‘laka-wan ngeerang woorroong’ is a family exhibition that ‘speaks’ our ‘Mother Tongue’. Through this we will learn, retain and create future use of our language.

We are sorry to announce that we have to cancel this event as Rafael was unable to board his flight two days ago as he was informed by Embassy of Australia his son couldn't board due to complications with his visa. This event will hopefully be rescheduled in 2019.

Thank you for your understanding BDG.

WORLD AS I SEE exhibition presents combination of art of journalism joins in the photographic exercise. By: Visiting Mexican artist Rafael Cruz

Blak Dot Gallery presents an exhibition of Frances Tapueluelu’s works - produced in Melbourne following a nine-year stint as a social worker in remote outback communities. A formative time during which Tapueluelu was so emotionally, psychologically and physically affected by her job that she completely detached from her creativity. 

A sinking feeling (the politics of risk) will explore the relationship between both the artist and curator's dependence on funding bodies and how that affects the likelihood of creating work that takes risks or offers critiques. The exhibition will engage with the potential 'freedom' that is a by-product of working freelance within the arts in Australia.

A joint exhibition with artists Peter Waples-Crowe and Megan Evans

OPENING THURSDAY 16TH AUGUST 6PM - 8PM

A solo exhibition by Lisa Hilli; Trade beads or slave beads, were used globally by European colonists as a mechanism for the exploitation of labour and goods, they were also used by missionaries for building rapport with indigenous people of the land…

Opens Thursday March 22 – 6.30pm – 8.30pm

“In October 2017 I went to the Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa (National Weavers Hui) in Rotoura, Aotearoa (New Zealand). It was my first weaving hui (meeting). Over three days I laughed, ate, saw amazing taonga (treasures) and learnt more about weaving and myself than I can describe in words.

Exhibition continues Friday 23rd March until Sunday April 8

EXHIBITING ARTISTS:
ANDREW ALLISTER | IAN CHAN |TIA SHEN | LOUIS SLAMOWICZ | SAHARAT MIKE SRIMUANG | DUYEN TRAN | YUSI ZANG & DUDU YANG

‘Blak-Queer Futurism’ re-establishes Queer Indigenous speculative futures from here and abroad, drawing upon resilience, knowledge and spirituality.

Blak Dot proudly presents our final exhibition for 2017, ‘AA’ – a celebration of the work of artists Annie Moors (Yolngu) and Amani Tia (Samoan).

Borders, Walls and Belonging is an exhibition by Melbourne-based artist Kaytsen (Kate) Jama and Istanbul-based artist Murat Germen.

‘Aeasi (as far as the eye can see above the sea)’ is a retrospective exhibition of works by Australian Solomon Islander (Feralimae/ Kosi) filmmaker Amie Batalibasi and a glimpse at new works in development.

Celebrating our 1st Birthday, Blak Dot presents “Get the picture” part of this years Fringe Festival, an exploration of representation and depiction within the realms of cinema, photography and new media.

A Solo Exhibition by Sapna Chandu: Kwality Chai is a playful and subversive exploration of cultural imperialism in a distinctly Australian context. Set in an alternate reality in which Indian culture has taken over Australia, Kwality Chai stages a performance that revolves around the making and serving of tea

A Solo Exhibition by Roberta Joy Rich; Deny / Denial / Denied is a collection of new work produced during a studio residency at Assemblage, in Johannesburg, South Africa

Blak Dot Gallery in partnership with Monash Country Lines Archive, is proud to present Sky Country: Our Connection to the Cosmos, as part of the Yirramboi Festival 2017.

Blak Dot Gallery presents ‘Feedback Loop’, a group exhibition as part of Climarte’s ART+CLIMATE=CHANGE 2017 festival.

Artists include:
Get To Work | Hannah Donnelly | Talia Smith | Frances Tapueluelu | Jahra ‘Rager’ Wasasala | Katie West

Renuka Rajiv and Tama tk Couture
Opening Sat 25th March 2 to 4pm

Tama and Renuka will share a collections of works across drawing, printmaking and painting using paper and fabric. Their work incorporates stylization and repetition into personal narratives. T-shirts and zines will be available for sale on the opening day.

Opening night: Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
In this photographic self-portraiture series created while artist-in-residence at Police Point Shire Park on Boonwurrung country, TextaQueen redresses the ‘nature nude’ and its common form of describing white, feminine fragility.

Blak Dot’s 2017 Midsumma show Trans-Sational elevates the voices of queer and trans people Indigenous to here and elsewhere through a celebration of our visual artists.

Under our Community Engagement Program Blak Dot is proud to host ‘Our Deadly Spirit’ this three week exhibition celebrates the work of four young people exploring their cultural knowledge and identity through various art mediums.

If tino rangatiratanga is the concept of sovereignty, what does agency over one’s image look like within a digital era?

Blak Dot Gallery presents ‘Fifty Shades of Blak’ part of this years 2016 Melbourne Fringe Festival, an exhibition exploring the voices of First Nations women from across Australia and the world.

Through a politically charged, fiercely feminist rap entwined with oestrogen and camouflage, Still I Rise is a music video environment harnessing female and Indigenous power.
Exploring forms of resistance practiced by women and First Nations people around the world, Hannah Brontë presents a formidable future Australia in which an Indigenous woman is Prime Minister, and parliament is entirely female.

Blak Dot Gallery in collaboration with The Counihan Gallery In Brunswick is proud to present Both Sides of the Street, an exhibition that brings together artists from different disciplines and with different perspectives on what it means to live in contemporary Australian society, what it means to live on both sides of the street.

DNA [Deadly Nui Art] a group exhibition where artists are called to respond to their own DNA exploring the concept of DNA as a hereditary self-replicating material, which is present in nearly all-living organisms.

This exciting collaboration with our artist in residence Matt ‘Adnate’ (a member of the International Street Art collective ‘Awol Crew’) and six young emerging artists from Northern Melbourne’s urban Indigenous communities and six young artists from migrant & refugee backgrounds to produce works for this exhibition..

Brook Andrew | Joel Birnie |  Maree Clarke |  Peter Waples-Crowe | Robyne Latham |  Anna Liebzeit | Tobias Reef

Curated by: Kimba Thompson

2 May – 8 June  at The Substation