Adele Eyers - Foyer Gallery, 25/7/2000 – 11/8/2000
Local artist Eyers has exhibited for over 25 years.
James Gleeson – On starting a painting - Gallery 1, 15/07/00 – 17/09/2000
One of Australia’s foremost surrealist painters. A New England Regional Art Museum Travelling Exhibition.
Michael Berry - Foyer Gallery 18/8/2000 - 19/09/2000
Recent contemporary landscape paintings by local artist Michael Berry.
Milanda de Mont - Fantasia & Dynamism - Gallery 2 , 18/08/2000 14/09/2000
Works produced from direct observation of a live dancer. In 1996 Milanda was the recipient of a Goethe Institut Art Scholarship to study at the famed Kunstakademie in Dusseldorf.
Frog Hollow Art Competition - Gallery 1&2 and Foyer, 23/9/2000 – 5/11/2000
Celebrating the excellence in all mediums of visual art on the Central Coast.
From a Country Garden - Gallery 1&2, 18/11/2000 – 14/1/2001
A collection of flower paintings and landscapes from the Howard Hinton Collection at the New England Regional Art Museum.
Sharper - Foyer Gallery, 18/11/2000 – 14/12/2000
Three young contemporary artists Matthew Ryan, Julie Fragar and Michael Zavros - photo-realist painting.
Erik Gunzel - Pulse - Foyer Gallery, 15/12/2000 – 16/1/2001
The artist, a landscape photographer based on the Central Coast captures the essence of nature.

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A Sense of Place – Hunter Collections and their Stories - Gallery 2 14/12/2001 – 23/1/2002
This exhibition covered the Hunter region with a focus on the Henry Kendall Cottage in Gosford and Alison Homestead in Wyong.

Elvira Bakker - 2 echo 2 - Foyer Gallery, 14/12/2001 – 9/1/2002
Elvira Bakker, modernist ceramics and paintings

Exhibitions 2002
Bernadette Jennings - Foyer Gallery, 10/01/2002 – 06/02/2002
Local artist Bernadette Jennings an accomplished traditional painter who showed her own unique form of abstract realism.

David Shaw – Time - Foyer Gallery, 10/02/2002 – 06/02/2002
Sculptures made from aerated concrete, limestone, various metals and synthetic resin. David has been the recipient of many sculpture awards.    

Mentals 3 - Gallery 1, 8/2/2002 – 24/3/2002
An exhibition of silk screens and works on paper by members of the band Mental as Anything. This was a Wollongong City Gallery Touring Exhibition.

Images of Children - Uniting Care Burnside - Gallery 2, 8/2/2002 – 3/3/2002
A photographic exhibition created to capture the essence of children. Photographer Jim Rolan is an outstanding portrait/people photographer and recipient of many awards.

Cas van Puffelen & Eileen Luton – Figuring it out - Foyer Gallery, 8/2/2002 – 5/3/2002
Local artists Cas van Puffelen and Eileen Luton exhibited a series of paintings through their love of figure drawing and sculpture.

NO MUTTERING – Contemporary Australian Printmedia - Gallery 2 8/3/2002 – 7/4/2002
This exhibition was an exploration of the exciting, innovative and sometimes unusual print processes being used by Australian artists. The exhibition was curated by Rilka Oakley and toured by the Ivan Dogherty Gallery.

Yoko Tachi – Beauty of Nature - Foyer Gallery 8/3/2002 – 26/3/2002
An award winning Japanese artist who has exhibited many times in Japan.

Esther Paterson – A Creative Life - Gallery 1 28/3/2002 – 12/5/2002
An exhibition of an artist who was almost lost to the history of Australian art. It traces the story of Patterson’s art as she travelled abroad, her life in Melbourne in the 1920’s – 1940’s, and the difficulties facing women artists at the time. Toured by the New England Regional Art Museum.

