Off the Kerb - Exhibitions


		PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS \| UPCOMING EXHIBITION
		OPENING NIGHT: Fri 8 May 6pm - 8pm \| DATES: 7 - 21 May 2026

Nicholas Aplin 2026

Lucy Allinson

FRONT GALLERY

SEVEN TIMES DOWN, EIGHT TIMES UP
by Nicholas Aplin

CATALOGUE

Seven times down, eight times up explores the silent, rhythmic pulse of the "non-place." Through the depiction of deserted food courts, stationary escalators, and furled patio umbrellas, these works inhabit the pause between presence and absence. There is a specific tension in these urban interiors—spaces designed for mass transit and consumption that have fallen into a temporary or permanent slumber. By using a restricted, often saturated palette, the work elevates the mundane into a monument of urban melancholy. The title reflects a cycle of persistence: the mechanical rise and fall of the city, and the resilience found within its quietest, most obsolete corners.

BACK GALLERY

FULL CIRCLE
by Kyle Barnett

CATALOGUE

Kyle Barnett's first solo exhibition Full Circle manages to bring together a life time of
creative pursuits and honing of a strong compositional eye. As a Photographer, Stylist and Vintage shop owner, Kyle's love of Cubism, Modernism, Mid Century and the Brutalist aesthetics are all here on show with influences such as Frank Lloyd Wright, John Brack, Calder and Miro. Through basic Ceramic shapes and forms he explores a kind of 3D cubism clinging
to figuration yet abstract enough to enjoy the composition and materiality.

“I have no set ideas about what the pieces will be, I make random shapes and then the forms find them selves.“ Kyle Barnett

SIDE GALLERY

FAR BEYOND OUR STREETS
by Lucy Allinson

CATALOGUE

Far Beyond Our Streets brings together abstracted green landscapes inspired by the Lorne Otways, alongside sound compositions developed from field recordings collected over the past six years.

Lucy Allinson’s practice explores the impact of noise pollution on birdsong, revealing the contrast between urban and national parklands. The title speaks to distance—suggesting that such rich, thriving ecosystems are no longer easily accessible within our everyday surroundings, but instead require travel far beyond them. The exhibition celebrates the depth and richness of these environments while reflecting on what has disappeared from our cities, and how access to these environments continues to shift.

UPSTAIRS GALLERY

KEEP UP
by Meg Kolac

CATALOGUE

Go for a run. Eat more veggies. Say something meaningful. Go to bed early. Don’t drink too much. Drink more water. Age gracefully. Live slowly. Talk quickly. Keep up. Keep up. Keep up.

We’re hanging onto expectations by a thread, trying to keep ourselves stitched together while the fabric of our own humanity frays. 'Keep Up' is about the absurdity of it all.

Colourful paintings, soft sculpture and fashion-based installation capture the contradiction of drowning in the joy of achievement and the relentless striving to be better, calmer, cleaner, kinder. ‘Keep Up’ zooms in on the way we live now - messy, colourful and trying our best.

(This exhibtion is part of Melbourne Design Week 2026)