Past
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Pill PARODY
VOLTA Art Fair Basel June 9 - 16, 2024 ‘PILL PARODY’ a solo exhibition by Australian multidisciplinary artist Catherine Coady presents a thought-provoking series of works featuring Morph, a character that embodies existential themes through minimalist expression and symbolic props. Alongside these portraits, Coady showcases her sculptural pill works, creating a cohesive exploration of identity, emotions, and life’s absurdities... Read more -
Foreign Dialogues vol. 2
Melbourne Design Week 2024 May 23 - June 30, 2024 ‘Foreign Dialogues Vol.2’ exhibition, an event a part of Melbourne Design Week 2024, on the 29th of May at 6pm at 437 High Street, Prahran. Curated by director Dominika Kuthova, this second edition of ‘Foreing Dialogues’ explores Ethics in collectable design. On the night, you will get to enjoy a... Read more -
THEMA Milan Design Week 2024
April 15 - 21, 2024 FIN Gallery Presentation at THEMA Milan Design Week 2024 At THEMA Milan Design Week, from April 15th to 21st, FIN Gallery is set to present a compelling juxtaposition of two artists whose works sit on opposite ends of the artistic spectrum. This unique showcase features Czech designer Tadeáš Podracký and... Read more -
New Era
Czech Contemporary Art and Collectable Design Exhibition, at the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Canberra February 29 - May 14, 2024 Inspired by Czech cultural heritage and global influences, 'New Era' showcase explores the intersection of tradition and modernity, offering diverse perspectives that reflect a synthesis of cultural references, artistic traditions, and contemporary aesthetics. 'New Era' presents works by a new generation of artists who have garnered international attention and recognition.... Read more
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Gone to the Beach
December 19, 2023 - February 29, 2024 'Gone To The Beach', an exhibition that stands as both a celebration of a triumphant year and a heartfelt tribute to the exceptional talents affiliated with FIN Gallery. This showcase unfolds a vibrant tapestry of art and collectable design, featuring contributions from local and international artists. Within the immersive realm... Read more -
Concert by Invitation
solo exhibition of Alexandra Obarzanek November 24 - December 19, 2023 The exhibition presents a carefully curated selection of works spanning various mediums, including works on paper, prints, ceramics, and paintings, providing a poignant retrospective that highlights the diverse facets of the artist's oeuvre. This showcase offers viewers a nuanced glimpse into the evolution of Obarzanek's artistic journey, featuring pieces from... Read more -
European Summer
August 31 - October 8, 2023 Art has always been a reflection of the cultural and social tapestry of a region. The 'European Summer' exhibition both reflects the essence of this enchanting season and fosters connections among our European partners and artists. We take great pleasure in presenting a curated selection of artworks that showcase both... Read more -
Foreign Dialogues
Melbourne Design Week 23' May 24 - June 25, 2023 Presented in partnership with the National Gallery of Victoria’s 2023 Melbourne Design Week Ben Eastham, editor-in-chief of e-flux Criticism writes: “Art [and design] today is less about the formal or aesthetic properties of an object than a way of talking about the intricately entangled, increasingly unstable world in which we... Read more
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Alchemy by COADY
April 14 - May 14, 2023 ALCHEMY My latest exhibition, Alchemy, is an exploration of the power and fragility of the human mind. Through bold colours and expressive brushstrokes, I invite the viewer to enter a world of abstract figurative images and unexplored landscapes. Each painting is a journey into the depths of the psyche, a... Read more -
FIN AT SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY
September 7 - 10, 2022 Read more -
MELBOURNE ART FAIR
MIND YOUR HEAD BY COADY February 17 - 20, 2022 Read more -
THE END OF YEAR II FINKELSTEIN COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION
December 16, 2021 - January 20, 2022 Our final exhibition for the year, 2021/2022, consisted of a series of artworks and projection works will reflect on achievements of our artists in the past 2 years. Read more
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After The Fact
Glennys Briggs May 15 - August 16, 2021 As Glennys explains - 'My name is Glennys Briggs. I am a YortaYorta/Taungurung woman from Central Victoria. I have cultural affiliations with my great grandmother’s people, the Wiradjurri in Central NSW and my father’s adopted family of Mannalegenna’s Palawa people in Tasmania. “After the fact”, this phrase is often used... Read more -
Director's Choice
Directors Choice April 12 - May 10, 2021 In this ever-changing world we look to our artists, helping us to understand what it is like to be human...to celebrate and to struggle. In this exhibition, I have pleasure in presenting works by Cigdem Aydemir, Kate Baker, Monika Behrens, Glennys Briggs, Coady, Deborah Kelly, Kate Just, Louise Paramor and... Read more -
Parallel Universe
Louise Paramor February 4 - March 13, 2021 In Parallel Universe, Finkelstein Gallery presents an exciting new body of work by Louise Paramor. The Parallel Universe series is in two parts: 13 glass-boxed assemblages and 13 large inkjet prints. In the series, miniature assemblages are combined with tiny human figures, the resulting ‘dioramas’ generating poetic spaces... Read more -
30 years of Drawing
Lisa Roet November 11, 2020 - January 27, 2021 In 30 Years of Drawing, Finkelstein Gallery presents works from the archives of Artist Lisa Roet, representing thirty years of her drawing practice. Including sketches from the Berlin Zoo made while the Berlin Wall was falling, to large scale studio drawings. Roet aligns the processes of her drawing practice with... Read more
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Like A Prayer
Cigdem Aydemir July 2 - August 13, 2020 In Veils on Veils, Sydney-based artist Cigdem Aydemir confronts the symbolism associated with the headscarf and how it differs from the way we visually read a hairstyle. Drawing on the experiences of Muslim women wearing wigs over their headscarves to avoid confrontation while attending official gatherings, Aydemir presents a series... Read more -
SUBLIMATE
Kate Baker February 6 - March 19, 2020 Over the course of two decades, Sydney based artist Kate Baker has been combining elements of photography, sculpture and printmaking with studio glass. Graduating in 1999 from the Australian National University’s Glass Workshop (founded in 1983 by glass artist Klaus Moje), it was there Baker was taught the foundations of... Read more -
2019 / 2020
Finkelstein Gallery Artists November 27 - December 21, 2019 Fresh from her recent solo exhibition at Finkelstein Gallery, Coady continues to question the vast appetite of consumerism with her brightly coloured, Pop Art-inspired work and Kate Rohde’s brilliantly decorative mash-ups of rococo ornaments and taxidermy animals are fitting companions for Jacqui Stockdale’s collages, uniquely constructed from old costumes, books... Read more -
Primary Instincts
COADY October 10 - November 23, 2019 Building on her colloquial title of Pop Artist for the 21st century, Primary Instincts expandson Coadys’earlier works using pills as an encapsulation of our vices. Coadys’signature use of tablets serves as a visual stimulant, using shapes and colours to play with the iconography of contemporary consumerist culture and its promises of gratification, control and quick and easy fixes. In this exhibition, plastic pills and paintings explodein bright reds, yellows, blues and greens, evocative of childhood learning and games, creating a sense of familiarity and awakening our understanding of the complex layers of our conditioning from childhood. Primary Instincts peels back the layers of addiction, tying our dependency on medication to the manipulation of our most basic needs, security, comfort and control. Read more
