Gertrude's annual Gertrude Studios exhibition presents new and recent works produced in the organisation's 16 studios and celebrates the site as a conduit for dialogue and making.

Current features newly commissioned and recent work by three First Nations artists, Gail Mabo (Meriam), Lisa Waup (Gunditjmara/Torres Strait Islands), Dominic White (Palawa/Trawlwoolway)

New Exuberance: contemporary Australian textile design is a major touring exhibition project reflecting on current directions in textile practice through art, design and fashion.

4 makers from Aotearoa NZ (McDonald, McIntosh, Moa and Panther), and 4 makers based in Naarm/Melbourne (McArdle, Johnson, Kiuru and Waup), whose practices involve a deep and holistic engagement with materiality and process, within a context of working in Aotearoa NZ and Australia, within Moana Oceania.

In a world where art often reflects on convergent themes, the 2023 Paul Selzer Exhibition and Prize, on display at the Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery – stands as a testament to the power of diversity and individual perspectives. Lisa Waup was awarded the 2023 Paul Seller Prize.

Lisa Waup (Gunditjmara/Torres Strait/Italian) is asking us to rethink how we search for and engage with objects in space and in particular what floats above us.

In the work of artists in Adopted, a range of complex narratives emerge: of marginalisation – of the ongoing challenge in piecing together Lost, Stolen and Hidden intergenerational stories that have been intentionally and forcibly silenced through the processes of colonisation.

earth:Country – from the ground to the sky is an exhibition of female First Nations ceramicists, presented in conjunction with Apmere Mparntwe, 16th Australian Ceramics Triennale curated by Lisa Waup.

The KHT is proud to present Blak Jewellery – Finding Past Linking Present, a contemporary jewellery design exhibition by 11 Victorian First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participants from the inaugural year of the KHT’s Blak Design Program. The Blak Design Program is a ground-breaking four-year professional development program to support First Nations cultural innovation within the Victorian design sector and provide a platform for nurturing long term sustainable, First Nations design practices.

This project encompasses the ongoing bodies of work OUR WAY and LOST, which were developed in 2021 and detailed in the graduate exhibition REDIRECTED. With a focus on experimental printmaking techniques, found objects, weaving, jewellery and installation, these recent bodies of work explore the power and peril of the directional sign, its ability to control, repress and disorientate First Peoples on their own land.

Sea HER Land is curated by Lisa Waup and was inspired by 2018’s NAIDOC theme 'Because of Her, We Can'. This exhibition showcases a rich quality and diverse range of works made from natural materials by six of Baluk Arts' key female Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists: Tallara Gray, Cassie Leatham, Gillian Garvie, Beverley Meldrum, Nannette Shaw & Lisa Waup. Exquisite works made from materials such as bull kelp, shells, bones, clay, wool, wood, assorted fibres, river reed and feathers honour mother earth and evoke memories of personal history.