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Home of the Royal Queensland Art Society (Brisbane Branch) Inc.

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Unit 3, 162 Petrie Terrace, Brisbane, 4000 (just up from Roma St)

We are an open, vibrant society providing a community hub for all artists and art loving public. Our beautiful gallery is centrally located and easily accessed. We regularly hold new exhibitions in the gallery. Workshops and Life Drawing Classes are held regularly in the gallery and, as with most of our activities, anyone (not just members) can join in. You can privately hire:

  • our gallery spaces for private art exhibitions, classes and workshops.
  • our venue as a creative backdrop for corporate team-building sessions, concerts, fashion parades, book launches, auctions, fundraising and birthdays or baby showers.

Everyone is welcome to come along to events at the gallery which include monthly artist talks and social gatherings, exhibition openings and other events. Visit our facebook page (rqasBRIS) for more information. Please note the Gallery has limited accessibility for some of our events, please contact us via phone or email for more information.

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Coming up this weekend is our September artist talk, where Queen`s Wharf Brisbane Art Prize judge Jun Chen will be discussing his life and work.⁠
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Chen has been a regular finalist in the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and in 2013 won the Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize in Brisbane. In 2018, the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra commissioned Chen to paint a portrait of the Chinese-Australian former ballet dancer and current artistic director of the Queensland Ballet, Li Cunxin. Chen is represented in major Australian public collections including the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra; National Portrait Gallery, Canberra. Chen also has his work held in public collections in China and Sweden, and in private collections throughout Australia and Asia.⁠
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When: Sunday, 21st of September from 2pm to 4pm⁠
Where: Main gallery, Petrie Terrace Gallery (wheelchair accessible)⁠
Ticket Prices:⁠
- $5 for RQAS Brisbane Members⁠
- $15 for the Public⁠
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Although this is a member`s gathering, all are welcome to attend! Get your tickets here: https://events.humanitix.com/artist-talk-qwbap-judge-jun-chen ⁠
⁠
@queenswharf_brisbane⁠
@thestarbrisbane⁠

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Coming up this weekend is our September artist talk, where Queen's Wharf Brisbane Art Prize judge Jun Chen will be discussing his life and work.⁠ ⁠ Chen has been a regular finalist in the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and in 2013 won the Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize in Brisbane. In 2018, the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra commissioned Chen to paint a portrait of the Chinese-Australian former ballet dancer and current artistic director of the Queensland Ballet, Li Cunxin. Chen is represented in major Australian public collections including the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra; National Portrait Gallery, Canberra. Chen also has his work held in public collections in China and Sweden, and in private collections throughout Australia and Asia.⁠ ⁠ When: Sunday, 21st of September from 2pm to 4pm⁠ Where: Main gallery, Petrie Terrace Gallery (wheelchair accessible)⁠ Ticket Prices:⁠ - $5 for RQAS Brisbane Members⁠ - $15 for the Public⁠ ⁠ Although this is a member's gathering, all are welcome to attend! Get your tickets here: https://events.humanitix.com/artist-talk-qwbap-judge-jun-chen ⁠ ⁠ @queenswharf_brisbane⁠ @thestarbrisbane⁠

Coming up this weekend is our September artist talk, where Queen`s Wharf Brisbane Art Prize judge Jun Chen will be discussing his life and work.⁠
⁠
Chen has been a regular finalist in the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and in 2013 won the Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize in Brisbane. In 2018, the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra commissioned Chen to paint a portrait of the Chinese-Australian former ballet dancer and current artistic director of the Queensland Ballet, Li Cunxin. Chen is represented in major Australian public collections including the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra; National Portrait Gallery, Canberra. Chen also has his work held in public collections in China and Sweden, and in private collections throughout Australia and Asia.⁠
⁠
When: Sunday, 21st of September from 2pm to 4pm⁠
Where: Main gallery, Petrie Terrace Gallery (wheelchair accessible)⁠
Ticket Prices:⁠
- $5 for RQAS Brisbane Members⁠
- $15 for the Public⁠
⁠
Although this is a member`s gathering, all are welcome to attend! Get your tickets here: https://events.humanitix.com/artist-talk-qwbap-judge-jun-chen ⁠
⁠
@queenswharf_brisbane⁠
@thestarbrisbane⁠ ...

