Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf

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Owned and managed by Woollahra Council, the Gallery will focus on contemporary art and will boast a yearly exhibition calendar of diverse shows by different artists. Follow us to keep up to date with developments as we prepare to open a community cultural hub; a destination where all are welcome. Please take the time to read our terms of use for this page: https://www.woollahra.nsw.gov.au/terms_of_use

Ever imagined you were someone else, someone more ≋𝓶𝔂𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓵 ≋?Artist Kyra Henley, known for her surreal figurative paint...
04/06/2026

Ever imagined you were someone else, someone more ≋𝓶𝔂𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓵 ≋?

Artist Kyra Henley, known for her surreal figurative paintings, is leading a workshop as part of ‘Myth Makers’ where, across three sessions, participants will construct self-portraits laden with myth - recreating their identity using found images, memory, and imagination.

Keen to reinvent yourself? Join painter Kyra Henley () for a Self-portrait painting Workshops on Sat 20 June, 10:30am-12:30pm, Sat 27 June, 10:30am-12:30pm and Sat 5 July, 10:30am-12:30pm. No prior painting experience is required, and all are welcome. Get tickets via the link in bio 🔗

Images Courtesy of Kyra Henley:
Image 1 - Windsurfer, 2018
image 2 - Reservation, 2023
image 3 - Horse, 2025

Artist Spotlight: Kien SituWe caught up with Kien Situ, a finalist in the 2024 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, to hear ...
02/06/2026

Artist Spotlight: Kien Situ

We caught up with Kien Situ, a finalist in the 2024 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, to hear what he has been working on since his involvement with the Prize.

Since being named a finalist in the 2024 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Kien Situ has committed to Situ’s practice full-time and undertaken residencies at Artspace, Bundanon, and through HOME at the Venice Architecture Biennale.

Situ’s practice has shifted from earlier explorations of matter, monumentality and ruin toward more elastic investigations of the immaterial, considering how visible and invisible structures appear, destabilise, disappear and reconfigure over time.

Situ is currently developing two site-specific works for 2027, bringing together architecture, sound, computation and environmental systems. Thinking through cycles of emergence and erosion, Situ’s work continues to move between presence and absence, material and immaterial states.

As we look ahead to the 2026 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize and celebrate 25 years of the Prize, we are revisiting past finalists and the practices they continue to build.

Their stories continue. Stay tuned.

Expressions of Interest for Double Vision 2026/27 are closing soon!Double Vision is Woollahra Council’s digital public a...
01/06/2026

Expressions of Interest for Double Vision 2026/27 are closing soon!

Double Vision is Woollahra Council’s digital public art project, showcasing video and screen-based artworks on the digital screen beneath the escalators at Woollahra Library, Kiaora Place, Double Bay.

We’re inviting artists to submit EOIs for the next exhibition cycle, running from October 2026 to October 2027, with each artwork exhibition on view for three months.

EOIs close Tuesday 9 June 2026.

For more information and submission details, head to the link in bio.

Still: Linda Loh, Adventures in Nurbland Composite – with Epilogue. Courtesy of the artist.

Exhibition Opening | The business of life is the acquisition of memoriesJoin us at the opening of Jaye Early's exhibitio...
31/05/2026

Exhibition Opening | The business of life is the acquisition of memories

Join us at the opening of Jaye Early's exhibition 'The business of life is the acquisition of memories' on Wednesday 3 June from 6-8PM.

The business of life is the acquisition of memories explores how contemporary subjectivity is shaped in today’s confessional, online world. Jaye Early’s video work reflects Boris Groys' idea that contemporary art should embrace temporary autonomous zones of self-doubt and ‘wasted’ labor—spaces that hesitate, question, and weigh options without offering simple, didactic answers. Within this malaise, Early’s video practice gives voice to displaced subjectivities to present a more complex politics of the self.

Jaye Early is a practice-led, multidisciplinary artist working with video-based performance and painting.

Exhibition on view Wed 27 May to Sun 12 July

Free entry. RSVP essential via link in bio.

This is your sign to enter the 2026 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize.There is still time to enter Australia’s first acqui...
30/05/2026

This is your sign to enter the 2026 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize.

There is still time to enter Australia’s first acquisitive award dedicated to small sculpture.

As the Prize celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2026, artists are invited to push the creative potential of limited scale, with works no larger than 80cm in any dimension.

With a $25,000 acquisitive prize, plus Special Commendation, Mayor’s Award and Viewers’ Choice prizes, this is a major opportunity to share your work with new audiences.

Enter now via link in bio and be part of this landmark year.

Meet Annabelle McEwen ( ) exhibiting artist in our group show ‘Myth Makers’!Join Annabelle and team member Maya Martin-W...
28/05/2026

Meet Annabelle McEwen ( ) exhibiting artist in our group show ‘Myth Makers’!

Join Annabelle and team member Maya Martin-Westheimer ( ) for a workshop on Saturday 13 June from 10:30am-1pm. Exploring image-making, identity and technology, participants will make self-portraits using drypoint etching & image transfer.

