Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery

CUSP: Designing into the next decade

Design has always affected the way we live. From furniture, to gadgets, clothing and housing, design’s ability to improve the way we look, move, work and feel has long been evident. But in recent times, design has increasingly been recognised as a virtuosity that has more to offer the world than simply utility and beauty.

Friday 27 February 2015 to Sunday 03 May 2015
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Jimmy Pike’s Artlines: You call it desert, we used to live there

The Berndt Museum of Anthropology, University of Western Australia. The national tour of this exhibition is managed by ART ON THE MOVE.

Jimmy Pike

Friday 14 March 2014 to Sunday 11 May 2014
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Signature Style

An ambitious project, curated by Nella Themelios and Kim Brockett, Signature Style showcases contemporary jewellery pieces produced by 24 artists, designers and craft practitioners working collaboratively. By challenging conventional understandings of jewellery, the work in this exhibition explores relationships between the body and wearable art using a range of co-creation models.

Friday 14 March 2014 to Sunday 11 May 2014
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Behind the Lines 2012

Behind the Lines 2012 looks back on the highs and lows of the political year through the eyes of Australia’s best cartoonists. Selected from over 600 submissions and works from the Museum of Australian Democracy’s own collection, the cartoons provide amusing and insightful commentary into the parties, personalities and political power-plays that characterise Australian politics.

Friday 14 March 2014 to Sunday 04 May 2014
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Call for entries!

National Works on Paper is one of Australia’s most prestigious awards and acquisitive exhibitions. A biennial exhibition, its role is to support and promote contemporary Australian artists working on or with paper. Recent winners of National Works on Paper include Laith McGregor, Richard Lewer, Danie Mellor, Gareth Sansom, Paul Boston, Lisa Roet and eX de Medici.

Sunday 01 December 2013 to Friday 14 March 2014
Art opportunity in Victoria, Australia.

Sea of dreams 2

Sea of dreams II is a broad chronological survey of major Australian artists whose works are closely associated with the bay including Fred McCubbin, Arthur Streeton, Penleigh Boyd, Clarice Beckett, Arthur Boyd and Sidney Nolan. Sea of dreams II comprises approximately 80 paintings, drawings and prints sourced from major public, private and corporate collections throughout Australia.

Friday 06 December 2013 to Sunday 02 March 2014
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

From Point To Point

In conjunction with the superb MPRG-curate exhibition Sea of dreams: Port Phillip Bay 1915–2013 (Part two) we are offering complimentary floor talks each month during the exhibition.

Thursday 19 December 2013 to Thursday 27 February 2014
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Friends Of Mprg Event: Talk

Susan McCulloch is an arts writer, author, publisher and speaker with a lifetime’s experience in the Australian visual arts, who has recently accepted our invitation to become a Patron of the Friends of Mornington Peninsula Gallery.

Susan Mc Culloch

Monday 24 February 2014 to Monday 24 February 2014
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

The Enduring Coast - Port Phillip Bay And The Artistic Imaginary

MPRG Curator Dr Wendy Garden will discuss interpretations of Port Phillip Bay by some of Australia’s leading artists. Over the past 80 years artists including Arthur Streeton, Charles Blackman, Fred Williams, John Cattapan and Jill Orr have captured the many moods and meanings of Port Phillip Bay as it developed into a major trading port and tourist precinct.

Charles Blackman Arthur Streeton Fred Williams Jill Orr John Cattapan

Thursday 20 February 2014 to Thursday 20 February 2014
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Excursion To Hmas Cerberus

Ever wondered what really lies behind the walls of HMAS Cerberus's A, B, C and D block? Join MPRG for a hosted tour of the Royal Australian Navy's 'land ship' and see for yourself the inner workings of Australia's Premier Naval training establishment.

Tuesday 18 February 2014 to Tuesday 18 February 2014
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Hedonism And Dread: The Beach And The Body

Dr Janine Burke will discuss works by some of Australia's most significant modernists – Sidney Nolan, Joy Hester, Albert Tucker and Charles Blackman.

Charles Blackman Joy Hester Sidney Nolan Albert Tucker Jill Orr Esther Paterson

Thursday 06 February 2014 to Thursday 06 February 2014
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Masterclass: Point Nepean

Join the very popular art tutor Colin Johnson for a practical day workshop in an idyllic location at Point Nepean National Park. Colin will work closely with participants in developing drawing and painting skills and techniques in this breathtaking coastal location on the southern tip of the peninsula.

Wednesday 22 January 2014 to Wednesday 22 January 2014
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Friends' coffee morning: Dolphins of Port Phillip Bay

Founded in 1986, owned and operated by The Muir family, Polperro Dolphin Swims has grown to become internationally recognised as an extremely experienced, professional, innovative and successfully individual operation that conducts environmentally responsible dolphin interactions, with a commitment to the welfare and preservation of the dolphins and their habitat, which is the amazingly fragile ec

Monday 19 August 2013 to Tuesday 31 December 2013
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Young at Art

A very popular program for 0-5 year olds, with storyteller Matteo and the Gallery’s Education Coordinator. Sing, dance, clap and stomp your feet with Matteo! Do an exciting activity with the Education Coordinator afterwards.

Tuesday 23 July 2013 to Tuesday 31 December 2013
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Friends of MPRG: Excursion to McCrae Homestead

McCrae Homestead is a National Trust historic property, and one of Victoria’s oldest homesteads built in McCrae at the foot of Arthur’s Seat by Andrew McCrae, a lawyer, and his wife, Georgiana Huntly McCrae.

Monday 25 November 2013 to Monday 25 November 2013
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Inspired: A Creative Millinery Workshop

In this workshop, you will learn how to create your own headpiece for the Spring Races or for a bride. You can learn how to make a gorgeous silk organza rose and rosebuds which can be sewn onto a hat, brooch or made into a headpiece.