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Come into Petrie Terrace Gallery to see the many sides of Brisbane portrayed by our talented artists in the Queen`s Wharf Brisbane Art Prize!⁠
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Graham W. Smith says on his artwork pictured here:⁠
"Back in the 1920’s Neville Balgue applied to Wynnum Town Council and was given permission to build a timber boat slip just offshore from George Clayton Park on the Wynnum Foreshore so he could use it to careen and repaint anti fouling on his 22ft yacht “Lizzie”.⁠
Over the years it has rotted away and in 2023 Wynnum Manly Men`s Shed replaced it with a new structure. ⁠
⁠
As a Yachtmaster Offshore and local sailor I’ve driven along the foreshore since the seventies and I have completed over 50 paintings in all mediums in its many moods of this iconic structure to highlight it’s beauty from sunrise to moonrise at different tidal stages.⁠
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My connection was in June 2019, I was a guest speaker for their members and exhibitor of 20 paintings from my painting trip to “Fabriano-In-Acquarello” in Italy in May 2018 at the Wynnum Manly Men`s Shed. I donated a painting to them so they could raise funds to further their charity work, so this painting is my recognition of part of Wynnum’s history.⁠
The “Pelicans Roost” has been my inspiration for years!"⁠
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Artwork credit: Balgue`s Slip (Pelicans Roost) by Graham W. Smith FRQAS, Oil, $5800.⁠
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@queenswharf_brisbane⁠
@thestarbrisbane

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Come into Petrie Terrace Gallery to see the many sides of Brisbane portrayed by our talented artists in the Queen's Wharf Brisbane Art Prize!⁠ ⁠ Graham W. Smith says on his artwork pictured here:⁠ "Back in the 1920’s Neville Balgue applied to Wynnum Town Council and was given permission to build a timber boat slip just offshore from George Clayton Park on the Wynnum Foreshore so he could use it to careen and repaint anti fouling on his 22ft yacht “Lizzie”.⁠ Over the years it has rotted away and in 2023 Wynnum Manly Men's Shed replaced it with a new structure. ⁠ ⁠ As a Yachtmaster Offshore and local sailor I’ve driven along the foreshore since the seventies and I have completed over 50 paintings in all mediums in its many moods of this iconic structure to highlight it’s beauty from sunrise to moonrise at different tidal stages.⁠ ⁠ My connection was in June 2019, I was a guest speaker for their members and exhibitor of 20 paintings from my painting trip to “Fabriano-In-Acquarello” in Italy in May 2018 at the Wynnum Manly Men's Shed. I donated a painting to them so they could raise funds to further their charity work, so this painting is my recognition of part of Wynnum’s history.⁠ The “Pelicans Roost” has been my inspiration for years!"⁠ ⁠ Artwork credit: Balgue's Slip (Pelicans Roost) by Graham W. Smith FRQAS, Oil, $5800.⁠ ⁠ @queenswharf_brisbane⁠ @thestarbrisbane

Come into Petrie Terrace Gallery to see the many sides of Brisbane portrayed by our talented artists in the Queen`s Wharf Brisbane Art Prize!⁠
⁠
Graham W. Smith says on his artwork pictured here:⁠
"Back in the 1920’s Neville Balgue applied to Wynnum Town Council and was given permission to build a timber boat slip just offshore from George Clayton Park on the Wynnum Foreshore so he could use it to careen and repaint anti fouling on his 22ft yacht “Lizzie”.⁠
Over the years it has rotted away and in 2023 Wynnum Manly Men`s Shed replaced it with a new structure. ⁠
⁠
As a Yachtmaster Offshore and local sailor I’ve driven along the foreshore since the seventies and I have completed over 50 paintings in all mediums in its many moods of this iconic structure to highlight it’s beauty from sunrise to moonrise at different tidal stages.⁠
⁠
My connection was in June 2019, I was a guest speaker for their members and exhibitor of 20 paintings from my painting trip to “Fabriano-In-Acquarello” in Italy in May 2018 at the Wynnum Manly Men`s Shed. I donated a painting to them so they could raise funds to further their charity work, so this painting is my recognition of part of Wynnum’s history.⁠
The “Pelicans Roost” has been my inspiration for years!"⁠
⁠
Artwork credit: Balgue`s Slip (Pelicans Roost) by Graham W. Smith FRQAS, Oil, $5800.⁠
⁠
@queenswharf_brisbane⁠
@thestarbrisbane ...

