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
67th Townsville Art Society Awards
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Exhibition dates: 30 September - 23 October 2022
The Townsville Art Society Inc proudly presents the 67th Townsville Art Society Awards.
The Townsville Art Society has held an annual or biennial arts exhibition since its inception, and the Townsville Art Society Awards exhibition is now a major exhibition in the cultural life of the city.
Held in Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, it provides an opportunity for North Queensland artists, who are affiliated with an Art Society, to display their work in a major gallery and to compete for prizes.
Launch
6pm for 6:30pm start
Friday 30 September 2022
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Judges Talk
10:30am – 11:30am
Saturday 1 October 2022
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Image: Margaret Crawford, Banksia Life After Fire 2021, Ceramic, 16.5 x 17.5 cm diam, 23 x 11.5 cm diam, 21 x 12.5 cm diam. Major acquisitive prize winner of the 66th Townsville Art Awards 2021. City of Townsville Art Collection. Image courtesy of Townsville City Galleries. Accession number: 2022.0045.000
Judge
Donald James Waters is an established Australian artist with an illustrious career spanning over three decades. While best described as a contemporary artist, Donald’s artwork transcends many genres to create a truly unique yet ever evolving and eclectic style. Donald has relaxed the confines of his initial beginnings in botanical art now using stylised strokes, overemphasised characters and bold blocks of colour to shift his primary focus to that of a storyteller rather than a technically correct traditional artist.
Donald’s career has taken his art to every corner of the globe and his distinctive style has made its way into the catalogues of many private and corporate collectors alike, including that of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s art collection. More recently Donald has concentrated his efforts closer to home completing several commissioned government art projects and participating in community programs within Queensland. In 2016, Donald was awarded with an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for services to the community and the Arts and has been previously recognised as Gold Coast Citizen of the Year.
Donald James Waters – Australian Contemporary Artist
Image: Artist Donald James Waters at work. Image courtesy of The Courier Mail, Logan author explains mind in latest book Earth: the toughest bootcamp in the universe, March 28, 2017.
Facing North: Cutler Footway
![Cutler Footway, Delta after a Flood [detail], 2020-21, Acrylic on canvas, 150 x 150 cm. Image courtesy of the Artist.](https://www.townsville.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0028/166429/Cutler-Footway.jpg "Cutler Footway, Delta after a Flood [detail], 2020-21, Acrylic on canvas, 150 x 150 cm. Image courtesy of the Artist.")
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Exhibition dates: 16 September - 27 November 2022
Cutler Footway’s Facing North comprises of three bodies of work reframing the artist’s last two decades of practice into a compelling and cohesive whole. These series include a clutch of small, erotically charged images recording the painter’s attempt to resume the natural and psychological environs of his birthplace after an absence of many decades.
The second section of the show explores the gradual maturing of Footway’s picture-making. Despite once describing himself as "a Sunday painter who paints every day", a conspicuous authority in conception and handling is discernible in the landscapes, still life and figure subjects finessed by Footway in this period.
The concluding section of the exhibition introduces a miscellany of life drawings, all in the medium of oil crayon on paper. These transcriptions of models posed in Footway’s verandah studio attest to an ongoing campaign of graphic home-schooling. Enlisting sitters from his family and friends, and from Ayr’s backpacking community, his viewpoint is close-up and therefore fragmentary.
In showcasing the life and work of a late-blooming regional painter in Queensland, this exhibition contends that compelling art is not infallibly the product of Australia’s cities and urban centres. It can and does emerge remotely from them, and at no disadvantage either to itself or to that wider cosmopolitanism whose features it reflects - and interrogates - in its mirror of truth.
Curated by Gitte Weise.
Launch
6pm for 6:30pm start
Friday 16 September 2022
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Floor Talk
11am – 12pm
Saturday 17 September 2022
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Image: Cutler Footway, Delta after a Flood [detail], 2020-21, Acrylic on canvas, 150 x 150 cm. Image courtesy of the Artist.
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).
North Queensland Ceramic Awards
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Exhibition dates: 22 July - 25 September 2022
The biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards has long aimed to increase public exposure to a high standard of pottery from around the nation. A showcase for both well-known and emerging artists, this competition displays the diversity of ceramic art currently being produced in Australia.
The City of Townsville Art Collection Award of $10,000 continues to provide both opportunity for artists to become a part of one of the nation’s most significant ceramic collections, as well as ensuring the continued growth of this important subsection of the City of Townsville Art Collection.
Online Publication
Pat Hoffie: Hi-Vis
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Exhibition dates: 16 July – 11 September 2022
Under the ongoing series Fully Exploited Labour, the subject of work has been an important theme within Pat Hoffie’s practice for some decades.
The exhibition Hi-Vis is part of that series. The large paintings feature construction workers building frameworks across and within the Australian landscape. The idea of ‘landscape’ or ‘country’ is a contested topic in Australia; nowhere more passionately fought over than in North Queensland, where battles over the rights to mine for coal, coal seam gas, fossil fuels, uranium and minerals have repeatedly divided the nation. Yet the rising interest in environmental consciousness has tended to ignore the problems of continuing to separate the idea of landscape as a ‘constructed site’ from the idea of an untouched ‘wilderness’, even though writer-scientists like Bruce Pascoe and Bill Gammage have reasoned that nothing could be further from the truth. The Australian landscape, they argue, is the product of thousands of years of cultural belief systems based on Indigenous agricultural practices. That is, they argue that mankind creates what we call landscape, and always has done.
This body of work situates working men and women in the process of actively re-constructing and re-structuring their environment; it raises questions about the ongoing interactions between people and place, and the outcomes and consequences of their endeavours.
Online Publication
Artist Talk
Gain an insight into Hi-Vis, an exhibition that looks at changing ideas about work in Australia. Hear from Pat as she delves into her creative processes, and how this series came about in this informative video.
Virtual Tour
You can now view the 2022 North Queensland Ceramic Awards and Pat Hoffie’s Hi-Vis from the comfort of your home!
To view the tour:
- 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.
Construction Corner
Have you visited the Construction Corner at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery?
Grab a hard hat and a hi-vis jacket in this fun and FREE activity space and create your own construction workers to add to our landscape! Get inspired by Pat Hoffie’s exhibition Hi-Vis then create your own masterpieces.
What will your construction worker be doing in the landscape?
We can’t wait to see what you all create! Be sure to share your fluorescent creations with us on our socials!
Take part in this activity during the Gallery’s normal opening hours, or why not download our construction worker templates by clicking on the image below and colour-in at home!
The Construction Corner will be available until 11 September 2022.
The Percivals 2022
![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.](https://www.townsville.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0023/153248/8.4-TCC-Percivals-22-What_s-On-Banner-_-Tile2.jpg "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.")
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.
Online Publication
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
![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.](https://www.townsville.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0018/113346/TASA_Carole-Howlett_Saunders-Swagger_2020_Oil-on-canvas_52-x-62-cm_-Major-winner.jpg "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.")
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
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