HAM DARROCH: HARP FREQUENCY

OPENING 3pm Saturday 2 May

Civic Art Bureau is delighted to present Ham Darroch’s latest solo exhibition Harp Frequency, new works on canvas and paper with a site-responsive wall painting.

Darroch is interested in the relationship between art and music, geometry and architecture, drawing upon modernist art history while reflecting on contemporary life. His mastery of syncopated rhythm and quiet harmony in colour and form invokes a profoundly uplifting experience.

Darroch’s work is held by notable collections including the Kerry Stokes Collection, Canberra Museum + Gallery, The Kirkland Collection UK, the Brazilian and Columbian Embassies, Bundanon Trust Collection, and the Bridget Riley Art Foundation. His 53 metre long wall work Tonic is currently installed at the National Gallery of Australia.

Kate Stevens: Zomi (requiem)

A portrait by Kate Stevens commemorating her friend Zomi Frankcom. On display in the Civic Art Bureau window gallery until 26 April 2026.

“I found out that Zomi had died when I recognised her in a press photograph posted on instagram — and suddenly, devastatingly, the assault on Gaza came home.” - Kate Stevens

Zomi Frankcom was an Australian aid worker providing food aid in Gaza when she was killed alongside her six co-workers in an Israeli strike on their aid convoy, two years ago this April.

Lizzie Hall at Polygon Artspace, Copenhagen

Lizzie Hall is currently showing paintings alongside glass artist Andréa Berthet in HAPTIC at Polygon Artspace, Copenghagen until 16 May. This exhibition considers perception of the world via touch with artworks that share a tactile materiality and deeply personal resonance.

Polygon is curated by Kirrily Hammond. Kirrily was previously curator at Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA). Presently she is collection manager at Danish printmaking workshop and publisher Borch Editions.

NEXT in the window: Thom Crowhurst CREEP

In the window gallery from 27 April, one big painting and ten masks by Thom Crowhurst in CREEP, an epilogue to NARCISSIST, his fifth solo show presented during the 2025 Melbourne Fringe Festival.

Opening June 13

Chris Carmody: ALL OF THE TIME and
Andrzej Zielinski: QUEUE OPS (window)