Friday 11 October 2013 to Friday 11 October 2013
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Appraisal Day

Ever wondered whether that item you inherited is worth anything? This program is just for you! The MPRG invites you to bring one item for valuation by Warren Joel, one of the most sought after experienced valuers and auctioneers in Australia.

Saturday 05 October 2013 to Saturday 05 October 2013
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Comb Over

Comb Over by Sherrie Knipe is a wall installation consisting of 70 individual plywood sculptures. The works are based upon ordinary hair combs but remind us of the oversized plastic ‘joke’ combs of the 1980s or souvenirs gathered on holiday.

Sherrie Knipe

Friday 19 July 2013 to Sunday 01 September 2013
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

David Larwill: Ten years on

David Larwill’s highly irreverent and individualistic approach to art and life is the focus of this MPRG survey exhibition which covers a decade of work from 2002 to 2011. Nationally and internationally recognised for his distinctive and exuberant style based on vibrant colour, simplified forms and stylised figures, for many years David Larwill (1956–2011) called the Mornington Peninsula home.

David Larwill

Friday 19 July 2013 to Sunday 01 September 2013
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Lisa Roet: Monkey Grip

Melbourne-based artist Lisa Roet is internationally recognised for producing works of art using primates as her central theme and inspiration. Including sculpture, etchings, drawings, photography and animation, this exhibition displays the committed and multidisciplinary approach Roet brings to her ongoing preoccupation with apes and monkeys.

Lisa Roet

Friday 19 July 2013 to Sunday 01 September 2013
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Lecture: Animal and Emotions in Art

How have artists through the ages represented the emotional life of humans and animals? This lecture will explore the ways in which the relationship between human and non-human animals are configured in mainly English and French academic painting from the 18th century to the present.

Thursday 29 August 2013 to Thursday 29 August 2013
Opening: Thursday 29 August 2013
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Lecture: David Larwill in Print

In this illustrated lecture, Sasha will share his recent research on David Larwill, discuss aspects of his career and how it relates to the works of the past 10 years.

David Larwill

Thursday 22 August 2013 to Thursday 22 August 2013
Opening: Thursday 22 August 2013
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Masterclass: Illustration

Lisa Roet graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from RMIT University in 1987 and held her first exhibition at the Querhuase Gallery, Berlin in 1992. Since then she has held well over 30 solo exhibitions nationally and internationally.

Lisa Roet

Monday 12 August 2013 to Monday 12 August 2013
Opening: Monday 12 August 2013
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Curator Talk: Meet the Curator of Monkey Grip

Exhibition curator Victor Griss, Deakin University Art Gallery, will discuss the ideas and development of the project and touring exhibition Lisa Roet: Monkey Grip. Find out more about how this award winning artist engages in ongoing research and continues to advocate for apes and monkeys, the central and unifying theme of her diverse output.

Sunday 04 August 2013 to Sunday 04 August 2013
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Friends' coffee morning: The art of being Melbourne

In her recent RHSV award-winning book of 2012, The Art of Being Melbourne, Maree has created a clever history of Melbourne as seen through artworks of Melbourne’s urban landscape. Art meets history as she tracks Melbourne zeitgeist through twenty decades of art from 1835 to today.

Monday 22 July 2013 to Monday 22 July 2013
Opening: Monday 22 July 2013
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Archibald Prize 2013An Art Gallery of New South Wales touring exhibition

The Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery is proud to be the only venue in Victoria presenting the Archibald Prize in 2013 and 2014. Commencing at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1921, the current prize of $75,000 is awarded annually to the best portrait, ‘preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in art, letters, science or politics, painted by any resident in Australasia’.

Saturday 08 June 2013 to Sunday 07 July 2013
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

David Aspden: SurveyA Bathurst Regional Art Gallery touring exhibition.

David Aspden (1935–2005) is one of Australia's foremost painters who first came to prominence in the mid-1960s with his large ‘hard-edge’ abstractions. Aspden’s immersion in the world of music led to celebrated painterly compositions featuring glowing colour and gestural brush strokes that strove to evoke the energy and rhythm of classical harmonies and jazz.

David Aspden

Thursday 02 May 2013 to Sunday 02 June 2013
Art exhibition in Australia.

Recent works: Peninsula Studio Trail

In May, the Peninsula Studio Trail comes to the Gallery with a specially selected group of recent and new works by member painters, sculptors, textile artists and potters. Pick up a Peninsula Studio Trail map and pinpoint each of the artists and regions and then visit at your own pace.

Thursday 02 May 2013 to Sunday 02 June 2013
Art exhibition in Australia.

49 shedsA Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery exhibition

Australians have a love affair with rural sheds which stems from their utility, compositional quirks and oddities and rustic charm.

Ross Brewin

Wednesday 27 February 2013 to Sunday 21 April 2013
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

Landscape of longing: Shoreham 1950–2012A Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery exhibition

‘If anything terrible happened in my life, this is the place I would like to go. This is an exhibition about that sort of place in our lives’.

Katherine Hattam Hal Hattam William Mackinnon

Wednesday 27 February 2013 to Sunday 21 April 2013
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.

2 collections

Look! The art of Australian picture books todayA State Library of Victoria touring exhibition

Children and adults of all ages will be intrigued and inspired by this delightful exhibition, which celebrates the worlds and stories revealed in picture books today.

Shaun Tan Jeannie Baker Graeme Base Bob Graham Gregory Rogers Ann James Leigh Hobbs Terry Denton Ron Brooks Frané Lessac

Wednesday 27 February 2013 to Sunday 21 April 2013
Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia.