Bloom: Contemporary Art Exhibition at ArtUp

Step inside Bloom, ArtUp’s inaugural contemporary art exhibition celebrating growth, transformation and the natural world.

Bloom brings together 15 emerging and established Australian artists working across sculpture, painting, textiles, ceramics, crochet, digital art, light, scent, performance and participatory practice.

More than a traditional floral exhibition, Bloom considers plants, roots, flowering and decay as ways of thinking about personal growth, ageing, identity, renewal and our relationships with one another and the natural environment.

Across the exhibition, visitors will encounter sculptures grown from organic roots, Morse code crochet, woven furniture inspired by spiderwebs, transformative textiles, botanical ceramics, light-responsive artworks and creative approaches to nature in many forms.

Created by artists Jade Armstrong and Kerrin Samuel, ArtUp introduces emerging creative voices to new audiences while building meaningful connections between artists, collectors, buyers and the wider community.

Entry to Bloom is free. Walk-ins are warmly welcomed during gallery opening hours.

Now showing until 12th September 2026

Gallery opening hours:

• Thursday, 4pm-7pm

• Friday, 4pm-7pm

• Saturday, 1pm-4pm

• By appointment, contact ArtUp

• Plus selected workshops and special events: https://events.humanitix.com/host/artup-global

Location:

ArtUp at The Gladstone, Tower B, 15-85 Gladstone Street, South Melbourne

Please enter through the Tower B concierge.

This exhibition is part of a Creative Residency program through FB IDEAs with Haiku Life at The Gladstone, South Melbourne.