Past
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The Familiar in the Unfamiliar-A Spanish Landscape
Joanna Cole 26 Aug - 16 Sep 2023 What is it to gaze upon a landscape painting, its flora and fauna replicated through memory, perception, and craftsmanship? Painting can be an unmoving vehicle, transporting us to far off... Read more -
BCFA at the Affordable Art Fair
Stand G-C7 15 - 18 Jun 2023 BCFA Exhibiting Artists Sue MacLeod-Beere Margaret Builder Joanna Cole Peter Griffen Brendan Kelly Denise Lithgow Gabriella Possum Nungurrayi Gabrielle Pool Alex Snellgrove Davide Uliana Tammy Whitworth Belinda Wilson Claire Yerbury... Read more -
Nest
An exhibition of works by Margaret Builder, Joanna Cole, Gabrielle Pool, Belinda Wilson, and Claire Yerbury. 13 Apr - 7 May 2023 In tumultuous times we often return to places of familiar safety. However it is that same tumult that often prevents us from returning to these sites of comfort and security.... Read more -
Utter Bedlam
Brendan Kelly 23 Mar - 6 Apr 2023 Utter Bedlam (2023) is Brendan Kelly’s latest solo exhibition of mixed media paintings, which focuses on Australia’s first purpose-built psychiatric hospital, the Tarban Creek Lunatic Asylum (later Gladesville Hospital), which... Read more
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OF THIS CENTURY
Australian Contemporary Art Since 2000 25 Feb - 12 Mar 2023 Brenda Colahan Fine Art is thrilled to present Of This Century, an exhibition of quintessential works by some of Australia's most respected trailblazers at home and on the international stage.... Read more -
The Joy Effect
Belinda Wilson 10 - 24 Nov 2022 Brenda Colahan Fine Art is pleased to present The Joy Effect, the eleventh solo exhibition of Melbourne-based landscape painter Belinda Wilson. In brilliant colour, Wilson's work invites us into a... Read more -
Drawn to the Land
Chris Stevenson 13 - 27 Oct 2022 Artist Statement: October, 2022 In Drawn to the Land viewers reconnect with a landscape that recalls others they may have experienced before. For me, connections to the Australian countryside began... Read more -
Uncovered: Northwood, Lloyd Rees and Beyond
A Contemporary Response by Brendan Kelly 21 Sep - 6 Oct 2022 Born in 1970, Australian contemporary artist Brendan Kelly was raised in Ryde during the 1970s and 1980s. He recalls a lively, carefree childhood along the banks of the Lane Cove... Read more
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Jorna Newberry
Pitjantjatjara woman 20 Aug - 3 Sep 2022 Read more -
Into The Quiet
Tracey Levett 21 Jul - 4 Aug 2022 Artist’s Statement- Tracey Levett “This suite of new paintings is intentionally contemplative and quiet, a direct response to the 'noise' of our modern hi tech world. For this exhibition... Read more -
BCFA @ Affordable Art Fair
Stand C06 2 - 5 Jun 2022 We are delighted to announce that Brenda Colahan Fine Art will be exhibiting a very select group of artworks at the inaugural Affordable Art Fair, Sydney, from 2nd -5th June... Read more -
Saint Ned
Brendan Kelly 10 - 24 Mar 2022 Saint Ned (2022) is Brendan Kelly’s latest solo exhibition of mixed media paintings focusing on the infamous Australian bushranger Ned Kelly and his place within contemporary Australian society.
The artist seeks to analyse Ned Kelly through a broad lens, encompassing a wide range of elements, which have added to the Ned Kelly story, in order to comprehend the modern view of a man who, once thought a common criminal, hunted by police and executed in 1880, became Australia’s most well-known 19th century individual, an Australian hero and icon. Read more
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Floral Lush
Melony Kara Smirniotis 1 - 21 Nov 2021 The exhibition ‘Floral Lush’ presents a dance between colour, light and texture. Local gardens explored daily, often several times a day, from a variety of perspectives were the inspiration for... Read more -
Three Indigenous Women
Jorna Newberry, Debbie Brown Napaltjarri & Mary Brown Napangati 18 Sep - 2 Oct 2021 BCFA brings together three Indigenous women whose country spans the vast lands of the central and western deserts of the Northern Territory and Western Australia. Jorna Newberry, a PItjantjatjara woman... Read more -
Yannima Pikarli Tommy Watson
Pitjantjatjara Master 1 - 30 Apr 2021 (c.1935-2017) Born Anamaraptji, west of Irrunytju, WA Read more -
Margaret Builder
Inner Landscapes 17 Nov - 5 Dec 2020 Margaret Builder Margaret Builder as born in 1938 in Sydney and was educated at Methodist Ladies College Burwood. A registered osteopath, physiotherapist and acupuncturist, Margaret lives in Noosa, QLD. Over... Read more
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Introducing Caleb Slater
A celebration of an exciting new street artist 7 - 21 Sep 2020 Read more -
Summer Collection
Beautiful works included in our summer collection 1 - 29 Feb 2020 Read more -
Spring Collection
Exhibition to celebrate our beautiful Spring collection 19 Sep - 31 Oct 2019 Read more -
Mary Brown Napangati
Ceremonies and Stories 23 Feb - 30 Mar 2019 A small, exclusive selection of current works by traditional western desert painter, Mary Brown Napangati. Employing traditional iconography and vibrant colour, Mary tells the stories of her youth and country... Read more
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20/20 Vision
20 Years 20 Women 1 - 30 Nov 2018 A survey of 20 Australian women artists over 2 decades Celebrating 20 years since the establishment of BCFA Read more -
Into Abstraction
Exploring the diversity of abstraction and its affiliations from the 1960’s until the present 16 Mar - 13 Apr 2018 Read more
Online
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Response to Landscape
Peter Griffen & Denise Lithgow 7 - 21 Oct 2021 “Response to Landscape” a two artist exhibition, explores the European expressionist landscapes of senior semi-abstract painter Peter Griffen. Executed over the 1990s to 2021, included are works first exhibited in... Read more -
Stranger at the Door
Sue MacLeod-Beere 15 - 31 Jul 2021 Sue is a locally based oil painter from Gladesville, Sydney. Her Stranger at the Door exhibition explores worlds within worlds, environments that aren't always what they seem. The title, "Stranger at the Door", comes from the painting of the same name, created in 2020 when anxieties were high, fearing our neighbours or even the groceries left at the door. MacLeod-Beere sets out to capture the unsettling presence in the everyday within moody canvases, mostly executed `en plein air'. Read more -
Floral Deco
John Klein 18 Sep - 2 Oct 2021 Read more -
Close to Home
Kate Gradwell 19 Aug - 6 Sep 2021 "In this current lockdown I've enjoyed exploring the local area, walking everyday"...
In Close to Home, Kate Gradwell's latest body of contemplative paintings, she explores her much reduced horizons and nearby vistas, reflecting a rich artistic history of imaging the Northern Sydney bushland.
Finalist in the 2019 Archibald Prize, Kate has also been included in the finals of the Portia Geach, Northbridge, Northern Beaches, Warringah, Hunters Hill and Kirribilli Art Prizes.
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