Past Exhibitions
Tasmanian artists in the Parlour Gallery
from 20222026
March - April Basketmakers of Tasmania HELD. Showcasing seventeen of Tasmania's basketmakers. Functional, traditional and experimental basketry.
Showcasing Tasmanian basketmakers March 2026.
February Lena Zankl H2O. Lena Zankl has explored water in all its peace, beauty and terrible force in this series of thirteen new paintings.
2025
November - December Nicole Ottrey In Celebration of Jane - Reimagining Regency Couture. To celebrate Jane Austen's 25oth birthday, we chose to display a selection of costumes designed and made by costume designer, maker and curator Nicole Ottrey, for the Bijou Theatre production of Emma.
April - May Patricia Hopwood-Wade and Jean-Michel Brunet Perusing Oatlands. Urban sketching: a room full of portraits of Oatlands' charming Georgian cottages.
Patricia Hopwood-Wade, urban sketching, watercolour.
2024
May - June & Art Devonport six artists from Tasmania's North west. Diverse hanging, wearable, practical and decorative works.
March - April Basketmakers of Tasmania Baskets in the Parlour II. A room full of texture, wholesome fragrance and handwrought basketry.
2023
October - November Mahdi Chandler, mixed media artist Confluence
Mahdi Chandler, mixed media.
August - September Vivienne Crawford, textile artist
August - Oatlands Heritage and Bullock Festival - Johnny Mackay, Woodworker. Demonstrations of hand tool use in the front courtyard on the High Street.
May - June Tasmanian Hand Weavers, Spinners & Dyers Guild, Traveler's Cloaks. Extraordinary textile art in wearable, fanciful, form.
April - May June Hope, textile artist. Stunning two and three dimensional felt pieces.
March - April Basketmakers of Tasmania Baskets in the Parlour. Vessels from foraged and found materials.
2022
November - December Lydia Peacock photographer, BOTANICAL. Luminous flower photography.
October - November Glen Murray, Invisible Practice, nothing is ever just black and white. Monochrome +1 art quilts.
Glen Murray detail from 'nothing is ever just black and white' 2022. Cotton.
August - October Mahdi Chandler mixed media artist, Landmarks. Tactile, vibrant, authentic.
Mahdi Chandler, detail. Raku fired clay and fibre.
August - Oatlands Heritage and Bullock Festival - Johnny Mackay, Woodworker. Demonstrations of hand tool use in furniture making.
July - August Lena Zankl BFA, Both Sides Now. Big sky oil paintings, cloudscapes of the Tasmanian Midlands.
Lena Zankl 2022. Detail, oil on canvas.
May - June Barry Bjorksten - largescale tapestries exploring the impact human greed and the natural environment.
Barry Bjorksten, tapestry detail. Wool on canvas.
