State of the Art: Reimagining Queensland

19 July - 12 October 2025

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An introspective and memory-honouring consideration of Queensland is the premise of State of the Art: Reimagining Queensland. This showcase of Queensland artists contests and explores the idea of the State in all of its conceptual and geographical character. Artists blur borders to clarify the meaning of Queensland through stories about people and places before and since colonisation. This diverse assembly of Queensland artists remind us of who and where we come from, and explore where we are going.

Featuring James Bourbon, Darren Blackman, Rachel Burke, Ruth Cho, Jamie Congdon, Ernest Garrett, Naomi Hobson, Seinileva Huakau, Tara Lewis, Noel McKenna, Wendy Mocke, Sally Molloy, Glen O’Malley, Teho Ropeyarn, Joel Sam, Clare Jaque Vasquez, Judy Watson, and Keemon Williams.

Co-curated by Robert Connell, Ashla Doherty, Melinda Mann, Jonathan McBurnie, Tessa McIntosh and Emily Wakeling.

Naomi Hobson (b. 1978) Delicate 2024, pigment print on archival cotton rag paper, 116 x 174 cm. Courtesy the artist

Glen O’Malley (b. 1948) 13 February 1987, Camooweal - Mrs. Steele had worked as a drover for most of her life 1987, photograph, 12.4 x 18.6cm. Courtesy the artist