About the Toyota Community Spirit Gallery

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The Toyota Community Spirit Gallery is located in Toyota Australia's corporate headquarters in Port Melbourne at 155 Bertie Street.

The gallery aims to provide space for artists, especially emerging artists to show their work. The gallery opened in July 2004 and runs a continuous program of exhibitions. The program is focused on local artists but also includes works by regional and interstate artists. Currently the works of more than 850 artists have been exhibitied. The space is provided free of charge to exhibiting artists, no commission is charged on sales and Toyota provides an exhibition launch and develops a catalogue for each exhibition.

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Toyota is working with the Hobsons Bay City Council, City of Port Phillip on the Toyota Community Spirit project.

The Community Spirit Gallery is open to the public at Toyota Australia's Corporate Headquarters, 155 Bertie St, Port Melbourne Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm (closed on public holidays).

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Mimi Dennett

Mimi Dennett appeared in the MORWELL AND CHURCHILL ADVERTISER – Monday, 17 December, 2012 with her work that was in the Sculpture 2012 - Brave New World exhibition at Toyota. Read full article

a glimpse through the trees by The Winged Collective from the 2011 sculpture exhibition Flourish

Red Cupid with Fern & Yellow Cupid with pink dots by Augustus Firestone from the 2011 sculpture exhibition Flourish

Strange News from Another Star # 6 by Mina Young from the 2008 exhibition Money Myth

Sue Manski

Sue Manski with her work, Completeness
Acrylic on antique mirror, 56 x 56 x 56cm, 2011 from the 2012 Emerging Artist exhibition Urban Creatures

Geoffrey Ricardo sculpture, Longer truths, longer lies (detail) painted & patinated copper from the 2008 Sculpture exhibition, Cryptozoology

Kathy Holowko's work "Searching for the Evidence of the Evolution of Beauty"

Kathy Holowko's work "Searching for Evidence of the Evolution of Beauty", from 2011 The Undergraduate Exhition & Awards

Julie Stevens

Julie Stevens work Half Life from Sculpture 2011 Flourish exhibition

Kon Dimopoulous

Kon Dimopoulos work Firebird from the inaugural sculpture exhibition Metaphysics

Ruth Allen & John Thwaites

John Thwaites with Ruth Allen, winner of the 2006 Toyota Artist Travel Award

Young & Free

for we are young and free exhibition & awards

Download Catalogue (pdf 4.2MB)

Congratulations to the following winners

$3000 First Prize: Sophie Curzon-Siggers

$2000 Second Prize: Sally Walshe

$1000 Third Prize: Daniel Savage

Highly Commended: Mr. Wright, The Winged Collective & Anna McGrath

Toyota Community Spirit Gallery presents

50 emerging artists from the cities of Hobsons Bay, Port Phillip & Beyond

TIME AND TIDE

LIVING AND SURVIVING IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Now on until 27 June 2013

Download Catalogue (pdf 2.5MB)

Download Invitation (pdf 328kb)

Toyota Australia, 155 Bertie St, Port Melbourne
[Mel Ref 2E B11] 109 Tram, Stop 127, North Port Station/Lightrail Port Melbourne.
Open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. Closed public holidays
Exhibition continues until 27 June 2013
Inquiries Ken Wong 0419 570 846 or info@watcharts.com.au

EXHIBITORS Stuart Amos, Kim Anderson, Alana Aphoy, Garry Arnephy, Colin Bennison, Gayle Bodsworth, Iris Bonello, Emily Boyle, Laura Carthew, Andrew Clarke, Julian Clavijo, Virginia Coghill, Maree Coote, Alexander Dathe, Rhys Davis, Peter Georgakis, Sharon Greenaway, Rachael Hallinan, Lily Halton, Rebecca Hillis, Amaya Iturri, Vicky Kanellopoulos, Roz Kennedy, linke, Frances Loriente, Carmel Louise, Larissa MacFarlane, Leah Mariani, Kim McKechnie, Mark Daniel McLaughlin, Tatiana Mezin, Monique Morter, Keiko Murakami, Gervaise Netherway, Peter Newton, Kim Preston, Alun Rhys Jones, Tanya Salter, Ann Spitzer, Adam Stone, Jim Tatlis, Mitch Walder, Annie Hsiao-Wen Wang, Charlotte Wensley, Vanessa White, Jodi Wiley, Bernii Wood, Daniel Worth, Yeok, 23rd Key CURATOR Ken Wong

View photos from the opening night here

The Toyota Community Spirit Gallery project is mounted in consultation with Hobsons Bay City Council and the City of Port Phillip.

