Exhibitions 30th Anniversary Curated Group Exhibition 30 x 30 3rd December 2019 - 21st December 2019

FLG has been exhibiting contemporary and indigenous artworks for 30 years, supporting a diverse range of practices by some of Australia's leading artists. Cemented within Melbourne's vibrant art scene, this year has been a particularly important one - with the gallery relocating from its original site and onto level one of the Nicholas Building, a thriving creative precinct on the corner of Flinders Lane and Swanston Street. To celebrate this anniversary milestone, we have invited our represented artists to create an artwork that is 30 x 30 - either cms or inches. Each artwork is indicative of the artist's practice and inspired by Melbourne, showcasing the varied yet strong creative talents of the artists of FLG.

Flinders Lane Gallery was established by gallerist Sonia Heitlinger in 1989 at 137 Flinders Lane, where she actively promoted the work of indigenous communities such as Yuendumu and Utopia.
One of the first city galleries to promote Australian Indigenous artists - and with a Director willing to go out and visit communities to establish a relationship in a time before the internet - Heitlinger also presented these artworks to the world stage, exhibiting in art fairs both nationally and internationally.

After working alongside Heitlinger for 6 years, Claire Harris took over the gallery in 2006. Continuing with the promotion of indigenous communities but with a strong refocusing on contemporary Australian artists, Harris has established a formidable stable of award-winning Australian contemporary artists that inform its annual exhibition program.

With a deep commitment to supporting the Australian arts industry, the gallery not only presents the work of mid-career and established artists, but also nurtures artists who are emergent in their practices. Since 2000, FLG has presented an annual exhibition titled ‘Exploration,’ specifically designed to showcase a curated selection of emerging and unsigned artists. Not only is this often the first exhibition in a commercial context for these artists, it also offers discerning collectors the opportunity to acquire a work from ‘the next big thing.’ Previous Exploration artists have included well-known artists Heidi Yardley, Sophia Hewson, Ry David Bradley, Zoe Croggan, Valerie Sparks, Michael Staniak, Sanne Mestrom, Camille Hannah, Jo Davenport and James Parrett to name but a few. In total, Exploration has highlighted the practices of close to 200 artists.

FLG has developed a reputation for presenting ambitious exhibitions, along with commissioning critical catalogue essays for every exhibition anchoring the work into the broader contemporary art context. FLG Print has now published extensive monographs on four of gallery artists: Davenport, Blackwell, Schawel and Quinlivan. FLG has facilitated the development of a number of our artist’s practices into the public realm with major public artworks commissioned by Quinlivan, Horstmans, Schawel, and Blackwell.

Artworks are held in prestigious public collections and private collections, and artists have won major awards including the Sulman Art Prize, the Calleen Art Prize, the EMSLA Art Award, and the Rick Amor Drawing Prize. They have been finalists in awards such as the Archibald, the BP Portrait Prize, Ravenswood Prize, The Doug Moran Portrait Prize, the Alice Prize, the Churchie Art Prize, the John Fries Memorial Prize, and the Tattersalls Club Art Prize among others.

In 2019, in its 30^th year, FLG left its flagship gallery and relocated to the iconic vertical creative precinct of the Nicholas Building, on the corner of Flinders Lane and Swanston Street. Working closely with an architecture firm to build a bespoke and flexible contemporary exhibition space and a generous stockroom, Harris and her curatorial team launched FLG’s new home in April 2019.

WILLIAM BREEN PROFILE
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TERRI BROOKS PROFILE
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JULIE DAVIDSON PROFILE
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AGNETA EKHOLM PROFILE
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BRETT FERRY PROFILE
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MICHAEL GROMM PROFILE
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CHELSEA GUSTAFSSON PROFILE
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AMBERROSE HULME PROFILE
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GINA KALABISHIS PROFILE
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JANNE KEARNEY PROFILE
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ZAC KOUKORAVAS PROFILE
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HANNAH QUINLIVAN PROFILE
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KATHRIN LONGHURST PROFILE
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MARISE MAAS PROFILE
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MICHELLE MOLINARI PROFILE
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CAROLINE RANNERSBERGER PROFILE
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ANNIKA ROMEYN PROFILE
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KATHRYN RYAN PROFILE
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MELINDA SCHAWEL PROFILE
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MICHAEL SIMMS PROFILE
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PETER JAMES SMITH PROFILE
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KEN SMITH PROFILE
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PETER SYNDICAS PROFILE
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LEAH THIESSEN PROFILE
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NAOMI WHITE PROFILE
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CHRISTINE WILLCOCKS PROFILE
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MARGARET ACKLAND PROFILE
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Zac Koukoravas
Dirty Thirty 2019
acrylic and enamel paint on acrylic panels
76cm x 76cm

