The Corner Store Gallery first began as a way to connect regional communities and emerging artists and designers in one of NSW’s premier food and wine destinations. Established in 2014, the boutique gallery housed in a heritage former corner store, is an independently run creative space that supports emerging and established artists and designers from a diverse range of creative mediums — providing an array of workshops, pop ups, and community events.

The Corner Store Gallery profiles the best of established and emerging Australian creatives, with curator Madeline Young seeking out colourful and visually arresting aesthetics in either art or design. As an artist herself, Madeline pursues opportunities outside of the established Regional Gallery or informal market stall channels to reach new artists, creators, and audiences.

The Corner Store Gallery brings together artists and designers from all over Australia to join the gallery’s creative community, as it rightly takes a seat as one of Australia’s most popular emerging and collaborative art spaces.

Narelle Higson returned to full time art practice following many years of doing other things, including working in health and children’s television. Describing herself more as a scribbler than a painter, Narelle has embraced oil pastels which when combined with cold wax, enables layering and scraping back to create a unique finish and texture. Narelle is drawn to capturing Australian landscapes, describing the colour, light and movement of grasses, bushland, flora and water.

Andrea is a prolific artist who is represented by various Galleries within Australia and collections worldwide. She creates work that observe the ordinary, but celebrate the beauty within.

Andrea presents us with a collection of work that invites us to emerge from the blur of the last few years and find some clarity in the future. Using the landscape as reference, “Blur” envelopes the viewer in a haze that evokes comfort and hope.

Group exhibition by the artists of Bula’bula Arts based in Ramingining, NT.

Our artists have a compelling material culture producing works of deep ritual and spiritual significance and are authentic in their connection to Yolngu (people) and their true nature and beliefs. The artworks contain meaningfulness about sophisticated and complex social structures: such as ceremonies, songs, language, creation beings, family and the Yolngu identity within, as well as the relationships between all things: such as animals, plants, birds, trees, fish and water.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.

Bula’bula Arts is generously supported by the Australian Government’s Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support program.

Our extremely popular Group Show INSIDE THIS BOX is back for another year and this time we've turned it into a PRIZE! Thanks to our friends at Rowlee Wines in Orange, there will be two prizes up for grabs: the overall winner, selected by Gallery Director Madeline Young, will receive $1000 in cash sponsored by Rowlee Wines. There will also be a People’s Choice Award with voters choosing their favourite work, the winner will receive a case of delicious Rowlee Wine valued at $500!

Entries are now closed

Business Hours: Wed-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat-Sun 10am-4pm

The Journey Person is a collective of local artisans and designers based in Central West NSW. Our Handmade Popup is a carefully curated selection of high quality, locally made wares. You’ll find jewellery, art, ceramics, clothing, hats, textiles, metalwork, children’s toys, kitchen knives, homewares, flowers, plants, sculpture, candles, stationary, DIY craft supplies and more!

The Journey Person was founded in 2015 and has grown from strength the strength over the past 8 years to include over 30 fabulous makers from across the Central West of NSW.

The Journey Person Handmade Popup is once again taking place this December 6th - 10th! Come on in to the gallery and see what new and exciting products your favourite makers have for you!

An Ode to Pink is a celebration of the captivating colour of pink. This group exhibition features a diverse collective of abstract artists taking us on a vibrant journey through hue and colour.

EXHIBITING ARTISTS

Daniela Cristallo, Chris de Hoog, Ben Foster, Simon Palmer, Kate Pittas, Alexandra Plim, Susan Simonini, Nastia Gladuschenko, Christina McLean, Madeline Young.

Artists were invited to submit 3 artworks as a small body of work to be judged by a panel of experts. The winner of our Mini Series Art Prize will receive a solo exhibition with us here at The Corner Store Gallery in 2024. We also award two Highly Commended awards and artists become part of our stable. This competition is open to emerging and professional artists from Australia who have not had a solo exhibition with us before. The exhibition will include the most exciting and original artworks submitted for selection from artists and designers from all over Australia.

Finalists: Amy Raymond, Brooke Whelan, Cecilia Gunnarsson, Chris de Hoog, Clare Walker, Deb Michell-Smith, Diana Ellinger, Emma Small, Erin Pearce, Evie Adasal, Felicite Briggs, Hilary Rookyard, Holly Eva, Jacqueline McCoy, James Gordon, Jane Chacana, Jessica Olpp, Jo Langley, Jodi Thompson, Julie Lynch, Karlie Simring, Kathryn Junor, Katrina Holden, Kym Barrett, Lea Durie, Lise Hobcraft, Luanne Mitchelmore, Lynda McKay, Meg Frances, Megan Campbell, Natalie Martin, Nell Symonds, Nicola Knackstredt, Rachel Shaw, Sharon Cameron, Simon Palmer, Sofie Neuendorf, Stu Doherty, Tina Hunter, Vicki Ratcliff.

How does exploring a new place make you feel ? Do you find yourself taking note of the differences in landscape, mentally jotting down the colours and shapes?

Recently I’ve been lucky enough to experience some travel and found myself taking note of these changes unable to quiet my mind until I’ve brought those new colours and compositions to the canvas.