Martin Lang - Control Tower

Opens April 11, 2013 @ The Substation

Martin was the winner of the Hobsons Bay City Council Award at the The Undergraduate exhibition and awards held at Toyota Community Spirit Gallery in 2011.

Martin's prize was a mentored exhibition at The Substation including an exhibition budget of $1000 from Toyota.

Learn more about Martin and his work

Toyota Australia congratulates Erika Gofton, recipient of the $10,000 Toyota Community Spirit Artist Travel Award 2012

Erica Gofton & Max Yasuda

Erica Gofton

Erika plans to partake in a residency at Point B Worklodge in New York City along with research and development of new works for exhibition in 2014 including visits to galleries in New York and London. She will also attend mentoring sessions with artist Alyssa Monks and participate in the Drawing Marathon at The New York Studio School which will form the basis of future drawing workshops at The Substation in Hobson’s Bay in 2013.

Also congratulations to Sabina Maselli who recieved the $2000 Highly Commended Award and to our other finalists Santina Amato, Mimi Dennett and Melanie Irwin. Learn more about each artists projects.

Image above: Erika is congratulated by Toyota Australia President, Max Yasuda

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Past Exhibitions

Take a look at our past exhibition catalogues here

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Toyota Community Spirit Gallery presents

SCULPTURE 2012 - BRAVE NEW WORLD

November 27 2012 to March 13, 2013

the eighth annual exhibition showcasing the diversity and excellence of sculpture practice in Victoria

This exhibition was opened on 27 November by Professor Callum Morton, Head of Fine Art, MADA (Monash Art Design & Architecture).

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Download invitation (pdf 762KB)

Exhibitors: George Alamidis, Anne Anderson, Emma Anna, Alan Annells, Marynes Avila, Mohd Khairi Baharom, Rob Ball, Don Barrett, Drasko Boljevic, Carolyn Cardinet, Albert Yi-Fu Chen, Bruce Cleal, Mark Cowie, Mimi Dennett, Paul Dew, Sean Diamond, Andy Dudok, Frank Duyker, Sai-Wai Foo. Sione Francis, Avis Gardner,, Kate Gorman, Mandy Gunn, Tegan Hamilton, Owen Hammond, Rowena Hannan, Matthew Harding, Dana Harris, Anton Hasell, Brian Helmkamp, Liz Henderson, Mark Henry, Nick Ilton, Melanie Irwin, Amelia Johannes, Cath Johnston, Stephanie Karavasilis, Andrew Kimpton, Jennifer Leggett, Sally Lie, Joanne Linsdell, Georgia MacGuire, Katherine Marmaras, David Marshall, Sheena Mathieson, Andrew McPherson, Samantha Menzies, Martin Moore, Mutsumi Nozaki, John Owe Young, Sherry Paddon, Norian Paicu, Anuradha Patel, Kirsten Perry, Jackie Ralph, Geoffrey Ricardo, Robyn Rich, Anna Robertson, Shoso Shimbo, Jeremy Shub, Adrian Spurr, Jenny Steiner, Kerry Strauss, Tul Suwannakit, Ronak Taher, Kim Tarpey, Brendon Taylor, Christopher Taylor, Pimpisa Tinpalit, Liz Walker, Carmel Wallace, Brook Winfield, Keren Zamir

Curator: Ken Wong

Image Above & bottom right: The end The beginning by Geoffrey Ricardo, painted & patinated copper 2012. Top left: After Linnaeus II, Mild steel, 2012 by Andrew Kimpton. Top right: View of the outdoor works, bottom left, Forest Angels, salvaged cypress 2012 by Jeremy Shub.

Above and below: Sean Diamond's work Solar System, recycled industrial steel 2012.

The Toyota Community Spirit Gallery project is mounted in consultation with Hobsons Bay City Council and the City of Port Phillip.

The 2012 Urban Creatures emerging artists from the cities of Hobsons Bay, Port Phillip & beyond was a great success. See more from the opening night and download the catalogue here

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