November exhibitions opening celebration

Next date: Friday, 06 November 2026 | 06:30 PM to 08:30 PM

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You’re invited to join us for the celebration of four exclusive exhibitions opening at Kingston Arts on Friday 6 November 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. 

Presented across our two Gallery spaces, the 24/7 Outdoor Lightbox Gallery and Skybridge projection space:

Light refreshments will be provided.

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About Melanie Jayne Sancho Taylor

Melanie Jayne Sancho Taylor's practice explores photography as a site for ordering and archiving memory.

She works with text and installation strategies to engage with her extensive personal photographic archive, investigating the shifting meanings of memory, loss, absence and the complexity of time.

She holds a Master of Fine Art from RMIT University.

Selected exhibitions:

  • 2026 Concrete Post 4 (group), the Earl Lu Gallery, Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore
  • 2024 Item Level (solo), Five Walls, Melbourne
  • 2020 Check Website for Detail (group), Kuiper Projects, Brisbane
  • 2019 Ode to Marion (group), Incinerator Gallery, Moonee Valley City Council
  • 2017 Excavation (group), Centre for Classics and Archaeology, Melbourne University
  • 2017 Interweaving Archives (solo), Arxiu Comarcal de l'Urgell, Tàrrega, Spain
  • 2016 All The Gardens I Could Find (solo), Blindside, Melbourne
  • 2015 Variations (solo), WTA Emerging Art Centre, Barcelona
  • 2015 A Way With It All (solo), The Ferry Gallery, Bangkok

Find out more about Every Image Holds Another Image by Melanie Jayne Sancho Taylor.

About Judy Watson

Judy Watson is a book illustrator, mixed-media artist and writer working across multiple disciplines, including poetry, painting, drawing, printmaking, collage and digital.

Judy’s writing and visual art practices cross-pollinate so her work usually has a narrative element, even when it appears to be entirely abstract. She has been published by Penguin, HarperCollins, Walker Books, and Allen and Unwin and her illustration work has received several awards both local and international.

Judy lives and works in Frankston South, on a property backing onto a natural reserve and the Sweetwater Creek. Experimentation, play and story are at the heart of her work.

Find out more about Memory Birds and Cuckoo Trees by Judy Watson.

About Naomi Bishop

The Unexplained and The Unexplored are recurring themes in the work of Naomi Bishop. She is interested in exploring darkness, mysterious events and peripheral otherworldly places. A shared interest in both science and metaphysics searches for a point at which they might converge and reveal secret knowledge from unseen worlds. 

Naomi has been exhibiting internationally since graduating with a Masters of Fine Art from Chelsea College in London. Internationally her work has been exhibited at London’s Whitechapel Gallery, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Fondation Hippocrene and Galerie Nicolas Silin, Paris, Arteles Creative Centre Finland, National University of Taiwan, and CICA Museum, Seoul. In Australia she’s been included in exhibitions at the Bendigo Art Gallery, Counihan Gallery, McClelland, Strange Neighbour, Brunswick Temporary, notfair (2017 and 2021) and Blindside. She has also been a finalist in significant art prizes including the Blake Prize, Paul Guest Drawing Prize, Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Splash Prize for Contemporary watercolour. 

She has received grants from Creative Australia, Creative Victoria, The Menzies Foundation and The Wellcome Trust. 

Naomi’s work is represented in the collections of the Whitechapel Gallery London, La Banque Postale Paris, City of Maroondah, Melbourne and CICA Museum Korea and in private collections in Australia, NZ, Asia and Europe.

Find out more about Seven Levels of Invisibility by Naomi Bishop.

About Josh Deane

Josh Deane (Joshua-Deane Gower) is an award-winning emerging Palawa (trawlwoolway) artist and designer working across multiple disciplines, including contemporary painting, digital media, photography, mural art, and textile design.

His practice is driven by a deep commitment to translating personal journey and cultural heritage into bold, narrative-rich works and ready-to-wear fashion.

Find out more about SALVAGE by Josh Deane.

 

When

  • Friday 06 November 2026, 06:30 PM to 08:30 PM

Location

Parking: Due to an event at Kingston City Hall, parking may be limited on the night. Please allow extra time or consider public transport.

Kingston Arts Centre, 979 Nepean Highway, Moorabbin, 3189, View Map

Consider walking, cycling or using public transport options, leaving your car at home.

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