Imprint | Olivia Jane : Delirium
15 Apr 2026 – 26 Apr 2026
Mackley Gallery
Working across installation, sculptural assemblage, painting and durational performance. My practice operates as a form of world building. Refracting the overstimulation and states of escapism adopted from rave cultures structures through duration, excess, collectivity, repetition and after effects. As a methodology for making and experiencing work.
Imprint | Charli English: Portholes
29 Apr 2026 – 10 May 2026
Cato Gallery
This exhibition presents a series of hybrid painting-sculpture works that examine the intersection of coastal erosion and the housing crisis, two converging forces that are reshaping access to beauty and belonging in contemporary Australia.
Imprint | Madaline Harris Schober: Ancient Nostalgia - Mourning Paintings That Could Have Been
29 Apr 2026 – 10 May 2026
Mackley Gallery
This exhibition brings together selections from ink and watercolour travel journals, created during archaeological excavations and research across the Middle East and Mediterranean, alongside newly completed oil paintings of the same sites, landscapes, and finds.
Imprint | Nathalie Anne: Held In Line
29 Apr 2026 – 10 May 2026
Frater Gallery
Nathalie Anne's work explores what endures when materials meet, transform, and leave their traces. Working with graphite, watercolour and wood, she engages with substances that carry their own histories of fragmentation and permanence.
Ian Armstrong: Familial lines
26 May 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Frater Gallery
Familial Lines is a selection of family portraits by Ian Armstrong (1923-2005), focusing particularly on his daughter Maggie. The exhibition offers the viewer a rare insight into Armstrong’s many styles and varied use of the visual medium, applied to a single theme.
Delve into Armstrong’s preoccupation with painting the human face and figure with emotion and honesty.
VAS Portrait Exhibition 2026
1 Jul 2026 – 12 Jul 2026
Frater, McCubbin & Hammond Galleries
This annual exhibition, featuring the $1,000 Nada Hunter Portraiture Award, celebrates portraiture in all genres. An inspiring array of talent by some of Victoria’s emerging and established artists skilfully capturing the human spirit.
VAS Edward Heffernan Drawing Exhibition 2026
19 Aug 2026 – 30 Aug 2026
Cato Gallery & Mackley Members' Room
The 'Edward Heffernan Memorial Drawing Prizes' are awarded in honour of Edward Heffernan, past president of VAS from 1977 to 1980. He served on the VAS Council for 12 years and was also awarded the Distinguished VAS Service Award, Honorary life Membership, VAS Fellowship and the Order of Australia Medal for his services to Arts.
The Hylton Mackley Artist of the Year Award 2026
4 Nov 2026 – 29 Nov 2026
Frater, Hammond & McCubbin Galleries
The highlight of the Victorian Artists Society's exhibition calendar sees peer-voted finalists across three Seasonal Select exhibitions present works for consideration in the $20,000 Hylton Mackley Artist of the Year Award.
VAS Christmas Salon 2026
2 Dec 2026 – 3 Jan 2027
Cato Gallery
This festive showcase celebrates small and affordable artworks perfect for holiday gifting.
The exhibition will be held at the Cato Gallery from December 2, inviting art lovers to explore a curated selection of unique creations by VAS artists.
Unlike other exhibitions, works can be taken at the time of purchase for easy gifting.
