ICONIC showcases the work of local artists from the Northern Territory and celebrates our 40th Anniversary! Please follow our social media platforms for information on public programs at Darwin Visual Arts.

A behind-the-scenes glimpse into the creative lives of the hosting artists of Paint and Create Darwin. A locally owned business specialising in providing quality pop-up beginner social painting classes. Join us in an exhibition where creating art helps us release and escape the chaos of everyday life. A visual explosion of different mediums coming together in one space. Artistic energy is our drive to create and break boundaries, bring joy, and connect with others. Creative energy is a flow; ideas start to unravel, and time moves quickly, great things can be made, and even if they aren't always "great", it's essential to our imaginative lives. A collection of work created by the following artists: Prue Rathborne - ceramics and acrylic paintings Craig Smith - acrylic paintings Dainna Meyering - acrylic paintings Rebecca McSkimming - acrylic paintings Rosharn Deslandes Knight - digital and acrylic works Sophie Bound - acrylic, oil, textured mediums and foil leaf paintings Kaitlin Durbidge - acrylic paintings Ginger Hobbs - acrylic paintings David Dalzell - pen and ink with watercolour Opening: Friday 6 October 2023 6pm - 8pm Showing: 6 - 28 October 2023 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

The Australian Outback light is intense, full of colour and heat. Paint thickens as the asphalt heats, sticky and viscous. This light is tempered, come dusk, changing the palette. In this rugged, timeless land life abounds despite this harshness; quirky, intrusive, claiming its ownership. I am concerned with mark-making, to capture the feeling of a surface, which may contrast with the surrounding textures. I use a variety to tools to scrape and work with the paint to build up a textured surface, which is often in contrast with the smoothness of water and reflections.  Opening: Friday 1 September 2023 6pm - 8pm Showing: 1 - 23 September 2023 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

As a profession, art therapy is still very white, western and colonial. As an art therapist from a non-white and non-western background, Eva examines trauma and healing from a different perspective. She explores the power of art and storytelling to critique the toxic systems that are making us unwell as a collective. She imagines a reconnection to nature-culture as alternative sites of power to reclaim healing centered on our identity. Eva is an art therapist with a Malaysian Chinese background. Her diasporic and multicultural background offers her a unique vantage point to critique the dominant culture. Opening: Friday 1 September 2023 6pm - 8pm Showing: 1 - 23 September 2023 Where: DVA - Ground Floor, Harbour View Plaza 1/8 McMinn St, Darwin City, NT Gallery One Gallery opening hours for exhibitions: Wednesday 12 - 5pm, Thursday & Friday 10am - 5pm, Saturday 10am - 2pm

My work celebrates images of women standing in, emerging from, or swimming through, water. They’re strong, beautiful, and rendered in unique poses so women can confidently celebrate freedom, and live braver lives. Through vibrant colours, drips, and splashes of paint and thread, I evoke a liberating space where my women are free from restraint and free to be who they want to be. My source underwater photographs were taken whilst on a photo shoot to beautiful Bitter Springs - my model is my daughter Haylee Inkster - and my exhibition is named after a line in Jeannie Gunn’s “We of the Never Never”. Opening: Friday 1 September 2023 6pm - 8pm Showing: 1 - 23 September 2023 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

The September issue #2 - ‘Friendships and Family, and the one’s you make.’  This Exhibition celebrates the good times had over the year. A commemoration of friendship and family, using vibrant colours and playful patterns to depict images of moments had which are held deep in the heart. All artworks are produced intuitively and from memory, using a combination of mixed media such as watercolour, gouache, acrylic paint and posca pen. I hope to pull the viewer into a world of fun and funk, capturing cool times ahead. Opening: Friday 1 September 2023 6pm - 8pm Showing: 1 - 23 September 2023 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

