ARE YOU ENTERING THE ARCHIBALD, WYNNE OR SULMAN THIS YEAR? DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES 28TH MARCH – IF YOU ARE NOT SELECTED AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW YOUR WORK IN THE REAL REFUSES

REAL REFUSES

THE DEMOCRATIC ARCHIBALD PRIZE !

ALL WORKS GUARANTEED TO BE HUNG!!

Saturday 7th June marks the 30th Anniversary of Australia’s 3rd largest Archibald  Event – Real Refuses – where artists not selected for the ARCHIBALD, WYNNE, SULMAN Art Prizes exhibit their work at TAP Gallery in Surry Hills to win the popular “People’s Choice Award”, selected by the public on the night.

Real Refuses has become firmly established as part of the “Archibald Season”.

While it is an exhibition of rejected artwork, it is much more than that…

It is about giving a fair go to all the artists involved in Australia’s largest art events.

Not everyone can win an Archibald but here everyone can exhibit along side their peers. (You’ll find past winners of Australia’s biggest art prizes here as well!)

In the past an extraordinary range of subjects have been shown, from well known musicians, actors, politicians including the NSW Premier, Mayor of Willoughby, Anthony Mundeen, Tony Abbott, Leo Sawyer, the then Prime Minister John Howard, Madame Lash, Elizabeth Cummings, Professor Bruce James Brew, and Jaiwei, (a winner of the Sulman.)

We can’t wait to see the works not selected this year!

 

TAP GALLERY, 259 Riley St Surry Hills

GALA OPENING: Saturday 7th June 5-8pm 2016

(includes the “People’s Choice Award”)

proudly sponsored by MEL & CO

Prizes to be won!

ON VIEW  2 -16 June 12-6pm Daily

CONTACT: Lesley Dimmick, TAP GALLERY on 0400610440.

34th Birthday Group Show & Madhatters Party - Tap Gallery

Calling All Artists to submit artwork in the NEW GROUP SHOW celebrating TAP’s 34th Birthday

34th Birthday Show & Madhatters Party

CALLING ALL ARTISTS

NEW GROUP SHOW CELEBRATING TAP’S 34TH BIRTHDAY

DELIVER WORKS TO TAP BY THE 15TH JULY 2024

$25 Entry per artwork.  All Media

Opening drinks Saturday 20th July @ 4 pm

TAP’S Birthday Party Saturday 27th July @ 4 pm.

MADHATTERS HIGH-TEA PARTY

PRIZE FOR BEST HEAD DRESS

34th Birthday Group Show & Mad Hatters Party -Tap Gallery

www.tapgallery.org.au
Email: info@tapgallery.org.au * Telephone: 0400610440
Level 1, 259 Riley St, Surry Hills NSW 2010

34th Birthday Group Show

kingsXstitch - Erotic Cross Stitch - Adam & Damian - Tap Gallery

EROTIC CROSS STITCH – ADAM & DAMIAN 15TH – 21ST APRIL 2024. BIG OPENING TUESDAY 16 APRIL 6PM. ALL WELCOME

kingsXstitch Erotic Cross Stitch Exhibition – Adam & Damian

Adam & Damian’s EROTIC CROSS STITCH EXHIBITION

15TH – 21ST APRIL 2024
Meet the artists’ Talk – Saturday 20th April at 3 pm

kingsXstitch takes what’s meant to be quick digital images shared between two sexually charged men, and transforms them into slow and deliberate cross stitch pieces: a medium typically reserved for much more traditional, wholesome subjects.

This exhibition primarily features the two artists and their friends as subjects, and by placing the pieces in a public space aims to be a second ‘coming out’ for the sexual shame that many gay men still may carry.

Erotic Cross Stitch - Adam & Damian - Tap GalleryErotic Cross Stitch - Adam & Damian - Tap Gallery

TAP Gallery: tapgallery.org.au
Youtube: TAP TV – @TapGallerySydney
Instagram: @tapgallery and #tapgallery
Email: info@tapgallery.org.au * Telephone: 0400610440 .
Level 1, 259 Riley St, Surry Hills NSW 2010

kingsXstitch – Erotic Cross Stitch

ANGELA BYRNE – Reflections of the MIND & EYE 18-31st March 2024. Opening function Thursday 21st March 6pm. Artist talk Saturday 23rd 3pm

Angela Byrne – Reflections of the Mind & Eye

Reflections of the MIND & EYE

Angle Byrne - Mind & Eye - Tap Gallery

Opening Night Thursday 21st March 2024 at 6 pm

Do you like the work of Dali and Hopper? Then Reflections of the Mind & Eye is a must see.

Come see the artwork of American artist, Angela Byrne.

Artist talk Saturday 23rd 3pm

Influenced by Surrealism and American Realism these artworks reflect both the inner world of the mind and emotion and the outer world of beauty.

To learn more about the artist visit  https://www.byrneartstudio.co

New Year Group Show 2024 Tap Gallery

FIRST GROUP SHOW of 2024 extended until Sunday 11th Feb. Artists talk Saturday 10th Feb 3pm. All welcome.

New Year Group Show 2024

New Year Launch 2024
1st Group Show
NEW GEMS
Paintings, Photography, Sculpture, Printing, All Media

Drinks with the Artists
Thursday 1st Feb, 6pm

See video of the event (TAP TV on YouTube).

extended until Sunday 11th Feb.

Artists talk Saturday 10th Feb 3pm.

All welcome.

EXHIBITION RUNS 29 JAN – 11 FEB 2024

TAP Gallery: tapgallery.org.au
Youtube: TAP TV – @TapGallerySydney
Instagram: @tapgallery and #tapgallery
Email: info@tapgallery.org.au * Telephone: 0400610440 .
Level 1, 259 Riley St, Surry Hills NSW 2010

New Year Group Show 2024

DAVID SWEENEY’S FIRST EXHIBITION – 19TH – 24TH DECEMBER – OFFICIAL FUNCTION TUESDAY 19TH 6-9PM.

David Sweeney first exhibition


“Lesley Dimmick has reminded me that my exhibition is imminent and that it is time to write a spiel to promote it. And with her reminder, reality bared their teeth. Another commitment looming and I am racing to get ready!   Not only that, I am also obliged to write something credible about my paintings.

I will be exhibiting framed works of oil paintings on paper and a couple of framed colour pencil drawings of the East Sydney Hotel in action.  They have been framed by Sokquon Tran. The framing is modern and the craftsmanship is so good it could have been undertaken in Amsterdam during the Dutch Golden Age. I am also completing oil paintings on canvas and linen.   I will need as much time as possible between now and when I hang on 18 December 2023 to finish painting; so if you come to my exhibition, please don’t touch them! 😊

The paintings will be a mix of portraits, self portraits, seascapes, and landscapes. Some will be more trippy than others. 

Thank you

David Sweeney”

TAP Gallery: tapgallery.org.au
Youtube: @TapGallerySydney – TAP TV
Instagram: @tapgallery and #tapgallery
Email: info@tapgallery.org.au * Telephone: 0400610440 .
Level 1, 259 Riley St, Surry Hills NSW 2010

David Sweeney First Exhibition