2024 - applications for the gallery open now
Exhibition Program
Gallery Booked
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Formed and Fired
Formed and Fired
A group exhibition of new works by aspiring adult potters, exploring the medium of clay under the guidance of acclaimed potter and teacher Jenni Bourke.
Narooma High School Art Exhibition 2024
Narooma Gallery is proud to host the 2024 Narooma High School Art Exhibition, an equal opportunity for all age groups to showcase their work.
From There to Here
From There to Here an exhibition featuring work by Dennis Arnold, Margaret Moran and Alison Spurgeon.
Image: Dennis Arnold, Spring in Provence, oil on board, 30cm dia
Turned & Pressed Art
Turned and Pressed Art, an exhibition with work by Tony Jaggers and Pertpetua McInnes
2024 River of Art Prize
2024 River of Art Prize presented by the River of Art Festival in partnership with the Narooma School of Arts
SEA CHANGE
Sea Change, an exhibition that depicts the mesmerising pull of the oceans and seas. What changes are we witnessing to the sea as a consequence of global warming, and how do we talk about that.
The Pose
The Tall Trees Life Drawing group are presenting a new exhibition titled ‘The Pose’. Each Sunday the group gather to draw the figure from life. The exhibition will feature work from the eight members of the group. All based in the Eurobodalla and Bega shires on the NSW South Coast.
Place your tray tables in their upright, locked position...
Using colour, abstraction and retro boats, cars, aeroplanes, rockets and submarines, Jane Barney’s photo animations are a travelogue of CO2 emissions - dreamy other-worlds that draw attention to what is happening in our world.
Jane has exhibited in group and solo exhibitions since 1988, re-contextualising images from popular culture through abstract photography and animation.
The exhibition is best viewed from dusk onwards.
Prussian Blue
A collection of paintings depicting Daniel Allam’s interaction with nature on the NSW South Coast.
Fundamental
‘Fundamental’ exhibition at Narooma Gallery, January 2024.
Sally Skinner, Good Evening, Guerilla Bay, photograph
Narooma High School Art Exhibition 2023
Narooma High School Art Exhibition 2023
An exhibition of student works
CAPTURE - A Photographic Exhibition
With the theme of 'Exploring Place', 7 fine art photographers unravel the South Coast's hidden and unexpected gems, offering a fresh perspective on familiar landscapes.
YOUR EXHIBITION COULD BE HERE…
Would you like to exhibit your work in the Narooma Gallery? Click the button below to our exhibition application page and submit the form.
Hire dates are flexible and not set.Exhibitions can be as short as a weekend and as long as 4 weeks.
Hire rate is $120 /wk for members and $140/wk for non members. Memberships is excellent value at only $30 per annum.
Come to Narooma and share your art story with our community.
Audrey Coxhill
Audrey Jean Coxhill is a textile and embroidery artist based in Mystery Bay and presents a sumptuous collection of her handcrafted needlepoint works. Come to the opening morning tea on Thursday 15 June at 10:30am.
Out of Wagonga
OPENING: 5PM THURSDAY 4 MAY 2023
An exhibition that reflects on the natural beauty and resources of the Wagonga inlet and surrounds, coinciding with the Narooma Oyster Festival. Read more.
Ann Michael Espinoza
Ann Michael Espinoza
A collection of works depicting the change of the landscape in the past three years. Click on image to read more.
Frida & Feathers
Frida & Feathers
Perpetua (Petti) McInnes and Donna Goulding exhibit new work together for the first time at the Narooma Gallery. Diverse works both explore character, belonging, and personal strength. Read more in full listing.
Postcards from Narooma
Postcards from Narooma
An exhibition showcasing Narooma and its surrounding districts, depicted by members of the Urban Sketchers and Plein Art Groups of the Narooma School of Arts. Read more in full listing.
Through the Lens of Locals
Perceptions of coastal NSW captured in photography by three artists revealing their personal connection to place.
Foraged to Fired
A solo exhibition by Kym Brookes presenting new unique sculptural works using foraged and fired clay components.
