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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 – 2026 Queensland Figurative
Winners – 2026 Young Artist Award
People’s Choice Winner – 2026 Splash
What’s On – 2026 Exhibitions
Winners – 2025 Salon des Refusés
Winners – 2025 Queen’s Wharf Brisbane Art Prize
Winners – RQAS 2025 Abstraction
Finalists for the Queen’s Wharf Brisbane Art Prize
Winners – RQAS 135th Members Annual, A Mix of Media
Judges for the Queen’s Wharf Brisbane Art Prize
Winners – RQAS 135th Members Annual, Painting and Sculpture
Winners – 2025 All Creatures and Wild Things
Winners – 2025 Harold and Agnes Richardson Drawing Prize
People’s Choice Award winner – 2025 Hidden Gems exhibition
Winners – 2024 Small Art Show
What’s On – 2025 Exhibitions
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
Salon des Refuses – Petrie Terrace Gallery Award Winners
Salon des Refusés 2021 – Selections
Winners – Art of Imagination
Winners – 131st Members Annual 2021
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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Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 RQAS Queensland Figurative! Pictured here is one of the winners of the Highly Commended prize, Grand-mère à la Fenêtre by Clara Philippe.
This artwork was judged by Julie Fragar and below are her comments on the piece: This artist has managed a difficult, interesting tension between interior and exterior space that makes the life situation of the subject palpable.
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: Grand-mère à la Fenêtre by Clara Philippe, Oil, $3200.
@julie.fragar
Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 RQAS Queensland Figurative! Pictured here is one of the winners of the Highly Commended prize, Grand-mère à la Fenêtre by Clara Philippe.
This artwork was judged by Julie Fragar and below are her comments on the piece: This artist has managed a difficult, interesting tension between interior and exterior space that makes the life situation of the subject palpable.
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: Grand-mère à la Fenêtre by Clara Philippe, Oil, $3200.
@julie.fragar
Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 RQAS Queensland Figurative! Pictured here is one of the winners of the Highly Commended prize, Mother and Child by Hyelan Kim.
This artwork was judged by Julie Fragar and below are her comments on the piece: This painting is incredibly intimate. The relationship between mother and child is replicated in the careful and gentle surface of the painting. This one really has to be seen in person.
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: Mother and Child by Hyelan Kim, Watercolour, $700.
@julie.fragar
Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 RQAS Queensland Figurative! Pictured here is one of the winners of the Highly Commended prize, Mother and Child by Hyelan Kim.
This artwork was judged by Julie Fragar and below are her comments on the piece: This painting is incredibly intimate. The relationship between mother and child is replicated in the careful and gentle surface of the painting. This one really has to be seen in person.
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: Mother and Child by Hyelan Kim, Watercolour, $700.
@julie.fragar
Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 RQAS Queensland Figurative! Pictured here is one of the winners of the Highly Commended prize, Stradbroke Island "Tony" by Lien Jansen.
This artwork was judged by Julie Fragar and below are her comments on the piece: Stradbroke Island “Tony” by Lien Jansen is another small and quiet painting in the show that I couldn’t stop looking at. The figure is painted in such a soft and simple way but is surrounded by a rough coastal atmosphere we can really feel closing in around him. I think it’s a deeply psychological little painting with an obvious reference to Caspar David Freidrich’s Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (1818), but with a local interpretation that feels completely fresh and sincere.
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: Stradbroke Island "Tony" by Lien Jansen, Oil, $800.
@julie.fragar
Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 RQAS Queensland Figurative! Pictured here is one of the winners of the Highly Commended prize, Stradbroke Island "Tony" by Lien Jansen.
This artwork was judged by Julie Fragar and below are her comments on the piece: Stradbroke Island “Tony” by Lien Jansen is another small and quiet painting in the show that I couldn’t stop looking at. The figure is painted in such a soft and simple way but is surrounded by a rough coastal atmosphere we can really feel closing in around him. I think it’s a deeply psychological little painting with an obvious reference to Caspar David Freidrich’s Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (1818), but with a local interpretation that feels completely fresh and sincere.
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: Stradbroke Island "Tony" by Lien Jansen, Oil, $800.
@julie.fragar
As a part of the RQAS Queensland Figurative, gallery visitors have the opportunity to buy a $10 ticket to go into the running to win the painting Alfresco by Queensland artist Brian Williams (1927-2012).
All ticket sales go towards the Royal Queensland Art Society, Brisbane Branch.
Tickets will be available for the duration of the Queensland Figurative from Friday, 10th of April to Sunday, 10th of May.
The winner of the painting will be announced at the end of the exhibition. Visit Petrie Terrace Gallery today to buy your ticket, as well as seeing all of the amazing finalists!
As a part of the RQAS Queensland Figurative, gallery visitors have the opportunity to buy a $10 ticket to go into the running to win the painting Alfresco by Queensland artist Brian Williams (1927-2012).
All ticket sales go towards the Royal Queensland Art Society, Brisbane Branch.
Tickets will be available for the duration of the Queensland Figurative from Friday, 10th of April to Sunday, 10th of May.
The winner of the painting will be announced at the end of the exhibition. Visit Petrie Terrace Gallery today to buy your ticket, as well as seeing all of the amazing finalists!
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.
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 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.
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
Announcing the winners of the 2026 RQAS Queensland Figurative! Thank you to our judges Julie Fragar and Dr Kay Kane FRQAS, please see the winners below.
Selected by Julie Fragar @julie.fragar
- First Prize: "I can`t wear yellow" by Carol Goodwin @carol_goodwin61
- Second Prize: Dig In by Dylan Jones @dylanjonesart
- Highly Commended: Grand-mère à la Fenêtre by Clara Philippe
- Highly Commended: Mother and Child by Hyelan Kim
- Highly Commended: Where`s the Promite? by Julie Purcell @modconned
- Highly Commended: Stradbroke Island "Tony" by Lien Jansen
Selected by Dr Kay Kane @artladyk
- Fellows Recognition Award: Arna Baartz, In Her Studio by Monica Batiste @monicabatiste_artist
Congratulations to our winners, and thank you for everyone that entered the Queensland Figurative. The exhibition will be on show at Petrie Terrace Gallery until Sunday, 10th of May, plenty of time to come in to see the winners and the finalists.
Announcing the winners of the 2026 RQAS Queensland Figurative! Thank you to our judges Julie Fragar and Dr Kay Kane FRQAS, please see the winners below.
Selected by Julie Fragar @julie.fragar
- First Prize: "I can`t wear yellow" by Carol Goodwin @carol_goodwin61
- Second Prize: Dig In by Dylan Jones @dylanjonesart
- Highly Commended: Grand-mère à la Fenêtre by Clara Philippe
- Highly Commended: Mother and Child by Hyelan Kim
- Highly Commended: Where`s the Promite? by Julie Purcell @modconned
- Highly Commended: Stradbroke Island "Tony" by Lien Jansen
Selected by Dr Kay Kane @artladyk
- Fellows Recognition Award: Arna Baartz, In Her Studio by Monica Batiste @monicabatiste_artist
Congratulations to our winners, and thank you for everyone that entered the Queensland Figurative. The exhibition will be on show at Petrie Terrace Gallery until Sunday, 10th of May, plenty of time to come in to see the winners and the finalists.
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.
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
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