Incinerator Gallery - Melbourne - Exhibitions and programs on now

Bright Sparks 2024 installation view.

Bright Sparks (installation view), 2024

Now showing

Cathy Drummond The Valley 2000

Views and Vistas of the Valley

18 July 2026 - 31 October 2026

Incinerator Gallery

Showing in Moonee Valley

2026 Olivia Chin Public Art Commission & Artist Talk Photo by Thomas McCammon 60

Olivia Chin – Circulation

22 July 2026 -

Ascot Vale Library

2026 Incinerator Edwina Green Reconciliation Week 10

babanh-u laangi-yuyuk-a (Mother of Pearl): Edwina Green

28 May 2026 - 28 May 2046

Maribyrnong River Trail, Moonee Ponds

GRPhoto IncineratorMurals HIRES 8

It’s a home to me: David Booth

31 August 2024 - 3 September 2029

Cooper Street Community Centre, 101 Cooper Street, Essendon

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Arcade Way Reserve Public Art Project: Ash Firebrace

15 August 2022 - 16 August 2027

Arcade Way Reserve, Keilor East

Arts Project Indigenous Art Project 2003

Indigenous Arts Project: Dr Paola Balla

1 May 2023 -

FJ Davies Reserve (Centreway) Keilor East

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Discover the secrets of the Incinerator Gallery and learn about its contribution to Australian architecture in our History Tour – bookings by appointment.

Contact incinerator@mvcc.vic.gov.au or call 03 9243 1750 to enquire about days and times. Tours are only available during gallery opening hours.

#incineratorgallery #historytour #walterburleygriffin #architecture #maribyrnongriver #mooneevalley

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Art Club: The Cult of Suburbia

In Art Club this Thursday, 27 August, guest speaker Carly Richardson will be discussing how the suburb is reflected in post-war art and culture, looking at works by renowned artists such a Howard Arkley, Jeffrey Smart and David Hockney as well as some lesser-known local artists.

Linking back to the works and practices of David Wadelton, John Gollings, Jon Campbell, Cathy Drummond, Paola Balla, and Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahoney who feature in our current exhibition; 'Views and Vistas of the Valley', the evolution of suburbia will be considered against changing social and economic priorities.

Carly Richardson is a Museum registrar, collections specialist, arts educator, curator, and currently works at Melbourne University as a Collections Coordinator and a casual Duty Manager and Gallery Assistant at Incinerator Gallery.

Art Club: The Cult of Suburbia
Thursday, 27 August at 10am
FREE, bookings required. Book via the link in our bio.

Image by David Wadelton, 2025

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Explore the art of glass kiln forming in our six-week studio workshop series, beginning next week.

Glass artist Madeline Cardone will introduce participants to the fundamental techniques of fusing and slumping, with a focus on exploring colour, transparency, surface, form and composition. Through a series of projects, explore how heat and gravity can transform flat glass into sculptural and three-dimensional forms, tableware and wearable pieces, while developing your own creative approach to the material.

Includes basic materials, tools and firing service.

6-week term
Tuesdays | 6.30pm to 8.30pm
1 September-6 October

Learn more and book via the link in our bio.

@madeline.cardone

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Exhibit in The Atrium at Incinerator Gallery!

We’re calling for artists, curators and collectives to propose an exhibition for the Atrium space, with particular interest in applications that respond to place, consider the circular economy of materiality, and provide a day/night activation of the gallery.

Previous successful applications have included site-specific, sculptural and spatial practices. New works that respond specifically to the site are highly encouraged.

Successful applicants programmed in the Atrium in 2027 will receive:
• A $928 - $1,950 Artist Fee for the exhibition, based on NAVA rates
• 7-10 week exhibition
• Curatorial assistance throughout the development phase
• Professional installation
• Marketing through the Incinerator Gallery and Moonee Valley City Council channels, which can include national arts publication listings, social media and a considered seasonal print and promotional materials campaign.
• Professional exhibition photography
• An Opening Event alongside other exhibitions

Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity to exhibit with Incinerator Gallery.

Applications close Saturday, 5 September 2026.
Learn more and apply via the link in our bio.

Image credit: Caleb Thaiday, Elijah Money, and Stone Turner, 'Placid in Play', 2024, installation view at Incinerator Gallery. Photography by Gianna Rizzo.

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Hear about the works in our current exhibition Views and Vistas of the Valley at our next Thursday Late.

Join us on the first Thursday of September for an intimate night at the gallery. Enjoy a drink and nibbles, while you hear detail about the works in the collection exhibition through curator Mia Maria’s perspective.

Come along and share your stories of the Valley.

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“The series continues my documentation of suburban life—its quiet rituals and community spaces. Having lived in nearby Ascot Vale when I first moved to Melbourne in 1975, returning with a camera brings both familiarity and a reminder of the changes to our suburban places over the decades.” - David Wadelton

Established in 1963, the Maribyrnong Park Bowls and Croquet Club ceased operations in 2024 - this photographic series was commissioned to celebrate the Club’s legacy as well as to imagine a regenerative lens to the historical site that has been a significant hub for the local community.

Photographer David Wadleton has captured this vision of late Modernist recreational design, which is now functioning as a time capsule of communal leisure and suburban social life.

