MELISSA

30 JUN - 22 JUL 2022

21 JUL - 11 AUG 2023

Winter shows attached with ad coming tomorrow.

5 AUG - 26 AUG 2022 many years of painting in England, France and Australia. These works show how abstract elements such as colour, tone and shape inspire not only an idea for a picture, but the means by which to capture it.

Old Butchers Shop Gallery 112 Seymour St

12 AUG - 26 NOV

EFFACEMENT: KARENNE ANN & HEATHER HORROCKS

This exhibition is about identity. Masks can change everything. Photographic images by Karenne Anne loom from the walls and distort the identity of the maker, Heather Horrocks, who wears them. Redundant VHS tape that once held stories is manipulated with a crochet hook to tell new ones – about the war on a virus, the war on climate change and the war on women.

Art Gallery of Ballarat 40 Lydiard St Nth

17 AUG - 22 OCT

IAN KEMP: NEVERLASTING

For Ballarat-based photographer Ian Kemp, images of the natural world are a metaphor for the transience of human life – its permanence and impermanence. These works capture a changing world where beauty is ephemeral and temporary. He highlights the beauty of line, form, and composition within the images to convey the impending change that will come with the seasons, a metaphor or the transitions within ourselves as we progress through our lives. A Backspace Gallery exhibition.

Art Gallery of Ballarat 40 Lydiard St Nth

26 AUG - 5 NOV

RAMAK BAMZAR: PRO FEMINA

The deep digital footprints made by this generation of victims of the Islamic Republic have left behind a haunting reminder of the power of protests and individual action.

So far, dozens of women protesters have been arrested, kidnapped, and subjected to torture, rape, and execution. Ramak Bamzar is a Melbourne-based Iranian-born visual artist and photographer based in Naarm (Melbourne). Her work explores how cultural and religious norms can shape women's beliefs, values, and behaviours and can influence their sense of self-worth and agency.

Art Gallery of Ballarat 40 Lydiard St Nth