Step into a realm where art transcends meaning and embraces the pure aesthetic experience. Join us for an immersive journey into the world of devoid, where concepts lie outside rationale and ideas convey no message but stir profound emotions. Art in it’s most visceral state where colours and textures intertwine to create visually poetic masterpieces that captivate the senses. A visually poetic and aesthetically refined experience that ignites contemplation and introspection. This ambitious project beckons you to explore the power of feeling over thought, inviting you to embark on an artful exploration like no other. Opening: Friday 1 September 2023 6pm - 8pm Showing: 1 - 23 September 2023 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

"I consider myself an encaustic artist. I have used other forms of media over some 50-plus years of artistic practice, painting and creating, but encaustics is my preferred medium – I would go so far as to say that I am ‘addicted’! For the “Cosmology Series”, I have drawn inspiration from various scientists and theorists and embellished them in a metaphorical way to reflect how I think the universe functions. In this way, I hope my artwork is both educational and aesthetically pleasing. Nebulae, galaxies, and quasars are depicted from memory—rather than literally—as a symphony of colours, and I paint them in my go-to medium, encaustics. I appreciated the most recent exploding star in the Milky Way Galaxy, Kepler's supernova so much, it became the starting point for the “Cosmology Series”. - Stephen (Buffalo) Dalton Opening: Friday 28 July 2023 6pm - 8pm Showing: 28 July - 19 August 2023 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

Ulrike Kachel is a bird photographer in the Northern Territory. While photography is a long-time passion, her birding journey started when she moved to the NT during COVID19. While spending two weeks in quarantine at Howard Springs, Ulrike used her daily walks to capture the birdlife visiting the camp. Since then—travelling around Darwin and beyond—Ulrike has captured many amazing NT birds. Although a photograph is the desired outcome, for Ulrike birding and photography is a mindfulness process that helps balance her busy life. Ulrike Kachel’s “Birds on my Mind” debut exhibition invites the viewer to join her in some of these mindful moments.  Opening: Friday 28 July 2023 6pm - 8pm Showing: 28 July - 19 August 2023 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

A Multi-sensory exhibition, combining illustrations and soundscapes, Growing explores finding home within ourselves and rebuilding after trauma. Piiij has created a collection of digitally drawn images as an exercise in active healing through honest examination of self. Hyper detailed depictions of the human form with plants sprouting from within, this visual interpretation of internal restoration invites you to see things clearly, all of the flaws, but also the parts that bloom. Inspired by Piiij's focus on themes of healing and growth, Neha's conceptual sound art builds on the audiences visual experience of the work, combining corporeal sonics with rhythmic compositions, empathic refrains, and aural ecologies evoking flora and fauna. Bring earphones and a listening device. Opening: Friday 28 July 2023 6pm - 8pm Showing: 28 July - 19 August 2023 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

Deanna Field is a self taught artist who lives and works in Darwin's rural area. Her preferred mediums are soft pastels and oil paints. Deanna's artwork encompasses a diverse range of subjects, including landscapes and portraits of both humans and animals. Her unique style can be described as realistic, while also embracing the beauty of simplicity.  Her exhibition "Life on the River," draws inspiration from the picturesque Adelaide River and the surrounding flood plains, showcasing the various animals and birds that call this region their home. Opening: Friday 28 July 2023 6pm - 8pm Showing: 28 July - 19 August 2023 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

That feeling when you see a piece and it speaks to you. Jeannie Bennett and Jim Bamber both grew up in the Territory. Both create with the aim of functional ceramics. Jeannie is exhibiting colourful, quirky ceramic pothead pieces. Jeannie’s use of bright underglazes and floral embellishment bring the pieces to life. Jim builds detailed scenes from Old Darwin such as Chinese New Year and Cyclone Tracy and other events that resonate. Lately Jim has been experimenting with a fusion of wire and ceramics such as his Tour De France tableau. Opening: Friday 28 July 2023 6pm - 8pm Showing: 28 July - 19 August 2023 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

