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 Exhibition
The Percivals 2022
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Exhibition dates: 23 April - 3 July 2022
Having begun in 2007, The Percivals is an open competition for artists. While showcasing the outstanding and innovative work currently being produced by Australian artists, the competitions have also given many emerging artists an opportunity to engage with portraiture and share their expressions of themselves and those close to them.
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery will be closed on Saturday 23 April from 10am – 1pm. The Percivals will instead open to the public on Saturday 23 April for the VIP launch event starting at 6pm.
We have an exciting launch event organised, including live entertainment, roving artists and a licensed area for the general public in front of Perc Tucker Regional Gallery. This area will not be ticketed and include a big screen to broadcast the winners announcements.
For more information and to book, visit The Percivals.
Launch
6 - 9pm
Saturday 23 April 2022
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Judges Talk
11 – 12pm
Sunday 24 April 2022
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Image left: Cutler Footway, Jack Betteridge Costumed as an Elf: Don't F. with Me, Fellas! [detail] 2020, Acrylic on canvas, 122 x 92 cm. Winner of the acquisitive Percival Portrait Painting Prize 2020. Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville. City of Townsville Art Collection.
Image right: Janet Tavener, Ben & Saki [detail] 2019, Digital print on Canson Baryta Prestige Paper, 120 x 87 cm. Winner of the acquisitive Percival Photographic Portrait Prize 2020. Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville. City of Townsville Art Collection.
Recent Exhibitions
Councillor Anne Maree Greaney officially opened two exhibitions at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Disintegration: Metadrawing and Expanded Drawing & Risographomania. Gain an insight to these exhibitions with the an introduction by the Curators, Jonathan McBurnie (Disintegration & Risographomania) and Ashley Ronning (Risographomania).
DISINTEGRATION: Metadrawing and Expanded Drawing
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Exhibition dates: 12 February - 10 April 2022
DISINTEGRATION: Metadrawing and Expanded Drawing explores drawing as an autonomous artistic discipline, as opposed to its previous contingent uses, such as preparatory drawing, commercial art, design and architecture. While drawing remains associated with traditions of preparatory process or as a pedagogical tool, it is no longer limited to these discourses.
DISINTEGRATION investigates drawing’s integral role within contemporary art and responds to a renaissance of the discipline. Remarkably, given the ubiquity of drawing in art practice, little attempt has been made to consolidate drawing’s role in light of technological change, a discourse that this exhibition attempts to settle. The neologism of metadrawing (the principles and philosophies of the drawing discipline applied via technologies far outside the traditional), or, as others sometimes refer to it in practical terms, expanded drawing, directly informing rationale behind this exhibition. DISINTEGRATION will bring together ten artists whose work explores this rich terrain.
Featuring Madeleine Joy Dawes, Justin Garnsworthy, Miles Hall, Drew Connor Holland, Jumaadi, Jess Johnson, Claudine Marzik, Helena Papageorgiou, Phoebe Paradise and Grant C. Stewart.
Curated by Jonathan McBurnie.
Image: Jess Johnson, Dumuzor, 2021, Pen, fibre tipped markers, acrylic paint, and gouache on paper, 43.8 x 33.7 cm (framed). Image courtesy of the Artist.
Virtual Tour
Take a virtual tour of the DISINTEGRATION: Metadrawing and Expanded Drawing exhibition.
- Use the tool in the bottom right corner to see different views of the gallery or move between floors.
- Zoom in and out using your mouse or finger controls.
Online Publication
The publication offers a wonderful insight into the exhibition.
Risographomania
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Exhibition dates: 19 February - 10 April 2022
Risographomania brings together ninety local, national and international artists to explore the unpredictable, bright and exciting printmaking process, risography. Invented in Japan in 1980 by the Riso Kagaku company as an affordable alternative to screen printing and offset printing, the risograph is a medium capable of incredible accuracy and coherence, or anarchic misregistration, depending on the whims of the artist. Since this time, the Riso print has become a popular medium in its own right, with its trademark bright colours and ‘happy accidents’ making it a fascinating addition to contemporary printmaking.
