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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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Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 RQAS Queensland Figurative! Pictured here is winner of Second Prize, Dig In by Dylan Jones.⁠
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This artwork was judged by Julie Fragar and below are her comments on the piece:⁠ ⁠
Jones’ painting embodies an easy domesticity, but in their case, the intimacy is doubled by the casual but dexterous application of paint. We have a strong sense of the moment the painting was made and are invited to relive it in the present. The perspective also means we don’t feel external to the painting; we are together with the subject, seated at the table along with other imagined subjects beyond the frame. It`s a seriously lively painting that makes us feel we are a part of a larger gathering, and it`s quite sure of itself. ⁠
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The exhibition will be on show until Sunday, 10th of May at Petrie Terrace Gallery. Make sure to come into the gallery to see all of the finalists, and place your vote for the People`s Choice Award!⁠
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Artwork credit: Dig In by Dylan Jones, Gouache on Paper, $4000 @dylanjonesart⁠
@julie.fragar

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Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 RQAS Queensland Figurative! Pictured here is winner of Second Prize, Dig In by Dylan Jones.⁠ ⁠ This artwork was judged by Julie Fragar and below are her comments on the piece:⁠ ⁠ Jones’ painting embodies an easy domesticity, but in their case, the intimacy is doubled by the casual but dexterous application of paint. We have a strong sense of the moment the painting was made and are invited to relive it in the present. The perspective also means we don’t feel external to the painting; we are together with the subject, seated at the table along with other imagined subjects beyond the frame. It's a seriously lively painting that makes us feel we are a part of a larger gathering, and it's quite sure of itself. ⁠ ⁠ The exhibition will be on show until Sunday, 10th of May at Petrie Terrace Gallery. Make sure to come into the gallery to see all of the finalists, and place your vote for the People's Choice Award!⁠ ⁠ Artwork credit: Dig In by Dylan Jones, Gouache on Paper, $4000 @dylanjonesart⁠ @julie.fragar

Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 RQAS Queensland Figurative! Pictured here is winner of Second Prize, Dig In by Dylan Jones.⁠
⁠
This artwork was judged by Julie Fragar and below are her comments on the piece:⁠ ⁠
Jones’ painting embodies an easy domesticity, but in their case, the intimacy is doubled by the casual but dexterous application of paint. We have a strong sense of the moment the painting was made and are invited to relive it in the present. The perspective also means we don’t feel external to the painting; we are together with the subject, seated at the table along with other imagined subjects beyond the frame. It`s a seriously lively painting that makes us feel we are a part of a larger gathering, and it`s quite sure of itself. ⁠
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The exhibition will be on show until Sunday, 10th of May at Petrie Terrace Gallery. Make sure to come into the gallery to see all of the finalists, and place your vote for the People`s Choice Award!⁠
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Artwork credit: Dig In by Dylan Jones, Gouache on Paper, $4000 @dylanjonesart⁠
@julie.fragar ...

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Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 RQAS Queensland Figurative! Pictured here is winner of First Prize, "I can`t wear yellow" by Carol Goodwin.⁠
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This artwork was judged by Julie Fragar and below are her comments on the piece:⁠ ⁠
It was a great surprise to me that it was this small and unassuming painting by Carol Goodwin that exercised the strongest gravitational pull. The subject, or two subjects, appear completely comfortable in their domestic reality. The woman, who seems so sure of herself, meets the viewer’s gaze with a combination of intimacy, generosity and toughness. The composition is simple but perfectly balanced. It reads to me like a sort of contemporary domestic Australian variation of some of the paintings of Spanish Modernist painter Ramon Casas whose lounging women are ambivalent about whether we turn up to meet them or not. That ambivalence makes the subjects even more compelling because there is no performative desperation about them. Once I locked eyes with this subject (and her dog), I couldn’t turn away. It felt like a genuine human connection. You can’t ask much more of a figurative painting than that.⁠
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The exhibition will be on show until Sunday, 10th of May at Petrie Terrace Gallery. Make sure to come into the gallery to see all of the finalists, and place your vote for the People`s Choice Award!⁠
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Artwork credit: "I can`t wear yellow" by Carol Goodwin, Oil, $2000 @carol_goodwin61⁠
@julie.fragar