A showcase of ink's versatility. Ink allows the full spectrum of artistic expression. Ink can empathise the mood of a place and your surroundings with the excitement of urban sketches. Or you can create controlled, mindful work with fine pen and indelible ink to render detailed drawing, often conveying the emotional state of the subject, and assisting the artist to enter a more meditative state. Or you can go further with Chinese ink and the uncontrolled flow and spontaneity of an emotional response to the subject matter, as well as helping to express the internal state of mind of the artist. Opening: Friday 23 June 2023 6pm - 8pm Showing: 23 June - 15 July 2023 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

Marianne Foster is a Territory artist, art teacher and mother. This exhibition explores the lesser-known architectural designs of the urban landscape that perhaps we as urban jungle dwellers take for granted. The eccentricities of Darwin's ever-changing built environment combined with its rich sunset colours. Marianne’s travels in France and her penchant to use found objects in her art are also sources of inspiration for this exhibition. In 2020 she joined everyone else and adopted a 'covid' dog and now dogs are a great source of inspiration in her art, you will see them displayed in used tiny sardine cans as glamourous hounds. Opening: Friday 23 June 2023 6pm - 8pm Showing: 23 June - 15 July 2023 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

The Great Emu Wars celebrates the infamous Australian war of the same name, in which a rebellious mob of emus out flanked the machine-gun mounted jeeps sent to eradicate them. Ninety-one years later, Bev Garside portrays the battles between the Army and emus in a humorous and slightly sarcastic light, using felt and mixed media to visualise the tenacious and resilient emus. The emus are joined in arms by other quirky fauna from around Australia, prompting viewers to ask themselves whether there is more that we too can do to support our native wildlife against climate change and habitat destruction. Opening: Friday 23 June 2023 6pm - 8pm Showing: 23 June - 15 July 2023 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

Imagine a kaleidoscope of memories, fractured and reflecting each other, threading seemingly unrelated fragments of time together, creating new combinations, or overwriting the archives of neural networks. Are these memories reliable? Are they yours or from dreams, films, or stories you’ve been told? If only you remember them, did they even happen? Opening: Friday 23 June 2023 6pm - 8pm Showing: 23 June - 15 July 2023 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

Valérie Baya, a visual artist from Mauritius, replicates the sceneries of her native island, as well as its unique landscapes. Interior architect, childcare educator, and an entrepreneur by profession—as well as author and fashion model— Valérie spends her spare time painting, mostly for the Mauritian migrants in Australia. She also does acrylic portraits on canvas or paper as her main medium, while currently exploring other art mediums such as abstract representations. Valérie is constantly challenging herself by arousing more awareness of her devotion to other communities in Australia. Opening: Friday 23 June 2023 6pm - 8pm Showing: 23 June - 15 July 2023 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

My cyber collage paintings are inspired by internet images, my own photographs and observations. I love patterns and symbols, and the paint effects of metallic and iridescent paints, for their glistening colours and effects. I love the word, "cyber", coined in 1948 by a mathematician, and everything it doesn't appear to properly define. I've wanted to know for years what it means and now, so satisfactorily, I still don't! As a self-taught, enthusiastic amateur artist, I have been strongly influenced by political demonstration banner art and declamatory, agitprop posters, from an early age.In my grimmer paintings, the future has arrived, reflecting each current patriarchy’s success at abusing Nature, the biosphere, Pachamama, Indigenous-animist tree worshipping peoples, Gaia, our Mother Earth, women, and our children. I use dark line outlining, comic, cartoon, collagist, graphic novel, political banner, poster, and colouring-in styles, that you'd expect from a school teacher-programmed artist always preferring carefully delineated, shareable messages. Opening: Friday 19 May 2023 6pm - 8pm Showing: 19 May - 10 June 2023 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

Habitat is the first solo show of Darwin ceramist Megan Wild. For this show, Megan has used stoneware paper clay, low- and mid-fire glazes to create sculptures and wares depicting creatures and scenes of the natural environment. “My work extends beyond the realm of Australian Wildlife but for this recent collection of pieces, I chose to convey my deep gratitude to Darwin for giving me a home and place to heal and thrive. The diversity of animals present in the Northern Territory is astounding. I see a profound love of nature amongst the community with a passion for conservation. I hope to recreate this beauty and uniqueness in my art whilst pursuing my obsession with clay”. Opening: Friday 19 May 2023 6pm - 8pm Showing: 19 May - 10 June 2023 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

