Onkaparinga Arts - Sauerbier House

Onkaparinga Arts - Sauerbier House Sauerbier House is a heritage arts venue featuring galleries, artist studios and gardens.

We offer creative exchange through contemporary visual arts through our artist in residence program, exhibitions, open studios, workshops, and arts focused events. Sauerbier House is an innovative artspace providing a platform to support cultural exchange through contemporary visual arts. Sauerbier House offers established and emerging contemporary artists and writers, site responsive residency (n

on-resident) and independent exhibition opportunities. The extended residencies provide a platform for arts practitioners to creatively respond to a complex and culturally significant coastal location. Interactions with other residents, locals and visitors are offered through regular open-studio sessions, artist’s talks, gallery tours and workshops.

Celebrating 10 Years! 🎉Throwback | Richard LavenderArtist in Residence, March-May, 2016HOME "Home and our surroundings h...
03/06/2026

Celebrating 10 Years! 🎉

Throwback | Richard Lavender

Artist in Residence, March-May, 2016
HOME

"Home and our surroundings has insistently inspired me. Not just through the artwork I create, but through the little appreciations and mindset I reside within. It’s not the word, the letters or the sound they make, but rather the underlying feelings connected with home. The elements we look past due to familiarity and the others that catch our attention every time. The feeling of home sick, and the contrast of finally returning back again. This body of work will serve as a personal tool for myself to explore, consider and look deeper into the landscape and structures, the people and the animals, the colours and temperatures within the place I call home. Recreating these elements with the use of paint demands an insightful consideration of pigments, sizes and applications to reflect the internal complacency felt when home."

Images: Exhibition and studio documentation, courtesy the artist.

LIBBY ROSE & JOSEPH BOAS FRAGMENTS OF NATURE27 June – 1 August Wash House & foyerFragments of Nature explores the artist...
03/06/2026

LIBBY ROSE & JOSEPH BOAS
FRAGMENTS OF NATURE

27 June – 1 August

Wash House & foyer

Fragments of Nature explores the artists’ experience living and working on the Fleurieu through clay and textiles, exploring shifting landscapes, natural textures, and the quiet interconnectedness of collaborative making.


Opening Saturday 27 June 2–4pm

Please join artists in residence Libby Rose and Joseph Boas to celebrate the launch of 'Fragments of Nature'. Libby and Joseph join studio friends Valerie and Sera for an informative series of short artist talks to open the exhibitions from 2:30pm.



Image: Fragments of Nature (WIP), 2026, wild clay, botanical textiles. Image courtesy Artists

VALERIE KIRKRIVER OF CONNECTION A quiet dialogue between landscape, history, and making—foregrounding care, connection, ...
03/06/2026

VALERIE KIRK
RIVER OF CONNECTION

A quiet dialogue between landscape, history, and making—foregrounding care, connection, respect and continuity through investigating the Onkaparinga River and blankets.

Opening Saturday 27 June 2–4pm

Please join artist in residence Valerie Kirk to celebrate the launch of River of Connection. Valerie joins studio friends Sera Waters, Libby Rose and Joseph Boas for an informative series of short artist talks to open the exhibitions from 2:30pm.

Hallway Gallery | 27 June - 1 August

Shout out to our friends at Fabrik Arts for generously supporting Valeries research.
Fabrik Arts & Heritage

Image: Fibulae, 2026, wool, felt, cotton thread, beads, dimensions variable. Photo courtesy Artist.

SAMPLING ECOLOGIES SERA WATERSWaters experiments with patterns discovered within the ecologies of Port Noarlunga, leanin...
03/06/2026

SAMPLING ECOLOGIES
SERA WATERS

Waters experiments with patterns discovered within the ecologies of Port Noarlunga, leaning into the innovative possibilities of sampling using embroidery and paint.

Opening Saturday 27 June 2–4pm

Please join Sera to celebrate the launch of Sampling Ecologies. Sera joins studio friends Valerie Kirk, Libby Rose and Joseph Boas for an informative series of short artist talks from 2:30pm.

Sera is represented by Hugo Michell Gallery.

Image: Washed Up (detail), 2026, cotton on hand-dyed linen, 15 x 8cm. Photograph courtesy Artist.

Celebrating 10 Years! 🎉Throwback | Veronica CalarcoArtist in Residence, Dec 2015 -Feb 2016Once upon a time/un ar adeg."A...
01/06/2026

Celebrating 10 Years! 🎉

Throwback | Veronica Calarco

Artist in Residence, Dec 2015 -Feb 2016
Once upon a time/un ar adeg.