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Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 RQAS Queensland Figurative! Pictured here is winner of First Prize, "I can't wear yellow" by Carol Goodwin.⁠ ⁠ This artwork was judged by Julie Fragar and below are her comments on the piece:⁠ ⁠ It was a great surprise to me that it was this small and unassuming painting by Carol Goodwin that exercised the strongest gravitational pull. The subject, or two subjects, appear completely comfortable in their domestic reality. The woman, who seems so sure of herself, meets the viewer’s gaze with a combination of intimacy, generosity and toughness. The composition is simple but perfectly balanced. It reads to me like a sort of contemporary domestic Australian variation of some of the paintings of Spanish Modernist painter Ramon Casas whose lounging women are ambivalent about whether we turn up to meet them or not. That ambivalence makes the subjects even more compelling because there is no performative desperation about them. Once I locked eyes with this subject (and her dog), I couldn’t turn away. It felt like a genuine human connection. You can’t ask much more of a figurative painting than that.⁠ ⁠ The exhibition will be on show until Sunday, 10th of May at Petrie Terrace Gallery. Make sure to come into the gallery to see all of the finalists, and place your vote for the People's Choice Award!⁠ ⁠ Artwork credit: "I can't wear yellow" by Carol Goodwin, Oil, $2000 @carol_goodwin61⁠ @julie.fragar

Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 RQAS Queensland Figurative! Pictured here is winner of First Prize, "I can`t wear yellow" by Carol Goodwin.⁠
⁠
This artwork was judged by Julie Fragar and below are her comments on the piece:⁠ ⁠
It was a great surprise to me that it was this small and unassuming painting by Carol Goodwin that exercised the strongest gravitational pull. The subject, or two subjects, appear completely comfortable in their domestic reality. The woman, who seems so sure of herself, meets the viewer’s gaze with a combination of intimacy, generosity and toughness. The composition is simple but perfectly balanced. It reads to me like a sort of contemporary domestic Australian variation of some of the paintings of Spanish Modernist painter Ramon Casas whose lounging women are ambivalent about whether we turn up to meet them or not. That ambivalence makes the subjects even more compelling because there is no performative desperation about them. Once I locked eyes with this subject (and her dog), I couldn’t turn away. It felt like a genuine human connection. You can’t ask much more of a figurative painting than that.⁠
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The exhibition will be on show until Sunday, 10th of May at Petrie Terrace Gallery. Make sure to come into the gallery to see all of the finalists, and place your vote for the People`s Choice Award!⁠
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Artwork credit: "I can`t wear yellow" by Carol Goodwin, Oil, $2000 @carol_goodwin61⁠
@julie.fragar ...

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DON`T MISS OUT! Only 2 weeks left to enter the 136th RQAS Brisbane Branch Members Annual exhibition. For this exhibition RQAS Brisbane Members are invited to submit works in their own unique style and media. For section 5, members are invited to enter their drawings. This can be in any media including pencil, charcoal or pen. ⁠
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We also have 6 other sections members can enter including oil and acrylic painting, watercolour, sculpture and 3D, 2D artworks in any other media and pastel.⁠
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Completed entry forms and entry fees ($30 per artwork) are due to the gallery by 3:30pm on Wednesday, 29th of April.⁠
For more information and to enter, visit rqas.com.au⁠
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This exhibition is for RQAS Brisbane Branch Members only. If you would like to become a member to enter, please visit our website.⁠
The exhibition will be on show from Thursday, 28th of May to Sunday, 5th of July.⁠
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Artwork credit: Broken Mast by Naomi Hatt, Charcoal, $2500 @naomi_hatt

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DON'T MISS OUT! Only 2 weeks left to enter the 136th RQAS Brisbane Branch Members Annual exhibition. For this exhibition RQAS Brisbane Members are invited to submit works in their own unique style and media. For section 5, members are invited to enter their drawings. This can be in any media including pencil, charcoal or pen. ⁠ ⁠ We also have 6 other sections members can enter including oil and acrylic painting, watercolour, sculpture and 3D, 2D artworks in any other media and pastel.⁠ ⁠ Completed entry forms and entry fees ($30 per artwork) are due to the gallery by 3:30pm on Wednesday, 29th of April.⁠ For more information and to enter, visit rqas.com.au⁠ ⁠ This exhibition is for RQAS Brisbane Branch Members only. If you would like to become a member to enter, please visit our website.⁠ The exhibition will be on show from Thursday, 28th of May to Sunday, 5th of July.⁠ ⁠ Artwork credit: Broken Mast by Naomi Hatt, Charcoal, $2500 @naomi_hatt

DON`T MISS OUT! Only 2 weeks left to enter the 136th RQAS Brisbane Branch Members Annual exhibition. For this exhibition RQAS Brisbane Members are invited to submit works in their own unique style and media. For section 5, members are invited to enter their drawings. This can be in any media including pencil, charcoal or pen. ⁠
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We also have 6 other sections members can enter including oil and acrylic painting, watercolour, sculpture and 3D, 2D artworks in any other media and pastel.⁠
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Completed entry forms and entry fees ($30 per artwork) are due to the gallery by 3:30pm on Wednesday, 29th of April.⁠
For more information and to enter, visit rqas.com.au⁠
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This exhibition is for RQAS Brisbane Branch Members only. If you would like to become a member to enter, please visit our website.⁠
The exhibition will be on show from Thursday, 28th of May to Sunday, 5th of July.⁠
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Artwork credit: Broken Mast by Naomi Hatt, Charcoal, $2500 @naomi_hatt ...

