Kati Thanda - Green Desert

Aerial Photography of Lake Eyre by Peter Elfes

This multimedia exhibition is a journey through time into the ancient world of Australia's desert interior, featuring stunning low level aerial images by award winning photographer Peter Elfes. Peter has spent the last five years documenting the beauty of this rare climatic event, the flooding of Lake Eyre, Kati Thanda, in Arabunna country in South Australia. 

Burrinja is excited to host the complete exhibition for the first time in a Victoria exclusive.

Free guided tours: Thursdays and Saturdays @ 11 am

Stories from West Arnhem Land

Nimbuwah is a towering rock in the escarpment of West Arnhem Land. It is a sacred site for the local Kunwinjku and features prominently in the rarrk paintings by Nganjmirra family, including Alex, son of famous bark painter Bobby Barrdjaray Nganjmirra, and Robin Nganjmirra's children Eva and Lawrence.

On display is also a work by Djawida Nordjorle and Lin Onus, who later in his life acquired the permission by Jack Wunumun to use rarrk style in his paintings.

Anne King: All That Jazz

The exhibition explores the theme of "The Musician". From the first exploratory drawing from the model in charcoal, the exhibition covers the progression through imaginative and instinctive works in inks to the newer colourful acrylic works incorporating multi-layered backgrounds, drawing and painting.

Official Opening: Friday 21 June @ 6.30pm

Elisabeth Williams: Narratives

With the emphasis on Design Elements and Principles rather than ‘naturalism’, this exhibition explores a variety of stories. They are based on my observations and involvement with the people and environs of day to day life.

Elisabeth Williams is the 2012 winner of the annual ‘She’ exhibition award at Walker St Gallery in Dandenong.

Official Opening: Friday 21 June @ 6.30pm

Juet Sculpture: Treasure Hunting

Michael Hyett and Martin Judd create figurative and abstract sculptures of found, recycled and discarded objects unravelling the stories and histories of people who provide the materials.

"Using found objects from the local area we will tell the stories of local people through sculpture. We will ask friends, family, and acquaintances from the local area to invite us into their sheds and junk piles to unravel the stories and history of those people through their donation of discarded rusty old metal objects. It is these stories that are told by the found objects that we call our treasure!"

Official Opening: Friday 21 June @ 6.30pm

Quorum Group: Unconscious Creativity

Quorum is a group of women artists who started 6 years ago. We try not to think too deeply about what we create, but by using many different methods the works appear and demonstrate our joy exploring our own beliefs, spirituality and views on social issues. This exploration has led to a body of work that has become quite abstract and diversified for each artist over time. The artists: Jenny Pring-Morgan, Chris Spokes, Megan Shiel, Yvonne Picot and Bernadette Burke-Reynolds.

Official Opening: Sunday 23 June from 1.30pm