Past Exhibitions

Michael Riley

Thursday 10 May - Sunday 8 July
Michael Riley's groundbreaking photographic work and visionary films have made a profound impact on Australian art.

National Photography Prize 2018

Thursday 10 May - Sunday 22 July
The MAMA Art Foundation National Photography Prize is Australia's oldest photography celebration. Each of the 12 finalists presents a series of contemporary works in the pursuit of a $30,000 first prize.

The Watched

Thursday 19 April - Sunday 10 June
The Watched considers the impact of surveillance on daily life.

Ngurrambaa

Saturday 24 February - Sunday 29 April
An exhibition of prints from artists that have worked with Cicada Press, an indigenous print workshop in Sydney.

Nat Ord: Rise!

Thursday 22 February - Sunday 8 April
Rise! captures women of power from the Murray region in their environment, by photographic artist Nat Ord.

Material Sound

Friday 9 February - Sunday 29 April
Experience sound within a series of installations designed by six contemporary Australian artists.

2017 Archibald Prize

Friday 15 December 2017 - Sunday 28 January 2018
Australia's most prestigious portrait prize presents a who's who of Australian culture, from politicians to celebrities and from sporting heroes to artists.

Year 12 Art Show 2017

Thursday 7 December - Sunday 11 February
Celebrate the creative achievements of graduating Year 12 Art Students from Albury, Wodonga & Corowa.

Julia deVille: Theoria

Monday 4 December 2017 - Sunday 1 July 2018
Julia deVille draws upon symbols of death from past eras, in a series of five tiny installations in MAMA's peepboxes.

Children's Illustrated and Picture Books from Poland

Thursday 26 October - Sunday 3 December
This exhibition brings together the best historical and contemporary examples of illustrated children's books from Poland, curated by Kinga Duda and Michał Jachuła

Grant Stevens: Art by Accident

Thursday 5 October 2017 - Sunday 15 April 2018
Grant Stevens presents digitised representations of natural scenes on MAMA's indoor and outdoor screens in Art by Accident.

Landmarks

Friday 29 September - Sunday 3 December
This exhibition celebrates works of art that are inextricably linked with landscape from some of the world’s most significant and influential artists of the 21st century.

Catherine Pancake: Nature is Hungry

Friday 29 September - Sunday 3 December
American filmmaker Catherine Pancake presents a video work exploring the ethical dilemma adult children face as land is passed down from one generation to the next.

Lorraine Connelly-Northey: On Country

Friday 29 September - Sunday 3 December
A major new commission by internationally celebrated Waradgerie artist Lorraine Connelly-Northey.

20th Anniversary Windmill Trust Exhibition

Thursday 14 September - Sunday 22 October
Windmill Trust awards an annual scholarship to rural and regional artists. This exhibition follows the careers of past scholarship winners.

Nguram-gang: Home District

Thursday 14 September - Sunday 26 November
Nguram-gang: Home District is an exhibition of work created by school students that participated in the Nguram-gang arts & language education program at MAMA.

Albury-Wodonga Artists Society: White Light

Thursday 3 August - Sunday 10 September
White Light celebrates the play of light in artworks, by members of Albury Wodonga Artists Society.

Joanna Lamb: The Real Thing

Thursday 27 July - Sunday 10 September
Joanna Lamb examines domestic, suburban living through a collection of contemporary still life works.

Yao Jui-Chung + Lost Society Document + Sandy Hsiu-Chih Lo

Friday 7 July - Sunday 17 September
Mirage: Disused Public Property in Taiwan

Nick Dorey: The drowning of Hermaphroditus

Friday 7 July - Sunday 17 September
Nick Dorey seeks balance and harmony in the material world.

NAIDOC Week Posters 1972 - 2017

Monday 4 July - Sunday 5 November
Every year since 1972, a poster has been produced to mark NAIDOC week. Using the posters as a visual history, we see the evolution of NAIDOC week and the change in focus throughout each era.

Catherine Stewart: Habitus

Thursday 1 June - Sunday 23 July
Vibrant contemporary landscape paintings from 2016 MAMA Art Prize winner Catherine Stewart.

Kate Mitchell: Art by Accident

Thursday 25 May - Sunday 1 October
Art by Accident features five artworks by multi-disciplinary artist Kate Mitchell.

