Rosemary Lee

I'm excited to announce that Near at Hand: Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial 2026 opens this Saturday at the Art Gallery of NSW. There will be opening artist talks on Saturday starting at 11am and I'll be hanging around the gallery for the rest of the day. I hope to see you there! I have spent the last year and half working on a new suite of secret drawings for this show. One of the drawings is the biggest thing I have ever created. It took over 6 months straight and I almost died.

I am honoured to be showing alongside eleven other brilliant artists across Australia - Stephen Benwell (Vic), Tom Blake (WA), Andrew Browne (Vic), Emily Ferretti (Vic), Mary MacDougall (Vic), Julian Martin (Vic), Jennifer Mills with Darcy Luker (Vic), Ryan Nazzari (WA), Louise Weaver (Vic), and Gutiŋarra Yunupiŋu (NT).

A big thank you to Scott Elliott for curating this show, the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation and the Art Gallery of NSW.

Thank you to Look Magazine for featuring my work on the cover. The magazine features a thoughtful article about all of the works in the show by Scott Elliott.

For more details of the show click on the link in my bio.

Near at Hand: Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial 2026

12 September 2026 – 7 March 2027
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Naala Nura building
Lower level 2

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