“While our venue remains closed, we continue to create opportunities for artists to provide our audience experiences in contemporary art. We are excited to invite you to participate in our new online experience, In Focus. Through a multi-faceted presentation of interviews, screenings, and premieres of select work, we hope to give our audience an intimate and authentic connection to artists. . The SUBSTATION’s Artistic Director Brad Spolding meets Henry Jock Walker to discuss his background, practice and recent work including his collaborative exhibition ‘Kintsugi Supermarket’ with Nampei Akaki (Jap).

Artist Georgia Spain in her studio talking about her upcoming exhibition at The Egg & Dart, (Beginning in Blue) Left in Red, 13 - 30 May 2020.

We are very pleased to now represent Amy Cuneo!

Amy Cuneo’s subjects link us to essential and reassuring elements in our lives. Flowers, food, a window framing the sky, these are images that bind, as clearly as their colours shift under changing light. Her everyday assemblages weave with lived experience and the natural world. The comforts of home are pictured in her work in their intimate objecthood.

Lee Bethel is a finalist in the Ravenswood Woman’s Art Prize 2020 with her work Spreading Wide my Narrow Hands to Gather Paradise, encaustic and paper on board , 84 x 84 cm.

Congratulations Lee!

Rob Howe is exhibiting in an online group exhibition at Hugo Michell Gallery in Adelaide, 17th April - 5th June.
Other works featured by artists Narelle Autio, Sally Bourke, Gerwyn Davies, Bridie Gillman, Eliza Gosse, Amy Joy Watson & Andy Nowell.

Frank Nowlan talks about his works in the exhibition Now and Then.

Frank Nowlan talks about his works in the exhibition Now and Then.

Frank Nowlan talks about his works in the exhibition Now and Then.

Frank Nowlan talks about his works in the exhibition Now and Then.

Not sure the last few days have been spent well by taking a self taught crash course in film making. Nevertheless, stay tuned for the release of a light hearted series of short films with artist, Frank Nowlan discussing a selection of his artworks from his current exhibition, Now and Then.

The Egg & Dart is pleased to announce representation of Georgia Spain.
Born in London, UK, Georgia Spain grew up in Melbourne and is now based in Sandford, Tasmania. Spain is an early career painter who holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts, from the Victorian College of the Arts where she was a finalist in the Majlis Travelling Scholarship and the recipient of Lionel Gell Foundation Scholarship. She has been involved in various group exhibition in Melbourne and in regional Victoria and recently a solo exhibition, The Spectators at School House Studios.

Georgia Spain's first solo exhibition at The Egg & Dart, (Beginning in Blue) Left in Red, will be exhibited online and in our current shopfront gallery from 13th - 30th May.

We’ve been busy with some minor renovations these past couple of days. Although we’re closed to the public we thought we’d make the best of the situation and construct a shopfront gallery that can be viewed next time you walk the dog for some exercise or make a grocery run in town. We plan to change the installation regularly and we encourage you all to visit our website and sign up for our mailing list. We are contactable so please email or phone any enquiries.
Our first hang is a selection of works from our current online exhibition “Now and Then” by Thirroul local artist legend, Frank Nowlan.

Kintsugi Supermarket, let’s make mistakes, an interactive studio, installation and performance lead by Nampei Akaki (Jap) and Henry Jock Walker (Aus).

Kintsugi Supermarket is Australia's first born and bred Australian Japanese fusion repurposed art, discount department store. The first store will open on the outskirts of Melbourne, in Newport at The SUBSTATION in Victoria in early 2020, for one night only: Tuesday the 25th February from 7:30pm - 11:00pm.

We enjoyed Julia Flanagan’s collaboration with Gorman collection launch last night at Gorman’s Paddington store. Congratulations Julia, such great fun seeing your wonderful designs and artworks being worn everywhere.
Julia’s exhibition “Dazzle” continues till 22 February. Catalogue available here and here.

Rob Howe is exhibiting at Shoalhaven Regional Gallery in the group exhibition Suburbia .
In this exhibition four artists come together to explore what the Great Australian Dream looks like through different eyes. From urban scapes with industrial and commercial buildings, to idiosyncratic depictions of post war architecture and suburban streetscapes that could be anywhere. As they reflect on their own experience of home, community and place, these works reflect back to the viewer ...

Exhibition opens 15th February, 12 - 2pm.

The Egg & Dart is proud to announce representation of Julia Flanagan.
Flanagan is a painter and a sculpture hailing from Newcastle and now based in Sydney. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Art in Painting from National Art School and has had numerous solo exhibitions in Sydney, Newcastle and Melbourne. Flanagan has been a finalist in the Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award and in 2019 she was the winner of Georges River Sculpture Prize at the Hurstville Museum and Gallery. And she has been included in three group exhibitions at The Egg & Dart.