Hyun Mi Lee – Bush Calligraphy - Foyer Gallery 28/3/2002 – 15/4/2002
This exhibition was an interpretation of the Australian environment with the interest of interpreting the Australian landscape based on Zen meditation.

Ursula Old - Foyer Gallery 16/4/2002 – 6/5/2002
Work by local artist Ursula Old which consisted of large and small silk screens along with along with many drawings.

Painting in the Garden - Gallery 2,19/4/2002 – 12/5/2002
Local artists paint the Japanese gardens, Sponsored by Bayer

Peter Baka – The Spirited Presence - Foyer Gallery 6/5/2002 – 22/5/2002
Central Coast painter Peter Baka executed a series of painterly abstractions from nature–based on forms of the surrounding landscape.  

Spirit of the Land - Paintings by Barbara McKay - Gallery 1 17/5/2002 – 16/6/2002
This exhibition focused on two of McKay’s recent series of works that concentrated on the land and environment surrounding Bingarra (North Western NSW) and the Central Coast.

NSW Tafe Art & Design Prize - Gallery 2,17/5/2002 – 8/6/2002
A selection of the best works produced by final year TAFE students. This exhibition, always fun and thought provoking, celebrated the talents and achievements of young people.

Reconciliation week - Foyer Gallery 24/5/2002 – 13/6/2002
This exhibition consisted of art works created by Indigenousl people of the local area that reflected their interpretation of reconciliation through many mediums of art and their personal journeys.  

Kimberley Connor – Polydora - Foyer Gallery 14/6/2002 – 8/7/2002
Polydora was Connor ’s interpretation through her oil paintings of fragmented images exploring the feminine identity.

Central Coast Craft 2002 - Gallery 1&2, 21/6/2002 – 21/7/2002
An exhibition of Craft objects produced by local Central Coast artisans, including, Quilts, Ceramics, Weaving, Glasswork, Jewellery, Wood Work, and Silks.  

Pauline Jollow - Foyer Gallery, 8/7/2002 – 25/7/2002
This exhibition of Nether Regions was an installation with a combination of mixed media and ceramics from Pauline Jollow.

Across - Gallery 1,26/7/2002 – 2/9/2002
This exhibition reflected the integrity, diversity and cultural richness of Contemporary Indigenous art across many mediums such as performing art, visual art and literature.

Andy Collis & Paul Pulati – Looking Out, Looking In - Gallery 2, 26/7/2002 – 2/9/2002
In Looking Out, Looking In, Andy Collis and Paul Pulati both reflected on their personal lifestyle through their paintings.

Liz Balean - Flotsam - Foyer Gallery, 26/7/2002 – 26/8/2002
Liz Balean’s exhibition of Flotsam is a collection of paintings, drawings and media work with inspiration taken from the shoreline to include bits of seaweed, fish, shells and wood.    

Beyond the Frame - Foyer Gallery, 28/8/2002 – 10/9/2002
An exhibition of work by students from local schools. The theme of this exhibition was the Mountain and the Sea. The students are working with local artists, Anne Brack and Barbara McKay.

Gosford Art Prize - All galleries 13/9/2002 – 27/10/2002
The Gosford Art Prize is an annual exhibition open to local artists, with prizes running for painting, photography, sculpture and ceramics.

Journey into Self – Four Decades of Paintings by Rod Milgate - Gallery 1&2 1/11/2002 – 15/12/2002
A celebration of the artistic output of a major figure in Australian Art. Rod Milgate has won the Blake Prize for Religious Art three times, as well as numerous other awards.The exhibition included works from public and private collections as well as drawings on the collection of the Artist.

Colin Henry – Recent Sculpture and Digital Prints - Foyer Gallery, 28/10/2002 – 14/11/2002
A number of new works by local sculptor sculptor Colin Henry, including digital prints. This exhibition focused on his passion for expressing the female form through his work.

A Central Vision, K – 12 School Exhibition - Foyer Gallery, 15/11/2002 – 6/12/2002
An exhibition of the best works from central Coast school students ranging from Kindergarten to Year 12.

