Exhibitions
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery has two floors which contain two main exhibition spaces and five Community Access Spaces. On display are works by North Queensland artists, national touring exhibitions and international touring exhibitions.
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Current Exhibitions
Eastern Threads
Curated by Gail Mabo
2 February – 14 April 2024
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
An exhibition of Torres Strait Islander textiles, prints, and paintings from the City of Townsville Art Collection, curated by Gail Mabo.
We are pleased to present Eastern Threads, an exhibition showcasing cultural practices from the Eastern Torres Strait and islands east of Mer Island. Gail Mabo has selected works for inclusion in the show, focusing on pieces originally sourced by Diane Moon as part of the exhibition CarriedLightly at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery in 1988 and more recent acquisitions.
There are 66 artworks from Eastern Torres Strait and 14 from the Western, Inner and Central Torres Strait in the Townsville City Art Collection. The artwork on display celebrates Erub, Mer Fibrecraft, and Tongan Tapa. The exhibition features works by artists from the permanent collection, including Ais Bero, Jenny Mye, Lucy Thaiday, Ken Thaiday, Alice Hunai, Andrew Passi, George Sambo, Aicey Zaro, and Tommy Pau.
Guest curator Gail Mabo.
Image: Tommy Pau, Sia (Carina Nebula) [detail], 2015. Linocut print on paper, 54.5 x 90.5 cm (plate mark), 71 x 107 cm (sheet). Purchased from Umbrella Studio of Contemporary Arts, 2019. City of Townsville Art Collection. Accession number: 2019.013. Image courtesy of Townsville City Galleries.
Exhibition Launch
Friday 2 February
6:45pm for 7pm speeches
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Free, no bookings required
Curator's Talk
with Gail Mabo and Aicey Day
Sunday 24 March 2024
10:30am
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Free, no bookings required
Join us for a morning of stories and insights into Eastern Threads.
Videos
Hear from Gail Mabo in these Eastern Threads videos as she shares a deeper understanding of some featured artworks and her curatorial approach to this stunning exhibition.
Upcoming Exhibitions
Bruce Reynolds: How Soon Is Now?
20 April – 9 June 2024
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Exploring how we arrived at this point—from the archaic to a language of compressed space—Bruce Reynolds invites us to consider the ancient and the ‘now’ in his work.
His practice has expanded from collage to relief and sculpture over several decades. Recent residencies in Rome focused both studio and architectural works on relief forms that occupy the space between painting and sculpture, between drawing and architecture. He describes it as being both archaic and a fresh place of representation.
Image credit: Bruce Reynolds, Bungalow With Cypress 2019, Paint on linoleum on wood panel, 45 x 58 x 7cm. Courtesy of the artist.
Exhibition Launch
Friday 26 April 2024
6pm for 6:30pm speeches
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Free, no bookings required
Floor Talk
with Bruce Reynolds
Saturday 27 April 2024
10am
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Free, no bookings required
Acknowledgment
How Soon is Now? is a Museums & Galleries Queensland touring exhibition presented in partnership with the artist, Bruce Reynolds. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Visions of Australia program; and is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. Museums & Galleries Queensland is also supported by the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation and receives funds through the Australian Cultural Fund.
John Nesirky: The Recollection of Sound
20 April – 9 June 2024
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
![John Nesirky, Memory of sound [detail] 2024, Timber veneers and resin composite, 100 x 35 cm. Image courtesy of Townsville City Galleries.](https://www.townsville.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0026/226538/0Y0A1394_1200x750p.jpg "Image credit: John Nesirky, Memory of sound [detail] 2024, Timber veneers and resin composite, 100 x 35 cm. Image courtesy of Townsville City Galleries.")
Townsville City Galleries is pleased to present John Nesirky’s The Recollection of Sound, a look at the sounds of insects, their tropical night-time soundtrack, and the structures that allow these creatures to sing.
Memories are triggered by all our senses. We can be transported by a song, a scent, an old photograph; and find distant moments of our lives surround us briefly. It is more poignant when the memory takes you to people lost and places long ago altered.
Early memories of John Nesirky's time in North Queensland are underpinned by the sounds of insects during hot hikes to cool off in a creek or swimming hole. The tropical nighttime soundtrack.
Image credit: John Nesirky, Memory of sound [detail] 2024, Timber veneers and resin composite, 100 x 35 cm. Image courtesy of Townsville City Galleries.
Exhibition Launch
Friday 26 April 2024
6pm for 6:30pm speeches
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Free, no bookings required
Floor Talk
with John Nesirky
Saturday 18 May 2024
10:30am
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Free, no bookings required
Past Exhibitions
View our Past Exhibitions page.
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