Rob Howe’s solo show Of Course I Still Love You is now showing at Hugo Michell Gallery in Adelaide, until the 21st of December.

Henry Jock Walker has been participating in a residency stay at Hazelhurst Gallery, Southerland Shire. the outcome of his stay will be featured in the exhibition Southern Swell which opens Saturday 23 November, 6pm.

From the early days of surfing in the 50s through to now, this exhibition will examine the history and current day of surfing in southern Sydney.

Christopher Zanko is a finalist in the Gosford Art Prize 2019, congratulations Chris!
The exhibition is open until 3 November at Gosford Regional Gallery.

Great article in the Australian Financial Review today! Lots of artists of the area mentioned as well as The Egg & Dart, Nick Santoro, India Mark and Frank Nowlan.

Madeleine Peters is part of a group exhibition Anathema: Kicking A Dead Horse at the artist run space Seventh Gallery in Fitzroy, Melbourne. This exhibition continues until 6th September.

India Mark has been selected to be part in NEXT at Sydney Contemporary 2019, a unique showcase of 50 artists under the age of 35. This dynamic new platform provides art lovers the opportunity to discover and acquire accessible work by the next generation of talent.

Beautiful article about India Mark in the latest number of Artist Profile by writer Emma-Kate Wilson.

Lee Bethel is a finalist in another four art awards this year, well done!

She was highly commended in the https://artsmildura.com.au/with the work Floreo. Exhibition continues until 1 September.

Flow; Wollongong Art Gallery National Contemporary Watercolour Prize 2019. Opening Friday 16 August at 6.30pm. Exhibition continues until 10 November 2019.

Both Lee Bethel and Nick Santoro are finalist in the Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award 2019. Congratulations guys!

First image (detail): Lee Bethel, Hybrid, 2019, watercolour on hand cut paper, 1,500 x 1,000 cm.

Second images: Nick Santoro, Goya Soda, 2018, pen on restaurant placement, 43 x 32 cm

Christopher Zanko is a finalist in Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery’s STILL: NATIONAL STILL LIFE AWARD 2019!
Image: Sundial, 2019, acrylic on cut-out wood relief carving

The Still exhibition opens on Friday 20th September 2019, with the official opening on Saturday 21st September, and runs until Saturday 30th November 2019.

Congratulations to Nick Santoro who’s just been announced as a finalist in the Kilgour Prize 2019 with his work Hotel Trieste.
Have a look here: http://nag.org.au/Kilgour-Prize
We are looking forward to presenting Santoro’s work at this year’s Sydney Contemporary in September in booth C10.

We are also very proud of Nick Santoro who is a finalist in this year’s Sulman art prize.
Congratulations Nick!

Very proud to announce that Christopher Zanko is a finalist in this year’s Wynne Prize, congratulations Chris!

A night of instrumental performance by Grown Ocean written specifically for this one-night event, inspired by our local area. Artist Nicci Bedson is curating an art installation featuring a group of Illawarra artists including E&D artists Rob Howe and Christopher Zanko.
Opens 9th May, Clifton School of Arts.

The Egg & Dart is pleased to announce that Adrian Baiada has joined The Egg & Dart family. Adrian has exhibited with us in the group exhibitions Human Geographies (2017) and Liminal (2018), also took part in our annual Egg & Dart Xmas Show both 2017 and 2018, and most recently had his first solo exhibition with us; An Above Average Moment.
We look forward to sharing more of Adrian's work in the near future. 

Mignon Steele is in a group exhibition entitled The Correspondence of Noticing at Counihan Gallery in Brunswick Town Hall, Melbourne.
14 March - 15 April

Christopher Zanko will exhibit with Lucy O’Doherty at Edwina Corlette Gallery in Brisbane, 6-26 June
and make sure you stay tuned for his second solo exhibition here at The Egg & Dart in November.

Frank Nowlan and Christopher Zanko is part of the collection of Wollongong Regional Gallery and in a exhibition right now called A Place Called Home, where the homes of Wollongong as captured by artists past and present. 
23 March - 21 July.

India Mark and Nick Santoro are both in a group exhibition called “The Paper Salon” at aMBUSH Gallery, that opens on March 28th.

Gabrielle Adamik is taking part in an group exhibition curated by Catriona Stanton at Project Contemporary Art Space, Wollongong. Opening 29th March, 6pm (continues to 14th April).

We are excited to announce our joint presentation with Galerie pompom for this year’s Auckland Art Fair!

Egg & Dart artists Gabrielle Adamik, Aaron Fell-Fracasso and Christopher Zanko along with E&D friend Paul Ryan are featured in the current issue of Country Style Magazine.
Kind words about the gallery and beautiful photos, thank you to writer Penny Carroll and photographer Tony Amos.

