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Outer Space is a Meanjin [Brisbane] based not-for-profit contemporary art space. Contemporary Art Space

14/10/2026

EXHIBITION OPENING | 'Nothing to Write Home About'

Join us for our final exhibition opening of 2026, presenting a group exhibition by the Munimba-ja Blak Creatives Collective, featuring artists Clea North, Brenda Mau, Lexie Abel, Tanika Orr, Nadine McDonald Dowd, Keely Eggmolesse and Desirai Saunders.

Developed through Munimba-ja Arts Centre’s Blak Creatives artist development program and curated by Libby Harward.

Beginning from the freedom to create beyond the demands to explain, educate or translate, the exhibition brings together works that are not souvenirs, postcards or invitations to consume Aboriginality, nor are they defined solely by what they resist. Instead, they are propositions, disruptions, dreams, memories and future imaginings, offering encounters that may draw us closer while leaving things withheld, unresolved or beyond our understanding.

Spanning sound, digital worlds, image, performance, installation, storytelling and material experimentation, the artists' practices move between the cosmic and the domestic, the digital and the material, the familiar and the unknowable. Through acts of listening, gathering, remembering, refusing and imagining, the artists explore our relationships with Country, one another and the worlds we inhabit.

Opening Night:

Friday 30 October 2026 | 6pm-9pm
420 Brunswick Street, Judith Wright Arts Centre, QLD
Free entry - all welcome!

RSVP | events.humanitix.com/nothing-to-write-home-about

Exhibition continues until 5 December 2026.

Images courtesy of artists and curator.

12/10/2026

EVENT UPDATE | MAKING OF: RICHARD BELL POSTPONED

Due to unforeseen circumstances, our upcoming Making Of event with Richard Bell, scheduled for Thursday 15 October at Griffith University Art Museum, has been postponed.

We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding.

We look forward to sharing further details and welcoming you to this conversation at a later date.

To stay up to date with event announcements and the rescheduled date, subscribe to our newsletter via outerspacebrisbane.org/subscribe

The 2026 Making Of series is presented in partnership between Outer Space and Griffith University Art Museum (GUAM).

09/10/2026

The Outer Space x Fish Lane Art Market is back for a vibrant spring event!

We’re excited to return to the Fish Lane Arts Precinct, with an expanded lineup and even more creative flair. Featuring a curated selection of local artists and makers working across a vibrant mix of mediums - including prints, paintings, textiles, stickers, zines, books, newspapers, photography, illustration, ceramics, pottery, clothing, and jewellery.

DJ set by .mp333, drinks by , good people, good energy.

🗓️Saturday 7 November, 2pm - 5pm
📍Fish Lane Town Square

All welcome.

This event is proudly presented in partnership between .brisbane and , working together to support and showcase local artists within the Magandjin/Brisbane creative community.

07/10/2026

This year’s auction marked more than our annual fundraiser. It was a celebration of ten years of Outer Space: ten years of supporting experimental practice, championing emerging, early and mid-career artists, and creating space for contemporary art to be encountered, shared and sustained.

A heartfelt thank you to all the artists who participated, we couldn't do the work we do without you ❤️

Beautiful performances on the night
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Florals
🌷.floristry

DJ
🎧️.mp333

25/09/2026

"By enlarging the ephemeral kiping to an architectural scale, Dorizac allows ornament to assume monumental presence without surrendering the delicacy and playfulness from which it derives its force. What was minor begins to organise the space around it. Pattern disperses the eye, and the autonomous movement of the mobile form frustrates the demand for a single privileged point of focus. Dahan-Dahan cannot be possessed in a glance. "

Full exhibition essay written by available online.

Jessica Dorizac's Dahan-Dahan (Tread Lightly) open now.

📅 Closing Event 4pm - 7pm Saturday 24th October
RSVP - LINK IN BIO

This project is proudly sponsored by the Lord Mayor's Creative Fellowships, an initiative of Brisbane City Council, Australia.

📷️ Louis Lim.

21/09/2026

LAST CHANCE TO APPLY

Our 2027 exhibitions program call out is open until this Friday.

Our opportunities are paid and supported, creating space to experiment, expand and present ambitious new work.

Reach out if you'd like to chat with us in more detail ahead of applying.

📍 Open to all Australian-based artists and curators
📅 Applications close Friday 25 September 2026, 11:59pm AEST

Full application information via our website - link in bio.

17/09/2026

DAHAN-DAHAN (TREAD LIGHTLY)

Developed through a residency in Lucban, Philippines, Jessica Dorizac transforms the Outer Space gallery with a large-scale installation.

Inspired by the Pahiyas Festival and the traditional practice of kiping-making, the work explores cultural memory, intergenerational knowledge, ritual and material culture.⁠

Open in the Outer Space Gallery Wednesday 23 September.

Jessica Dorizac
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Closing Event
Saturday 24 September, 4-7pm
Outer Space, Judith Wright Arts Centre⁠
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Public Program: Paper Trail⁠
Saturday 3 October, 10am⁠
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RSVP via the link in bio.⁠
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This program is supported by the Australian Government through Creative Australia and the Lord Mayor’s Creative Fellowships, an initiative of Brisbane City Council, Australia.

15/09/2026

CALLING ALL EMERGING CURATORS ✨️

Outer Space is inviting applications from Australian-based early career and
emerging curators to deliver a one-off exhibition as part of the 2027 Outer
Space Artistic Program.

This initiative is intended to support applicants to develop their curatorial
practice, extend their networks and contribute to the experimental program
presented at Outer Space.

Reach out if you'd like to chat with us in more detail ahead of applying.

📍 Open to all Australian-based curators
📅 Applications close Friday 25 September 2026, 11:59pm AEST

Full application information via our website - link in bio.

12/09/2026

FINAL COUNTDOWN

A rare opportunity to own a work by today’s leading contemporary artists and tomorrow’s emerging artistic icons and support the future of experimental contemporary art.

Bidding closes at 8.30PM AEST.

BID NOW - https://galabid.com/outerspaceauction

10/09/2026

Things are heating up. Have you placed your bid yet?

Featured artists + many more.

1. Seren Wagstaff, Support for a prosthetic object, stainless steel, bronze, enamel paint, 1200 x 400 x 500 mm.
2. Sam Harrison, Moon Crossing, laser cut wood light box and acrylic paint, 600 x 520 x 70 mm.
3. Megan Cope, After the flood study 2, acrylic and ink on military map, mounted on linen with Blackbutt Timber, 610 x 520 mm.
4. Dylan Bolger, The Mill, paint pens on canvas, 601 x 706 mm.
5. Bron Sargeson, Pilipeel (peek), fused glass powder with ceramic, bicarbonate and silica inclusions, 340 x 277 mm.

BID NOW - https://galabid.com/outerspaceauction

Bidding closes during the in-person celebration on Saturday 12 September 8.30pm AEST.

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Fortitude Valley, QLD
4006

Website

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