Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, has announced a major survey exhibition, Justene Williams: Once we were mudskippers, curated by Ellie Buttrose, opening 03.10.26. Spanning three decades of sculpture, performance, video and installation, the exhibition will be the largest presentation of Williams' work to date, bringing together major works from public collections alongside ambitious new commissions, tracing Williams’ exuberant, anarchic and deeply art-historical practice. Exhibition curator Ellie Buttrose, QAGOMA Curator of Contemporary Australian Art, said: 'The exhibition’s title, ‘Once We Were Mudskippers’, refers to the small swamp-dwelling fish that can live on both land and in the water, pulling itself from the muddy water to skip across mudflats using its specially shaped fins as legs. For Williams, the metaphor places us all in the primordial swamp together, looking for our own way out with daring adaptability. It captures the desire to escape, but also an acceptance of a sometimes-messy, swamp-dwelling life.’ Exhibition dates: 03.10.26 — 07.03.27

Justene Williams is exhibiting in Ladies to the Front – The Art of Noise curated by Margaret Hancock at Margaret Whitlam Galleries at Western Sydney University, Sydney. The exhibition foregrounds women across performance, sound and visual art, led by WSU alumnae. Exhibition: 08.04.26 — 16.07.26