GALLERY 2
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OPENING EVENT
Saturday 21 November, 2pm
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EXHIBITION DATES
NOV 21 - DEC 13
Dear Santa,
Murri Christmas! In the spirit of festivities, let’s all gather around the camp fire and remember the jolly holly holiday that was brought over and pressed onto this landmass, colonially known as Australia.
For myself I was named after St Nick, I just remember my dad dressing up as him. Then coming down to Melbourne it only took me a minute to understand that Santa is white down here.
One big painting to end the year!!
From,
Nick
(Nicholas Currie if you’re an institution)
ABOUT NICHOLAS CURRIE
Nicholas Currie is an artist and curator working with painting, sculpture and performance. Currie is from the Mununjali clan of the Yugambeh language group, with connection to Kuku Yalanji, and currently lives on Wurundjeri Country in Naarm/Melbourne. Humour and kindness are undercurrents to the major themes addressed in his works: contemporary Indigenous perspectives, hauntology and exploration of identity within current Australia.
Currie’s projects in 2026 include a large commissioned body of work for NEW26 at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, solo exhibitions at Daine Singer, Blak Dot and Caves, as well as a number of curated group exhibitions. Currie has exhibited at Daine Singer, Connors Connors, Sullivan + Strumpf, Futures, Kings Artist Run Space, Blak Dot Gallery, Koorie Heritage Trust, Outer Space, Craft, Incinerator Gallery, Ordinance Gallery, and the Margaret Lawrence Gallery. He recently presented ‘Stars, Scars, Sagas' together with Amelia Griffin-Toovey through the Public Art Melbourne Test Site program. Currie has published two artist books with Stray Pages: I can laugh with you and OBSERVATION NOITAVRESBO. He has a BFA Honours from the Victorian College of the Arts.
His work is held in collections including Monash University, Nillumbik Council, and ANZ.