"Flow"- an exhibition of original expressive, intuitive fine artworks, clothing and fabrics by Margie Joy Goodluck as well as a unique collection of wearable art fashion clothing in collaboration with Fashion Designer, Tatiana Hoffmann. [@frezzydesign] Margie Joy chose the title “Flow” to reflect the state she is in when painting; the state of intuitive, expressive creativity, flowing through her, onto canvas, paper and fabrics which in turn have flowed onto a series of original artworks, rine art prints, up-cycled clothing and unique fabrics. Come to be inspired and uplifted, and leave feeling renewed. Opening: Friday 19 May 2023 6pm - 8pm Showing: 19 May - 10 June 2023 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

My inspirations and ideas with the exhibition are connecting people to country and the richness of first nations culture, the wonder and beauty of our natural world and the sheer joy I receive when people find healing value in my works. For many years I had the yearning to connect with family from the desert. This journey bought me to Alice Springs where I met my Central Australian Briscoe Family, and realised my calling to country and rich ancestral ties. That coming together rekindled family bonds and through art has connected me with my ancestral family, stories and homeland.  I have been given permission to paint certain aspects of my cultural connection and am honoured to be able to share some threads of this deep and rich Australian historical tapestry from the ‘Anmatyerre’ first nations people. Opening: Friday 19 May 2023 6pm - 8pm Showing: 19 May - 10 June 2023 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

The relationship between art and music is often the source of my inspiration as in my paintings for this exhibition. My interest began with my love for the music of The Planets by Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1917. My research led me to the astrology that inspired the composer, followed by a closer study of the music he composed, and the beautiful images of the planets as seen by the Hubble Telescope. Then came the excitement of the James Webb telescope images of distant galaxies. Finally, I was back on Planet Earth and I found my inspiration in the gardens of my home environment. All the paintings in this latter section of my exhibition are painted from nature and inspired by the incredible music composed and performed on Planet Earth. Opening: Friday 19 May 2023 6pm - 8pm Showing: 19 May - 10 June 2023 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

It’s happening again Darwin! The dynamic Art educators of the NT (AENT) are hosting their annual exhibition, Alter Egos at Darwin Visual Arts (DVA). Come and join us for a vibrant, fun opening night on Friday the 14th April, from 6pm, all while enjoying live entertainment by our favourite party band, The Jigsaw Collective. Opening: Friday 14 April 2023 6pm - 8pm Showing: 14 April - 6 May 2023 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

A collection of works by DVA’s women, girl, and female-identifying members celebrating the 2023 International Women's Day theme: "Embrace Equity" Opening: Friday 3 March 2023 6pm - 8pm Showing: 3 - 25 March 2023 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

Anne-Marie Cullinan uses plaster skim and paints, layered and sanded to create a smooth surface. Watercolour paints and pastels are applied to explore the flow of painterly materials to challenge the concept of what makes a portrait. This collection features images of musician and masseuse, Yuka Fukuzaki. Opening: Friday 30 September 2022 6pm - 8pm Showing: 30 September - 15 October 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

Veronica Priestley, a Territory artist/designer and world traveller, designs and paints artisan silk fabric, for fashion and interiors. Originally a studio designer in Sydney; creator of original textile designs for a thriving fashion and textile industry. Veronica moved to Darwin and its tropical vitality and colour, inspired her to paint on silk with rich and vibrant dyes. The beginning of a long love affair with hand painted silk that continues today. Veronica’s hand-crafted fabrics are beautifully coloured, often multi-textured with bold designs. They may incorporate batik, shibori, carved lino and stencil prints. Veronicas’ travels in India have been her source of inspiration for ‘Journey’. The exhibition will show travel-inspired hand-painted silk fabrics and silk jewellery, photographs and travel journal art. Opening: Friday 30 September 2022 6pm - 8pm Showing: 30 September - 15 October 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

