Current Events and Exhibitions

Plus one is a curated exhibition based on inviting each visual arts staff member to invite an individual, their ‘plus one’ who they are influenced by to exhibit with them in this exhibition. Each artist will provide a statement explaining why they have chosen their plus one, and how that practice/individual influences their own work. 

Exhibition Dates: May 15 – June 17, 2025

Opening: 23 May 6 – 8pm 2025

Curated by Alexandra Lawson

In an age of machine mass-production we believe it is important to recognize the human, as well as the heart and soul behind an artwork, and understand the time and effort they exhaust to present a resolved work. Curated by The Corridor Collective; ‘Hands-on’ reveals the dichotomy of art-making, depicting the blood, sweat, and tears of the creative experience. While typical exhibitions idolise finished artworks, Hands-on departs from the norm, by displaying evidence – through the inclusion of procedural photographs – depicting the making process, unveiling how the work evolves into an extension of the artist, through the emotions infused into the artwork, the flaws only the artist can see, and the problem-solving required to reach a resolved state. This exhibition features an amalgamation of emerging and established artists inside and outside of The University of Southern Queensland, in an effort to draw attention to one aspect of the way creativity manifests.

Opening: 27 June 6-8pm, 2025 

Exhibition runs 26 June – 29 July, 2025

Curated by The Corridor Collective

In an age of machine mass-production we believe it is important to recognize the human, as well as the heart and soul behind an artwork, and understand the time and effort they exhaust to present a resolved work. Curated by The Corridor Collective; ‘Hands-on’ reveals the dichotomy of art-making, depicting the blood, sweat, and tears of the creative experience. While typical exhibitions idolise finished artworks, Hands-on departs from the norm, by displaying evidence – through the inclusion of procedural photographs – depicting the making process, unveiling how the work evolves into an extension of the artist, through the emotions infused into the artwork, the flaws only the artist can see, and the problem-solving required to reach a resolved state. This exhibition features an amalgamation of emerging and established artists inside and outside of The University of Southern Queensland, in an effort to draw attention to one aspect of the way creativity manifests.

Opening: 27 June 6-8pm, 2025 

Exhibition runs 26 June – 29 July, 2025

Curated by The Corridor Collective

Future Visions is an annual art award for high school students across the Darling Downs and Southeast Queensland. It showcases the diverse, dynamic, and emerging professional approaches to artmaking currently being created by Years 10, 11 and 12 students in the region. This will be the fifteenth year of the exhibition, which continues to attract a high calibre of emerging artists creating exciting and innovative art.

Curated by Kyle Jenkins, Alexandra Lawson and David Akenson

Opening – 7 August 2025, 6pm – 8pm

A Block Gallery, UniSQ Toowoomba 

Exhibition dates – 7 August – 9 September 2025

Image: Alana Callaghan Fairholme College Light at the End of the Tunnel Winner 2024 Visual Art Award

Future Visions is an annual art award for high school students across the Darling Downs and Southeast Queensland. It showcases the diverse, dynamic, and emerging professional approaches to artmaking currently being created by Years 10, 11 and 12 students in the region. This will be the fifteenth year of the exhibition, which continues to attract a high calibre of emerging artists creating exciting and innovative art.

Curated by Kyle Jenkins, Alexandra Lawson and David Akenson

Opening – 7 August 2025, 6pm – 8pm

A Block Gallery, UniSQ Toowoomba 

Exhibition dates – 7 August – 9 September 2025

Image: Alana Callaghan Fairholme College Light at the End of the Tunnel Winner 2024 Visual Art Award

This exhibition coincides with the 2025 Australasian Animal Studies Association (AASA) Conference being hosted at the UniSQ School of Creative Arts. Titled Centring Animals Across the Disciplines, the conference and exhibition invites the human self to pause, possibly side-step, and make room for imagination, intellect, and cross-disciplinary practices to centre animals. The exhibition will present new work by artists as well as critical thinkers working across practice-led research.

Curated by Fernando do Campo & Rebecca Scollen 

A Block Gallery, UniSQ Toowoomba 

Exhibition dates – 5 November – 7 November 2025 

Image: Fenando do Campo The Bear Pits at Sydney Girls High School 2022, acrylic on canvas, 61 x 46cm

Graduart is an annual art exhibition that showcases artworks from graduating Visual Art students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The works represent a broad cross-section of emerging contemporary art practice, including painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics, and mixed media work.

Curated by Rhi Johnson and Brodie Taylor

Opening – 28-November 2025, 5.30pm – 8pm 

A Block & B Block Gallery, UniSQ Toowoomba 

Exhibition dates 25 November 2025 – 16 January 2026 

Image: Jane Orme Cycle, (detail) 2023, midfire porcelain with verying pink/clear glaze

Graduart is an annual art exhibition that showcases artworks from graduating Visual Art students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The works represent a broad cross-section of emerging contemporary art practice, including painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics, and mixed media work.

Curated by Rhi Johnson and Brodie Taylor

Opening – 28-November 2025, 5.30pm – 8pm 

A Block & B Block Gallery, UniSQ Toowoomba 

Exhibition dates 25 November 2025 – 16 January 2026 

Image: Jane Orme Cycle, (detail) 2023, midfire porcelain with verying pink/clear glaze

Graduart is an annual art exhibition that showcases artworks from graduating Visual Art students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The works represent a broad cross-section of emerging contemporary art practice, including painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics, and mixed media work.

Curated by Rhi Johnson and Brodie Taylor

Opening – 28-November 2025, 5.30pm – 8pm 

A Block & B Block Gallery, UniSQ Toowoomba 

Exhibition dates 25 November 2025 – 16 January 2026 

Image: Jane Orme Cycle, (detail) 2023, midfire porcelain with verying pink/clear glaze