the 28 Nations in the Southern Queensland Landscapes area including: Auburn Hawkwood, Badjiri, Barunggam, Bidjara, Bigambul, Boonthamurra/Bunthamarra, Budjiti, Djaku-nde/Jangerie Jangerie, Euahlayi/Yuwaalaraay, Gamilaraay/Gamilaroi/Kamilaroi, Giabul, Githabul, Kambuwal, Gunggari, Kooma, Iman, Jarowair, Kullilli, Kungardutyi, Punthamara, Kunja, Mandandanji, Mardigan, Morrawarri/Murrawarri, Palpamudramudra Yandrawandra, Wakka Wakka, Wangkumarra/Wongkumara, Western Bundjalung, and Western Wakka Wakka Nations.
Into its 35th year, the Heritage Bank Photographic Awards are open to all professional and amateur photographers. With no cost to enter, this competition encourages photographers all over Australia to explore their surroundings and capture their own little piece of history.
With a massive prize pool of over $50,000 across a range of categories and awards, this competition is one of the most lucrative in the country.
This much anticipated annual exhibition brings together those Visual Arts students who have completed their studio practice courses. The artwork are the result of studio development across the disciplines – Ceramics, Printmaking, Sculpture, Painting and Drawing.
Each of the emerging artists (undergraduates and postgraduates) has rigorously researched their ideas and their projects are the result of their investigations.
Toowoomba based conceptual artist Yianni Maggacis creates a visual conflict between the familiar and the strange through his representation of the strangely familiar liminal space, ‘The Good Room.’ Through deployment of different approaches to representation such as paint, photography and film, he creates a dialectical materialist interpretation of visual art that encourages the viewer to ‘look awry’ at something as familiar as a ‘Good Room’ and see it as strange.
Each of the emerging artists (undergraduates and postgraduates) has rigorously researched their ideas and their projects are the result of their investigations.
A consortium of artists have been brought together, working across an eclectic array of mediums, all sharing the same inspiration; the Gumbi Gumbi Gardens. Diverse in aesthetic beauty, but united in conceptual foundation, this collaboration of ideas, visions and techniques captures the Gardens for all to see.
The exhibition was accompanied by a community project, titled Dear Toowoomba…, where members of the public were encouraged to write, draw or mark a message for the wall installation, as well as a range of other public workshops and events.
The exhibition marks the 55/30 Anniversary of the University as an educational institution and pays tribute to the Japanese Garden as an icon of our Toowoomba Campus. The exhibition is dedicated to two former colleagues who played pivotal roles in the development and growth of the Garden – the late Dr Adrian Allen OAM and the late Mark Flint.
Art tells the story of our landscapes and connects us to our identity, country, and people. The Southern Queensland Landscapes First Nations Art Prize aims to allow First Nations artists from the 28 Nations in Southern Queensland to share their art with others and be recognised for their incredible talent.