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🖼️ The Queensland Figurative is now on show at Petrie Terrace Gallery, visit today to see the many different ways in which Queensland artists have illustrated the human form. ⁠
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We also invite you to join us at the Opening and Awards Night this Thursday, 16th of April. Featuring live music by the beautiful Ashleigh Denning, a free drink on arrival, grazing table, and the chance to celebrate the winner of the $10,000 First Prize, this is not an event you`ll want to miss!⁠
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📍 Thursday, 16th April, 7pm at Petrie Terrace Gallery⁠
✨ Book your tickets here: https://events.humanitix.com/rqas-queensland-figurative-opening-night-2026 ⁠
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Artwork credit: No One is Coming by Jane Ianniello, Acrylic, $3200.

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🖼️ The Queensland Figurative is now on show at Petrie Terrace Gallery, visit today to see the many different ways in which Queensland artists have illustrated the human form. ⁠ ⁠ We also invite you to join us at the Opening and Awards Night this Thursday, 16th of April. Featuring live music by the beautiful Ashleigh Denning, a free drink on arrival, grazing table, and the chance to celebrate the winner of the $10,000 First Prize, this is not an event you'll want to miss!⁠ ⁠ 📍 Thursday, 16th April, 7pm at Petrie Terrace Gallery⁠ ✨ Book your tickets here: https://events.humanitix.com/rqas-queensland-figurative-opening-night-2026 ⁠ ⁠ Artwork credit: No One is Coming by Jane Ianniello, Acrylic, $3200.

🖼️ The Queensland Figurative is now on show at Petrie Terrace Gallery, visit today to see the many different ways in which Queensland artists have illustrated the human form. ⁠
⁠
We also invite you to join us at the Opening and Awards Night this Thursday, 16th of April. Featuring live music by the beautiful Ashleigh Denning, a free drink on arrival, grazing table, and the chance to celebrate the winner of the $10,000 First Prize, this is not an event you`ll want to miss!⁠
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📍 Thursday, 16th April, 7pm at Petrie Terrace Gallery⁠
✨ Book your tickets here: https://events.humanitix.com/rqas-queensland-figurative-opening-night-2026 ⁠
⁠
Artwork credit: No One is Coming by Jane Ianniello, Acrylic, $3200. ...

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✨⁠ Time is running out! There`s not much time left now to buy your tickets for the Queensland Figurative Opening and Awards Night ✨⁠
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Join us at Petrie Terrace Gallery on Thursday, 16th of April at 7pm to celebrate the winning artworks, buy a ticket in the RQAS Art Union to go into the run to win an artwork, and enjoy an amazing night of art and life music. This event will also be officially open by Lady Mayoress Nina Schrinner.⁠
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Ticket prices:⁠
- $30: RQAS Brisbane Branch Members and Entrants tickets⁠
- $50: Non-members⁠
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We look forward to seeing you at the gallery to celebrate the winners, but make sure to secure your ticket via the link below soon as numbers are limited!⁠
https://events.humanitix.com/rqas-queensland-figurative-opening-night-2026

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✨⁠ Time is running out! There's not much time left now to buy your tickets for the Queensland Figurative Opening and Awards Night ✨⁠ ⁠ Join us at Petrie Terrace Gallery on Thursday, 16th of April at 7pm to celebrate the winning artworks, buy a ticket in the RQAS Art Union to go into the run to win an artwork, and enjoy an amazing night of art and life music. This event will also be officially open by Lady Mayoress Nina Schrinner.⁠ ⁠ Ticket prices:⁠ - $30: RQAS Brisbane Branch Members and Entrants tickets⁠ - $50: Non-members⁠ ⁠ We look forward to seeing you at the gallery to celebrate the winners, but make sure to secure your ticket via the link below soon as numbers are limited!⁠ https://events.humanitix.com/rqas-queensland-figurative-opening-night-2026