- Risographomania Price List (PDF, 2.1 MB)
For all artwork sales, please contact Perc Tucker Regional Gallery on 07 4727 9011 or email galleries@townsville.qld.gov.au.
Curated by Ashley Ronning and Jonathan McBurnie
Image: Christopher Sperandio, Person, woman, man, camera, TV, 2020, Risograph, 29.7 x 42 cm. Image courtesy of the Artist.
Virtual Tour
Take a virtual tour of the Risographomania exhibition.
- Use the tool in the bottom right corner to see different views of the gallery or move between floors.
- Zoom in and out using your mouse or finger controls.
Online Publication
Hear from the co-curators of Risographomania, Ashley Ronning and Jonathan McBurnie in the digital publication below:
66th Townsville Art Society Awards
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Exhibition dates: 10 December 2021 - 13 February 2022
The Townsville Art Society Inc proudly presents the 66th Townsville Art Society Awards.
The annual Awards have been held since 1955, after a group of enthusiastic artists, the Townsville Art Group, initiated a successful exhibition called As We See It. The Townsville Art Group was the genesis of the Townsville Art Society which formed in 1962. The annual Townsville Art Society Awards exhibition has continued over the years with many notable artist judges providing their expertise.
Launch
6 - 8pm
Friday, 10 December 2021
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Image: Carole Howlett, Saunders Swagger [detail], 2020, Oil on canvas, 52 x 62 cm
Winner of the Townsville City Council Acquisitive Award, 65th Townsville Art Awards 2020, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville.
City of Townsville Art Collection. Photo: Townsville City Galleries.
Fresh Material: New Australian Textile Art
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Exhibition dates: 10 December 2021 - 6 February 2022
Textile-based art has been enjoying a renaissance after decades of being derided, ignored or ghettoised for being ‘craft’ or ‘Women’s work’, both terms of which are dismissive artworld shorthand for ‘not art’. Contemporary artists have been reinstating the importance of textiles by way of incredible force and ingenuity, and perhaps most importantly, an intelligent and methodical dismantling of established art world ‘rules’, as clung to by the boy’s club of 20th century painting. Thus textile-based art becomes a powerful and accessible agent in the examination of identity, society and politics. Textiles have grown to command a significant following, offering its own complex and distinctive lexicon, as capable of expression, nuance and polemic as any other media. This exhibition begins by taking textiles’ artistic legitimacy for granted, a point proven many times over throughout its long history, bringing together some of the best and brightest artists working in Australia today.
Featuring the work of Julie Bradley, Regi Cherini, Leah Emery, Marion Gaemers & Lynnette Griffiths, Emma Gardner, Hannah Gartside, Julia Gutman, Vivien Haley, Michelle Hamer, Talitha Kennedy, Sheree Kinlyside, Nicole O’Loughlin, Susan Peters Nampitjin, Ema Shin, Hiromi Tango, Sonia Ward, Jenny Watson, Paul Yore, Troy-Anthony Baylis and India Collins.
Curated by Jonathan McBurnie.
Exhibition Launch
6 - 8pm
Friday, 17 December 2021
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Image: Jenny Watson, Sunshine of your love, 2020, Acrylic on French cotton and tapestry template, 140 x 137 cm; 39 x 31 cm. Courtesy of Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery.
Online Publication
Featuring the work of Julie Bradley, Regi Cherini, Leah Emery, Marion Gaemers & Lynnette Griffiths, Emma Gardner, Hannah Gartside, Julia Gutman, Vivien Haley, Michelle Hamer, Talitha Kennedy, Sheree Kinlyside, Nicole O’Loughlin, Susan Peters Nampitjin, Ema Shin, Hiromi Tango, Sonia Ward, Jenny Watson, Paul Yore, Troy-Anthony Baylis and India Collins.
The publication offers a wonderful insight into the exhibition.
Past Exhibitions - 2009-2021
Visit our past exhibitions here.
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