Gary Webber & Mark Welsh – Molehills to Mountains - Foyer Gallery, 6/12/2002 – 5/1/2003
This exhibition was of black and white, and colour photographs, features macro and panoramic perspectives of dynamic alpine subjects.

Stephen Copland – The Migration Series - Gallery 2, 13/12/02 – 2/2/03
A contemporary exhibition in which local artist artist Stephen Copland had retraced his heritage through a diary he found of his grandmother’s, which traces her story as a migrant to Australia.

Out of Site - Gallery 1, 13/12/2002 - 2/2/2003
Out of Site is a survey of works produced from 1998 –2000 at the International Art Space Kelleberrin Australia (IASKA ), a ground breaking artistic project based in a small rural town in the wheatbelt region of Western Australia.

Exhibitions 2003
Reflections and Retrospections – Barbara Temple - Foyer Gallery, 7/1/2003 – 23/1/2003
Barbara Temple a local artist well known on the Central Coast for her paintings of native flowers. This exhibition examined her work over the past 10 years.

Helena Lewerenz – Where the Waters reach the Sky - Foyer Gallery, 24/1/2003 – 20/2/2003
‘Where the waters reach the Sky’ - contemporary landscapes that were mainly painted in silk and framed or freestanding.

Cutting Comments: Contemporary Linocuts 1995-1998 - Gallery 1, 7/2/2003 – 23/3/2003
Cutting Comments grew from the Silk Cut Awards for Linocut Prints. This series of linocuts is presented by well known and emerging artist in printmaking.

Patrick Carroll Bushfire Series – Black - Gallery 2, 7/2/2003 – 23/3/2003
A series of works by Patrick Carroll on Bush fires which had been completed over the past 10 years.

Explorations in Art – Mandi Reid - Foyer Gallery, 22/2/2003 – 20/3/2003
In this series of work, the artist celebrated the many aspects of the female form in a style that borrows from Cubism. Reid utilised the relatively unusual medium of glass colour on canvas.

Fruits of the Sea – Rosalind Bonser - Foyer Gallery, 22/3/2003 – 13/4/2003
Inspired by ideas related to fractal imagery, kaleidoscopes, mandalas, Islamic art and the fourteenth Century stained glass windows. A series of traditional photographic and digital prints, paintings and wall sculptures.

Emerging - Gallery 1&2, 28/3/2003 – 4/5/2003
Showcasing the work of talented young artists from around New South Wales. Up to 10 artists were selected to compete for a $2500 first prize and a total of up to $7000 in prizes.

Aleida Pullar Coastline - Foyer Gallery, 15/4/2003 – 7/5/2003
Local artist Aleida Pullar presented a series of paintings that explored the idea and nature of the Coastline. Pullar is well known as both a ceramicist and a painter.

Craft 2003 - Gallery 1&2, 9/5/2003 -15/6/2003
A selection of craft objects produced by Central Coast artisans, which included quilts, ceramics, weaving, glasswork, jewellery, woodwork, and silks.

Buddhist – A photographic documentary by Patricia Verden - Foyer Gallery, 10/5/2003 – 29/5/2003
Buddhism in contemporary Sydney was the basis of this exhibition. The exhibition began as a series of photographs documenting the Tibetan, Vietnamese, Chinese, Thai and Laos communities.

Thought Forms – Helen Ferry - Foyer Gallery, 30/5/2003 – 18/6/2003
In this exhibition Helen Ferry explored the relationships between the nature of reality and creative aspects of the psyche. Works were acrylic on paper and mixed media on wood.

Darkinjung Community - Standing Strong - Gallery 1&2 & Foyer, 21/6/2003 – 3/8/2003
An exhibition celebrating the local Indigenous community. This exhibition included a history of the local Darkinjung people.

