07.04.09 — exhibitions
NO VACANCY ART MARKET:
20 ARTISTS' STALLS
No Vacancy Art Gallery is hosting a unique and inspiring collection of local artists for the inaugural No Vacancy Art Market. Twenty stalls presenting emerging and established local talent will pop-up in the Gallery’s inner-city space at QV over four weeks. Illustrators, artists, jewellers, designers, animators, rare booksellers and an eclectic mix of hand-picked others will come together to showcase their wares and offer a rare opportunity to collect original work. Come and join us from Friday 24 April to take advantage of late trading hours and the opportunity to gain an insight into the artists’ methods and pick up affordable gems by local artists.
What: No Vacancy Art Market
Where: No Vacancy Gallery, 27-33 Red Cape Lane (QV Building), Melbourne
When: 24 April – 17 May
Times: Thu-Fri – 11am – 9pm, Tues-Wed, Sat-Sun – 11am to 5pm
How Much: A dollar a kilo
Enquiries to the Gallery - email info@no-vacancy.com.au or phone (03) 9663 3798.
20.03.09 — exhibitions
SINGAPORE NO VACANCY:
POP UP GALLERY
No Vacancy setup a Pop Up Art gallery in Singapore over March. The first of its kind in Singapore. Finding an empty space and transforming it into a gallery. The reason of establishing No Vacancy Singapore was to give Melbourne Artists an opportunity and avenue to gain exposure throughout Asia. We hope this will help promote the Australian art scene to a wider audience and promote Australian artists.
15.03.09 — exhibitions
LOREAL FASHION WEEK:
TRIMAPEE
Despite their young age of 23 and 22 respectively, the boys behind the label thrive on learning through their experiences. Both home to Australia’s creative hub, Melbourne, which works as the perfect creative environment for young designers. In it’s labyrinth of hidden streets and alleys, Melbourne cradles and nurtures its many young aspiring designers. This city was the ideal platform for the birth of Trimápee.
22.02.09 — exhibitions
Street Art For Ashes:
BUSHFIRE FUNDRAISER
Melbourne’s street artists did their bit to raise funds for the Victorian Bushfire Appeal. Coming together under the banner Street Art for Ashes, many of Melbourne’s leading street artists along with those throughout Australia and abroad donated their artwork to be auctioned.
Funds were raised by an auction of street art pieces at No Vacancy Gallery on the evening of 13 March and online in the week 9 -16 of March. 75% of funds raised will go to the Red Cross and 25% towards Help for Wildlife.
Street Art for Ashes is sponsored by Sketch City, Melbourne Stencil Festival, No Vacancy, We Make Stuff Good and Mad Man Printing.
We raised over $10,000 for the cause. Great effort and many thanks must go to all the organisers.
14.02.09 — exhibitions
Indoor Drive In Cinema:
SMART CAR
During the month, we converted the gallery into a Cinema:
We're recreating the drive in cinema experience but bringing it into the city, indoors and even more intimate because there will be only 7 cars per screening. And don’t worry, smart cars are like the Tardis (sorry, no Doctor Who screenings); somehow bigger on the inside than out - there's not much chance of sneaking in anyone in the boot like the old days though. There will also be a limited number of beanbags from which to enjoy the films for those who miss out on the cars.
For more infomation please contact the gallery on: (03) 9663 3798
14.02.09 — exhibitions
Suit Up Show:
Deck of Cards
Featuring 19 Australian artists from Street Art, Comic, and Illustration backgrounds, the Suit Up was formed as a collaboration in the true sense of the word.
Four groups worked together to create a theme for each suit and bring stylistic cohesion to the deck as a whole. That said, each artwork is lavishly detailed, unique and stunning in its own right - playing cards have never looked so good!
14.02.09 — exhibitions
Custom Toy Show
On display till the 23rd November.
20.11.08 — exhibitions
NO COMPLY 2008, SKATEBOARD ART EXHIBITION.