Anne Zahalka: The Landscape Revisited

Friday 26 May - Sunday 5 November
Working with iconic images from Australian art, Anne Zahalka explores the construction of our Australian identity.

Tyler Grace: The Chronic Diaries

Thursday 18 May - Sunday 18 June
A series of self-portraits by photographer Tyler Grace chronicling the experience of living with long term illness.

Being Tiwi

Friday 28 April - Sunday 25 June
A celebration of the stories and culture of contemporary art from the Tiwi Islands

Primavera at 25: MCA Collection

Friday 28 April - Sunday 25 June
A collection of works by artists who have previously exhibited in Primavera, the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia's annual exhibition dedicated to showcasing the work of young Australian artists.

Rose Wilson: The Disappearing Farmer

Thursday 6 April - Sunday 28 May
Portrait artist Rose Wilson captures the faces of a disappearing generation of Australian farmers from the Victorian highlands.

Feeling of France: John Lamb

Thursday 6 April - Sunday 14 May
Photographer John Lamb captures the spirit of France in these lively streetscapes from Paris and Southern France.

Two Brains are Better Than One: Isabelle Toland and Jasper Knight

Friday 24 March - Sunday 23 April
Playful installation of large-scale Stegosaurus sculptures grazing in and around MAMA and QEII Square.

Shop That Museum

Thursday 23 February - Sunday 2 April
An exhibition of by five commercial artists Christine Battocchio, Faith Colwell-Beaver, Lorraine Connelly Northey, Kerrie Docker and Margaret Wilmot.

Summer - Bondi to Barcelona: Rex Dupain

Thursday 16 February - Sunday 2 April
Photographer Rex Dupain chased the sun from Bondi, Australia to Brighton in the UK, Bay of Naples, Italy, Harlem and Coney Island in New York City, and Barcelona, Spain, capturing quintessential Summer moments on film.

Yours. 70 years of collecting

Friday 3 February - Monday 17 April
Come inside MAMA’s ever expanding art collection, gathered over 70 years, and curate your own exhibition.

FOUND: Mylyn Nguyen

Until Friday 1 December
Discover a secret world behind MAMA's hidden peep boxes, featuring found objects and busy beetles.

A Continued Conversation: Calista Lyon

Thursday 12 January - Sunday 19 February
Featuring vivid portraits of 157 Tallangatta Valley residents, this exhibition highlights the social and economic pressures shaping the future of rural towns.

A Language of the Vanishing: Claudia Terstappen

Thursday 5 January - Sunday 12 February 2017
In these two photographic collections, Claudia Terstappen reveals much about life in her depiction of death.

David Taylor: Kati-Thanda 15 Below

Thursday 8 December - Thursday 8 January
Stunning, vivid aerial photographs of Lake Eyre taken by local photographer David Taylor and his son Rowand.

Silent Tears: Belinda Mason

Thursday 24 November - Sunday 1 January
This multidimensional photographic exhibition reveals the lived experience of women with disability who are subjected to violence and women who acquired disability as a result of violence.

MAMA Summer Pop

Friday 18 November - Sunday 22 January
Come to MAMA for a POP of colour and fun during the summer holidays. This fun, colourful exhibition includes life-size cartoon characters, giant stuffed animals and teeny tiny scenes for the little ones.

Year 12 Art Show 2016

Thursday 18 November - Sunday 15 January
The annual Year 12 Art Show celebrates the achievements of graduating student artists in Albury.

True Colours: Daniel Mudie Cunningham

Thursday 10 November - Sunday 29 January
A decade after the Cronulla riots, 'True Colours' remakes Cyndi Lauper’s hit music video of the same name.

Between the Desert and the Moon: Central and Western Desert Artists

Friday 4 November 2016 - Sunday 7 May 2017
A collection of Aboriginal art showcasing the cultural and creative diversity in the Western Desert communities of Central Australia.

FACEY: Schools Portrait Exhibition

27 October - 13 November
This summer MAMA is celebrating creative youth. FACEY features portraits painted by local primary school students under the guidance of Albury High School mentors.