For tickets, click the link in Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf’s bio 🔗

📸 : Courtesy of Annabelle McEwen
1: Portrait of Annabelle McEwen
2: Pine Street Creative Arts Centre Workshop
3: 'Data Composite', 2024
4: 'Friction/Fiction (transubstantiation/doppelgänger)', 2026

Sanne Mestrom, 'Sleeping Muse' (2017), bronzeSanne Mestrom’s 'Sleeping Muse' is a bronze cast of the artist’s head, a ho...
27/05/2026

Sanne Mestrom, 'Sleeping Muse' (2017), bronze

Sanne Mestrom’s 'Sleeping Muse' is a bronze cast of the artist’s head, a homage to Constantin Brancusi’s Sleeping Muse, while is very much de-monumentalised.

Although casting the body in bronze links back to an age-old tradition of immortalising the self, Mestrom’s work subverts this idea through process. Rather than presenting an idealised version of the self, the work holds onto damage, accident, and the marks of living highlight the vulnerability and instability of the self.

The work poses an interesting question. In a world of filters, fillers, and constant self-curation, what is the mythology we hold onto?

Come find out at 'Myth Makers'.

On view in until 23 August 2026.

Let’s pause for a moment to celebrate Sassy Park, our 2025 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize finalist and 2025 Archibald P...
13/05/2026

Let’s pause for a moment to celebrate Sassy Park, our 2025 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize finalist and 2025 Archibald Prize finalist, now selected as a finalist in the 2026 Wynne Prize.

Her work, "Little cries of pleasure", brings together small ceramic heads, cups, vessels and plinths, sitting somewhere between sculpture, painting and drawing.

The title comes from a French tabloid’s description of Brigitte Bardot and Serge Gainsbourg’s duet 'Je t’aime … moi non plus'. Through the work, Park draws on personal portraiture, classical references and 1960s French yé-yé femininity, creating what she describes as “a quiet utterance – of intimacy, gender and material representation.”

Huge congratulations, Sassy. What a joy to see small sculptures making big waves!



Image 1: Sassy Park, Little cries of pleasure, Wynne Prize 2026 Finalist
Image 2: Sassy Park, Familiars, Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize 2025 Finalist. Photo: Jacquie Manning.

Panel Discussion | 'Structures of Play' with Nadia Odlum, Fiona Robbé, Mike Hewson and James Mollison.Panellist Spotligh...
12/05/2026

Panel Discussion | 'Structures of Play' with Nadia Odlum, Fiona Robbé, Mike Hewson and James Mollison.

Panellist Spotlight: Nadia Odlum

Nadia Odlum is a Sydney-based artist whose practice explores the material languages and lived experiences of urban space. Their abstract works transform everyday city elements to investigate the dynamic relationship between bodies and environments. By inviting audiences to engage playfully with the nuances of city life, Odlum reveals urban spaces to be vibrant, living assemblages, constantly shaped by processes of interaction and flux. From large-scale permanent public art projects to playful ephemeral actions, Odlum's work encourages a deeper reflection on the material and social textures of our surroundings.

Play is often understood as something light or spontaneous, yet it also operates as a powerful structure shaping how we learn, experiment and relate to the world. This panel discussion expands the idea of play beyond childhood, considering how it functions across education, culture and creative practice.

The panel features Venice-based photographer James Mollison (via Zoom), alongside Sydney artists Mike Hewson and Nadia Odlum, and landscape architect Fiona Robbé. Moderated by Sep Pourbozorgi, the discussion considers play not simply as recreation, but as a serious mode of inquiry that shapes how we understand the world around us.





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When: Wednesday 13 May | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Where: Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf
Cost: FREE! - Limited spots, RSVP essential > Head to the link in our bio to book.

James Mollison's inclusion in PLAYERS is supported by the Italian Institute of Culture Sydney

Images courtesy of Nadia Odlum

To mark the 25th anniversary of the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, we are delighted to welcome Beau Neilson to the jud...
11/05/2026

To mark the 25th anniversary of the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, we are delighted to welcome Beau Neilson to the judging panel of the 2026 Prize.

Beau Neilson is a Sydney-based arts leader and philanthropist with deep experience across cultural institutions, independent venues, and the visual arts. As Creative Director of The Vanguard and formerly of Phoenix Central Park, she has long championed emerging and established artists across disciplines. She serves as Trustee of the Powerhouse Museum, board member of MusicNSW and the Live Music Venues Alliance, member of the NSW Government's 24-Hour Economy Advisory Council and the Creative Communities Council, and Gifting Committee Member of the Neilson Foundation, one of Australia's leading contributors to arts and social cohesion.



Artists are invited to enter the 2026 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Australia’s leading award for small-scale sculpture. Open to local and international artists, the Prize celebrates works measuring up to 80cm in any dimension and offers a total prize pool of $29,000.

Entries are submitted online, with finalists selected through a blind judging process. The finalist exhibition will run from 2 October to 29 November 2026 at Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf, Sydney.

Entries close Sunday 12 July 2026.

Submit your entry via the link in bio!

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