We Built A House Out Of Water – Peta Duncan

We Built a House Out of Water is a deeply personal body of work that draws on memory, family, and culture – while understanding healing as an ongoing process.

Featured in this exhibition are multiple works that explore catharsis and expression through photography, stop-motion animation and alternative printing techniques. Developed at the intersection of religion and culture.


The artist addresses the conflicting relationship of two complex belief systems and how they both simultaneously impact the identity of the Artist, her Family and wider community in Zenadth Kes (Torres Straits).  

This exhibition is presented in partnership with Blak Dot Gallery, and is supported by Spicers, Hahnemuhle, HCPro and Colour Factory.

Peta Duncan is an emerging lens-based artist using alternative printmaking processes. Interested in contention and juxtapositions, she explores embedding cultural practice into different contemporary photographic mediums and approaches.

Artist talk: Saturday 20 June –  2pm.

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February

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.

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.

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.

May

Sydney: Until 16 August 2026. PIX, Australia’s first pictorial news weekly, is brought to life in this exhibition, showcasing its archived images and stories for the very first time.

Coffs Harbour: 28 May – 29 June 2026. West Of Somewhere East is a photographic series tracing a cinematic journey through the interior of New South Wales, shaped by long drives, fleeting encounters, and the reflective rhythm of return.