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Time is running out! There are only 2 weeks left until the workshop, "Introduction to En Plein Air: Painting in the Landscape" run by artist and RQAS Fellow Richard Blundell 🎨✨⁠
Tickets are selling fast, make sure to buy your ticket now so that you don`t miss out!⁠
⁠
When: Saturday, 27th of September, 9am - 2pm⁠
Ticket price:⁠
- RQAS Brisbane members: $100⁠
- Non-Members: $120⁠
⁠
Location: Meet at Petrie Terrace Gallery. Workshop will be held in Hardgrave Park (across Petrie Terrace from the Gallery). Wet weather plan will be advised if necessary.⁠
⁠
Get your tickets here: https://events.humanitix.com/introduction-to-en-plein-air-sept2025

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Time is running out! There are only 2 weeks left until the workshop, "Introduction to En Plein Air: Painting in the Landscape" run by artist and RQAS Fellow Richard Blundell 🎨✨⁠ Tickets are selling fast, make sure to buy your ticket now so that you don't miss out!⁠ ⁠ When: Saturday, 27th of September, 9am - 2pm⁠ Ticket price:⁠ - RQAS Brisbane members: $100⁠ - Non-Members: $120⁠ ⁠ Location: Meet at Petrie Terrace Gallery. Workshop will be held in Hardgrave Park (across Petrie Terrace from the Gallery). Wet weather plan will be advised if necessary.⁠ ⁠ Get your tickets here: https://events.humanitix.com/introduction-to-en-plein-air-sept2025

Time is running out! There are only 2 weeks left until the workshop, "Introduction to En Plein Air: Painting in the Landscape" run by artist and RQAS Fellow Richard Blundell 🎨✨⁠
Tickets are selling fast, make sure to buy your ticket now so that you don`t miss out!⁠
⁠
When: Saturday, 27th of September, 9am - 2pm⁠
Ticket price:⁠
- RQAS Brisbane members: $100⁠
- Non-Members: $120⁠
⁠
Location: Meet at Petrie Terrace Gallery. Workshop will be held in Hardgrave Park (across Petrie Terrace from the Gallery). Wet weather plan will be advised if necessary.⁠
⁠
Get your tickets here: https://events.humanitix.com/introduction-to-en-plein-air-sept2025 ...

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The countdown is on - the Salon des Refusés will be coming to Petrie Terrace Gallery in October 2025, and it’s going to be unforgettable!⁠
⁠
To open the exhibition, on Friday, 10th of October at 7pm, join us for the Salon des Refusés Gala Night 🎨⁠
At this event we will announce the winning artworks, and the evening will also include live entertainment, canapes and nibbles, and your first drink is free with your ticket!⁠
⁠
Ticket prices:⁠
- RQAS Brisbane Branch Members tickets: $30⁠
- Non-Members tickets: $50⁠
⁠
Please RSVP by 3:30pm on Friday, 3rd of October. Tickets can be booked via Humanitix, but make sure to secure an invite soon as numbers are limited!⁠
https://events.humanitix.com/salon-des-refuses-gala-night-2025 ⁠
@brisbaneportraitprize

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The countdown is on - the Salon des Refusés will be coming to Petrie Terrace Gallery in October 2025, and it’s going to be unforgettable!⁠ ⁠ To open the exhibition, on Friday, 10th of October at 7pm, join us for the Salon des Refusés Gala Night 🎨⁠ At this event we will announce the winning artworks, and the evening will also include live entertainment, canapes and nibbles, and your first drink is free with your ticket!⁠ ⁠ Ticket prices:⁠ - RQAS Brisbane Branch Members tickets: $30⁠ - Non-Members tickets: $50⁠ ⁠ Please RSVP by 3:30pm on Friday, 3rd of October. Tickets can be booked via Humanitix, but make sure to secure an invite soon as numbers are limited!⁠ https://events.humanitix.com/salon-des-refuses-gala-night-2025 ⁠ @brisbaneportraitprize