On display till the 23rd November.
With 170 individual pieces of art by 80 artists representing a wide variety of disiplines and fields, No Comply 2008 is an unique snapshot of an important moment in time for the international art community with a focus on Australia’s growing global role.
To See photos from the night: here
For more infomation please contact the gallery on: (03) 9663 3798
05.10.08 — exhibitions
No Vacancy Presents Far & Away: Nior Solo Show.
Incredible new works on show.
"Far & Away!" is an exhibition of new work by Melbourne based artists Nior. The amazing showcase of incredible works by Nior sees him develop his artworks and reach a new benchmark for the quality of work he produces. His first solo show is an amazing exhibition of his unique and wonderful creatures that are distinctively associated with his name.
No Vacancy was excited to present this young established artists, we hope that everyone gets a chance to see how amazing Far & Away is.
To See photos from the night: here
For more infomation please contact the gallery on: (03) 9663 3798
21.08.08 — exhibitions
I Never Said That I Was Brave: Justin Williams & Andrew Gordon.
Amazing opening night show, with live performance by Earthquake.
"I never said that I was brave!" is an exhibition of work by Justin Lee Williams and Andrew Gordon.
Both artists gain inspiration from the solitude of their surrounds, Justin in the mountains outside of Melbourne
and Andrew on the coast of Southern Victoria.
To See photos from the night: here
For more infomation please contact the gallery on: (03) 9663 3798
31.07.08 — exhibitions
Artifiction: Cinema posters.
A unique exhibition celebrating hand-painted cinema advertising from Indonesia.
Indonesian billboard artists interpret film marketing graphics from all over the world onto canvas banners for local film advertising. This hand-painted practice is being rapidly fazed out as digitally printing these large cinema banners becomes a cheaper option.
Was great to have a mix of exhibitions through the space and thanks to Nicholas from Mutiny Media for organising and curating the exhibition. It was perfect timing to have this in the gallery as the MIFF (Melbourne International Film Festival) is currently running.
To See photos from the night: here
For more infomation please contact the gallery on: (03) 9663 3798
31.07.08 — exhibitions
12 x 12: Melbourne Show.
12 Australian Artists, 12 pieces each, 12 inch x 12 inch.
Was great to have 12 x 12 at the gallery last week. It was a huge success, and huge wraps must go to the organiser Brad from We Are The Image Makers (WATIM).
Looking forward to next years event.
To See photos from the night: here
For more infomation please contact the gallery on: (03) 9663 3798
15.06.08 — exhibitions
Opening Show: Back up on the 20th June.
8 Pieces from the opening show will be on exhibition again for 3 weeks.
For the people who missed the opening show featuring 10 of Melbourne's best artists, make sure you come down during the next 3 weeks whilst we bring back the opening show. Unfortunately when we opened the show could only be open for a few days, so is the reason why we are bringing it back.
8 will be on display, and smaller pieces of the 10 artists will also be exhibited.
For more infomation please contact the gallery on: (03) 9663 3798
29.05.08 — exhibitions
REKA ONE: Tall Oaks
New Works, Melbourne Show
Following on from his last series of successful exhibitions, notorious Melbourne-based street-artist Reka, is exhibiting his new collection at No Vacancy, for a 2 week show.
Featuring some of his latest works, and with over 30 pieces on show, is sure to be a great follow up from the opening night show last week.
No Vacancy Launch - 23.05.08
10 artists and 10 works in one opening show.
Showcasing the diverse talent found in Melbourne,10 local artists have created one artwork each to help launch the city's new gallery No Vancancy,
Each artist has supported No Vacany by offering 50% of sales as a donation to its launch.
10 of Melbournes Best artists in one opening showTAI SNAITH
REKA ONE
JUSTIN LEE WILLIAMS
NAILS
BONSAI
TWO
PHIBS
MISO
JUNIOR
GHOSTPATROL
Opening night is Friday May 23rd 2008, open to the public and beginning at 6pm.