EDGE GALLERIES is so thrilled to announce our first exhibition which officially opens the gallery to the public as Maldon’s newest, edgy and exciting gallery.

Gallery Director, Simon Dow has invited the powerful Melbourne-based, internationally exhibited artist JESSICA LEDWICH to bring her exclusive exhibition, ‘MESSY BEAUTIFUL’, to EDGE GALLERIES as part of a line up of wonderful work to be revealed throughout 2021.

Jessica will exhibit in the MAIN GALLERY in addition to using the evocative EDGE BELOW cellar space.

Fasten your seatbelts as EDGE GALLERIES first year of offerings brings you some really thought-provoking and exciting edgy work.

MESSY BEAUTIFUL

JESSICA LEDWICH PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST

‘Everyone carries a shadow and the less it is embodied in the individual’s conscious life, the blacker and denser it is”.

MARCH 20 - MAY 1, 2021

YOU ARE ALSO INVITED TO ‘1st EXPOSURE’, A FREE ARTIST DIALOGUE WITH JESSICA LEDWICH, PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST TO DISCUSS HER LATEST EXHIBITION, ‘MESSY BEAUTIFUL’ HERE AT EDGE GALLERIES.

FREE EVENTS GIVING YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR ABOUT THIS EXHIBITION FROM THE ARTIST HERSELF AND THE CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS.

‘EXPOSURES’ ON SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 11 A.M. / SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 11 A.M.

BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL. PLEASE CALL 0400 337 301. DUE TO COVID PRECAUTIONS LIMIT OF 25 PER TALK AT THIS TIME.

WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE!

Jessica Ledwich is a Melbourne based visual artist whose work explores the more contentious topics of conversation.  Female body culture, technology and contemporary ideals are themes that regularly feature in her work. She explores the uncanny, the abject and often the irrational to unmask the more complex side of human behaviour, analysing its perversities, to distil down these strange phenomena we call 'culture'.

She regularly exhibits in Australia and overseas and her work is held in private collections in Australia, London, The United States and Hong Kong. Her work was featured in the New York photography publication Musée Magazine's WOMEN issue and the Chicago political magazine The Point and her 2019 solo Our Desires Are Not Our Own was selected by Art Guide Australia as Top 5 Exhibition to see in Australia. She is a recipient of both an Australia Arts Council Artstart award as well as a Cultural Career Fund award. 

UPCOMING

EXHIBITION

MEMENTO MORI

‘Remember, you must die.’

SIMON DOW PHOTOGRAPHER

MAY 15 - JUNE 26, 2021

We are really excited to be opening EDGE GALLERIES in 2021.

As we announce exhibition dates and details you will be the first to know by joining our mailing list through our STAY IN TOUCH page. Please do join as we would love to connect with you. You will only ever hear from us.

Follow us on Instagram (@edgegalleries) as well for updated imagery and exhibition news, artist dialogues and openings which we call ‘EXPOSURES’. EDGE BELOW will also be up and running with a dedication to art that is off-centre in all its various and hybrid forms. EDGE PERFORMANCE is another creative element of EDGE GALLERIES offering intimate performances across a wide range of genres including music, dance, poetry readings/ slams, theatre and monologues, film / video and other exciting experiences,emtal showings. Please see our EDGE PERFORMANCE page for schedule of performances.