Metal Storm is about the intersection of urban living clashing with the bush. The expended machine age is dumped on the urban fringe where the two meet and chaos is the outcome or some would say urban hell. Car parts, metal machinery, the industrial revolution found in the bush, dumped or burnt is now reinvented into machine art.


All components are found or scavenged, nothing is new. Steel products that were made for car parts or machinery are now just lying in the bush.


With these works James reinstates some of the value into the workmanship that went into these creations.


Opening: Saturday 6 August 2022 6pm - 8pm

Showing: 6 - 20 August 2022

Where: DVA - Ground Floor, Harbour View Plaza

1/8 McMinn St, Darwin City, NT


Gallery opening hours for exhibitions:

Wednesday 12 - 5pm, Thursday & Friday 10am - 5pm, Saturday 10am - 2pm

Subconscious Members Exhibition

November 3, 2026
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Cocoon Residency. A 3-month creative community to guide you through the wet season.

Cocoon Creative Residency

By General Manager • October 11, 2026
Coccon Residency. As the wet season arrives, we invite you to enter the cocoon with us. A Wet Season Creative Residence Program, transforming our gallery space into a multi-studio, three-month artist residency. A place to gather, rest, experiment, and emerge. Email: gallerymanagerdvaa@gmail.com for more details.

2027 Exhibition Proposals

By Carlos Gonzalez • September 13, 2026
DVA welcomes proposals by emerging and established artists, and applications for solo, collaborative or group exhibitions, pop-up shows, curators and community groups. Proposals due Monday 22 October 2026.

Submissions now CLOSED – Subconscious, DVA Member Exhibition

By Carlos Gonzalez • September 11, 2026
SUBMISSIONS now closed. DVA artistic members will be showcasing their work for SUBCONSCIOUS, our final members exhibition of 2026.

NT Veterans Collective | Life, Service and Beyond

By Carlos Gonzalez • September 11, 2026
The NT Veterans Collective presents Life, Service and Beyond. Join us for the exhibition opening on Friday 9 October, 6-8pm.

Dorothea Janczewska and Renata Robinson | Echoes of the Earth and Soul

By Carlos Gonzalez • August 5, 2026
Echoes of the Earth and Soul, a group exhibition by Dorothea Janczewska and Renata Robinson |4 – 26 September | Join us for the exhibition launch on Friday 4 September, 6-8pm.

Nisita | Reflections of a Wandering Soul

By Carlos Gonzalez • August 5, 2026
Reflections of a Wandering Soul, a solo exhibition by Nisita |4 – 26 September | Join us for the exhibition launch on Friday 4 September, 6-8pm.

Karen Hill | Garage Sale

By Carlos Gonzalez • August 5, 2026
Garage Sale, a solo exhibition by Karen Hill |4 – 26 September | Join us for the exhibition launch on Friday 4 September, 6-8pm.

Karen Hill | She

By Carlos Gonzalez • August 5, 2026
She, a solo exhibition by Karen Hill | 4 – 26 September | Join us for the exhibition launch on Friday 4 September, 6-8pm.

Humid Hallucinations | Group exhibition by Forest Hangs

By Carlos Gonzalez • July 10, 2026
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