Views and Vistas of the Valley is on now, until 31 October

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Our current exhibition Views and Vistas of the Valley celebrates the significant building that form the identity and reflect the history of our community.

The schematic drawings for the Essendon Incinerator by Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin, produced in 1929 reveal Marion Mahony’s exceptional draftsmanship, shaped through her training within the Prairie School of Architecture and the influential ethos of American architect and designer Frank Lloyd Wright.

The Incinerator building on this site is last of its kind surviving in Victoria and of major architectural significance, protected by the National Trust and Heritage Victoria, and cared for by Moonee Valley City Council.

View these iconic drawings, then walk through the space to experience the heritage and history of the building itself.

Open Wednesday to Saturday, 11am-4pm.

📸Views and Vistas of the Valley, installation view, photos by Thomas McCammon.

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Across our current exhibition, Views and Vistas of the Valley, audiences are invited to consider the ways art can amplify place—its histories, its transformations, its everyday resonances.

This manifests through three intertwined genres of selected works; architecture and design, natural and civic landscape; and people and still-life.

In the genre of people and still-life, artists foreground the intimate and everyday: figures, objects, and scenes that embody personal connection and cultural narrative.

📸Views and Vistas of the Valley, installation view, photos by Thomas McCammon.

#IncineratorGallery #MooneeValley #ContemporaryArt #WhatsOnMelbourne #Exhbition

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Calling our local artists!

We have an exciting opportunity to bring your art to life as an animated projection. Help us create an immersive evening experience that uses light, projection and storytelling that will become part of two projection tours coming to Moonee Valley this October. Open to emerging artists, illustrators, animators, photographers, filmmakers and creative technologists based in Moonee Valley.

More info at the link in bio.

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Views and Vistas of the Valley brings together selected works that explore three intertwined genres: architecture and design; natural and civic landscape; and people and still-life. Together, these genres offer multiple vantage points on what it means to live in, look at, and belong to this valley landscape.

Landscape works extend this conversation from the built and domestic environments into natural and municipal space: from depictions of waterways or parks that are sites of recreation and memory, to interpretations of ecological shifts over time.

📸Views and Vistas of the Valley, installation view, photos by Thomas McCammon.

#IncineratorGallery #MooneeValley #ContemporaryArt #WhatsOnMelbourne #Exhbition

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Applications are now open to exhibit with Incinerator Gallery in 2027!

We invite artists, curators, and community groups to propose an exhibition and display their works in one of our gallery spaces.

Visit our website to learn more about the spaces and to apply. Linked in bio.
Applications close Saturday 5 September.

#incineratorgallery #callforproposals #applytoexhibit #artexhibition #artistcall #curatoropportunities #visualarts

Image credit: Open Call Out recipients Leo Bagus Purnomo, Angus Scott and Norton Fredericks, 2026. Photo by Thomas McCammon.

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This Saturday: draw from life. ✏️

Join visual artist Badra Aji for a three-hour workshop exploring the fundamentals of observational drawing. Working from a life model, you'll build confidence in contour drawing, negative space and proportion—whether you're picking up a pencil for the first time or refining your practice.

Open to all skill levels. Materials included, plus tea and coffee. Participants must be 18 years or over.

Foundations of Observational Life Drawing
Saturday, 8 August | 12.30pm–3.30pm,

Adult: $70, Concession: $56
Book via the link in our bio.

@badraaji

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Practice your life drawing skills with esteemed Melbourne-based, Indonesian-born artist Badra Aji at our special foundations of observational life drawing workshop on Saturday, 8 August.

Aji will lead participants through the galleries in this three-hour small group session – perfect for both beginners and confident creatives.

LIMITED SPACES: $70 / $56 concession.

Book now through our link in bio

📸 Badra Aji, Imtiaz in Williamsburg Day After The Storm, 2022.

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Incinerator Gallery—itself a heritage building of architectural significance—becomes both a container and generative ground for our latest exhibition.

Within its spaces the exhibition unfolds across three intertwined genres: architecture and design; natural and civic landscape; and people and still-life.

Within the architectural and design genre, these works reveal how built form—whether historic civic structures or evolving suburban fabric—shapes, and is shaped, by community identity.

📸Views and Vistas of the Valley, installation view, photo by Thomas McCammon. Works by David Wadelton.
📸Views and Vistas of the Valley, installation view photo by Thomas McCammon. Works by Lloyd Shield and John Gollings.

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These watercolour scenes are painted by our workshop tutor; artist Xiang Li. This Friday, Incinerator Gallery invites you to take inspiration from the landscapes of Moonee Valley in a relaxed watercolour workshop. Create your own landscape or urban scene inspired by the Maribyrnong River, local parks, streetscapes and other places that make our area unique.

No experience is needed—just bring a curious, creative mindset.

With easy-to-follow, step-by-step guidance, you'll learn essential watercolour techniques, including water control, creating texture for skies and foliage, and the basics of colour mixing. Inspired by the local landscape rather than a template, you'll create a finished artwork to take home.

Your Local Landscape in Watercolour
Friday, 31 July or Saturday, 12 September
11am to 1.30pm

Book via the link in our bio.

Credit: Watercolour paintings by Xiang Li @siroccoart