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Welcome to Petrie Terrace Gallery
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.
LATEST NEWS
Winners – 2024 Biennial exhibitions: Queensland Figurative and Young Artist Award
Winners – 2024 Salon des Refusés
Winners – 134th RQAS Members Annual exhibition
Host Your Next Art Exhibition at Petrie Terrace Gallery!
Winners – Brisbane: Landmarks, Landscapes and Personalities 2024
Winners – Abstraction 2024
Hidden Gems 2024 – Peoples Choice Winner
What’s On – 2024 Exhibitions
The Art of Imagination 2023 – Prize Winners
Salon des Refusés 2023 – Prize Winners
Winners – Materially Designed 2023
Winners – 133rd Members Annual 2023
Brisbane: Landmarks, Landscapes and Personalities 2023 – Winners
Splash 2023 – Winners
Harold & Agnes Richardson Drawing Prize 2023 – Winners
What’s on – 2023 Exhibitions
An Artists Place – Prize Winners
Presentation Guidelines
Artist Opportunities for 2023 Exhibitions
Salon des Refusés 2022 – Prize Winners
Salon des Refusés 2022 – Finalists
Salon des Refusés 2022 – Selectors
Winners – Queensland Figurative 2022
Winners – Young Artist Award 2022
Winners – 132nd Members Annual 2022
Winners – Different Dimensions 2022
Winners – Abstraction 2022
Winners – Brisbane: Landmarks, Landscapes & Personalities 2022
Salon des Refuses – Petrie Terrace Gallery Award Winners
Salon des Refusés 2021 – Selections
Winners – Art of Imagination
Winners – 131st Members Annual 2021
People’s Choice Winner Light and Dark
Winners – Harold & Agnes Richardson Drawing Prize 2021
Winners – Different Dimensions 2021
Winners – Abstraction 2021
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS 2021 and BEYOND
The Gift of Art 2020
GALLERY CLOSED THIS SUNDAY, 13TH DECEMBER DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS PREDICTED FOR BRISBANE
Salon des Refuses – Winners 2020
Young Artist Award 2020 Finalists
The Finalists of the Salon des Refuses 2020
Queensland Figurative 2020 Finalists
Winners – Abstraction 2020
Elements 2020 Online
Abstraction 2020
Online Exhibition
Remembering Ruby Eaves (1943-2019)
En Plein Air Exhibition 2019
Drawing: the fortifying element in any artist’s work
Tom Petrie’s Diaries and other Gems
Volunteer Positions Available
Winners from Elegant Chaos: A Celebration of Still Life
Brisbane City Council supports 2019 Paint Out in Roma Street Parkland
Call for Nominations for the Brisbane Branch Committee
Abstraction 2019 Winners
Happy Easter!
Brisbane: Landscapes, Landmarks and Personalities 2019
Women’s Work: Celebrating the Female Contribution To The Arts
The Royal Queensland Art Society “Fellows” – a potted history
Final Member’s Exhibition and Holiday Closing Times
The River City Shares It’s Secrets
The Young Artist Award 2018
The Harold and Agnes Richardson Drawing Prize 2018
RQAS Biennial 2018
The Queensland Figurative 2018
Modernism: Fast not Fleeting
“Cutting Both Sides of The Line”
The Verlie Just Collection
Brisbane: Landmarks, Landscapes and Personalities 2018
Chiaroscuro : Beauty in Contrast
Abstract Exhibition 2018
Christmas Art Markets
RQAS 2017 Watercolour Exhibition
RQAS 127th Member’s Annual Exhibition 2017
Prize Winners for the Agnes and Harold Richardson Drawing Award.
