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» 03/06/2025: The Commercial will be closed Saturday 07.06.25 due to tree lopping in the carpark at 4 Jabez Street. The opening of the group exhibition Alpha Tauri with works by Francis Carmody, Matthew Harris and Amanda Williams is on Saturday 14.06.25, 1 - 3pm.
» 17/10/2024: Works by Amanda Williams are included in the exhibition Borrowed Landscapes at Mosman Art Gallery. The exhibition 'features the work of artists exploring and connecting with the Australian landscape and telling stories that have been previously overlooked.' 19.10.24 — 02.02.24
» 21/03/2024: In 2021, Powerhouse commissioned artist Amanda Williams to document the last days of the museum’s former Castle Hill Experimental Research Plantation. The commission was conceived as both an archival recording of the site and heritage interpretation. Williams documented the site and its ongoing changes throughout the expansion project, creating images that will enter the Powerhouse Institutional Archives. Another outcome is a major artwork commission titled The Last Stand 2021–23, comprising 32 works that demonstrate Williams’ diverse approaches to analogue photographic image making across eight conceptual engagements with the former plantation site. The Last Stand will be on display at Building J from its opening on 23 March 2024 and be accessioned into the Powerhouse Collection.
» 07/12/2023: Amanda Williams' double yellow daisy from her recent exhibition is hanging in Troye Sivan pop-up this week at Chinatown Country Club styled by Flack Studio. 222 Clarence Street, Sydney.
» 14/09/2023: Amanda Williams is talking at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia as part of a panel organised by The Power Institute on the subject of photography and place. Panel members: Peta Clancy, Simryn Gill, Amanda Williams and Brett Neilson. Friday 22.09.23, 6 — 7.30pm.
» 29/06/2023: Amanda Williams is exhibiting a combination of new photograms and a recent silver gelatin portrait series in In the Arms of Unconsciousness: Women, Feminism & the Surreal at Hazlehurst Arts Centre, Sydney. The exhibition brings together 21 significant female Australian artists including Del Kathryn Barton, Pat Brassington, Louisa Chircop, Madeleine Kelly, Deborah Kelly, Juz Kitson, Lucy O’Doherty, Caroline Rothwell, Kaylene Whiskey, Jelena Telecki, Lynda Draper, Freya Jobbins, Jenny Orchard, Jill Orr, Patricia Piccinini, Julie Rrap, Honey Long and Prue Stent, Marikit Santiago, Anne Wallace and Amanda Williams. Exhibition dates: 0 1.0723 - 03.09.23.
» 12/06/2023: Amanda Williams is in conversation with Dr Jarrod Hore at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Friday 23.06.23, 7.30-8pm. As part of MCA Late, a discussion regarding the concerns and questions of contemporary landscape photography in Australia. Join this informal in-gallery conversation between photo media artist Amanda Williams and environmental historian and author Dr Jarrod Hore in front of Williams' work in The National 4: Australian Art Now. Artist Plus One: Amanda Williams & Dr Jarrod Hore, Free, no booking required, Location: MCA Galleries: Level 3.
» 27/03/2023: The National 4: Australian Art Now is opening this week with major presentations by Diena Georgetti and Amanda Williams at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. Exhibition dates 31.03.23 – 09.07.23
» 15/11/2022: Diena Georgetti and Amanda Williams are exhibiting in The National 4: Australian Art Now. The National 4 will take place across four major Sydney venues: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Campbelltown Art Centre, Carriageworks and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. Georgetti's and Williams' works will be exhibited at the MCA, curated by Senior Curator, Exhibitions, Jane Devery. Exhibition dates 31.03.23 – 09.07.23
» 06/10/2022: As Powerhouse Creative Industries resident, Amanda Williams is giving a talk ‘Expanded practice and archival research’ at Powerhouse Museum, in conversation with curator Sarah Rees, as part of the public program Powerhouse Late. Williams will present a selection of Australian photography and talk about the historical legacy and contemporary significance of labour-intensive photographic imagery. Free to public. Thursday 13.10.22, 6:30pm.
