Barbara Licha at Bermagui Sculpture 2026

This year is the 20th anniversary of Sculpture Bermagui event. One of Barbara's favourite sculpture events, 3 of her works are amongst the 242 entries exhibited at Bermagui Headland, Surf Gallery, Country Club, Hotel and Shop 7 ArtSpace. The event was enjoyed from 7th to 15th of March.

Catalogue to the exhibited entries can be browsed through here.

Left: Tower, 2025. Galvanised wire, 238x42x42 cm

Right: As a Bird, 2025.Galvanised wire,26x19x26cm  ;  With birds, 2025. Galvanised wire, 38x28x28 cm

Sydney Contemporary, Paper 2025

 

This year marks our 10th year participating in the Sydney Contemporary Paper event, and we're celebrating with something a little different. In addition to showcasing our artists, we'll also be promoting our very own artist-run space, UPSpace Gallery.

You'll find us at Booth B10 at Carriageworks, Newtown. The booth will be staffed by members of our collective, so please stop by and say hello!

We're also excited to be joined by long-time friend of the Artist Collective, Seraphina Martin—a talented printmaker known for her work with the solar etching technique—as well as artist Anita Shirley. Anita’s studio is located at the Addison Road Community Centre. No stranger to this event, Anita previously exhibited with the Collective at Sydney Contemporary in 2023.

The UP Studio artists this year are made up of:

Therese Kenyon

Barbara Licha

Gail Kenning

Anie Nheu

Seraphina Martin. Cherished and Adored, 2025.

Anita Shirley. Moon night, 2025

Therese Kenyon. Lake St. Claire 1, 2025.

Barbara Licha. Sketch, 2024.

Gail Kenning. It's how we heal, 2025.

Anie Nheu. The wheels were in motion long before this, 2025

Felixe Rives and Alex McAlpin : Salon of Reflections

Felixe, a graduate of UNSW Art & Design, explores how inhabited spaces—and the elements within them—generate meaning and reflection for those who occupy them. As a member of the French diaspora, the concept of home features prominently in her solo exhibitions, which are grounded in strong conceptual frameworks.

For this event, Felixe is joined by her peer, artist, writer, and researcher Alex McAlpin. Alex’s work explores the potential for social change driven by the power of collective imagination.

Together, their contributions promise to stimulate and enrich a journey of discovery, reflection, and revelation.

For the full program and to register for the event, visit:

👉 https://events.humanitix.com/host/midnight-ensemble

Eleonora Pasti : Political Matter

Eleonora Pasti came to us in March this year.  Since then she has immersed herself in the creative environment of Ultimo Project Studios. Over the past two months, her unwavering dedication to her vision has culminated in a collection of soft sculptures that reflect her deep engagement with the studio space. 

Her upcoming exhibition, POLITICAL MATTER, opening on April 24th, showcases how her works have transformed and enriched our perception of this shared space. Through a striking interplay of texture, color, and form, Eleonora's sculptures encapsulate the hidden sensuous qualities of the studio, inviting viewers to experience the space through her unique sensory lens. 

This exhibition promises to be a captivating exploration of artistic expression and the intimate relationship between the artist and her surroundings.

In her words:

Every time I open the door of the UPspace studios, I am permeated by a smell of old theatre, the kind of space that is in danger of extinction. My sculptures, of old textiles and found and rescued objects, speak of this atmosphere suspended between indifference and oblivion. What lies beneath the surface of our existences? UPspace is for me an Underspace, full of wonders and surprises.

Some images of the works you'll expect to see.

'The Poetics of Abstraction II' An Exhibition of works on paper by Anthea Boesenberg and Therese Kenyon

Opening on Friday 4th April at 5-7 pm     

In conversation with the artists at 6pm, all welcome!

 

Anthea Boesenberg

                                                                                Therese Kenyon

Barbara Licha : Gap - sculptures and paintings

 As an adjunct to her retrospective at the Polish Club, Ashfield, Barbara is holding a 1 week show of her works at the studio gallery, UPSpace Gallery.

Barbara is also opening up her studio for visitors on 23rd of March 2 PM.

Barbara Licha : Sculpture Bermagui 2025 Finalist

Bermagui Sculpture 

prize event featuring 203 finalists

Online catalogue

Event runs until 16th of March 2025

CHAOS, 2024. Wire, 200x42x42 cm

Barbara Licha at The Polish Club, Ashfield

 

GEOFF LEVITUS Dreams are made of this

 

UPSpace Gallery for the Creative Trails, Midjuburi

 

OPEN STUDIOS & EXHIBITION

2-3 NOVEMBER

11 - 4 PM

UPSpace Gallery + Studios artists will open their studios and talk about their work, ideas and process.