Skill, Discipline, Training: Richard Lewer

Thursday 6 October - Sunday 20 November
Sports-mad artist Richard Lewer, who recently won the $100,000 Basil Sellers art prize, explores the camaraderie that comes with winning and losing in Skill, Discipline, Training.

Stephanie Jakovac, Inga Hanover & Bec Bromley Humphries

Thursday 29 September - Sunday 4 December
MAMA brings together three local artists exploring themes of communication, femininity and childhood in this multi-dimensional show.

Here & Now: Jo Davenport

Thursday 25 August - Sunday 2 October
Jo Davenport's latest exhibition features gestural paintings that speak of her relationship with nature and experiences with her environment.

Domestic Theatrics: Nina O'Brien

Thursday 25 August - Sunday 25 September 2016
Moments never destined for the family album; Domestic Theatrics is a photographic series that explores the reality of siblings played out in the suburban backyard every day.

SPEED: The Fast and The Curious

Saturday 20 August - Sunday 6 November
Buckle up for SPEED – an original exhibition of contemporary art and a fun program of events inspired by our love affair with fast moving machines.

Unsettling Memories

Friday 5 August - Sunday 30 October 2016
A new exhibition drawn from the MAMA collection, these works stir up memories that lurk in the shadows, capturing the uncertainty, fear, innocence, and not-quite-knowing of childhood.

Drawn through Space: Ariadne's Thread - Nadia Odlum

Friday 17 June - Sunday 31 July 2016
A mind-bending installation that will thread its way around the MAMA Foyer and provide the backdrop for a collection of hands-on interactive activities utilising thread, string, line art.

Yindyamarra: Respect, go slow, take responsibility

Thursday 16 June - Sunday 17 July 2016
This animated film teaches the importance of Yindyamarra - Respect of country - in Wiradjuri language and culture.

Black | White: Sam Juparulla Wickman

Thursday 16 June - Sunday 17 July 2016
Juparulla Wickman's latest works invite viewers into the creative world and experience of the Western Desert.

Mumula Giilang: Grandfather Story - Bethany Thornber

Thursday 16 June - Sunday 17 July 2016
Emerging artist Bethany Thornber captures the vivid storytelling of her Grandfather in this multidimensional exhibition.

Jo Bertini: Hortus Conclusus - the Enclosed Garden

Thursday 2 June - Sunday 10 July 2016
Leading Australian contemporary artist Jo Bertini, has drawn inspiration from the Murray region for her stunning exhibition of large scale oil paintings depicting the local landscape.

MAMA Art Foundation National Photography Prize 2016 Exhibition

Saturday 21 May - Sunday 7 August 2016
More than 100 works by 65 established and emerging photographers will be on show, and available for purchase throughout the duration of the exhibition.

Lament: Nicole Welch

Sunday 15 May - Sunday 12 June
This first video work of photographer Nicole Welch extends her signature style into time-lapse film.

Resolved: Journeys in Australian Design

Thursday 12 May - Sunday 12 June 2016
An exhibition of 12 compelling works by designers from the highly acclaimed "Workshopped" exhibitions held in Sydney.

Brush with Border Artists

Thursday 12 May - Sunday 12 June 2016
This latest exhibition by members of the Albury Wodonga Artists Society brings together small individual works depicting something personal to each artist. The exhibition showcases the diversity and talent in the region, inviting you to explore their collective and individual identities.

History of the National Photography Prize

Thursday 5 May - Sunday 31 July
Discover the treasures in the archives of Australia's oldest photographic prize.

Sidney Nolan & Australian Galleries: The Australian drought of the 1950's

Thursday 21 April - Sunday 29 May
A rare opportunity to see Sidney Nolan’s lost drought photographs, which will also be available for sale.

Soul Journey: Jim van Geet

Thursday 7 April - Sunday 8 May
Acclaimed Australian portrait artist Jim van Geet will bring a selection of stunning oil paintings to MAMA in April and if you like them, you can buy them.

The One on One: Ella Sowinska

Thursday 7 April - Sunday 8 May 2016
Why are we so fascinated with the private lives of others?Ella Sowinska casts a humorous light on popular and addictive genre of reality TV devoted to dating. The One on One focuses on the first date and the absurd act of filming it, in all its awkward, staged glory.

