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Upcoming: 2026 Hillvale Photo Trophy opening night, 6-9pm, Fri 16 Oct! All welcome 🏆

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You’re invited: Join us Friday 16 October from 6–9pm to celebrate the opening of the Hillvale Photo Trophy 2026. Thanks to you, for a second year running, we reached capacity which means we will be exhibiting over 1000 photographs in the gallery.

Friday 16 October, 6–9pm, 43-45 Edward Street, Brunswick/Bulleke-Bek

The Hillvale Photo Trophy is made possible with the generous support of our major partner Fujifilm, supporting partners Ilford Imaging, and Pentax.

Huge thanks to our charitable prize partners Wetlab, Perimeter Books, Thirds Fine Art Printing, Leica Akademie, Perimeter Books, Camera Electronic, Metro Auto Photo, Times Camera. Thanks to our hospitality partners Philter, Minimum Wines, FIN Wines and Cielo for keeping us hydrated.

Feature images in order:

Mira Pedlar - @mira___pedlar
Nick Green @nickgreenphoto
Jessie DiBlasi @jessiediblasi
Tajette O’Halloran @tajette.ohalloran
Juan Farrell @juan.percenter

See you there! All Welcome.

#HillvaleGallery #PhotoTrophy2026 taken in Hillvale Gallery by @hillvalegallery

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OPENING NIGHT: Join us this Friday 16 October from 6–9pm to celebrate the opening of the Hillvale Photo Trophy 2026. The Hillvale Photo Trophy is made possible with the generous support of our major partner Fujifilm, supporting partners Ilford Imaging, and Pentax.

Feature images in order:
Jasmine Chalmers @mystery.bloom.photography
Joice Gonzalez @joicegonzalez_
Xavier Doyle @xavierdoyle
Jesse Lee @jeeeesssssseeee
Mikela Guseli mikelaguseli
Young Ha Kim @painted.sun.in.abstract
Bartholomew Freebairn @b.artlol

See you there! All Welcome.

Huge thanks to our prize partners and sponsors:

@fujifilmphotosaus
@ilfordphoto
@pentax.film.photography
@cameraelectronic
@leica_akademie_aus
@perimeterbooks
@crumpler
@framesreadymade
@__wetlab__
@metro.auto.photo
@thirdsfineartprinting
@timescamera
@philterbrewing
@minimumwines
@cielosoda

#HillvaleGallery #PhotoTrophy2026 taken in Hillvale Gallery by @hillvalegallery

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We are excited to announce the three judges for the 2026 Hillvale Photo Trophy: Clare Rae, Matt Shaw and Nur Aishah Kenton. The judges will be pouring over 1000+ entries to decide the major winner of the 2026 Hillvale Photo Trophy alongside the other 11 other prize winners.

Clare Rae (@clarerae) is an artist and educator from Naarm / Melbourne. In her lens-based practice Clare explores gesture, space and architecture to examine structures of power and their impacts on the body. She has been making and exhibiting artwork in Australia and abroad for 20 years.

Matt Shaw (@melonshaw) is a visual artist working across photography, video and casting. Guided by a documentary sensibility, his work centres on people: their identity, their stories, and the portals they open into other worlds. Scouting sidewalks and subcultures, Matt uses his camera to bring a cast of characters into a world of his own, one that is dreamy, playful and strangely tender.

Nur Aishah Abdullah Farid Kenton (@aishah_k) is a Singapore-born, Malay-Australian photographer, artist and educator whose practice is grounded in collaboration, participation and community engagement. taken in Hillvale Gallery by @hillvalegallery

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You’re invited: Join us Friday 16 October from 6–9pm to celebrate the opening of the Hillvale Photo Trophy 2026. The Hillvale Photo Trophy is made possible with the generous support of our major partner Fujifilm, supporting partners Ilford Imaging, and Pentax.

Huge thanks to our charitable prize partners Wetlab, Perimeter Books, Thirds Fine Art Printing, Leica Akademie, Perimeter Books, Camera Electronic, Metro Auto Photo, Times Camera. Thanks to our hospitality partners Philter, Minimum Wines, FIN Wines and Cielo for keeping us hydrated.

Feature images in order:

Brooke Muckle @Bm_35mm
Nicholas Hadathy @nickhadathymedia
Aleisha Zoumaras @aleishaheidifilm
Lydia Campbell Robinson @lydiacampbellrobinson
Koen van Rijn @koen.vanrijn
Hanna Begic @otherfolk.co

See you there! All Welcome.

#HillvaleGallery #PhotoTrophy2026 taken in Hillvale Gallery by @hillvalegallery

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For un Extended, Annabel Brown visits 'Returning', currently in its final week of display at Hillvale Gallery. Brown traces the tenderness with which the two featured artists, Nur Aishah Kenton ans Shelley Xue, re-create the memories and longings that encircle the idea of home.

'Specific memories are inscribed — photographs of reunions and family members gathered around the dining table — but it is undisclosed to the viewer which photograph belongs to each artist. In the otherwise austere, fluorescent-washed gallery space, Kenton and Xue decorate the walls like a scrapbook, as if the gallery were an old, sun-faded family album unbound by its staples and lovingly reconstructed.'

Read it in full on un Extended now! This article was commissioned as part of the KINGS x un Projects Emerging Writers Program 2026, and edited by Emily Kostos.

