Ironbark Gallery

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The Ironbark Gallery is a dedicated gallery, located in the Strathfield Library & Innovation Hub, available for both emerging and established artists based in the following local government areas: 

  • Burwood
  • Canada Bay
  • Canterbury Bankstown
  • Cumberland
  • Inner West Council
  • Strathfield.

Ironbark Gallery is managed by Strathfield Council and provides artists the opportunity to exhibit in a professionally supported gallery.  There is no fee to exhibit in Ironbark Gallery.  Strathfield Council supports this space and provides a Curator to oversee all aspects of the exhibition process.  Artists are also given the opportunity to sell their works in conjunction with their exhibition.

Image: Safe from the rising tide? Andrew Tomkins exhibition install, Ironbark Gallery April – July 2024

Current Exhibition: Awareness of Between-ness: Miho Watanabe

Awareness of Between-ness: Memory & Time: Miho Watanabe

Sydney-based intercultural artist Miho Watanabe explores Awareness of Between-ness through the Japanese aesthetic of ma — the meaningful space between things, where absence and presence coexist. Working across photography, painting, and installation, she investigates the invisible space between subject, camera, and artist.

Originally developed as her PhD project at the Australian National University, the work examined the space between childhood memories in Japan and recollections of English street trees prior to COVID-19. Since completing her doctorate, Watanabe has expanded this inquiry to include Australian street trees, connecting them to memory, loss, and the passage of time.

Following the loss of her father, memories of place in Japan have taken on renewed significance. Through layered materials, translucency, and light, she reconstructs memory as atmosphere rather than fixed image, inviting viewers into the quiet, relational space of between-ness.

EXHIBITION
Strathfield Library & Innovation Hub
10 April – 14 June 2026 

OFICIAL OPENING:
Thursday 9 April 2026, 6pm

GUEST SPEAKER:
Denise Ferris
artist, educator and Professor Emerita at Australian National University

RSVP:
Thursday 2 April 2026
Bookings are required for the opening for catering purposes.
exhibitions@strathfield.nsw.gov.au

Media Release

Exhibition Overview(PDF, 79KB)

Artist Q&A(PDF, 665KB)

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Image: Miho Watanabe, Awareness of between-ness: memory in my mind 2022-2026 photo transfer and acrylic paint on silk, perspex, wood, LED, 84x118cm

More information

Please email exhibitions@strathfield.nsw.gov.au for more information.

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PLEASE NOTE THAT APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED

 Applications are now open to exhibit in the Ironbark Gallery in 2026.

 APPLICATIONS CLOSE 1 DECEMBER 2025

All applicants are evaluated by a selection committee and based on the written application and supporting material provided.

Those considering applying are encouraged to refer to past exhibiting artist, Marina Mavritsky’s application as an example of a succinct and considered application(PDF, 2MB)

All applicants should read the Community Art Space Program Scope and Conditions.pdf (PDF, 197KB)(PDF, 223KB)

View the Ironbark Gallery floor plan here(PDF, 606KB)

Questions or comments? Please email Ironbark Gallery Curator  renee.porter@strathfield.nsw.gov.au

 

Past Exhibitions