Since its establishment in 1984, the Charles Nodrum Gallery’s exhibition program embraces a diversity of media and styles - from painting, sculpture & works on paper to graphics and photography; from figurative, geometric, gestural, surrealist & social comment to installation & conceptually based work.
— News and Events
COVID-19 update
– Tuesday 24th March 2020
The gallery is open by special appointment. Please ring us to arrange a suitable time to visit.
Roger Kemp: Visionary Modernist
– Sunday 15th March 2020
Roger Kemp: Visionary Modernist is the first major exhibition to chart the development of acclaimed Australian abstract artist Roger Kemp’s career.
Free Entry, NGV Australia, Level 3, till 15 March 2020
David Harley: Drawing on the Wall at Deakin University
– Tuesday 18th February 2020
Deakin University Art Gallery presents an exhibition of wall-based and site responsive artworks by Julia Gorman, David Harley, Kerrie Poliness and Kenny Pittock.
Sadie Chandler: Framework, at the Sofitel
– Wednesday 5th February 2020
Framework, a new installation and collection of paintings by Sadie Chandler will be on view at the Sofitel, Melbourne, from 5 February - 1 April
Sublime Sea: Rapture and Reality
– Saturday 14th December 2019
Mornington Peninsular Regional Art Gallery
14 December 2019 – 23 February 2020
including works by James Gleeson and Lynne Boyd
Hegel's Owl: The Life of Bernard Smith, by Sheridan Palmer
– Saturday 23rd November 2019
Copies of Sheridan Palmer's biography of art historian Bernard Smith are available from the gallery.
Split Spectrum: Visual Artists and the Prism of Music
– Thursday 14th November 2019
Sheridan Palmer & David Harley present a lecture at the 19th International Conference of the Association Répertoire International d’Iconographie Musicale (RIdIM)
Sadie Chandler at UQ Art Museum
– Saturday 9th November 2019
Sadie Chandler's 1996 work 'Melt #3' is included in UQ Art Museum's exhibition 'Workshop'
Panel Discussion: Roger Kemp and the Ballet Russes
– Saturday 21st September 2019
Join us at the Charles Nodrum Gallery on Saturday 21st September, 4 - 6pm
Visit us at Spring 1883!
– Saturday 14th September 2019
This is the Charles Nodrum Gallery's first time participating in Spring 1883.
Room 44, The Establishment Hotel, Sydney
11 - 14 September
Lynne Boyd and Ron Robertson-Swann at Stephen McLaughlan Gallery
– Wednesday 3rd July 2019
Stephen McLaughlan Gallery celebrates 25 years! Lynne Boyd and Ron Robertson-Swann are included in the group show curated by Stephen Wickham to mark the occasion.
Norma Redpath at RMIT Gallery
– Thursday 20th June 2019
To mark this year's centenary of the founding of the Wiemar Bauhaus, RMIT Gallery will host an exhibition celebrating the contribution of European trained artists, architects and designers who came to Australia after the Second World War and took up teaching positions at RMIT. Charles Nodrum Gallery is proud to celebrate the works of Norma Redpath.
Lynne Boyd Finalist Len Fox Painting Award
– Saturday 8th June 2019
Congratulations to Lynne Boyd who is a Finalist for the Len Fox Painting Award.
Copies available of Dr Joelle Gergis’ book ‘Sunburnt Country: The History and Future of Climate Change in Australia'
– Friday 17th May 2019
Copies of Joelle Gergis' book are for sale at the gallery for $35. Please feel free to ring or email to purchase.
We offer Art Money
– Friday 17th May 2019
Art Money empowers people to buy art, supporting artists, galleries and a sustainable creative economy.
Lynne Boyd Finalist Wyndham Art Prize 2019
– Monday 1st April 2019
Lynne Boyd has been selected as a finalist for this year's Wyndham Art Prize
Guy Stuart at Glen Eira City Council Gallery
– Thursday 7th March 2019
A recent charcoal and watercolour drawing of Guy Stuart's will be included in Paper Walls, a group exhibition that honours Pam Hallandal at the Glen Eira City Council Gallery from 7–24 March.
Sweeney Reed and Strines Gallery at Heide
– Sunday 24th February 2019
Early works by Trevor Vickers, Margaret Worth, Lesley Dumbrell, Alun Leach-Jones, Col Jordan and more are included in this exhibition that focuses on Sweeney Reed and his galleries.
Kristin Headlam at the Noel Shaw Gallery
– Sunday 17th February 2019
Kristin Headlam exhibits her new series of 64 etchings titled The Universe Looks Down at the Noel Shaw Gallery in the Baillieu Library at Melbourne University.
Norma Redpath at Sydney
– Saturday 9th February 2019
Sydney (Gallery) exhibits Norma Redpath's bronze sculptures dating from the 60s-80s alongside contemporary Vienna-based artist Martyn Reynolds.
Summer Break
– Tuesday 5th February 2019
The Gallery will re-open on Tuesday the 5th of February, 2019.
Happy Christmas and all the best for the New Year!
From Charles, Kate, Nati & Toby the dog.
Guy Stuart: Finalist in John Leslie Prize for Landscape
– Sunday 25th November 2018
'At the Ridge', 2017, will be on view at Gippsland Art Gallery, till 25 November
Artist Profile speaks with Kristin Headlam
– Saturday 10th November 2018
Read Kristin Headlam's interview with Artist Profile in which she explains the origins of her latest suite of 64 etchings titled 'The Universe Looks Down'
Sadie Chandler at Shepparton Art Museum
– Wednesday 24th October 2018
Sadie Chandler has installed her new wallpaper 'Arcade' on Shepparton Art Museum's 12m Drawing Wall.
Charles Nodrum is presenting the 2018 Rae Alexander Lecture
– Thursday 18th October 2018
You are warmly invited to the 21st annual La Trobe University Art History Alumni Rae Alexander Lecture - "Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art" presented by Charles Nodrum
Tom Alberts & Shane Jones: Semi-Finalists in Doug Moran Prize
– Wednesday 17th October 2018
Congratulations to Tom Alberts & Shane Jones, semi-finalists in this year's Doug Moran Portrait Prize
Samara Adamson-Pinczewski & Ron Robertson-Swann in Beyond the Field (Still)
– Saturday 13th October 2018
An exhibition of contemporary artists working in a style reminiscent of The Field at the Moonah Arts Centre, Hobart, till 13 October