Main Gallery
Grove Gallery
15 October - 18 November 2026
pARTicipate 2026
Local Artist Exhibition and Awards
pARTicipate began as a biennial event in 2011 with the goal to offer local artists the opportunity to exhibit and receive recognition for their work alongside their Southern Downs peers. Fifteen years on, it provides local artists with a platform to exhibit in a professional gallery setting and acknowledges and awards excellence and contemporary regional stories. The exhibition is now annual alternating between the Main and Grove Gallery's. In 2026, it is the Main Gallery's turn.
Artists who live on the Southern Downs or within 75km of the Warwick CBD are invited to enter. Artists can enter two artworks in the following SEVEN media categories will be accepted for display:
DRAWING | CERAMICS | MIXED MEDIA | PAINTING PRINTMAKING | SCULPTURE | TEXTILES
MAIN GALLERY
28 November 2026 - 16 January 2027
Aitor in London, Luke Austin, 2025, Pigment photographic print
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2026 finalist
National Portrait Photography Prize 2026
A touring exhibition from the National Portrait Gallery
12 November 2026 - 9 January 2027
Australia Wide Ten Finalists
Australia Wide Ten
Australia Wide Ten is a biennial travelling exhibition organized by Ozquilt Network Inc. which will tour from late 2026 to September 2028. The exhibition is designed to showcase the work of Ozquilt Network members from across Australia and overseas. The exhibition will feature 36 small artworks, each 40 x 40cm. They will be selected by an independent panel made up of three recognized artists/ curators. The works selected will demonstrate the scope and variety of the ‘stitched and layered textile’.
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An Ozquilt Network Touring Exhibition
The National Photographic Portrait Prize is an annual event promoting the very best in contemporary photographic portraiture by both professional and aspiring Australian photographers. The Prize has celebrated the vitality and diversity of contemporary portrait photography from across the nation since 2007. 2026 marks the end of one of the National Portrait Gallery’s longest-running exhibitions. From the joyful and playful to
the strong, intimate and vulnerable, this exhibition has showcased the stories, people and moments that mattered.