Inner West Council has organised a bus tour with hop on hop on the Midjuburi circuit.  

The Gallery will also show case the artists' works.

Exhibiting Artists

MARK DUBNER  JANE EAGGER

JAN FIELDSEND  TINA FIVEASH  

ROBERT HAWKINS  WAYNE HUTCHINS  

THERESE KENYON  ADAM LAERKESEN  

JENNY LEVITUS  BARBARA LICHA  

ANIE NHEU  SUE PEDLEY  

FLEUR STEVENSON  FELIXE RIVES 

‘RINSE AND REPEAT’

 Just in case you missed us at ‘Works on Paper’, Booth B04 in the Sydney Contemporary Art Fair at Carriageworks, we are restaging our show at the newly refurbished Upspace Gallery - opening Sept 13 – 22.

 

Gallery visiting: Friday to Sunday 11am - 4pm and by appointment.

upspacegallery.com

Artists; Wayne Hutchins, Gail Kenning, Therese Kenyon and Barbara Licha will rehang their works and include other paper based artists in the Ultimo Project Studios.

The Upspace Gallery+Studios is located Addison Rd Community Centre, on the traditional lands of the Gadigal People and the neighbouring Kameygal and Wangal Peoples. We pay our respects to all those who have lived and created in this place.

Auction for Print Council of Australia

 

Saturday 22nd June 2024 between 3-5pm

RSVP theresekenyon@me.com for catering.

Meet other print fans and print experts. Talk prints with Art Dealer

Damien Minton and curator/avid print collector, Akky van Ogtrop

Bid for prints from the Print Council of Australia collection - and take one home!

Demonstrations by master printers Roz Kean and Andrew Totman.

* prints are actually a variety of sizes - all excellent!

'The Poetics of Abstraction' an exhibition by Anthea Boesenberg and Therese Kenyon at the Print Council of Australia Gallery, Melbourne

 

         Anthea Boesenberg, Remembered Sky iv, 2024,

         Relief collagraph on Korean  Kozo, hand printed, 120cmH x 77cmW

Therese Kenyon, Panel 1: Detail, Swirling Water Under Clouds, 2023, Ink, wash and 

screen-printed motif over 3 panels of Japanese kozo paper, 63cm H x 300cm W

 

Barbara Licha with Special Mention at Sculpture Bermagui

 Bermagui Sculpture 2024

9-17 March

Sue Pedley with Australian Walking Artists at Articulate Project Space

 

Barbara Licha PARALLELS

7 Artists : UP Studio artists at Stirrup Gallery

 

Rosada Hayes     Robert Hawkins   Tina FiveAsh   

 

 

UP Studio Artists and a Guest at Sydney Contemporary, Paper

List of works on display

Anie Nheu

Anita Shirley*

Barbara Licha

Gail Kenning

Tina Fiveash

Wayne Hutchins

*Anita Shirley is friend of UP Studios.  She has her own practice at Addison Road Community

UP AND GO (A group exhibition of artists from Ultimo Project) 12-13 August 2023

Edge Creative Trails Midjuburi open studios at Upspace

Blg 24 Ultimo Project Inc

Studio 11, T Kenyon 

                                                 Therese Kenyon Lightspill #8 Acrylic on canvas 91 x 91cm

                                                                Therese Briggs Déplacé  (Displaced)’ 2023 

                                                                Mixed media on unstretched canvas 100 x 120 cm

               

                                                                Wayne Hutchins  ‘Rockpool #3’ 

                                                            Digital print on acrylic Ed 3, 90cm diameter

                                                                Tina Fiveash  ‘Utopia 10 km.’Pigment ink on Hahnemuhle cotton rag paper

                                                                 99.3 x 134 cm Ed 5+2 A/P

         Adam Laerkesen 'Ducky'  

sculpted monkey, wooden burls, skull, paint, found stand.  

H/ 1.7m x W/400mm x D/680mm

Meet & Chat with the artists at Ultimo Project Studios

 

142 Addison Road, Marrickville NSW 2204
Building No. 24

12, 13 August   11-4 pm 

Participating Artists

Adam Laerkesen
Barbara Licha  
Gail Kenning
India Zegan
Jan Fieldsend
Jenny Levitus

Rosada Hayes

Robert Hawkins

Sue Pedley

Therese Briggs
Therese Kenyon
Tina Fiveash 

Wayne Hutchins