Valerie Napanangka Marshall
Women's Dreaming #1495/19ny 2019
acrylic on canvas
76cm x 76cm

Hannah Quinlivan
Pulse 2019
anodised aluminium, hard acrylic strips heated and hand woven
76cm x 76cm

Richard Blackwell
Convention 2019
laminated MDF
76cm x 76cm x 3cm

Terri Brooks
Black Bird Series - Puff 2019
oil on hardened paper
31cm x 32cm x 14cm

Agneta Ekholm
July 2019
acrylic on canvas
76cm x 76cm

Melinda Schawel
Renewal II 2019
ink and pencil on torn and perforated paper
70cm x 70cm , 76 x 76cm framed

Chelsea Gustafsson
Melbourne Still Life 2019
oil on board
30cm x 30cm

Julie Davidson
Quinces from the Back Lane 2019
oil and resin on board
30cm x 30cm tondo

Michelle Molinari
Melbournian Garden Still Life (Alexandra Gardens Fragments.) 2019
oil on panel
30cm x 30cm

Annika Romeyn
Reflections (St Kilda Road) 2019
watercolour monotype on paper
30cm x 30cm , framed

William Breen
Pop Up 2019
gouache on paper
30cm x 30cm , framed

Ken Smith
Sculptures by the Sea, Augustine Dall'Ava & Jon Eiseman 2019
acrylic on paper
30cm x 30cm (59 x 59cm framed)

Margaret Ackland
30 x 30 2019
gouache on paper, in artist's studio
76cm x 76cm

Michael Gromm
March 21st 2019
oil and acrylic on canvas
76cm x 76cm

Amberrose Hulme
Akin 2019
pastel on paper
76cm x 76cm , framed

Gina Kalabishis
Let's Dance (after David Bowie) 2019
oil on canvas
76cm x 76cm

Michael Simms
Esther 2019
oil on canvas
76cm x 76cm Currently on exhibition Manning Regional Gallery

Alice Nampijinpa Michaels
Lappi Lappi Dreaming #1927/18ny 2018
acrylic on canvas
76cm x 76cm

Marise Maas
Volume Up 2019
oil on canvas
76cm x 76cm

Leah Thiessen
Within the Garden 2019
oil on polycotton
76cm x 76cm , framed

Kathrin Longhurst
The General 2019
oil on linen
76cm x 76cm

Kim Anderson
Royal Arcade, 2nd November 2019
copic pen and pencil on paper
30cm x 30cm (42 x 42cm framed) In Artist's Studio

Janne Kearney
Hosier Lane Melbourne 2019
oil on canvas
30cm x 30cm

Caroline Rannersberger
On A Clear Day I 2019
pigment oil and acrylic on paper, laminated glass with film
33cm x 33cm x 4 framed in Tasmanian Oak

Caroline Rannersberger
On A Clear Day II 2019
pigment oil and acrylic on paper, laminated glass with film
33cm x 33cm x 4 framed in Tasmanian Oak

Peter James Smith
Return 2019
oil on linen
76cm x 76cm

Christine Willcocks
Another Place 2019
watercolour transfer on 640gsm Artistico Grana Satiana paper
76cm x 76cm framed

Brett Ferry
Before The River Runs Dry 2019
oil on linen, framed
76cm x 76cm

Jay Kochel
George 2019
pen and acrylic on marine ply
50cm x 50cm

Jay Kochel
Betty 2019
pen and acrylic on marine ply
50cm x 50cm