‘Field Notes’ celebrates finding beauty in the things that surround us…whether that be noticing the new colours with the changing of seasons or taking note of the beautiful shapes from little flowers in our very own backyards.

My hope for this exhibit is that it will bring joy to each viewer and reason to take note of the beauty within colours and shadows of our everyday surrounds.

Within this body of work, Jane explores the natural beauty, the ecological importance and essential habitat sanctuary that bushland and wilderness areas provide - A Refuge, where flora, fauna and biodiversity can thrive. Conservation, regeneration and the re-wilding of country are integral to a healthy, bio-diverse environment.

Time spent Bushwalking and forest bathing Shinrin-yoku, are integral in the development of Jane’s arts practice, providing an endless source of creative nourishment and compositional inspiration.

In our busy, modern lives, where many daylight hour are spent indoors, it is easy to feel a disconnection from nature. The lives we live, the resources we consume and the impact our choices have upon the natural environment are often out of sight, out of mind.

To celebrate our 9th anniversary, Gallery Director Madeline Young has curated a group exhibition of 21 artists from across varied and diverse practices. Many have exhibited with The Corner Store Gallery before with some joining us for the first time. Artists were invited to create two artworks each exploring the term “Quiet”.

Exhibiting Artists

Michelle Arnott, Laura Baker, Emily Birks, Kim Bizo, Clare Dubina, Liss Finney, Andrea Hopgood, Matt James, Ingrid Kwong, Sandon Gibbs O’Neil, Stacey McCall, Brendan Nicholl, Amanda Ogilby, Nerrida Parfitt, Sarah Randall, Ruth Rawle, Daniel Rivers, Georgina Sambell, Andrea Shaw, Meg Walters, Alex Watts.

Finalists

Karlie Simring, Katie Bullock, Susan Shortridge, Sonia Martignon, Mary Zammit, Amanda Holman, Simone Hale, David King, Keith Betts, Nicola Jones, Amanda Twyford, Andrew Sleeman, Kirsty Gautheron, Sarah Field, Alice Watson, Gina Andree, Tracy Waite, Jane Forbes, Donna Legovini, Nastia Gladushchenko, Tim Austin, Paula Kos, Leree Lindsay, Kiandra Buchanan, Claire Cummack, Julie Lynch, Pippita Bennett, Hilary Rookyard, Ingrid Kwong, Olwen Henstridge, Deb Michell-Smith, Kate Quinn, Michelle Arnott, Fran Max, Andrew Duffin, Brendan Langfield, Jules Bulleid, Amanda Ogilby, Leah Early, Kelly Anne Shaw, Jason McDonald, Jo Fernandez, Jo Dunsmuir.

Robin Meiklejohn is an Orange based watercolour artist . Growing up in the Blue Mountains completely surrounded by natural bush land Robin developed a life long appreciation of the beauty and fragility of her natural environment. It is her love of this environment that underpins much of her art practice today.

Business Hours: Wed-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat-Sun 10am-4pm

The Journey Person is a collective of local artisans and designers based in Central West NSW. Our Handmade Popup is a carefully curated selection of high quality, locally made wares. You’ll find jewellery, art, ceramics, clothing, hats, textiles, metalwork, children’s toys, kitchen knives, homewares, flowers, plants, sculpture, candles, stationary, DIY craft supplies and more!

The Journey Person was founded in 2015 and has grown from strength the strength over the past 8 years to include over 30 fabulous makers from across the Central West of NSW.

The Journey Person Handmade Popup is once again taking place this June 21st - 25th! Come on in to the gallery and see what new and exciting products your favourite makers have for you!

Rogue Sculptors Incorporated (the group) brings Altered States to showcase their diversity of thinking, their multiplicity of styles and their individuality in considering altered states of everything.

Passionate about sculpture, Rogues will seek to delight audiences with their newest selection of works which involve all manner of materials.

Exhibiting artists: Aileen Francis, Alison Dent, Chris Cowell, Christine Lanham, Dianne O’Neile, Glenn Hoyle, Jane Tyack, Jaq Davies, Jude Keogh, Karin Smith, Kerry Mahony, Linda Chant, Lanny Mackenzie, Merissa Reid, Michael Priest, Natalie Reid, Ralph Tikerpae, Trish Lovecek.

All roads are leading to The Corner Store Gallery for Fiona Schofield's Pop Up Hat Shop, 9th to the 21st of May 2023.

The gallery is a beautiful space to showcase the stunning hats and it's always a delight to be in this environment, welcoming you through the doors.

This will be the sixth year of the Pop Up Hat Shop, each time bringing something a little bit different, unique and special.

Join Fiona in store to shop the range of "off the rack" hats, or commission a special order from the range on show.

Terrain brings together some of our wonderful, female landscape painters who have exhibited with The Corner Store Gallery over the past few years. Each artist portrays their environment in unique and personal ways. Some with precise and finite detail, some loosely and freely.

Their connection to particular places and landscapes is heartfelt and joyous, each celebrating the beauty and complexity that surrounds them.