» 12/08/2022: AVAILABLE NOW: Eucalyptusdom publication, a major new book accompanying the Eucalyptusdom exhibition, now in its final weeks at Powerhouse, Sydney. Exhibition until 28.08.22. Eucalyptusdom has been developed by Agatha Gothe-Snape as Powerhouse Artistic Associate alongside co-curators Emily McDaniel, Sarah Rees and Nina Earl. The exhibition features a ceramic installation commissioned from Yasmin Smith. The Eucalyptusdom book features a 32-page folio of photographs by Amanda Williams commissioned by the Powerhouse as part of Williams' ongoing Creative Industries Residency. “Eucalyptusdom reckons with Australia’s cultural history and ever-changing relationship with the gum tree. This publication expands upon a body of research and creative output generated via the eponymous exhibition at Powerhouse. It showcases the more than 20 creative practitioners commissioned to produce new works in dialogue with 500+ objects from the Powerhouse collection. The publication also offers insights from the award-winning exhibition design team and includes a new work of literary non-fiction by acclaimed Australian author Ashley Hay, a 32-page folio of art photography by Amanda Williams, and an oral history shared by D’harawal Elder Aunty Fran Bodkin. Edited by Sally Rose. Design by Studio Ongarato.” Eucalyptusdom book: AUD 99.00. Available at Powerhouse via this link.
» 01/08/2022: Amanda Williams is exhibiting in Return to Nature, curated by Stella Loftus-Hills and Pippa Milne, at Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne. The exhibition looks at Australian landscape photography through the lenses of over 40 photographers, including colonialists of the 1870s and contemporary artists working today. 08.07.2022 — 18.09.2022
» 01/08/2022: Amanda Williams is shortlisted for the 2022 Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Scholarship - Travel. The FLMS aims to support Sydney College of Arts (SCA) graduates to pursue a program of professional development through travel and is valued at $30,000. Announced 28.09.22.
» 16/05/2022: Philip Gudthaykudthay and Amanda Williams have been invited as finalists for the The King's School Art Prize 2022. The $20,000 acquisitive prize is being judged this year by Isobel Parker Philip, Senior curator of Australian contemporary art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Prizes are announced Friday 20/05/22.
» 11/02/2022: The Commercial is looking forward to exhibiting at Melbourne Art Fair at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, 17 - 20 February, 2022, with a group exhibition of works by Gunter Christmann, Patrick Hartigan, Yasmin Smith and Amanda Williams in Booth E2. The Sydney gallery will be closed during Melbourne Art Fair week. Contact the gallery via this link to receive an advance preview of works.
» 08/02/2022: Congratulations to Amanda Williams who has been offered a three-year Creative Industries Residency at the Powerhouse (Sydney) giving her dedicated studio and access to the Museum’s archive and historic camera collection.
» 01/12/2021: It is a pleasure to announce that the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia has made a major acquisition of Amanda Williams’ silver gelatin mural hand prints, purchasing four works from her 2020 Alpine Bogs and Associated Fens series.
» 18/02/2021: Lillian O'Neil and Amanda Williams have been commissioned to make outdoor works for PHOTO 2021 International Festival of Photography: The Truth, 2021, Melbourne. The festival commences 18/02/21 (postponed from 2020 due to covid interruptions). O'Neil's work is located in University Square, Parkville Station precinct (corner Grattan and Leicester Streets, Carlton). Williams' work is located at Royal Botanic Gardens, Anzac Station precinct (near intersection of Albert and Domain Roads).
» 09/12/2020: Amanda Williams is exhibiting a new series of photographs as part of the group exhibition, Archie Plus, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Williams' work, curated by Isobel Parker Philip, is located in the European Old Master painting and sculpture courts, James Fairfax Galleries. A departure from her more familiar mural-scaled landscape photographs of recent years, Williams' new work, 'Or your shadow, rising to meet you', is a series of abstracted portraits of the artist's daughter. exhibition until 01/03/21.
