New Exhibitions

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

Opening Thursday 16th April, 6 - 8pm  

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

Gallery 1A  |  Sentient 

Elliott Fox 

Elliott Fox is an emerging artist whose mixed media practice is deeply grounded in principles of empathy and advocacy. On the back of a spectacular début solo exhibition, 'Saint Grey' on greyhounds and dog racing that travelled across Australia and raised over $8,000 donated to charity, he now brings together several of his recent soulful and thought-provoking works. Sentient follows Elliott's current art series on greyhound advocacy, and looks at the sentience of all non-human animals as deserving of the same care, protection and love as any other family member. Artwork mediums include impasto paintings, screen prints, and an installation.

Gallery 1B  | Shorelines 

Helen Brancatisano, Miriam Cullen, Trish Yates

This exhibition of works on paper will showcase three very different artistic responses to time spent alongside the changing moods of the coastal landscape on the NSW Central Coast over the course of two years.Keenly aware of what they were seeing, hearing, touching and smelling on site, the three began with preparatory ink, charcoal and watercolour drawings, returning to their own studios to develop their ideas into completed works including linocuts, Mokuhanga, monotypes and ink drawings, as well as artist books and paper sculptures. 

Gallery 2 | Bloom 

Eggpicnic 

Bloom explores the persistence of life under pressure. In a time shaped by colonisation, human conflict and the consequences of climate change inaction, it draws attention to animals that survive within fragile and changing environments.The exhibition brings together species from across the world, chosen for the lives they lead. These animals reveal how closely human actions shape the conditions in which life persists.

Gallery 3 | Partial Index

Dörte Conway

With this new body of work, Dörte Conroy introduces collaged imagery drawn from a collection of documentary photography spanning the late nineteenth century through to the 1990s.Removed from the original context, these images carry traces of lived history, memory and observation.Dörte combines these photographic fragments with vivid blocks of colour, creating a visual tension between representation and abstraction.

Chutespace | Shy, Secretive and Precious 

Penelope Mims

Having a deep love and appreciation of the natural world, Penelope’s work seeks to reflect the beauty of the environment in an abstract way using ceramic materials in the hand-built form.Generally, her work features various clays and texturing and decorative processes, including textured and painted surfaces. It seeks to represent both environmental beauty and environmental heartache. There is a strong, implicit environmental protection theme - which tries to challenge us all to explore and question our relationship with, and perception of, the beautiful and wild natural world.

Exhibitions run from Friday 20 March to Sunday 20 April 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