Calling all Artists!
How can you work with us to become "more than a Gallery"?
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Hoop Gallery is seeking expressions of interest from artists and creative practitioners who have developed or are developing a high-quality exhibition-ready body of work. We showcase artists from the Surf Coast and G21 regions who make thoughtful and provocative statements through their art and demonstrate new, experimental and diverse ideas and approaches to creative practice.
We anticipate our gallery to be a vibrant creative space filled with drawings and paintings, sculpture, fixed and moving images, soundscapes, installations, jewellery, ceramics, textiles and designed artefacts.
Fragile Ecosystem - Christine Tingay
Our Gallery is equipped with large white walls, projection equipment, two large displays, a PA (Public Address) system, six mobile display units and number of plinths (refer plan and elevations).
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Exhibitions at Hoop Gallery rotate on a monthly basis and, from the short list of artist applicants, we select and curate exhibitions of between one and four solo artists, or a single collective of artists working together.
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Typically, we curate exhibitions with a complementary selection of 2-D artists accompanied by a 3-D artist. Across the annual calendar, we look for diversity in our offering of people, mediums and methods to expose the community to the spectrum of talent in the region.
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Interested artists should visit and follow our Instagram '@hoopgallery_torquay' to review previous exhibitions in the gallery. For solo exhibitions, artists must demonstrate that they can fill the gallery with a body of high quality works.
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Artists will be selected by our committee for exhibitions based on the following selection criteria:
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Quality and presentation of work
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Thoughtfulness, experimentation and depth of consideration in the artist’s practice
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Exhibition-readiness or demonstrated ability to deliver a high-quality exhibition
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How the artist’s proposal contributes to the diversity of our exhibition schedule
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Whether the artist has previously exhibited at Hoop Gallery
Ceramic Vase - Larissa Taylor
Fairy Wren Still Life - Brittany March
The Details
Available dates:
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Exhibition 1 - 7th - 31st Aug 2025: Up to 6 artists will be selected to contribute to a special exhibition opening the renovated Hoop Gallery. Artists must submit works addressing the theme “BIG” with 2D works minimum 800 x 1000mm and 3D works over 1000mm in any direction
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Exhibition 2 - 4th - 28th Sep 2025: Open Call
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Exhibition 3 - 2nd - 26th Oct 2025: Open Call
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Talburac Art Prize 6th - 30th Nov 2025 (See separate call for entries closer to the date)
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Exhibition 4 - 11th Dec 2025 - 4th Jan 2026: Open Call
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Exhibition 5 - 8th Jan 2026 - 1st Feb 2026: Open Call
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View these pages for Exhibition Space and Cost and Expression of Interest Form
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Need more information? Please email our Exhibition Coordinator at hoopgalleryexhibitions@gmail.com