Wanderlust: Dorin Folkerts-Di Novo from the James Brooks Collection

Thursday 10 March - Sunday 17 April 2016
A beautiful collection of impressionist watercolour landscapes from avid traveller and artist Dorin Folkerts-Di Novo.

AgX: Grayson Cooke

Thursday 3 March - Sunday 3 April 2016
AgX is an art-science project about material memory and forgetting; it features time-lapse macro-photography of photographic negatives being chemically destroyed. The project asks people to reflect on their own photographic collections, and the possibility of their disappearance.

Aqua Luminous: Chris Ellis

3 March - 3 April
Aqua luminous refers to the effect of light on water. In his latest collection of work, regional artist Chris Ellis delves deeper into his lifelong fascination with the Riverine Ecosystems, and the play of light on water throughout the seasons.

Marilyn: Celebrating an American Icon

Friday 12 February - Sunday 8 May 2016
MAMA's first international blockbuster exhibition celebrating the enduring cultural phenomenon of Marilyn Monroe.

Dance me to the end of night: Mona Ryder

Thursday 28 January - Sunday 6 March 2016
An installation melding the rich, visceral religious iconography with a raw, post-apocalyptic tribal aesthetic. Visitors are invited to enter into an enigmatic ballroom setting that is about to come alive.

Translating Wetlands: Nat Ward

Thursday 28 January - Sunday 28 February
The natural environment of the wetlands and Murray River are the inspiration for these large scale paintings by local artist Nat Ward.

Consilience: as the world turns

Thursday 28 January - Sunday 28 February 2016
Time-lapse video work investigating how time and place affects both our sense of embodiment and our perception of ourselves.

Richard Bell: Imagining Victory

Thursday 17 December 2015 - Sunday 24 January 2016
Richard Bell: Imagining Victory is a significant exhibition by leading Australian artist Richard Bell, centred on a trilogy of recent video projects.

Sour Crude

Thursday 17 December 2015 - Sunday 24 January 2016
eX de Medici combines swirling, psychedelic colours and delicate brushstrokes – the legacy of the artist’s acclaimed tattooing practice – to expose modern-day forces such as corruption, consumerism and corporate greed.

Impressions of Paris: Lautrec, Degas, Daumier

Saturday 12 December 2015 - Sunday 31 January 2016
Impressions of Paris: Lautrec, Degas, Daumier examines the major contribution to French art made by three key figures: Honoré-Victorin Daumier (1808-1879), Edgar Degas (1834-1917) and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901).

A Notion of Home - Catherine O'Donnell

Thursday 10 December 2015 - Sunday 7 February 2016
In her grandest works to date, 2012 Albury Art Prize winner, Catherine O'Donnell brings together two major works that will adorn the MAMA Foyer this summer.

The cubic structural evolution project, 2004

Thursday 10 December 2015 - Sunday 7 February 2016
A hands-on installation by Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson. Become an architect by using Lego to create endlessly re-forming structures limited only by imagination.

Eastern Interiors

Thursday 12 November - Sunday 13 December 2015
Eastern Interiors: explorations from Bathurst to Albury is the first MAMA partnership with external curators and commercial galleries.

CURRENT

Thursday 12 November - Sunday 13 December 2015
Bringing together a mix of disciplines including sound art, video art and photography to focus on the Kiewa Hydro Scheme CURRENT draws out themes of environmental sustainability, environmental art, sonic and spatial practice, and soundscape ecology.

Contemporising the modern - Photography from the 20th and 21st Century Gift of The Russell Mills Foundation

Friday 2 October 2015 - Sunday 1 May 2016
A collection of 50 works gifted to MAMA by The Russell Mills Foundation, a collection that celebrates 20th Century Australian photography.

The Little People Project

Friday 2 October 2015 - Wednesday 20 January 2016
Scattered throughout MAMA are four 'peepholes' strategically positioned in wall cavities about 50cm from the floor, inviting children to open the door and delight in the mini-exhibitions designed just for them.

MAMA Here MAMA Now

Ongoing
MAMA Here MAMA Now is a retrospective look at the MAMA journey.

MAMA Foyer Screen

Friday 2 October 2015 - Monday 1 February 2016
Daniel Mudie Cunningham’s three channel video installation Hold Your Breath (2011) recalls, ten years after the event, the horrific image of office workers falling to their deaths from the World Trade Center.

