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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Sentient Worlds
In this exhibition, artist Romy Durrant presents a series of oil paintings celebrating the freedom of expression beyond societal boundaries and expectations. Romy is a neurodivergent artist who identifies as disabled. In describing how social environments can be overwhelming, she says “My imagination is my best coping tool.” Through abstract expressions of space, colour, and…
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Pages from the Codex Theonicz
In this exhibition, artist Katie Theodorus draws inspiration from Medieval manuscripts, particularly the enigmatic Voynich Manuscript. Featuring an indecipherable script, the Voynich Manuscript has confounded historical minds attempting translation. Taking this mystery as the departure point for the exhibition, Katie presents a new and imagined Codex in ‘Theonicz’, an invented alphabet. Unreadable yet vaguely familiar,…
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Himalaya: A Journey into Upper Mustang, Nepal
This exhibition of paintings and prints by artist John Barcham documents his recent impressions of the Himalayas in the Upper Mustang region of Nepal. Nestled on the borderlands of China and Tibet, this remote area was closed to the outside world until 1995. Through painting and lithograph printing in landscape and portraiture, John offers a…
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Annual exhibition
In this new exhibition, the Wingate Avenue Art Group celebrates its members’ love of art, learning, and their shared joy in community. Led by volunteer tutor Elif Yuksek since 2005, the group meets regularly at Wingate Avenue Community Centre in Ascot Vale. Members, stemming from diverse backgrounds, share a common desire for creative expression and…
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Market 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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