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Welcome to Hawkesbury Regional Gallery. We are open six days a week with a regularly changing program of exhibitions and events that reflect the area's unique heritage via contemporary and traditional art.

Above: Hospital Beds by Susan Milne and Greg Stonehouse

OPERATING HOURS: Monday to Friday 10 am – 4 pm (Closed Tuesdays) Saturday and Sunday 10 am – 3 pm

The gallery is located within walking distance of shops, bus stops and Windsor Railway Station. Disabled access, groups welcome (please phone).

2006 Exhibition Program

Palimpsest: The Art of Glen Skien ~ 17 December 2005 - 5 February 2006
In a survey exhibition from the award-winning facility Artspace Mackay, Glen Skien's works encompass textured etchings, painted scrolls, collages, assemblages and delicate mixed media box works, most of which abound with tiny treasures that reward close scrutiny.

Les Blakebrough: Ceramics and Peter Cooley: Paintics ~ 11 February - 19 March
Opening Night: Friday 10 February, 6:00pm
Les Blakebrough's career and influence span more than 25 years. His work is held in many important collections including the National Gallery of Australia. He is known for developing Southern Ice Porcelain, a material of ethereal, translucent and fragile beauty. Toured nationally by Object Gallery, as part of the Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft series. Peter Cooley's exuberant paintings and ceramics (Paintics) proclaim his delight in the Blue Mountains environment.

Litmus 2006 ~ 25 March - 30 April
Opening Night: Friday 24 March, 6:00pm
Emerging trends in contemporary art as demonstrated by recent graduates and students of the University of Western Sydney. Although at the outset of their careers, the selected artists show great promise and impressive ability. Hawkesbury Regional Gallery is proud to be promoting emerging artists of Greater Western Sydney.

Blondel Indigenous Collection and Euraba Paper Company ~ 6 May - 4 June
Opening Night: Friday 5 May, 6:00pm
A collection of Indigenous Paintings from Central Australia on loan from collector, artist and gallery owner, Graham Blondell. In addition, an exhibition from Euraba Paper company, an award-winning small business making quality hand-made paper and paper products - a means of strengthening community based on contemporary Indigenous cultural expression and enterprise.

Blake Prize for Religious Art 2006 ~ 10 June - 9 July
Opening Night: 9 June, 6:00pm
For over half a century the Blake Prize for Religious Art has made a significant contribution to the history of Australian art. The Blake Society continues to deal with the complexities inherent in such concepts as art and religion. The Blake is a unique and exciting cultural icon.

Leica / CCP Documentary Photography Award ~ 15 July - 20 August
Opening Night: Friday 14 July, 6:00pm
The biennial Leica/Centre for Contemporary Photography Documentary Photography Award showcases 17 photographers working in the genre of documentary photography. Now in its 10th year, the Award is selected from more than 255 entries.

The Windsor Group ~ 26 August - 26 November
Opening Night: 25 August, 6:00pm
The Windsor Group were nine young Sydney artists who painted in the inner city as well as Emu Plains, Richmond and, especially Windsor between 1935 and 1945. In his introduction to The Windsor Group, Bernard Smith writes: 'The Windsor Group may … be seen as part of a significant trend in Australian painting that began to emerge in the years immediately prior to WWII, when artists began to turn away from the dominance of pastoral landscape in a new awareness of the urban environment…'

Julie Harris - A Survey ~ 2 December - 4 February 2007
Opening Night: 1 December, 6:00pm
Kurrajong artist Julie Harris has exhibited at, inter alia, Hazelhurst Regional, Tamworth Regional, Bonython, Macquarie and Charles Nodrum (Melbourne) galleries.
According to Jennifer Hardy, curator at Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Harris' abstract works 'allude to an elusive scripted language sourced from the natural environment… In human scale, her approach to the bush is personal and intimate; if others examine the body of the landscape, Harris examines the skin.'