✨⁠ Time is running out! There`s not much time left now to buy your tickets for the Queensland Figurative Opening and Awards Night ✨⁠
⁠
Join us at Petrie Terrace Gallery on Thursday, 16th of April at 7pm to celebrate the winning artworks, buy a ticket in the RQAS Art Union to go into the run to win an artwork, and enjoy an amazing night of art and life music. This event will also be officially open by Lady Mayoress Nina Schrinner.⁠
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Ticket prices:⁠
- $30: RQAS Brisbane Branch Members and Entrants tickets⁠
- $50: Non-members⁠
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We look forward to seeing you at the gallery to celebrate the winners, but make sure to secure your ticket via the link below soon as numbers are limited!⁠
https://events.humanitix.com/rqas-queensland-figurative-opening-night-2026 ...

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Don’t miss your chance to experience the incredible Queensland Figurative Exhibition — on now at Petrie Terrace Gallery! 🎨🔥⁠
Bursting with talent, energy and creativity, this must-see show celebrates the human form in bold, striking and unforgettable ways 🖼️✨ ⁠
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✨ And the excitement doesn’t stop there… ✨⁠
Make sure you secure your ticket at the Opening Event on Thursday, 16th of April — it’s set to be an unforgettable evening celebrating these amazing artists and announcing the lucky winner 🥂🎉⁠
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Come in today and be part of it — and don’t forget to book your tickets before they’re gone! 🎟️💥⁠
https://events.humanitix.com/rqas-queensland-figurative-opening-night-2026 ⁠
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Artwork credit: Just Us by Ngoc Phan, Oil, $2595.

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Don’t miss your chance to experience the incredible Queensland Figurative Exhibition — on now at Petrie Terrace Gallery! 🎨🔥⁠ Bursting with talent, energy and creativity, this must-see show celebrates the human form in bold, striking and unforgettable ways 🖼️✨ ⁠ ⁠ ✨ And the excitement doesn’t stop there… ✨⁠ Make sure you secure your ticket at the Opening Event on Thursday, 16th of April — it’s set to be an unforgettable evening celebrating these amazing artists and announcing the lucky winner 🥂🎉⁠ ⁠ Come in today and be part of it — and don’t forget to book your tickets before they’re gone! 🎟️💥⁠ https://events.humanitix.com/rqas-queensland-figurative-opening-night-2026 ⁠ ⁠ Artwork credit: Just Us by Ngoc Phan, Oil, $2595.

Don’t miss your chance to experience the incredible Queensland Figurative Exhibition — on now at Petrie Terrace Gallery! 🎨🔥⁠
Bursting with talent, energy and creativity, this must-see show celebrates the human form in bold, striking and unforgettable ways 🖼️✨ ⁠
⁠
✨ And the excitement doesn’t stop there… ✨⁠
Make sure you secure your ticket at the Opening Event on Thursday, 16th of April — it’s set to be an unforgettable evening celebrating these amazing artists and announcing the lucky winner 🥂🎉⁠
⁠
Come in today and be part of it — and don’t forget to book your tickets before they’re gone! 🎟️💥⁠
https://events.humanitix.com/rqas-queensland-figurative-opening-night-2026 ⁠
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Artwork credit: Just Us by Ngoc Phan, Oil, $2595. ...

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To accommodate a clash for one of our current workshops, we are changing the day of Sunday life drawing for one weekend only at Petrie Terrace Gallery.⁠
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The session booked for this Sunday, 19th of April, 10:30am to 12:30pm has been moved to Saturday, 18th of April, 10:30am to 12:30pm. After this weekend Sunday life drawing will resume as normal.⁠
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To book your tickets for life drawing, visit: https://rqas.com.au/whats-on/regular-classes/

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To accommodate a clash for one of our current workshops, we are changing the day of Sunday life drawing for one weekend only at Petrie Terrace Gallery.⁠ ⁠ The session booked for this Sunday, 19th of April, 10:30am to 12:30pm has been moved to Saturday, 18th of April, 10:30am to 12:30pm. After this weekend Sunday life drawing will resume as normal.⁠ ⁠ To book your tickets for life drawing, visit: https://rqas.com.au/whats-on/regular-classes/

To accommodate a clash for one of our current workshops, we are changing the day of Sunday life drawing for one weekend only at Petrie Terrace Gallery.⁠
⁠
The session booked for this Sunday, 19th of April, 10:30am to 12:30pm has been moved to Saturday, 18th of April, 10:30am to 12:30pm. After this weekend Sunday life drawing will resume as normal.⁠
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To book your tickets for life drawing, visit: https://rqas.com.au/whats-on/regular-classes/ ...

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