Beyond The Frame - Foyer Gallery 29/7/2003 – 12/8/2003
This exhibition was part of an ongoing association between the gallery and local schools. Three local artists, Liz Balean, Aleida Pullar and Colin Henry, were invited to work with students.

Gosford Art Prize - All Galleries, 16/8/2003 – 21/9/2003
The Gosford Art Prize is an annual exhibition open to all artists with prizes awarded for painting, photography, sculpture and ceramics.

Through Their Lens - Gallery 1, 27/9/2003 – 23/11/2003
Four Central Coast photographers use their own work to re-interpret the importance of iconic photographers they admire including Alfred Steiglitz, Diane Arbus and Max Dupain.

Australian Photographic Society Members Exhibition - Gallery 2, 27/9/2003 – 2/11/2003
Members of the Australian Photographic Society exhibited approximately 250 photographs as part of their biennial conference held in Gosford.

The Silver Chalice – Robert Duffield - Foyer Gallery 27/9/2003 – 12/11/2003
Robert Duffield reinvented the lost technology to create silver daguerreotypes. The daguerreotype was one of the early forms of photographic printing.

A Central Vision - Foyer Gallery 14/11/2003 – 15/12/2003
An exhibition of works from local secondary school students.

Australian Watercolour Institute - Gallery 1& 2 29/11/2003 – 1/2/2004
The leading body for watercolourists across Australia. This is an annual exhibition, and only the second time it had been held on the Central Coast.

Kamilaroi Dreaming – Wendy Pawley - Foyer Gallery 13 December – 15 January 2004
Local artist, Wendy Pawley, a descendant of the Kamiliaroi people of Narrabri in northwest NSW, featured her intricate dot paintings that recreate dreamtime stories of the area and focus on the spectacularly rugged Nandewar ranges

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Exhibitions 2004
Drought Scapes – Barbara McKay - Foyer Gallery 16 Jan– 5 Feb 2004
A series of abstract paintings that were completed when the artist attended an artist in residency program at the New England Regional Art Museum in Armidale, NSW.

The Good, the Great and the Gifted: 1940s – 1970s Camera Portraits by Yousuf Karsh of Ottawa and Athol Shmith of Melbourne - Gallery 1
7/2/2004 – 21 /3/2004
An exhibition of portraits by the internationally known photographer, Yousuf Karsh, and his Australian contemporary, Athol Shmith, was drawn from the rich holdings of the National Gallery of Australia.

Crimson Threads - Gallery 2. 7 February – 21 March 2004
Four artists, Michelle Culpitt, Dorothy Galaledba, Annee Miron and Una Rey, visually presented the inherited stories of their families. Curated by Rilka Oakley.

Melissa Evans - Foyer Gallery 7 February – 4 March 2004
Local artist Melissa Evans explored the notion of landscape beyond the purely physical to incorporate the acquired and stored resonance of human activity.

Sea Visions – Sandra McArthur - Foyer Gallery 6 March – 25 March 2004
Sea Visions was an exhibition that allowed expression to be given to the changing moods of the sea. These works have been captured using pastels and are then explored through oil and acrylic paints.

Presence and Landscape: Guy Warren in Retrospect - Gallery 1, 27 March – 23 May 2004
A comprehensive acknowledgement of one of Australia’s most esteemed living artists, featuring more than 80 works spanning six decades. This exhibition was toured by Mosman Art Gallery.

A Difficulty with God - Gallery 2, 27 March – 23 May 2004
An exhibition by Painter Paul Miller and sculptor Richard Byrnes. Examined serious deliberations on the meaning and purpose of life today.

Janet Tavener - Bittersweet - Foyer Gallery 27 March – 29 April 2004
An exhibition of black and white photographic images. The artist defied the normal conventions of food photography to present this exhibition, exploring food as an obsession in society.

Images of the Pilbara – Noel Olive - Foyer Gallery 1 May – 24 May 2004
Images of the Pilbara was a collection of oil and pastel paintings portraying the many vibrant colours seen throughout the landscape of the Pilbara by Noel Olive.