Deborah Kelly: No Human Being is Illegal (in all our glory) + Venus Variations

Friday 2 October - Sunday 8 November 2015
20 life-sized collaborative collage portraits by artist Deborah Kelly, commissioned for the 19th Biennale of Sydney.

Sonic Splendour

Friday 2 October - Sunday 8 November 2015
Regional artist, Andrew Pearce, delivers a new exhibition of music videos filmed throughout the local region.

Wiradjuri Ngurambanggu

Friday 2 October - Sunday 29 November 2015
Wiradjuri Ngurambanggu showcases a stunning body of work from across Wiradjuri Country that challenges the perception of Aboriginal art.

Jacques Callot: Etchings from the Daniel Gift

12 April to 26 May 2013
Jacques Callot was one of the great artists of 17th century Europe and the one most responsible for turning the technique of etching into an art form. The etchings displayed in this exhibition were collected by a leading authority on Jacques Callot, Howard Daniel, who gifted the work to us in the 1990s.

Icons from the Collection

12 April to 5 July 2013
Icons from the Collection dusted off some of the amazing artworks usually kept in storage in the gallery collection for all to see.

Harvest: Richard Janson

Harvest was the first solo exhibition of Richard Jason, winner of the 2012 Susan Moorhead Memorial Award. Referencing 17th century Dutch still life painters, Janson used a manual camera and handheld light effects during long exposures to paint.

Attack: Japanese midget submarines in Sydney Harbour

30 November 2016 to 27 January 2013
In 2012, to mark the 70th anniversary of the event, Mosman Art Gallery commissioned artist Ken Done to interpret and respond to this remarkable story. The result was a compelling and culturally sensitive body of work that dealt with the themes of empire, self-sacrifice, death, destruction and honour.

Ancestral Powers and the Aesthetic: Arnhem Land painting and objects from the Donald Thomson Collection

5 October to 11 November 2012
Arnhem Land painting and objects from the Donald Thomson Collection; a Museum Victoria touring exhibition.

Susan Moorhead Memorial Award 2012

21 April to 11 June 2012
Featuring finalists in the biennial award for emerging visual artists living in the Albury Wodonga region.

Drawing on Drysdale: Russell Drysdale from the AlburyCity Collection

16 March to 13 May 2012
Celebrating the centenary of one of the great Australian artists of the 20th Century.

Albury Art Prize 2012

27 January to 4 March 2012
Featuring finalists in one of New South Wales’ oldest municipal art awards

Delightfully Deco Albury

9 July to 9 October 2011
Delightfully Deco Albury was a blockbuster exhibition which showcased Albury's embrace of Art Deco in the 1920s and 1930s.

Mining the Collection

25 June to 18 September 2011
Featuring works from AlburyCity's seven cultural collections.

The Wandering by Andrew Pearce

29 April to 26 June 2011
Solo exhibition by 2009 Susan Moorhead Memorial Award winner Andrew Pearce

Catherine O'Donnell: Venetian Visions

5 March to 24 April 2011
Large-scale charcoal drawings of Venetian city landscapes by Albury Art Prize winner Catherine O’Donnell

2010 Archibald Prize

27 January - 3 March 2011
Featuring works from the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ Archibald Prize, one of Australia’s oldest and most prestigious art awards.

Los Caprichos - Francisco de Goya

1 October to 5 December 2010
Presenting an early edition of Los Caprichos, a set of 80 etchings by the iconic Spanish artist first published in 1799.

2010 National Photography Prize

30 July to 26 September 2010
Featuring finalists in the National Photography Prize run by Albury Regional Art Gallery, which has become established as a centre for excellence and innovation in photography.

Zhongiian: Midway

21 May to 20 July 2010
A Wollongong City Gallery touring exhibition of works by 14 contemporary Chinese and Australian artists.

Bill Henson: early works from the MGA Collection

22 January to 7 March 2010
Presenting 29 exquisitely printed photographs from many of Henson’s major series from the 1970s through to the early 1990s.

Intimate Transactions

19 September to 18 October 2009
Dual-site interactive installation combining projections, sound and furniture.