The countdown is on - the Salon des Refusés will be coming to Petrie Terrace Gallery in October 2025, and it’s going to be unforgettable!⁠
⁠
To open the exhibition, on Friday, 10th of October at 7pm, join us for the Salon des Refusés Gala Night 🎨⁠
At this event we will announce the winning artworks, and the evening will also include live entertainment, canapes and nibbles, and your first drink is free with your ticket!⁠
⁠
Ticket prices:⁠
- RQAS Brisbane Branch Members tickets: $30⁠
- Non-Members tickets: $50⁠
⁠
Please RSVP by 3:30pm on Friday, 3rd of October. Tickets can be booked via Humanitix, but make sure to secure an invite soon as numbers are limited!⁠
https://events.humanitix.com/salon-des-refuses-gala-night-2025 ⁠
@brisbaneportraitprize ...

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Currently on show is the Queen`s Wharf Brisbane Art Prize, showcasing artworks like Life Goes on in the City by J Valenzuela Didi. ⁠
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The artist says about their artwork, "This painting, based on the Riverside Expressway in Brisbane, is part of an ongoing study of the structures that frame modern life. I’m drawn to these places we inhabit unconsciously — off-ramps, lamp posts, bridges — not for their drama, but for their quiet endurance. They are shrines of a kind. Uncelebrated, unremarked, but always there.⁠
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Brisbane reveals itself to me most clearly in these in-between spaces: the curve of concrete against a pale sky, the rhythm of streetlights reaching into the air. The way it holds movement, ambition, repetition. The way it asks nothing of us but becomes part of our lives all the same.⁠
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In painting these forms, I try to slow them down. To let them be seen not just as roads or structures, but as vessels of memory and meaning. This is not nostalgia, but a kind of reverence — for the overlooked, for the daily pilgrimage, for the quiet persistence of the city around us."⁠
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Artwork credit: Life Goes on in the City by J Valenzuela Didi, Acrylic, $3950.⁠
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@queenswharf_brisbane⁠
@thestarbrisbane

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Currently on show is the Queen's Wharf Brisbane Art Prize, showcasing artworks like Life Goes on in the City by J Valenzuela Didi. ⁠ ⁠ The artist says about their artwork, "This painting, based on the Riverside Expressway in Brisbane, is part of an ongoing study of the structures that frame modern life. I’m drawn to these places we inhabit unconsciously — off-ramps, lamp posts, bridges — not for their drama, but for their quiet endurance. They are shrines of a kind. Uncelebrated, unremarked, but always there.⁠ ⁠ Brisbane reveals itself to me most clearly in these in-between spaces: the curve of concrete against a pale sky, the rhythm of streetlights reaching into the air. The way it holds movement, ambition, repetition. The way it asks nothing of us but becomes part of our lives all the same.⁠ ⁠ In painting these forms, I try to slow them down. To let them be seen not just as roads or structures, but as vessels of memory and meaning. This is not nostalgia, but a kind of reverence — for the overlooked, for the daily pilgrimage, for the quiet persistence of the city around us."⁠ ⁠ Artwork credit: Life Goes on in the City by J Valenzuela Didi, Acrylic, $3950.⁠ ⁠ @queenswharf_brisbane⁠ @thestarbrisbane

Currently on show is the Queen`s Wharf Brisbane Art Prize, showcasing artworks like Life Goes on in the City by J Valenzuela Didi. ⁠
⁠
The artist says about their artwork, "This painting, based on the Riverside Expressway in Brisbane, is part of an ongoing study of the structures that frame modern life. I’m drawn to these places we inhabit unconsciously — off-ramps, lamp posts, bridges — not for their drama, but for their quiet endurance. They are shrines of a kind. Uncelebrated, unremarked, but always there.⁠
⁠
Brisbane reveals itself to me most clearly in these in-between spaces: the curve of concrete against a pale sky, the rhythm of streetlights reaching into the air. The way it holds movement, ambition, repetition. The way it asks nothing of us but becomes part of our lives all the same.⁠
⁠
In painting these forms, I try to slow them down. To let them be seen not just as roads or structures, but as vessels of memory and meaning. This is not nostalgia, but a kind of reverence — for the overlooked, for the daily pilgrimage, for the quiet persistence of the city around us."⁠
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Artwork credit: Life Goes on in the City by J Valenzuela Didi, Acrylic, $3950.⁠
⁠
@queenswharf_brisbane⁠
@thestarbrisbane ...

