Block 1 Exhibitions Opening

M16 Artspace is pleased to announce the opening of our first exhibitions of 2025.

𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 Thursday 23 January 𝟲 – 𝟴𝗽𝗺

This is a free event - register your interest via the ticket link!

𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝟭 | …Is somebody gonna match my freak?

Sophie Dumaresq and wet sahara

…Is somebody gonna match my freak? is an exhibition between the two multidisciplinary artists wet sahara (Asil Habara) and Sophie Dumaresq. The exhibition title is taken from the title of the pop song by Tinashe that once went viral. The exhibition is a tongue-in-check nod to the two artists shared sense of humour and interest in online popular culture, shit posting and the very real-life currents behind driving viral trends.

Sophie Dumaresq and Asil Habara were the 2024 recipients of the M16 Artspace ANU Emerging Artists Support Scheme residencies, generously supported by the Narrabundah Family Medical Practice.

𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝟮 | Creek

Kirsten Wehner

Creek explores life along Weston Creek, a little-known waterway in suburban Canberra. Once a system of intermittent rills and wetlands rich with plants, insects and birds, today the creek is often seen only as a polluted stormwater drain. Asking what it might mean to care for this disordered place, Creek presents drawings, sculpture and experimental collaborations that honour work to rehabilitate the catchment and invite attention to the waterway’s possibility as a place of cultural/ecological flourishing. 

Kirsten Wehner was the 2024 recipient of the M16 Artspace Environmental Artist Residency, generously sponsored by ConceptSix.

𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 Friday 24 January to Sunday 16 February 2025

Gallery opening times: Wednesday to Sunday, 12 - 5pm.

M16 Artspace operates on the lands of the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people. We honour and pay our respects to their traditional custodians. We acknowledge this land always was and always will be the country of Australia’s First Nations People. Sovereignty was never ceded.

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𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁

Routes 2, 6, 56, 182

𝗥𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝟲

Stuart Street, 4 minute walk

Stop ID: 2367 and 2368

𝗥𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝟱𝟲

Captain Cook Crescent, 10 minute walk

Stop ID: 3229 and 3294

𝗥𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝟮

Closest stop on school days:

McMillan Crescent, 9 minute walk

Stop ID: 1609 and 1608

Closet stop at other times:

Wentworth Avenue, 4 minute walk

Stop ID: 2234 and 2235

𝗥𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝟭𝟴𝟮 - Only operates during peak hour

Wentworth Avenue, 14 minute walk

Stop ID: 3321 and 336

Please go to https://www.transport.act.gov.au/ to view timetables as they are subject to change.

Parking: M16 Artspace has free parking and dedicated disability parking spots outside the entrance.

Wheelchair access: Ramp access at the entrance of M16, however this can be too narrow for some wheelchair users. If this proves to be the case the studio access entrance has no stairs and connects directly to the gallery, please contact us for more information!

Bathrooms: We have one wheelchair access and gender-neutral bathroom behind the lobby in addition to two gendered bathrooms.

If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to reach us at exhibitions@m16artspace.com or through the number provided below!

Office: Wednesday - Friday, 12 - 5

Gallery: Wednesday - Sunday, 12 - 5

For general enquiries: (02) 6295 9438