Henry Jock Walker are encouraging everybody in the planet to get onboard MAKING WAVES AGAINST BIG OIL AND DRILLING IN THE BIGHT!

Leonie Watson is part of the Wollongong Regional Gallery’s Collection and is right now exhibited in their Monochrome Works from the Collection.
17th February - 11 August 2019

Madeleine Peters is busy studying painting at Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne meanwhile also exhibiting and curating exhibitions in the south-west region of Victoria, most recently at the fabulous Dart & Marlin Bar in Warrnambool.

Sydney based Art and Music publication Happy Mag recently caught up with artist and musician Chris Zanko to discuss his life down south, what inspires his works and the creative process from the start of a piece to its final product.

Congratulations again to Lee Bethel who is now a finalist in two more art prizes!

Henry has an exhibition called Pipedream Fruit and Veg at The Walls Art Space, Miami, Gold Coast.
3 - 17 November.
Henry rolls into town in his mobile studio housed in a Toyota Hiace, and will be hitting the pedal on a new series of works that embrace community and collaboration.

Aaron Fell-Fracasso and Christopher Zanko's works is included in Hazelhurst's Regional Gallery's exhibition Life in Working Art, an exhibition presenting a diverse selection of works from the Gallery's installation team.

Aaron is a finalist in the Paddington Art Prize 2018 with the work Method 6 (Scruffy Green), 2018, acrylic, oil and pigmented in on board, 182x147.5cm

www.paddingtonartprize.com.au

A big congratulations to Lee Bethel who is a finalist in both the Fisher’s Ghost Art Award 2018 with her work Petal and also Splash: McClelland Contemporary Watercolour Award 2018, with her artwork Komon.

Henry Jock Walker is taking part in a surf art community project in Katakai, Onjuku and Tokyo 3rd-29th of September 2018 a part of AustraliaNow 2018, Australia Council for the Arts.

We’re excited to be exhibiting right now at Sydney Contemporary 2018 with artists Gabrielle Adamik and India Mark. Come and visit us at booth C05. We are there until Sunday 17 September.

We are also very proud of India Mark who has been named ‘Five artists to watch’ by Barry Keldoulis, director of Sydney Contemporary Art Fair. Read article in Financial Review here.

Congratulations to Nick Santoro (Highly Commended) and India Mark, who were both finalists again for the second consecutive year for the Brett Whiteley Travelling Scholarship!

Co-curated by Wollongong Art Gallery and Aaron Fell-Fracasso, Here + Now celebrates the diverse and unique creative energy of the Wollongong region and includes works by Jessica Cochrane, Tex Crick, Ebony Eden, Misha Harrison, India Mark, Paige Northwood, Nick Santoro and Christopher Zanko.

Rob Howe is having an online exhibition at Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne.
29 August - 1 September 2018

For more information about these works enquire at info@egganddart.com.au

We’re now representing Mignon Steele! 
All new artworks from Mignon will be available and on show from next week as part of our next upcoming group exhibition featuring 11 very talented individuals; Mixed Bag from Wed 1st Aug. Join us on opening night from 6-8pm Friday 3rd August!

He's back! Henry Jock Walker is artist in residence on the Coal Coast preparing for his upcoming exhibition 'Re-Entry Ding Repairs' at Egg & Dart 6th - 28th July.

Nick Santoro is a finalist in The Churchie, National Emerging Art Prize 2018. Well done Nick!

Congratulations to Lee Bethel, a finalist in the Professional Artist and Emerging Artist categories of the Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize 2018. The winners are announced this Friday 15th June. Lee's finalist work seen above: Labyrinth, 2017, encaustic and seeds on hand cut paper on board, 50 x 50cm. 

Henry Jock Walker is a finalist in The Churchie, National Emerging Art Prize 2018 together with fellow artist Scott Pyle. Well done Henry and Scott!

We are super excited to announce that we are participating in The Sydney Contemporary 2018!  We will be exhibiting artworks by India Mark and Gabrielle Adamik. Stay tuned for updates about our progress for this Art Fair in September at Carriageworks.

Nick Santoro is a finalist in Salon des Refusés 2018 with his work "Excuse me...just letting you know that backpacks have to be worn on the front or carried in a hand (or cloaked at front of house)". Well done Nick!

We are pleased to announce that The Egg & Dart Gallery now represents Madeleine Peters. Her first solo show with The Egg & Dart has been a great success and we encourage you to come into the gallery to see her work before the show ends May 5.

India Mark and Nick Santoro both have solo exhibition up in Brisbane at Edwina Corlette Gallery this month. For further info enquire at info@egganddart.com.au

The 5th Annual Egg & Dart Xmas Show opened Friday 8th December,

With less than two weeks to go, we have a few works still available for purchase. We are open Wed through Saturday 11am to 6pm. The show will come down Saturday 23rd December. 