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Slide 2: Aishah Kenton and Shelley Xue, Returning, 2026, installation view. Image courtesy the artists and Hillvale Gallery. Photo: Hannah Nikkelson.

Slide 4: Aishah Kenton, Missed voice call, 2026, printed images on cotton, traditional Malaysian Batik fabric, printed text on Washi paper, 42 x 59.4cm. Image courtesy the artists and Hillvale Gallery. Photo: Hannah Nikkelson. by @hillvalegallery

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OPEN CALL 2027: applications close this Sunday 27th September at 11:59pm AEST. 👀

The Hillvale Gallery Open Call invites proposals from photographic artists for our exhibition program to be held in 2027.

Hillvale Gallery is dedicated to supporting, elevating and exhibiting both emerging and established local artists working across all forms of photography. Built upon the same values as Hillvale Photo, our independent photo lab, the gallery serves as a platform for photographers to express and expand their practice.

We encourage all artists practicing photography to submit proposals for solo, collective or curated group shows.

Our call out will be assessed by a selection committee of local artists and curators.

Selected artists will receive direct support from Hillvale, including gallery space, artist fee, installation support and more. To date, Hillvale has supported and paid over 60 artists to exhibit in 38 exhibitions over the past four years of programming.

There is no fee to apply. Due to the amount of proposals received we are not able to offer feedback.

Although we love to see applications from international artists, we do prioritise Australian-based artists, as we consider the exhibition process to be collaborative and ask that artists are present for both the installation and exhibition opening.

All applicants will be notified by the end of October, 2026

Installation photography by @_assignmnt taken in Hillvale Gallery by @hillvalegallery

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Artists Nur Aishah Kenton & Shelley Xue discuss their joint project ‘Returning’, currently on display in the front gallery until October 4. taken in Hillvale Gallery by @hillvalegallery

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2026 Hillvale Photo Trophy entries close this Sunday 27 September! You can submit between 1-3 photographs each. Here are some more great entries in order of appearance:

Ryan Wheatley @ryanwheatley
Sonny Witton @mostlysonnys
Ali Chroudhry @ali.choudhry.art
Kate Molenkamp @kate.molenkamp
Marylou Verberne @studio_marylouverberne
Greta Nash @greta_nash
Sian Fay @sianfay
J Davies @jdavies.studio
Gemma Smith @glsmithh
Yu Chen Hsu @yuchen.foto
Bryce Stoneham @brycestoneham
Yvette Scott @yvette__scott

#HillvaleGallery #PhotoTrophy2026 taken in Hillvale Gallery by @hillvalegallery

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21 days ago

FINAL WEEK: entries to the 2026 Hillvale Photo Trophy close this Sunday 27.09 at 11:59pm AEST 💌

Thanks to all that have entered so far. Here are some great photos we’ve come across so far ✨

Anna Chen @go_anna40
Lucy Macarthur @lmacarthur.photo
Trent Larkman
Kalindy Williams @kalindymillions
Jackson Gallagher @jacksongallagher_photography
Karl Halliday @karl_halliday
Cara Mand @caramand.photography
Yuriy Turbin

#HillvaleGallery #PhotoTrophy2026 taken in Hillvale Gallery by @hillvalegallery

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Artist Ilsa Wynne-Hoelscher chats about her exhibition and book project 12 MOONS. Currently in the back gallery until Oct 4! #hillvalegallery #IlsaWynneHoelscher @lbwbooks taken in Hillvale Gallery by @hillvalegallery

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You’re invited to take part in ‘Letters to Our Families’, a free participatory workshop extending the themes of our current exhibition ‘Returning’, inviting participants to reflect on family, memory, belonging and intergenerational connection. Through guided prompts, participants will write letters to family members (past, present or future) including parents, children, chosen family, or themselves.

Hillvale Gallery with @aishah_k & @sxmyedge
1–3pm, Sunday 4 October, 2026
Includes Malaysian and Chinese afternoon tea.

** Update: sold out!**

Participants are encouraged to bring photographs, documents or other materials from their own family archives, or to send images prior to the workshop. These personal archives can become starting points for writing, or be incorporated directly into the letters. A printer will be available on site to support participants in printing their images. Participants will also be invited to annotate, draw on, sew or add written text to their family photographs and archival materials, creating new layers of personal meaning and memory.

The workshop reflects Aishah and Shelley’s shared use of text and layering within their photographic practices, where images, words, materials and personal histories come together to create multiple layers of meaning. By bringing personal archives into the workshop, participants are invited to similarly build upon and reinterpret their own family histories, adding new layers through writing, drawing and image-making.

#HillvaleGallery #Workshop taken in Hillvale Gallery by @hillvalegallery

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Sneak peek 👀 of some of the fantastic photographs entered so far to the 2026 Hillvale Photo Trophy. Entries open until Sunday 27 Sept, so don’t miss out : )

Max Liu @m.axliu
Wilhelm Phillip @wilhelmphilipp
Philip Grochocki @filip_g
Ed Gorwell @edgorwell
Julia Clark @_julia__clark_
Travis Fryer @fryer.travis
Véra Ada @bepa.ada
Kaine Green @kaine.green

#HillvalePhotoTrophy #HillvaleGallery taken in Hillvale Gallery by @hillvalegallery

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