» 20/08/2020: Amanda Williams is shortlisted for the 2020 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize at Monash Gallery of Art. The $30,000 prize is in its 15th year. exhibition dates 30/10/20 - 17/02/21 in gallery and online. The judging panel this year is comprised of artist Fiona Hall, NGA Senior Curator of Photography, Dr Shaune Lakin, and MGA Director, Anouska Phizacklea.
» 27/02/2020: Review of Amanda Williams' exhibition, Alpine Bogs and Associated Fens at The Commercial, by Benjamin Clay on Un Projects.
» 04/12/2019: Lillian O’Neil and Amanda Williams announced as exhibiting artists in the inaugural PHOTO 2020 International Festival of Photography 23/04/20 - 10/05/20 taking place in multiple venues across Melbourne and regional Victoria.
» 18/09/2019: Amanda Williams was today announced as one of three selection panel members for the 2020 National Photography Prize at Murray Art Museum Albury. Williams was the winner of the $30,000 prize in 2018. Other panel members are Michael Moran, Curator MAMA, and Isobel Parker Philip, Curator of Photography at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
» 09/09/2019: It is a great pleasure to announce that The Commercial is now representing Amanda Williams. Following her debut at the gallery in the group exhibition, Peace Altitude, earlier this year, we will present three stunning, mural-scaled silver gelatin prints on our stand at Sydney Contemporary 12-15 September. Amanda’s first solo exhibition at The Commercial will be in February 2020. A very warm welcome, Amanda, to the gallery.
» 02/09/2019: The Commercial looks forward to exhibiting at Sydney Contemporary at Carriageworks 11-15 September. We are presenting a three-artist exhibition with new works by Archie Moore, Stephen Ralph and Amanda Williams in booth F06. The gallery will be open during regular hours (Wednesday-Friday 12-5, Saturday 11-5) throughout the fair. We look forward to welcoming interstate visitors who have not yet seen the new space in Marrickville. A solo exhbition, RADIO is RADIO, by Diena Georgetti will be on view. Please contact the gallery for a preview of works to be exhibited at Sydney Contemporary.
» 23/08/2019: It is a pleasure to announce that the first version of Amanda Williams' Goobarragandra Wilderness Kosciuszko National Park/Wolgalu Country (2019), exhibited in Peace Altitude at The Commercial, has been acquired by the Wesfarmers Collection, Perth.
» 23/08/2019: Amanda Williams is exhibiting in Light matters, an exhibition of eight lens-based artists curated by Yvette Hamilton and Ellen Dahl, at the Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney. Exhibition 24/08/19 - 26/10/19.
» 05/08/2019: Lillian O'Neil and Amanda Williams are shortlisted for the 2019 Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award. The exhibition opens and the winners announced at Hazelhurst Regional Gallery on Friday 20/09/19, 6-8pm. Exhibition 21/09/19 - 17/11/19.
» 01/08/2019: Amanda Williams is one of five artists shortlisted for the 2019 Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Artists Travel Scholarship at Sydney College of the Arts, the University of Sydney. The $28,000 Scholarship is announced Wednesday 02/10/19, 6-8pm. SCA Galleries. Exhibition 03/10/19 - 02/11/19.
» 15/07/2019: The Commercial looks forward to exhibiting at Sydney Contemporary at Carriageworks 11/09/19 - 15/09/19. We are presenting a three-artist show with works by Archie Moore, Stephen Ralph and Amanda Williams. Stand F06. Contact the gallery to receive a preview of works.
» 07/05/2019: It is with great pleasure that The Commercial presents Peace Altitude, a group exhibition of new works by invited artists Nabilah Nordin, Salote Tawale and Amanda Williams.