Exhibiting Artists: Natasha Daniloff, Inel Date, Jo Fernandez, Ann Gordon, Amanda Holman, Rishelle Kent, Pennie McKibbin, Petra Pinn, Dee Roberts, Chanel Sohier, Allison Taplin, Jane Tonks.

Exhibiting Artists: Lily Platts, Yani Lenehan, Domenica Russo, Gavin Coote, Liz Wickramasinghe, Sky Jasper Mooney, Jude Keogh, Rina Bernabei, Elizabeth Lewis, Sue Wearne, Sophie Corks, Jaq Davies, Korynn Morrison, Lauren Tausend, Naomi Lawler, Jennifer Rosnell, Ana Anderson, Raphe Coombes, Jason McDonald, Helena Newcombe.

Untitled brings together the work of many artists from across Australia, some Corner Store Gallery alumni and some brand new to our space. These artists work across different, and sometimes unusual mediums and ideas. Each artist has been hand-picked by Curator Madeline Young for their unique and striking work. This exhibition will be a joyous, quirky and amusing celebration of a wonderful group of contemporary artists.

Ordinary Things is a celebration of the tenacity, joy, dedication, humour, and chaos that permeates my life as a working-from-home artist. It is an exploration of the endless balancing act of being a mother, wife and creator. The works blur the boundaries of domestic and artistic life, where household items or children’s toys playfully invade the composition as if they’re in the process of being tidied up. The exhibition also explores the bittersweet passing of childhood, highlighting the brevity of this period of innocence and playfulness, where the young child’s locus in the domestic sphere begins to expand and well-loved childhood toys are abandoned.

Our extremely popular Group Show INSIDE THIS BOX is back for another year with 88 artworks on display from all over Australia. Artists were invited to submit wall-mountable artworks of any style, size, genre, medium and subject matter that fit within a 30x30cm size limit. We had over 200 submissions and have chosen the very best finalists for your eyes to feast upon!

Finalists:

Jo Dunsmuir, Christina McLean, Jennifer Rosnell, Naomi Lawler, Karlie Simring, Andria Beighton, Daniel Rivers, Veronica O’Leary, Chris de Hoog, Tara Axford, Megan McInerney, Kim Bizo, Wendy Tsai, Alice Trow, Tracy Waite, Jaq Davies, Rishelle Kent, Margaret Taylor, Daniela Cristallo, Clare McCartney, Nicola Jones, Christine Appleby, Annie Pavlovic, Natasha Daniloff, Inel Date, Ruth Rawle, Trevor Armitage, Nastia Gladushchenko, Yvette Hugill, Fleur Stevenson, Raphe Coombes, Helena Newcombe, Yani Lenehan, Jennifer Mullen, Sonia Martignon, Narelle Higson, Whitton Park, Helen Chegwidden, Emily Day, Andrew Sleeman, Alicia Cornwell, Sophie Corks, Karlijn Sas, Vicki Potter, Hilary Willing, Fiona Verdouw, Jason McDonald, Robyn Lees-West, Karen Backus, Nerrida Parfitt, Amelia Jajko, Giną Andree, Imogen Rowe, Jane Tonks, Sarah McGrath, Eliza Koch, Jan Spencer, Lynda McKay, Amanda Ogilby, Jane Henry, Libby Moore, Patrice Wills, Monique Fedor, Simon Palmer, Christine Moult, Kate Wheeler, Amanda Holman, Sue Rowsell, Jarrah Johnson, Nell Symonds, Leree Lindsay, Zoe Sernack, Greta Hounslow, Kim Harding, Kate Quinn, Kate Owen, Jo Fernandez, Amy Raymond, Amanda Twyford, Michelle Arnott, Natasha Ruschka, Rachel Prince, Claire Farrell, Fran Max, Mary Zammit, Samantha Dollar, Claire Cummack, Andrew Duffin.

“The last couple of years have been tough in the arts. Lockdowns and loss of work ran right across all artforms. Live shows took a hammering. We wanted to help by creating opportunities for those most affected,” said exhibition curator, Arts OutWest’s Steven Cavanagh.

“In 2021 Arts OutWest commissioned 15 Central West songwriters to each write a track reflecting their experiences of 2020. We created a compilation album of original music titled While the World Waits,” Mr Cavanagh explains, “Then we opened the conversation up to visual artists to see what they were feeling.”

Business Hours: Thu/Fri 10am-6pm, Sat/Sun 10am-4pm

The Journey Person is a collective of local artisans and designers based in Central West NSW. Our Handmade Popup is a carefully curated selection of high quality, locally made wares. You’ll find jewellery, art, ceramics, clothing, hats, textiles, metalwork, children’s toys, kitchen knives, homewares, flowers, plants, sculpture, candles, stationary, DIY craft supplies and more!

The Journey Person was founded in 2015 and has grown from strength the strength over the past 4 years to include over 30 fabulous makers from across the Central West of NSW.

The Journey Person Handmade Popup is once again taking place this December 15th to 18th! Come on in to the gallery and see what new and exciting products your favourite makers have for you!