Current exhibitions
Exhibitions at the Incinerator Gallery
There are no current exhibitions in the Gallery, check the upcoming exhibitions page for details.
The Billboard Project
The Billboard Project is a series of large format photographic billboards that create unexpected public galleries in and around the Keilor Road Shops in Niddrie.
The locations can be discovered around Wallace Mall, and they connect to the billboard in the front garden of the Incinerator Gallery.
These public sites feature changing exhibitions by some of Melbourne's best contemporary artists. Elvis Richardson, Clare Rae, Zoe Croggon, Petrina Hicks, Mike Read, Genevieve Grieves, Dianne Jones, James Voller and Steven Rhall have all exhibited in these spaces.
The Pyramid Postcards: Following the Policeman
This iteration of Ezz Monem’s photographic series is displayed as three large-scale billboards at Incinerator Gallery, exploring authority, surveillance, and tourism through the juxtaposition of the Egyptian Pyramids and the figure of an anonymous local policeman. In 2014, Google Street View technology expanded to document some historic locations in Egypt, including the Pyramids. A policeman…
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It’s a home to me: David Booth
It’s a home to me is a public art project that celebrates the unique character of Cooper Street Community Centre in Essendon and the vibrant community it serves. Rooted in the belief that ‘drawing is magic’, artist David Booth brings together a colourful patchwork of characters-from a dog walker along the river and a lorikeet…
Read MoreArcade Way Reserve Public Art Project: Ash Firebrace
Arcade Way Reserve’s Public Art Project consists of three murals designed by Wurundjeri artist Ash Firebrace and painted by muralist Christian Vine. The murals reflect the importance of the Earless Dragon, the Wedge-tailed Eagle, and the Eastern Barred Bandicoot to Moonee Valley’s critically endangered Volcanic Plains Temperate Grassland in Keilor East on Wurundjeri woi-Wurrung Country.…
Read MoreIndigenous Arts Project: Paola Balla
Inspired by a shared desire for reconciliation and to embed a First Nations perspective into FJ Davies Reserve, the artist engaged with local primary school children to create joyful drawings that were incorporated into these bronze pieces. In 2023, Paola reflected on the project, “I was doing community arts work at the Gathering Space, a…
Read MoreMarket Mural: Raf McDonald
Market Mural by Raf McDonald is a public art installation that transforms the exterior wall of Everage Street, Moonee Ponds into a multi-layered artwork. The work responds to the history of the site as a former marketplace. The mural includes text which reads, “is the old marketplace receding or appearing?” inviting the viewer to contemplate…
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