Darwin is built on the brink of the ocean. A harbour connecting Australia to the rest of the world. Jayde and Arlya explore the plethora of flora and fauna reliant on the ocean for their existence, including humans. Drawing from their scientific and artistic backgrounds they bring you this collection. Jayde Hopkins of Nawula Almaren Aboriginal Art specialises in vibrant colours, utilising dot painting and more contemporary techniques to paint the natural world around her. She is an Aboriginal woman studying a Bachelor of Biological Sciences. Arlya Denholm of Tuckey Illustrations is an adept scientific illustrator inspired by the ocean. Her work varies from scientifically accurate works to creative paintings inspired by the world around. Opening: Friday 30 September 2022 6pm - 8pm Showing: 30 September - 15 October 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

The sol Project is the first solo exhibition for up and coming NXT GEN Artist Nomthi Mkhwebu. Having grown up in the Territory, most of her young days were spent exploring with family and friends. The beaches, rivers, gorges, the outback. She wanted her first piece to capture those memories. “The sol project”, built under the expertise of Mark Graff, is an ever growing collection introducing its first piece. “The sol Table”.  This single piece exhibition features art work by Indigenous artist Leigh Fawlstone. The Sol, is built tough but beautiful. Elevated by rebar steel springs, the piece is a contrast of strength and delicacy. Opening: Friday 30 September 2022 6pm - 8pm Showing: 30 September - 15 October 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

An eclectic collection of not only art, but of a rtists representing themselves through diverse mediums and styles. Be it an earlier work from their practice or a new creation, this compilation offers a window into the lives and experiences of our members. Opening: Friday 25 November 2022 6pm - 8pm Showing: 25 November - 10 December 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

Expressive portraiture and figurative works exploring what it means to be a Territorian and a mother are being shown in emerging artist Jess McKenzie’s first solo show. Often leaving the work ‘unfinished’ or ‘undone’ the viewer is invited to participate in the act of creation - mark making and canvas laid bare in part. Diverse mediums include risographic prints, charcoal, graphite, oil and acrylic paint. Opening: Friday 28 October 2022 6pm - 8pm Showing: 28 October - 12 November 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

These paintings, I hope, go some way to exploring the complex relationship between our human form in the physical world and the desire we all have to express ourselves as individuals in an increasingly complex and surreal world. In them I hope to draw together the nebulous concepts we have of the ‘real’, the ‘not so real’, the ‘unreal’ and the ‘surreal.  In some the ‘real’ is taken from mythology, some from antiquity and some from those who have been happy to sit, lie, etc. for me. Opening: Friday 28 October 2022 6pm - 8pm Showing: 28 October - 12 November 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

These images are about festivities: they are scenes and characters from festivals, carnivals, ceremonies and rituals real and imagined. Some are based on traditional costumes and masks, others on memories or visions. They are about the many ways people express the creative urge to celebrate. Opening: Friday 28 October 2022 6pm - 8pm Showing: 28 October - 12 November 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

An exhibition using found objects. The aim is to reduce, re-use, and re-create. with existing materials as much as possible. A trained environmental biologist, David's wish to help with environmental issues continues to be his raison d'etre. Opening: Friday 2 September 2022 6pm - 8pm Showing: 2 - 17 September 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

Virginia Close is an author, poet and visual artist. ‘’Thinking of You’’ portrays the wondrous world of the magical imagination. With the opening of the borders, the happy feelings of travelling are alive again. This collection explores the sphere of different seasons for all reasons - love, joy, calmness, peace and serenity. Across the collection, the vibrant colours used depict the world of beauty that is yet to come. Virginia Close will donate 10% of the sales to the Filipino Australian Association of the Northern Territory and 10% to Ukraine.  Opening: Friday 2 September 2022 6pm - 8pm Showing: 2 - 17 September 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

