FRESH 19 - group exhibition

Showcasing the work of eight graduates, Photography Studies College (PSC) celebrates the launch of this year’s Art Major graduate exhibition.

© Agata Mayes. Origins (Detail), The Essence Series, Video Installation, 2019.
© Agata Mayes. Origins (Detail), The Essence Series, Video Installation, 2019.

Fresh 19 is a unique, interactive exhibition showcasing the photographic talents of recent graduates. Their collections touch upon formidable realities such as human mortality and impermanence, the female psyche and feelings of shame, the role of heredity and environment in human development, an exploration of the essence of cosmic consciousness, and many others. These themes are depicted through a diverse range of work including large-scale photography prints, photobooks, video projection installations, and a return to the past with the pinhole camera.

One PSC graduate, Agata Mayes, has already had her talents recognised and was awarded 2018 Emerging Photographer of the Year followed by a publication in Capture magazine in 2018. She will be presenting her video installation, Origins, from the series, The Essence, that explores the role of cosmic consciousness and the origins of the universe. Other artists include Sue Brunialti, Angie Bye, Denise Lawry, Neen Magro, Alex Rogers, Zina Sofer, and Sally Thomas.

Opening night – Friday 22 November, 6-9pm.

 

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February

Melbourne: 28 Nov 2025 – 26 May 2026. The exhibition celebrates the wide-ranging photographic practices of more than eighty women artists working between 1900 and 1975.

Sydney: Until 11 April. Unfinished Business brings together the voices of 30 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living with disabilities from remote, regional, and urban communities across Australia.

Canberra: Until 6 Sept 2026. Trent Parke’s photographic series The Christmas tree bucket 2006–09 is a tender and darkly humorous portrayal of his extended family coming together to celebrate Christmas.

Melbourne: 11 Feb – 25 April 2026. Familial brings together six international artists whose work navigates the emotional and psychological terrain of family.

March

Sydney: Until 7 Feb 2027. From his archive of more than 200,000 images, Close Up celebrates the historic moments and pivotal people he famously captured.

Sydney: 03 March – 26 March 2026. NSW at Night is a photography exhibition offering a glimpse into life after dark across New South Wales, through the people, places and rhythms that shape it.

Melbourne: 5 March – 7 August 2026. Between the mid-1970s and early 1990s, artist and social documentary photographer Viva Gibb (1945-2017) documented the suburbs of North and West Melbourne, where she lived.

Melbourne: 7 March – 24 May 2026. Photos of flowers from the NGA collection by prominent photographers drawn such as Robert Mapplethorpe and four groundbreaking Australian photographers.

Melbourne: 10 March – 5 May 2026. TOPshots is an annual celebration of emerging photo-media artists selected from a large pool of entries.

Melbourne: 13 – 22 March 2026. Award-winning photographers Andrew Tan and Rosalind Pach invite you to explore the city as a living, shifting experience.