Reconciliation Week - Foyer Gallery 26 May – 17 June 2004
This exhibition formed part of the celebrations for Reconciliation Week 2004. This was a competition organised with the assistance of the Department of Fair Trading.

Courage to Care - Gallery 1, 30 May – 4 July 2004
An exhibition organised by B’nai B’rith a Jewish service organisation, designed to convey a message of communal tolerance and living in harmony.

Jim Tyler - Gallery 2, 30 May – 4 July 2004
A retrospective exhibition of the paintings, pottery and architectural work of Jim Tyler (1932 – 2001). Jim Tyler was a well-known teacher, potter and painter and architect on the Central Coast.

Spirit of Africa - Fae Tucker - Foyer Gallery 19 June – 20 July 2004
These works were based on photographs taken when travelling through the Kruger National Park, Etosha National Park, The Kalaharai Gemsbok Park and the Western Cape and Namibia of South Africa.

This is our Country - Gallery 1 10 July – 1 August 2004
An exhibition of works from local Aboriginal artists that reflect the landscape of the Central Coast.

This is my family - Gallery 2 10 July – 1 August 2004
This exhibition was a collaborative process between artists and their families. Local Aboriginal artists have been invited to create artworks in collaboration with members of their families.

EO 2: an international exchange project between Korea and the Central Coast - Foyer Gallery 23 July – 9 August
An exhibition of work by three emerging local artists – Muamer Cajic, Sandy James and Meredith Brice Copland – who recently participated in the 2004 Nine Dragon Heads Environmental Art Symposium held in Korea.

Gosford Art Prize - All Galleries 14 August – 19 September 2004
An annual competition. Prizes are awarded for various categories of art making, including painting, ceramics, photography and sculpture.

Archibald Prize - Gallery 1, 25 September – 31 October 2004
One of the most prestigious art prizes in Australia, held annually at the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) .
The touring component of this exhibition includes all of the finalists.Toured by the AGNSW and the Museums and Galleries Foundation (MGF).

Who - Portraits of Local Identities - Gallery 2, 25/9/2004–31/10/2004
Local artists were invited to create a portrait of a local identity using any art form.

Demo Mo “Capsule” - William Anderson - Foyer Gallery 25/9/04–20/10/04
The exhibition featured 100 sculpted toy figurines designed to be mass-produced and sold through vending machines. Anderson’s work appeals to contemporary youth culture and is inspired by contemporary Japanese design aesthetics.

Illusionary Art - Thomas Maurer - Foyer Gallery 23/10/04– 10/11/04
Thomas Maurer’s unique process created fantastic illusionary works of art on flat Aluminum panels. A winner of the viewer’s choice award at the Gosford Art Prize for the past two years.

Pathways - Gallery 1 - 6/11/2004 – 12/12/2004
A collective exhibition of contemporary quilts by the Canberra based group tACTile. Local quilters were also included in this exhibition. Also included, a selection of Contemporary Jewellery by Central Coast based jewellers and a display of contemporary Glass courtesy of the Glass Artists Gallery in Glebe

Creating the Character - Gallery 2 - 6/11/2004 - 12/12/2004
A travelling exhibition from the Dromkeen Childrens Literature collection.

A Central Vision - Foyer Gallery - 13/11/2004 - 13/12/2004
An annual exhibition featuring the work of local High School Students from year 7 to year 12.

The Painted Lady - Gallery 1 - 17/12/2004 – 31/1/2005
Images of women in the Howard Hinton Collection. Toured by the New England Regional Art Museum.

Circling a Trail - Milanda de Mont - Gallery 2 - 17/12/2004 – 31/1/2005
An exhibition of paintings by contemporary Australian artist Milanda de Mont based on her Armenian heritage. In 2004 Milanda undertook an `Artist in Residency’ in Armenia to explore the landscape and culture.