Sutton Gallery stands on what always was and always will be the land of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. We respectfully recognise their ancestors and Elders past and present. We acknowledge Aboriginal connection to material and creative practice on these lands for more than 60,000 years.
Recent News
Mia Khin Boe, Finalist in Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship 2026
We are pleased to share that Mia Khin Boe has been selected as a finalist in this year’s prestigious Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship for her painting After Destiny (2026), first shown at Sutton Gallery in her solo exhibition earlier this year.
Administered by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Brett Whiteley Studio awards an annual travelling art scholarship to artists aged between A0 and 30 with an established body of work. For the 2026 scholarship, the Studio will offer two residency opportunities, consisting of one recipient receiving $50,000 and a three-month residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, as well as five recipients each receiving $10,000 and a two-week residency at Kangaroo Valley in the Southern Highlands, NSW.
Boe, along with the other eleven finalists, will present their work at the Brett Whiteley Studio in Surry Hills, Sydney until 22 November. Scholarship winners are announced 22 October.
Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship 2026 15 October – 22 November 2026 Brett Whiteley Studio Surry Hills, NSW
Mia Khin Boe and Georgia Boe recipients of the Creative Australia 2026 Australian World Heritage Residency
Congratulations to Mia and Georgia Boe who have been awarded $50,000 to undertake a self-directed residency on K’gari, Queensland, as part of a national initiative supporting artistic engagement with Australia’s significant cultural and natural heritage sites.
Mia and Georgia Boe will undertake practice-led research on their Butchulla matrilineal Country. Through engagement with Butchulla Rangers, Elders, family and community, the research will inform ‘The Aboriginal Robot’, an interdisciplinary project spanning film, photography and painting, with proposed outcomes including new work, exhibitions and critical writing.
The program encourages meaningful exchange with local communities and deeper connections to Country, with each residency culminating in a public presentation, workshop or new creative work reflecting on the experience.
Helga Groves 2026 SCA Alumni Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Scholarship recipient
Congratulations to Helga Groves, recipient of the 2026 SCA Alumni Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Scholarship in the Mid-Career/Established Category ($30,000). Working across painting, weaving and sculpture, Groves’ practice explores the natural environment through meticulous material investigations, with a particular focus on Arctic landscapes and their ecological fragility. The scholarship will support new research in Finland, exploring glacial geology, Arctic ecosystems, seasonal ice melt and her Finnish heritage.
Gordon Bennett forthcoming at Warrnambool Art Gallery
We are pleased to announce the major institutional exhibition ‘Dreaming myself into a future that was worth living’ opening 14 November at Warrnambool Art Gallery. Curated by director Aaron Bradbrook, the exhibition will showcase significant works from throughout Gordon Bennett’s practice, brought in dialogue with installations by Shaun Gladwell and internationally acclaimed artist Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley. Tackling a fraught contemporary moment that opens up questions into what the future may look like, the exhibition provides a confronting exploration of power, mortality and the body’s relationship with institutional control.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a significant new publication designed by Evi-O Studio and co-published by Warrnambool Art Gallery and Formats Edition. The richly illustrated text features newly commissioned research by scholars Professor Juliet Rogers and Dr Hannah Gould, looking at each artist’s practice as a means to contextualise the intersecting social, political and artistic ideas the exhibition raises.
Gordon Bennett, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirely, Shaun Gladwell Dreaming myself into a future that was worth living 14 November 2026 – 18 April 2027 Warrnambool Art Gallery Warrnambool, VIC