Joy, an exhibition by local Darwin artist, Cindy May. Cindy is showing pieces created across 7 years of her artistic career including digital media and illustration. A space filled with moments of awe, peace, gratitude and playfulness. This exhibition is dipped in flowers and colour to promote the connection between us and one and other. Opening: Friday 2 September 2022 6pm - 8pm Showing: 2 - 17 September 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

The September issue is a collection of original artworks created by Amber Reid and Heather Whybrow. This exhibition is a combination of contemporary takes on Darwin Iconic historical architecture, mixed with vibrant visual imagery that alters the viewer’s state of mind when they are observing an artwork, even if only for a very brief moment. The idea that just by looking at images, the viewer can shift their focus and ‘escape ‘from the reality of daily life. Whether that be imagining yourself living life in a retro inspired Darwin or being taken away to a colourful world of 1960’s flower prints, fashion, and obscure patterns. We hope to evoke Images of places, a vivid colour palette and pattern evoking memories of freedom, fun and a sense of playfulness. A holiday for the mind and a celebration of the joy of living and good times. Opening: Friday 2 September 2022 6pm - 8pm Showing: 2 - 17 September 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

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

Into the Top End is the first solo exhibition of young emerging Indonesian-Australian artist Ifa Shiddiq, who is known as “esse” or “eskrimko” online. Specialising in character-based illustration and design, her passion is to create Australian media. The exhibition will feature a series of digital art introducing the Top End duo, Darwin and Palmerston. Through these characters, Ifa will explore their own personalities and wholesome dynamic. Taking influence from anime, manga, cartoons, Australiana, and her own experiences, Ifa creates memorable characters with distinct designs and personalities. She appreciates how anime and manga captures the fantasy of mundane experiences which she wishes to replicate through Australia’s unique lifestyle and culture. 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

Gurambai is the Larrakia name for the area now known as Rapid Creek and means elbow, referring to the shape of the creek at the salt water end.  The Rapid Creek Artist Collective are a group of creatives deeply grateful to create, live, love, teach and learn on Larrakia land. Aly de Groot, Katie Bradley, Catherine Miles, Alison Dowell, Russell Mead, Henry and Fernanda Dupal have diverse and dynamic practises that range across textiles, painting, ceramics, jewellery and printmaking, and serendipitously they all live within walking distance of one another. This talented group of creatives have pulled their skills together to showcase a fresh exhibition inspired by their Rapid Creek home. 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

WILD NORTH COMICS exhibition at Darwin Visual Arts Gallery celebrates Darwin’s own comic book anthology featuring some of the best artists and writers working in the comic book medium from across the Northern Territory and Australia. This special event will feature the launch of ZERO POINT: ORIGINS #1 by Jonathon Saunders and the AUSTRALI collected edition – the first stand alone comics published by Wild North Comics! The exhibition will also feature original prints, stencil art and poster art by artists Jonathon Saunders, Timothy Parish, Daniel Hartney, Dani Heilbronn, Anneke Putri, Louise Benton, Mat Selwyn, Theofilus Rigas, Shilo Mcnamee and Levin Diatschenko as well as internationally renowned artists including Tim Molloy, Pius Bak and Sutu. Wild North Comics video installation will also include animations inspired by the comics, behind the scenes "making of" and interviews with the artists involved. Opening: Friday 8 July 2022 6pm - 8pm Showing: 8 - 23 July 2022 Where: DVA - Ground Floor 1/8 McMinn St, Darwin NT Gallery opening hours for exhibitions: Wednesday 12 - 5pm, Thursday & Friday 10am - 5pm, Saturday 10am - 2pm