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🎉 Announcing the finalists for the Salon des Refusés 2025 at Petrie Terrace Gallery!⁠
Congratulations to all the artists selected in the 2025 Salon des Refusés, run in partnership with the Brisbane Portrait Prize.⁠
⁠
Check out the RQAS website for all the Salon des Refusés participants in our latest news post 🖼️⁠
Please contact us if you have not yet received your email from Petrie Terrace Gallery. ⁠
⁠
#SalonDesRefusés2025 #PetrieTerraceGallery #PortraitPrize #ArtThatProvokes #BraveNewBrush⁠
@brisbaneportraitprize

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🎉 Announcing the finalists for the Salon des Refusés 2025 at Petrie Terrace Gallery!⁠ Congratulations to all the artists selected in the 2025 Salon des Refusés, run in partnership with the Brisbane Portrait Prize.⁠ ⁠ Check out the RQAS website for all the Salon des Refusés participants in our latest news post 🖼️⁠ Please contact us if you have not yet received your email from Petrie Terrace Gallery. ⁠ ⁠ #SalonDesRefusés2025 #PetrieTerraceGallery #PortraitPrize #ArtThatProvokes #BraveNewBrush⁠ @brisbaneportraitprize

🎉 Announcing the finalists for the Salon des Refusés 2025 at Petrie Terrace Gallery!⁠
Congratulations to all the artists selected in the 2025 Salon des Refusés, run in partnership with the Brisbane Portrait Prize.⁠
⁠
Check out the RQAS website for all the Salon des Refusés participants in our latest news post 🖼️⁠
Please contact us if you have not yet received your email from Petrie Terrace Gallery. ⁠
⁠
#SalonDesRefusés2025 #PetrieTerraceGallery #PortraitPrize #ArtThatProvokes #BraveNewBrush⁠
@brisbaneportraitprize ...

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Not only does Queen`s Wharf Brisbane Art Prize highlight Brisbane`s popular landmarks and well-known locations, but the smaller, everyday spots that you might see in your local area or on your neighbourhood walk, such as in Moments and Memories by Kate Marek 🌿🖌️⁠
⁠
This exhibition is on show at Petrie Terrace Gallery until Sunday, 28th of September, we hope to see you in the gallery soon.⁠
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Artwork credit: Moments and Memories by Kate Marek, Oil on Aluminium Panels, $9900.⁠
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@queenswharf_brisbane⁠
@thestarbrisbane

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Not only does Queen's Wharf Brisbane Art Prize highlight Brisbane's popular landmarks and well-known locations, but the smaller, everyday spots that you might see in your local area or on your neighbourhood walk, such as in Moments and Memories by Kate Marek 🌿🖌️⁠ ⁠ This exhibition is on show at Petrie Terrace Gallery until Sunday, 28th of September, we hope to see you in the gallery soon.⁠ ⁠ Artwork credit: Moments and Memories by Kate Marek, Oil on Aluminium Panels, $9900.⁠ ⁠ @queenswharf_brisbane⁠ @thestarbrisbane

Not only does Queen`s Wharf Brisbane Art Prize highlight Brisbane`s popular landmarks and well-known locations, but the smaller, everyday spots that you might see in your local area or on your neighbourhood walk, such as in Moments and Memories by Kate Marek 🌿🖌️⁠
⁠
This exhibition is on show at Petrie Terrace Gallery until Sunday, 28th of September, we hope to see you in the gallery soon.⁠
⁠
Artwork credit: Moments and Memories by Kate Marek, Oil on Aluminium Panels, $9900.⁠
⁠
@queenswharf_brisbane⁠
@thestarbrisbane ...

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