Looking
Tess Horwitz and Barbara McConchie present an exhibition of their work, looking at, and reflecting on, the natural world.
Wicked Inspirations
A group exhibition by the community groups who utilise the Narooma School of Arts Studios.
Keep Calm and Carry On ...
Felicity Townend
Keep Calm and Carry On …
Felicity presents a collection of works that are a mixture of styles, subjects and mediums. Using watercolour, ink and watercolour, ink, pencil and charcoal, Felicity creates vivid abstract and whimsical paintings and drawings. The exhibition of works depict architectural scenes, portraits and floral still lives.
Image: Felicity Townend, Notre Dame, ink and watercolour, 24 cm x 19 cm
Ephemeral Tag
NSoA is offering street artists the opportunity to put your tags or street art on their external walls, that will be seen by many as they pass through Narooma. Put your application in now - limited time only.
River of Art Prize 2021
River of Art’s very popular art prize that was postponed due to the COVID lockdown will be open to the public from Friday 21 January 2021. The River of Art Prize is open to all artists and makers within and beyond the Eurobodalla region and awards a prize of $2,000.00.
The Prize attracted many applicants with the exhibiting artists selected by the Judges, Professor Denise Ferris, Emeritus Professor ANU, and Iain Dawson, Director of the Bega Valley Region Gallery.
This exhibition showcases new work made in the last 12 months and epitomises the River of Art’s aim to celebrate the arts in the Eurobodalla Shire.
Euro Painters and Potters
Patricia Boisgard, Jim Hart, Lesley Henstridge, Linda Marshall, Bernie O’Neil, John Payne, Wendy Pollard
Please note: There will be no opening event for this exhibition.
Euro Painters and Potters brings together local painters and potters Patricia Boisgard, Bernie O’Neil, John Payne (Bingie Pottery), Wendy Pollard and Linda Marshall in an exhibition that brings together two- and three-dimensional works using clay, paint, brass and pyrography.
The show explores how these colleagues’ chosen art forms have come together through the challenging years of 2020 and 2021. The environment of the Eurobodalla and the domestic realm of home and garden are continuing sources of inspiration.
Two Monaro painters, Lesley Henstridge and Jim Hart who have collaborated with some of our group over many years will be joining the show, bringing the high country to the coast.
Image: Jim Hart, The Boat, oil on board, 610mm x 450mm, 2021. Photograph the artist
Sticking together
Artful 9
Sticking Together is an exhibition by a group of female mosaicists living in the Eurobodalla Shire. This exhibition demonstrates the passion that this collective has for mosaics and the importance of friendship. Separated briefly by Covid-19 restrictions in 2020, The Artful 9 have resumed their group passion rekindling their ideas, renewing their skills and fostering their creativity. The works on exhibition stem from a wide range of materials, employing glass, recycled china, stone, shells, beads and much more. The exhibition features both functional and decorative items for the home and garden, as well as the quirky and collectable.
Opening hours 10am - 4pm Saturday 11 - Wednesday 15 December 2021
Jan Atkinson, In the Deep, mosaic glass tiles, shells. Photograph: courtesy the artist
Margaret Moran, Judi de Smeth & Alison Bridle
Margaret Moran, Judi de Smeth & Alison Bridle
Three local artists come together sharing recent work in diverse media and showcasing individual approaches to their chosen genre. They create impressions of Narooma and its landscapes that are are familiar and those that are more hidden away from the everyday.
Judi’s work works are created ‘en plein air’ around the local area, with delicate watercolour, pen and wash and pen drawings of some of the areas wonderful heritage.
Margaret’s pastel and oil paintings of the waterways in the local area include usually hidden creeks that could only be accessed after the fires as well as the beautiful coastline we all enjoy.
Alison’s presents paintings and drawings and new digital works. She skilfully produces exquisite figurative and decorative pieces.
Image: Margaret Moran, Burrumbidgee Creek, 2021, pastel on colour fix, 400mm x 500mm. Image courtesy of the artist.