We're inching our way out of uncertainty and into a month of new art and more in-person shows — we hope! While January was a slow burn with many still in holiday mode, art in February 2022 is business as usual. So what's shows and exhibitions are on the art roster this month? There's Paul Yore at Station Gallery, Abdul Abdullah and Omar Sakr are just some of the artists on show at Granville Centre Art Gallery for Destiny Disrupted, Blacktown Arts are platforming the voices of 21 Afghan women with My Life, My Story, and the winner of the SCA Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Scholarship 2021 is set to be announced.
Below, we've rounded up a non-exhaustive list of unmissable art exhibitions happening across Australia this February 2022. Enjoy!
NSW
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Blacktown Arts
My Life, My Story
Maryam Zahid, Arezo Aziz, Sara Barackzay, Lida Sultani Farahin, Neelab Omar, Fozia Zahid and Zahid Ahmed
3 – 26 February 2022
Sydney College of the Arts
The Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Scholarship 2021
Emerging: Ellen Dahl, Jana Hawkins-Andersen, Audrey Newton, Gillian Kayrooz, Pamela Pirovic & Kai Wasikowksi
Mid-career/established: Barbara Campbell, Emily Hunt, James Nguyen, Koji Ryui
10 February – 5 March 2022
China Heights
Summer Showcase
Montana Miller, Zephyr Larkin, Otis Hope Carey, Kitty Callaghan & Shaun Daniel Allen
Station Gallery
This World Is Not For You
Paul Yore
Until February 19, 2022.
Granville Centre Art Gallery
Destiny Disrupted
Curated by Nur Shkembi featuring artists: Abdul Abdullah, Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Hoda Afshar, Safdar Ahmed, Khadim Ali, Phillip George, Khaled Sabsabi, Omar J Sakr, Shireen Taweel, and Hossein and Nassiem Valamanesh.
10 Feb 2022 – 1 May 2022
Jerico Contemporary
Barkindji ngunngkuapa
Alicia Bilyara Bennett
3 – 26 February 2022
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
11 February – 3 April 2022
N.Smith Gallery
Kyra Mancktelow
Until February 26, 2022.
National Art School
11 – 20 February 2022
Olsen Gallery
The Legacy of Water
Jose Luis Puche
Until February 5, 2022
Michael Reid
This Magic Moment
Brett Weir
3 – 27 February 2022
Roslyn Oxley9
Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvellous Entanglement
Isaac Julien
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Matisse: Life & Spirit, Masterpieces from the Centre Pompidou, Paris
Until March 13, 2022.
The Purple House
Until February 27, 2022.
Cement Fondu
Magical Putt Putt
Studio A: Annette Galstaun, Meghan Pelham, Skye Saxon, Jaycee Kim, Whom Roberts with Simon Wheeldon.
Until March 6, 2022.
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VIC
Melbourne Art Fair
17 – 20 February, 2022.
Nadia and Jason Make Snacks with Music and Dancing
Jason Phu and Nadia Hernández at Hope St. Radio
7pm, 19 February 2022.
Koori Heritage Trust
The 9th Koorie Art Show
Until February 20, 2022.
Station Gallery
World Sick Hermit
Adam Lee
Until February 26, 2022.
National Gallery of Victoria
Bark Ladies: Eleven Artists from Yirrkala
Until April 25, 2022.
Gabrielle Chanel: Fashion Manifesto
Until April 25, 2022.
Heide Museum of Modern Art
Margel Hinder: Modern in Motion
Until February 6, 2022.
Shepparton Art Museum
The Land Within
Lin Onus
Until March 13, 2022.
Bendigo Art Gallery
Until February 13, 2022.
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WA
Art Gallery of Western Australia
In the studio: Rose Boyt and Lucian Freud
Until February 8, 2022.
Perth Institute of Contemporary Art
Sam Huxtable
Until April 24, 2022.
Monumental
Amrita Hepi
20 February – 24 April 2022
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery
Ariel's Song
Luisa Hansal, Jess Tan & Wade Taylor with works from the UWA Art Collection
12 February – 23 April 2022
Portals of Love and Loss
Sonia Kurarra
12 February – 23 April 2022
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ACT
Canberra Museum & Gallery
Spowers and Syme
Until February 12, 2022.
National Gallery of Australia
Jeffrey Smart
Until May 15, 2022.
National Film and Sound Archive
Australians & Hollywood: A Tale of Craft, Talent, and Ambition
Until July 17, 2022
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QLD
Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art
Until May 2022.
Asia Pacific Triennial
Until April 25, 2022
Redland Art Gallery
Fishing for Landscape
Karen Stephens
Until March 8, 2022.
Museum of Brisbane
Dylan Mooney
Until April 18, 2022.
City in the Sun
Until April 18, 2022.
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SA
Jam Factory
Sort Sol
Stephanie James-Manttan
Until February 13, 2022.
Fortified
Until February 13, 2022.
ACE Open
Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition
Susie Althorp, Emily Anderson, Talitha Benson, Chloe Bentley, Lauren Bzowy, Georgia Clark, Hannah Coleman, Camille Fitzgerald, Rosemary Helmis, Bianca Hoffrichter, Christopher Houghton, Lucy Keatch, Ashleigh Keller, Catrina Leske, Samuel Matthewman, Leslie Matthews, Tina McKenzie, Emily Megaw, Sydelle Mullen, Caroline Oakley, Holly Phillipson, Holly Rysdale, Izzi Selfe, Miriam Sims, Asha Southcombe, Cecilia Tizard and Claudia Turon.
17 February – 19 March 2022
Art Gallery of South Australia
Absence Embodied
Chiharu Shiota
Ongoing
Flinders University Museum of Art
SOVEREIGN SISTERS: domestic work
Until April 8, 2022.
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NT
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards 2021 (Online)
Until February 6, 2022.
Charles Darwin University Gallery
DRAWN from the CDU Art Collection
Until February 26, 2022.
Araluen Arts Centre
Foul Play
Peter Adsett
Until March 20, 2022.
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TAS
Art Mob
Palya - a tribute to Steve Ariston
Until February 20, 2022.
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Sidney Nolan's Ned Kelly Series
Until February 20, 2022.
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Tao Sublime
Tony Smibert
Until November 6, 2022.
Museum of Old and New Art
Jean-Luc Moulène and Teams
Until May 9, 2022.
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Two: Nadia Hernández 'la noche y tú' 2022