"As with most Australians, I didn’t learn the language of the area from which I come. We all spoke English. As an adult I have learnt Welsh - a language to which I have no historical, cultural or family connection. I decided that I needed to learn the language of Gippsland. This is not an easy task - there are very few resources (dictionaries, grammars, how to learn) and so I find that I have embarked on a journey to find the language as well as to learn it. Mainly what I have at this stage is a list of words and a few grammars notes. But they are just words I can memorise and have no meaning - so with my work I am trying to put a meaning into each word or phrase as I learn it. Whilst at Sauerbier House I have been using a short story in Kurnai and translating it into Welsh. The images used in the works were influenced by the time I have spent at Lot 50 Kanyanyapilla - an area of land in McLaren Vale that was acquired by artist and cultural geographer Gavin Malone for an ecological and cultural regeneration project. By using the story (and the words) in the images I am giving the words meaning to me, making them part of my experience at Sauerbier House and the time I have spent at Lot 50."

Images: SH

Celebrating 10 Years! 🎉Throwback | Lorelei MedcalfArtist in Residence, Dec 2015 -Feb 2016'We've got the Sky to Talk Abou...
30/05/2026

Celebrating 10 Years! 🎉

Throwback | Lorelei Medcalf

Artist in Residence, Dec 2015 -Feb 2016
'We've got the Sky to Talk About'

Printmaker Elizabeth Abbott's work explores ideas around recalled, regained, remained and reframed.

"I am a visual arts practitioner concentrating on printmaking and painting. I have held many printmaking workshops with children and adults as well as being involved in group and solo exhibitions in the local area. I am also a qualified special effect makeup artist and have worked in film, television and special events. I have worked in schools, libraries and community centres demonstrating and applying my crafts. I also take private one on one session with beginners and artists who want to improve or add technical knowledge in their art practice."

Images: SH

Celebrating 10 Years! 🎉Throwback | Elizabeth AbbottArtist in Residence, Sept - Nov, 2015.'REVISITED'Printmaker Elizabeth...
27/05/2026

Celebrating 10 Years! 🎉

Throwback | Elizabeth Abbott

Artist in Residence, Sept - Nov, 2015.
'REVISITED'

Printmaker Elizabeth Abbott's work explores ideas around recalled, regained, remained and reframed.

"I am a visual arts practitioner concentrating on printmaking and painting. I have held many printmaking workshops with children and adults as well as being involved in group and solo exhibitions in the local area. I am also a qualified special effect makeup artist and have worked in film, television and special events. I have worked in schools, libraries and community centres demonstrating and applying my crafts. I also take private one on one session with beginners and artists who want to improve or add technical knowledge in their art practice."

Images: SH

Celebrating 10 Years! 🎉Throwback | Sandy Kumnick Artist in Residence, Sept - Nov, 2015.'ENDANGERED'Sandy Kumnick's abstr...
25/05/2026

Celebrating 10 Years! 🎉

Throwback | Sandy Kumnick

Artist in Residence, Sept - Nov, 2015.
'ENDANGERED'

Sandy Kumnick's abstract play with oil paint and sand, locally sourced squid ink and endangered kelp, reflects her love of experimentation and respect for the natural world.

"I am a painter, as was my mother, who used to attend classes in watercolour painting classes at the Old Noarlunga main street studio-art-shop. My parents lived for 35 years in the home they built at Moana South, so although I am not a local, Noarlunga is special to me. My work usually starts in an expressionistic gestural style, reflecting the observed environments in colours and marks. Found objects, vegetation and imagery (on camera / paper) collected during daily walks, sketches, words-poetry, and other modes are utilised in capturing moments of focus.

Images: SH

Celebrating 10 Years! 🎉 Throwback | James TylorFringe Dweller | Garden Gallery | 2015James Tylor is an Aboriginal/Maori/...
23/05/2026

Celebrating 10 Years! 🎉

Throwback | James Tylor

Fringe Dweller | Garden Gallery | 2015

James Tylor is an Aboriginal/Maori/Anglo photo media artist. His investigations into personal histories of place and identity combine intelligence, technical skill and an individual aesthetic which result in a fresh take on such complex issues.

Fringe Dweller was a site-specific work which explored Indigenous settlements and campsites on the fringes of Australian towns and cities. The project highlighted contemporary and historical Indigenous temporary dwelling on the fringes of Australian towns and cities.

Images: SH

22/05/2026

Thin Places by Christobel Kelly explores the premise ‘to practice the past ‘ highlighting the legacy of artists whose practices have been touched by the Fleurieu.
Join us on Saturday for a conversation at 2pm to discuss the regions rich creative history over a cup of tea. Free event - register through link in bio.


Images: Kewpie, 2026, wood corbell, found shark egg, doll.
Rabbit, wood corbel, found shark egg, rabbit.
Storm. Port Willunga, 2025, oil on linen, 46x41.
Ninja, 2025, oil on linen, 41x46
Mast Head, 2026, oil on linen, 92x 76.
The world and everything in between #2, 2025, oil on linen, 41x46(x2(diptych)
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Sauerbier House, 21 Wearing Street
Adelaide, SA
5167

Opening Hours

Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 1pm - 4pm

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+61881861393

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