Winners from Diversity in Print Exhibition
The Agnes & Harold Richardson Memorial Drawing Prize-A Brief History
Royal Queensland Art Society Biennial at Petrie Terrace Gallery
State President’s Report
Members Donate Prize to New Watercolour Exhibition
EXCURSION TO THE SUPREME COURT BUILDINGS FOR A TOUR OF THE ARTWORKS THEREIN
Winners of the 125th RQAS Annual exhibition
Open Day & Art Market-July 2015
Royal Queensland Art Society “Fellows” − a potted history
125th RQAS Annual Exhibition and Artist Entry Form
Diversity in Print 2015
Peoples choice from the RQAS members show Nature Morte
Winners of the Queensland Figurative 2014
Finalists for the Queensland Figurative 2014
Winners from the RQAS Annual 2014
Entry Date to Queensland Figurative EXTENDED by popular demand to 8th September.
Entry form with T&C’s for the Queensland Figurative 2014
Exciting New Figurative Prize
Print Winners 2014
Diversity in Print
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Although entries are now closed the Small Art Show, there is still plenty of time to work on your entry for the 2025 Hidden Gems exhibition!
This is an open themed exhibition, which gives artists the opportunity to display the artworks that haven`t fit into other exhibition themes, or those which have been hidden under the bed, or at the back of the cupboard.
Entry forms and more information are available at rqas.com.au. Give your Hidden Gems a chance to shine!
Although entries are now closed the Small Art Show, there is still plenty of time to work on your entry for the 2025 Hidden Gems exhibition!
This is an open themed exhibition, which gives artists the opportunity to display the artworks that haven`t fit into other exhibition themes, or those which have been hidden under the bed, or at the back of the cupboard.
Entry forms and more information are available at rqas.com.au. Give your Hidden Gems a chance to shine!
The winner of the RQAS Queensland Figurative People`s Choice Award goes to Johnny Huang for his artwork, Beauty in Bloom. Congratulations to Johnny for a wonderful entry! We would also like to extend thanks to everyone who has voted in the People`s Choice Award.
The Queensland Figurative has now closed, but from Tuesday, 5th of November, Connected Visions will be on display at Petrie Terrace Gallery.
Artwork credit: Beauty in Bloom by Johnny Huang, Oil, $4000 @minja8454
The winner of the RQAS Queensland Figurative People`s Choice Award goes to Johnny Huang for his artwork, Beauty in Bloom. Congratulations to Johnny for a wonderful entry! We would also like to extend thanks to everyone who has voted in the People`s Choice Award.
The Queensland Figurative has now closed, but from Tuesday, 5th of November, Connected Visions will be on display at Petrie Terrace Gallery.
Artwork credit: Beauty in Bloom by Johnny Huang, Oil, $4000 @minja8454
Entries are now open for the 2025 Harold and Agnes Richardson Drawing Prize! This prize celebrates the practice of drawing, a foundational skill for good artistic practice. Artists are invited to submit drawings completed in a variety of media including (but not limited to) pencil, charcoal, or pen.
Entry Form Due Date: Wednesday, 29th January 2025, 3:30pm
RQAS Brisbane Members Entry Fee: $30
Non-Members Entry Fee: $45
For entry forms and more information please visit rqas.com.au
Entries are now open for the 2025 Harold and Agnes Richardson Drawing Prize! This prize celebrates the practice of drawing, a foundational skill for good artistic practice. Artists are invited to submit drawings completed in a variety of media including (but not limited to) pencil, charcoal, or pen.
Entry Form Due Date: Wednesday, 29th January 2025, 3:30pm
RQAS Brisbane Members Entry Fee: $30
Non-Members Entry Fee: $45
For entry forms and more information please visit rqas.com.au
🎨💫 There`s not much time left now to see the Queensland Figurative; the exhibition closes this Sunday, 27th of October.
Don`t forget to purchase tickets for the Biennial closing event on Sunday, 27th of October at 1pm ✨ At this event we will announce the winner of the People`s Choice Award, the winners of the art raffle, and entrants will be able to pick up their artworks.
Go to Humanitix to book your ticket: https://events.humanitix.com/rqas-biennial-closing-event
Artwork credit: The Toohey Forest Ballerinas (Including Self-Portrait) by Isabella Allis, Oil, $3300 @isabella_allis_artist
🎨💫 There`s not much time left now to see the Queensland Figurative; the exhibition closes this Sunday, 27th of October.
