News and upcoming exhibitions
Goulburn Art Award 2026
19 June to 18 July
Goulburn, Australia
The Goulburn Art Award began in 1992 and is held every two years. It is open to artists living within a 120km radius of Goulburn working in any medium. The Award represents the talent and diversity of artists working within the region.
Finalists for the Goulburn Art Award 2026 are:
S.A. Adair; Jennifer Adams; Valentina Albert; Alison Alder; Karen Alexander; Phil Alldis; Alex Asch; Katrina Barter; Nicci Bedson; John Bokor; Zoe Brand; Tom Buckland; Lucinda Chambers; Liz Coats; Rowan Conroy; Claire Cusack; Ham Darroch; Nicola Dickson; Bill Dorman; Tom Duffy; Eggpicnic (Christopher Macaluso and Camila De Gregorio); Lynne Flemons; Sarah Fordyce; Elliott Fox; Hannah Gason; Agneiska Golda; Harriet Goodall; Helen Goodwin; Lorna Grear; Saskia Haalebos; Lizzie Hall; Melissa Hammond; Miranda Hampson; Craig Handley; Aedan P Harris; Sammy Hawker; Prue Hazelgrove; Tessa Hoser; Robin Howard; Nicole Ison; Cecilia Järdemar, Emily Kerr; Rosalind Lemoh; Tracy Luff; Doreen Lyon; Allison MacKay; Anjani Mane: Rebecca Mayo and Diedre Martin; Karri McPherson; Ray Monde; Jo Morris; Charlie Nelson; Racquel Ormella; Kathryn Orton; Bonnie Porter Greene; Hannah Quinlivan; Emma Rani Hodges, Annika Romeyn; Penny Sadubin; Lisa Stevenson; Teo Treloar; Yvette Tziallas; Pia Van Gelder; John R Walker; and Zoe Young.
Links to view and purchase the selected artwork will be made available when the exhibition opens. For all enquiries, please contact the Goulburn Regional Art Gallery.
Melissa will be releasing a special limited edition signed print of the selected artwork in 2 sizes with a portion of the profit being donated to the Bob Brown Foundation. More information will be released soon.
Fifty Squared Art Prize 2026
20 June to 3 July
Melbourne, Australia
Australia’s largest open-call art prize for wall-based artworks measuring 50×50cm or less.
Each year, the Fifty Squared Art Prize showcases artists at all stages of their careers, from emerging to established, practicing throughout Australia and beyond. The prize culminates in an exhibition featuring hundreds of wall-based artworks encompassing painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, weaving, and more.
Melissa will be exhibiting 2 artworks in the Fifty Squared Art Prize 2026. Links to view and purchase artworks will be made available when the exhibition opens. For all enquiries, please contact the Brunswick Street Gallery.
Postcard
20 July to 5 September
Paris, France
A postcard is a displaced souvenir, a correspondence between places, moments, people. Passing from hand to hand, it becomes a small intimate archive. All postcards will be exhibited in Paris at The Curators Gallery in the Marais district, forming together an atlas of emerging creation during the summer of 2026, a constellation of voices, images, gestures and travels.
Melissa will be exhibiting 2 postcard artworks in Paris from her Coastal Series (pictured). Links to view and purchase artworks will be made available when the exhibition opens.