Congratulations to India Mark and Nick Santoro, who are both finalists in the 2017 Brett Whiteley Travelling Scholarship. The winner is announced Thursday 12th October, our fingers are crossed!

10th November - 2nd December.

Opening night: Friday 6-8pm, 10th November

Our very own Nick Santoro is having an exhibition at Wellington Street Projects, Sydney 7th - 18th June. Don't miss this one!

Our very own Lee Bethel is a finalist in this years Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award. Lee is already had a busy year being a finalist in both North Sydney Art Prize and the Paramore Prize. She has also been awarded a residency at the excellent Footscray Community Art Centre in Melbourne mid year.

Sixteen artists question the value we invest in places, spaces and objects from everyday life. Sentiment is a co-curated exhibition that explores notions of sentimentality that exists in the realms of imagination and personal experience. Artists were invited to shape and express their thoughts on the things that create emotional connection and disconnection. Using a variety of media, the works move between light and dark, fact and fiction, interest and disengagement.

Sofi Lardner Häggström, is a Swedish artist based in Stockholm. Her work investigates time, history and the unknown. Häggström’s work is inspired by old photographs, stories and places of specific historic events, delving into the supernatural and paranormal.

For the fourth year in a row The Egg & Dart Xmas Show yet again drew a queue of anticipating visitors at opening night. With 30 artists and 200 works, the familiar theme of 12 x 12 cm artworks in all kinds of different media are dressing the walls from floor to ceiling. We are also super excited to have artist Rosie Deacon's Fun Foam Koalas added to the mix this year. Last day of the exhibition is 24th December.

The Egg and Dart Gallery finds inspiration and provocation in being a gallery outside of the large cities that, historically, have been perceived as the most important centres of art. The gallery is located in Thirroul, a village on the coast between Sydney and Wollongong. The area has a distinct history that inflects the practices of artists that work in the area, but has also, historically, looked to the north for sustenance. However, this model of dependence is being thoroughly challenged.

Congratulations to Egg & Dart artist, Christopher Zanko.

Christopher won the inaugural GongCrete Art Prize for his work Southern Pathology, an Art Deco building on Denison Street Wollongong.

It was such a fun experience to have an resident artist here so we're doing again!This time around we invited illustrator and artist Elin Matilda Andersson to the Egg & Dart. From 11th - 23rd October, Elin will be residing in the gallery and developing her project day by day. Illustrating directly on the walls, this project is about self expression and the power symbols we use to express ourselves, the issues of objectification in a wider social and cultural context. 

Congratulations Nick Santoro! Nick's a finalist in this years Kudos Emerging Artist and Designer Award.Now in it's 15th year, The Kudos Award seeks to recognise, nurture and support innovation and excellence across all disciplines at UNSW Art & Design. This award aims to promote excellence in visual art and design at UNSW, to encourage experimentation and development of process, material and concept.

As many of you know, we had some misfortune in the storm that happened in June which took our roof of and rain damaged the gallery. We were closed for over 2 months and the exhibition Outback and Out Back by Rob Howe and Hal Pratt unfortunately hung just under two weeks. 

Thank you Henry Jock Walker for coming to Thirroul and The Egg & Dart!Our first ever residency period has come to an end. It was such a great and fun time for everyone involved. Walker really gave it all and invited the people of the area to join in the projects. There was epic surf painting moments and mural painting both at Finbox on Lawrence Hargrave Drive and outside PRS Partners on Raymond Road. Colourful scrambled eggs served at various locations, van painting and of course Walker working away in the "Jock's Box" at the gallery. 

Great article on Henry Jock Walker out on Swellnet.com today. Have a read.

Thanks Stu Nettle for the article.

• Wednesday 20/7, 2pm - Van painting at Wombarra (text Aaron at 0402 063617 for the specific location). Come by and have some colourful scrambled eggs and watch Henrys van transform.
• Thursday 21/7, 7am - Surf painting session at North Thirroul Beach. All welcome, BYO surfing gear. Followed by colourful scrambled eggs.

It’s with great excitement we introduce our first ever performance artist in Henry Jock Walker. Walker will be undertaking another first for us, a residency here at The Egg & Dart!

Congratulations to Egg & Dart artist, India Mark! We’re extremely proud to announce that our very own India Mark is a finalist in this year’s Archibald Prize 2016! Mark chose the frontman, Dane Taylor of local experimental pop band Shining Bird from Austinmer as the subject of her selected portrait.

Dear customers and friends of the gallery, As you may already know, the roof of The Egg & Dart blew off on Sunday morning during the recent storms. With the help of fellow business owners, friends and A willing passerby (Serg), we were able to save most of the artworks from the rains that lashed the East Coast.