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A head for business and a heart for love
Lust
For love, not money
The last bushrangers
It's Complicated
Brothers in harms
Pamela See (Xue Mei-Ling)
Contributing artists
Born: 1979, Brisbane
Works: Brisbane
Yanni Floros
More about In the flesh artists
Yanni Floros is an Adelaide based artist who trained at the National Art School in Sydney graduating as a sculpture major. Since then he has shown his work both locally and internationally in Berlin, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide.
Dylan Mooney
Artists and Collectives
Dylan Mooney, a proud Yuwi man from Mackay, Queensland, based in Meanjin/Brisbane, works across painting, printmaking, digital illustration and drawing, visually translating stories of resilience, survival, connection and love.
She saved his life. He showed her painting.
Nearest & Dearest
Leaders, painters, friends
Oz Punk
Sends a permanent shiver down my spine
General content
In 1976, without having been blooded on the Sydney or Melbourne pub circuit, The Saints recorded a single – ‘(I’m) Stranded’ – earning them the distinction of releasing a punk single before The Sex Pistols did.
Jan Nelson
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Jan Nelson was born in Melbourne. She graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1983 and has been exhibited her work in both solo and group exhibitions throughout Australia since that time including at the MCA, Sydney, National Gallery of Victoria, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane and the Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide.
Christopher Bassi
Artists and Collectives
Known for his representational painting, Meriam and Yupungathi man Christopher Bassi, based in Meanjin/Brisbane, addresses issues surrounding cultural identity, alternative genealogies and colonial legacies.
Friendship’s rhyme and reason
Nearest & Dearest
Poetic trio
Oz Rock
Gettin’ robbed, gettin’ stoned, gettin’ beat up, broken boned
General content
Two of the music industry’s highest-selling performers originated in suburban Australia. The Bee Gees started out in Brisbane, for instance, and AC/DC played their first gigs at a nightclub in inner Sydney.
Leah King-Smith
Contributing artists
Born: 1957, Gympie, QLD
Works: Brisbane
Carol McGregor
Contributing artists
Born: 1961, Hastings, New Zealand
Works: Brisbane
APS5 Projects Coordinator – non ongoing
Applications close midnight Sunday 13 April 2025
Employment opportunities
The Projects Coordinator will play a key role in the development and delivery of a new project collaborating with a partner venue in Brisbane, Queensland to develop an exhibition which is both nationally and locally significant. It will be a dynamic role underpinned by project coordination, with an emphasis on liaison and collaboration with Curators, Artists and Community. Strong skills and expertise in this area will be required. The role is based in Canberra but will require some travel, and coordination of artists and community for the delivery of four workshops, in Brisbane, throughout 2025. The workshops are the basis for the co-design of the project and exhibition.
Mia Boe
Artists and Collectives
Mia Boe is a Narrm/Melbourne-based artist known for her haunting and evocative painting practice, informed by her Butchulla and Burmese ancestry.
Li Cunxin, 2017–2018
by Jun Chen
General content
Commissioned with funds provided by Tim Fairfax AC 2018