Click here to see online exhibition “Feel the Joy” is an outward expression of the joy Margie feels when surrounded by Nature. You are Invited to come & feel the joy. The beauty & vibrancy of colours in Darwin’s flora and fauna has inspired this recent series of artworks. Margie's works are created using, Inks Paint Paper and playful line making. Margie Joy's paintings are Intuitive, Expressive, Vibrant, Colourful & joyful, influenced by all the picture memories in her heart and mind, reflecting the beauty she sees in our surrounds. Her designs are reproduced onto various Homewares, Clothing, Gifts and Greeting cards and will be on show. Opening: Friday 10 June 2022 6pm - 8pm Showing: 10 - 25 June 2022 Where: DVA - Ground Floor 1/8 McMinn St, Darwin NT Gallery opening hours for exhibitions: Wednesday 12 - 5pm, Thursday & Friday 10am - 5pm, Saturday 10am - 2pm

Click here to see online exhibition Emerging artist Katinka Moes expresses her love and appreciation for nature with her vibrant style. She draws upon childhood memories growing up in remote Aboriginal community, Gawa, and the privilege of learning about the natural environment from the Yolngu people, an experience for which she is extremely grateful. Abundant Country celebrates the beauty of the different habitats of the Northern Territory, and the abundance and diversity of wildlife in our country. Opening: Friday 10 June 2022 6pm - 8pm Showing: 10 - 25 June 2022 Where: DVA - Ground Floor 1/8 McMinn St, Darwin NT Gallery opening hours for exhibitions: Wednesday 12 - 5pm, Thursday & Friday 10am - 5pm, Saturday 10am - 2pm

A collection of photographic and multimedia works depicting the everyday lives of Territorians and their reactions to the prevailing culture - in stark black & white and noir.

A group exhibition by The Art Educators of the NT.

Silverpoint Drawings and Sterling Silver Jewellery by Alison Worsnop & Mike Bowman

An exceptional retrospective exhibition celebrating well known local artist, Carolyn Bursa, and the captivating evolution of her work in both interest and practice.

On November 6 the Homebodies film (drawing together all twelve solos) won 'Best Experimental Film' at the 2021 Fist Full of Films Festival Awards Night at the Deckchair Cinema. The award was supported by Darwin Visual Arts Gallery, as a result their multimedia gallery space was awarded to Tracks to show the Homebodies film during the gallery's members exhibition. The Gallery Installation includes the winning film, accompanied by the six films of each of the duet pairings. Creative Team Concept and Curation: Kelly Beneforti & Jessica Devereux Homebodies Artists: Venaska Cheliah, Sheila Rose, Ricky Borg, Cj Fraser Bell, Kyle Walmsley, Alex Jordan, Kelly Beneforti, Kristi Renfrey, Jenelle Saunders, Maari Gray, Jessica Devereux, and Bryn Wackett Videography: Duane Preston For more information visit https://tracksdance.com.au/homebodies-dance-film-installations Details Where: DVA - Ground Floor 1/8 McMinn St, Darwin NT Opening Night - Friday 26 November 6pm - 8pm Exhibition Running - 6 Nov - 11 Dec Gallery opening hours for exhibitions Thursday & Friday 10am - 5pm, Saturday 10am - 2pm

Whether you are reclaiming an ideal, a belief, your identity, or your history, the process of reclamation is deeply personal, meaningful and intentional. This November, join Darwin Visual Arts (DVA) to celebrate the final DVA Member's Exhibition for 2021 – RECLAMATION. In a time of social, emotional, and global change, this year's theme of reclamation remains deeply resonant. Details Where: DVA - Ground Floor 1/8 McMinn St, Darwin NT Opening Night - Friday 26 November 6pm - 8pm Exhibition Running - 6 Nov - 11 Dec Gallery opening hours for exhibitions Thursday & Friday 10am - 5pm, Saturday 10am - 2pm

Returning to Darwin, Leah Clarke rediscovered how visually exciting small ephemeral structures like green ants, spider webs and grass seeds were. In this delightful series of work on paper, you will be taken on a journey of colour and line which captivates the delight Clarke feels when observing green ants constructing nests and the fascination of a brittle starfish washed up on Casuarina beach. “ I walk daily, around Lee Point and stroll along Casuarina beach. I am constantly enchanted by the forms, shapes, and colours I see, in treasures that I discover, in the sand at my feet, or in the branches above my head” Leah Clarke, 2021