Don`t forget to purchase tickets for the Biennial closing event on Sunday, 27th of October at 1pm ✨ At this event we will announce the winner of the People`s Choice Award, the winners of the art raffle, and entrants will be able to pick up their artworks.
Go to Humanitix to book your ticket: https://events.humanitix.com/rqas-biennial-closing-event
Artwork credit: The Toohey Forest Ballerinas (Including Self-Portrait) by Isabella Allis, Oil, $3300 @isabella_allis_artist
The Queensland Figurative and Young Artist Award are now in their last days at Petrie Terrace Gallery...
The Biennial exhibitions close on Sunday, 27th of October, and to end this exhibition in style we are hosting a closing event at the gallery at 1pm on the last day ✨
Go to Humanitix to book your ticket, you won`t want to miss out!
https://events.humanitix.com/rqas-biennial-closing-event
The Queensland Figurative and Young Artist Award are now in their last days at Petrie Terrace Gallery...
The Biennial exhibitions close on Sunday, 27th of October, and to end this exhibition in style we are hosting a closing event at the gallery at 1pm on the last day ✨
Go to Humanitix to book your ticket, you won`t want to miss out!
https://events.humanitix.com/rqas-biennial-closing-event
🌟 Step into Petrie Terrace Gallery and discover the vibrant world of art created by our talented young artists in the 2024 Young Artist Award! Each piece tells a unique story, and for many of our young artists is the first time they have displayed their artwork in a gallery 🎨💫
Tickets are available for the Biennial Closing event on Sunday, 27th of October at 1pm. Come along to hear first prize winner Dylan Jones speak about his artwork in the Queensland Figurative.
Go to Humanitix to book your ticket: https://events.humanitix.com/rqas-biennial-closing-event
Artwork credit: Glareful Watch by Nashia Eade, Graphite, $200.
🌟 Step into Petrie Terrace Gallery and discover the vibrant world of art created by our talented young artists in the 2024 Young Artist Award! Each piece tells a unique story, and for many of our young artists is the first time they have displayed their artwork in a gallery 🎨💫
Tickets are available for the Biennial Closing event on Sunday, 27th of October at 1pm. Come along to hear first prize winner Dylan Jones speak about his artwork in the Queensland Figurative.
Go to Humanitix to book your ticket: https://events.humanitix.com/rqas-biennial-closing-event
Artwork credit: Glareful Watch by Nashia Eade, Graphite, $200.
Attention all artists! Tomorrow is your last chance to enter the Small Art Show! Entries close at 3:30pm sharp on Wednesday, 23rd of October.
With entry fees only being $10 for RQAS Members and $20 for non-members per artwork, this is not an exhibition you want to miss!
Enter at rqas.com.au
Attention all artists! Tomorrow is your last chance to enter the Small Art Show! Entries close at 3:30pm sharp on Wednesday, 23rd of October.
With entry fees only being $10 for RQAS Members and $20 for non-members per artwork, this is not an exhibition you want to miss!
Enter at rqas.com.au
This week is your last chance to see the Biennial Queensland Figurative and Young Artist Award, as both exhibitions close this Sunday, 27th of October.
Don`t forget to buy your tickets for the Biennial closing event! At this event we will announce the winner of the People`s Choice Award, the winners of the art raffle, and entrants will be able to pick up their artworks.
Go to Humanitix to book your ticket: https://events.humanitix.com/rqas-biennial-closing-event
Artwork credit: Northern Wind by Olga Bakhtina, Oil, $2600
This week is your last chance to see the Biennial Queensland Figurative and Young Artist Award, as both exhibitions close this Sunday, 27th of October.
Don`t forget to buy your tickets for the Biennial closing event! At this event we will announce the winner of the People`s Choice Award, the winners of the art raffle, and entrants will be able to pick up their artworks.
Go to Humanitix to book your ticket: https://events.humanitix.com/rqas-biennial-closing-event
Artwork credit: Northern Wind by Olga Bakhtina, Oil, $2600
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