EXHIBITION ARCHIVE
We love meeting people who appreciate art as much as we do. That is why Gallery Sunari loves hosting special happenings and unique exhibitions. Below you'll find our archive of exhibitions and events at Gallery Sunari to date. We hope you enjoy looking through all the work we've shown to date, and discovering the many artists we feature at Gallery Sunari. If you are interested in acquiring work, please click on the button below to get in touch.
20 October - 11 November 2023
This is the very first time since it’s inception nearly two years ago that Gallery Sunari has dedicated the entire gallery purely to sculpture. Having three dimensional work in the space transforms interactions with the work, the space itself and people within it in such a dynamic way that installing this exhibition has been both a delight and a challenge.
29 July - 19 August 2023
Featuring the work of 15 artists working with abstraction, roughly a hundred years after the concept entered the western canon of art history with the paintings of Vassily Kandinsky and -more recently included but equally important- Hilma Af Klint before him. Simply defined as ‘non-representational art’ or art that preoccupies itself with the formal qualities of lines, shape, colour and geometry, an ‘abstract’ is also the summary of a text. This exhibition invites the viewer to engage on a deeply personal level with the emotions and thoughts that take shape and form through the hands of the artist in the gallery space.
10 Febuary - 2 April 2023
Steven Broughton captivates the land and seascapes he creates in oils on canvas. Inspired by Arthur Streeton and Arthur Boyd, Broughton’s works are layered with historical references while remaining explorations of contemporary political events and representations of our land, sea and airscapes.
17Â June -Â 8Â July 2022
Selected works by Roy B Wilkins will be available for viewing and purchase from 17 June (opening night) until 8 July at Gallery Sunari. Critically acclaimed, widely exhibited, Roy's career as an artist spans over 20 years, during which he has ben widely collected and has won prizes for his work. This is an excellent opportunity to experience what Roy brings to viewers and collectors of his art - something raw, real and deeply felt. The liberation with which Roy paints, brings that freshness to his work. Roy is constantly painting over the same works, constantly adding to and changing them, they are almost like living, ever evolving things with a life of their own. In order to exhibit, Roy has to force himself to stop painting over the works so that they may be exhibited and purchased, to be kept, by the viewer and potential lucky owner of his works.
LOCAL ARTIST COMMUNITY EXHIBITON
22Â April - 13Â May 2022
'LOCAL ARTIST' community exhibition featured the work of
Lida Wang
Nisa Kacar
Sumaya Asvat
Miriam Morris
Brigid Burke
Helen Joy Newman
Catriona Noble
Madeleine Stern
Sunari Sooriaaratchi
Steven Broughton
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The exhibition ran to great acclaim and was well received by the public, particularly within the locality of Bentleigh.
Madeleine Stern
25Â February - 12Â April 2022
The inaugural opening exhibition of Gallery Sunari, this retrospective focused on the oeuvre of Sunari Sooriaaratchi, the Gallery's founder and namesake, artist, curator and director. showcasing work from several periods and multiple bodies of work, the colour an vibrance, as well as the mix of genres in this exhibition were a talking point of the opening night that carried on throughout the exhibition.