New Exhibitions

M16 Artspace is pleased to announce the opening of three new exhibitions.

Opening Thursday 27th August, 6 - 8pm

This is a free event!

Gallery 1 | Testamur 8

Canberra Art Workshop

'Testamur 8' is Canberra Art Workshop’s annual exhibition that celebrates the creative time we spent together and the art we made during the last year.  A testamur is the outcome of an educational experience that is evidence of that learning. 

Gallery 2 | Recognising yourself in a lineup

Messengers Youth Program

‘Recognising yourself in a lineup’ is an exhibition by participants from Messengers, which is a visual arts based program for vulnerable youth. Their artworks are based in pop culture and have become metaphors and vehicles to explore queer identity, gender diversity, intergenerational trauma and their lived experiences of mental illness.

Gallery 3 | tba

Smitha Dudaga

'Echoes of Nature and Self' brings together landscapes, animals, and expressive human‑face paintings created over several years. Through mixed media and textured surfaces, her works explore emotional states reflected through nature and portraiture, inviting viewers into a quiet dialogue between the outer world and the inner self.  

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Exhibitions run from Friday 28 August - Sunday 20 September 2026

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 - 5pm

Gallery: Wednesday - Sunday, 12 - 5pm

For general enquiries: (02) 6295 9438