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Black Fig Gallery A curated art gallery in Alstonville, NSW - created for artists & for people who feel the room, and know when something belongs in it. Seasonal collections.

Considered curation. Conversations that matter.

💥 Open:
Wed - Fri 10am - 4pm
Sat - 10am - 2pm

THE LIST IS OUT!The finalists for the Plateau Art Prize 2026 have been selected!This year, artists from across the North...
19/10/2026

THE LIST IS OUT!

The finalists for the Plateau Art Prize 2026 have been selected!

This year, artists from across the Northern Rivers and surrounding regions were asked one question:

What deserves our attention?

No prescribed subject. No expected answer. Just an invitation to consider what matters, what gets overlooked and what might deserve a second look.

32 artworks have been selected for this year's exhibition, and we're looking forward to bringing them together at Black Fig Gallery.

A huge thank you to every artist who submitted work, and to our judging panel for the time and thought they've given to the selection process.

Now comes the interesting part. Seeing all those different answers in one room.

Opening Night | Friday 6 November, 5–7:30 pm
Exhibition | 6–28 November

Come along, meet the artists, cast your vote for people's choice and find out who takes home the prizes!

P.S if you see a name twice it means they have two selected pieces.

EDGES, CORNERS & BITS.A few little details from around the gallery.You know when people say they don't have any more roo...
15/10/2026

EDGES, CORNERS & BITS.

A few little details from around the gallery.

You know when people say they don't have any more room for art?

Well, there's a bit of wall there. And there. And actually, quite a lot of room just there.

I'm not saying you need more art. I'm just saying that's a perfectly good 30cm of wall going to waste in that gap. Haha.

So, consider this your invitation to come in for a closer look. You never know, we might have just the thing for that little bit of wall you've been overlooking.

14/10/2026

Gallery changeovers. One of my favourite parts of being a gallerist.

I love pulling everything apart and putting it back together in a completely different way. Working out which pieces belong beside each other, finding unexpected combinations and seeing how much the feeling of a room can change just by moving a few things around.

There's a lot more to hanging an exhibition than finding a spot on the wall for everything. I really enjoy this creative part of owning a gallery.

This was changing over from 'Marked Earth' to 'Ways of Looking' - 'Ways of Looking' wraps up in the next few weeks and we will do it all over again for the Plateau Art Prize.

I'd like to think Black Fig will be a little like a good w**e, getting better with age. We've passed our first year in b...
14/10/2026

I'd like to think Black Fig will be a little like a good w**e, getting better with age. We've passed our first year in business, and I feel like we're entering a new stage. Less about figuring out what works and more about refining what we've built, what we believe in and what we want to become.
I'm learning as I go, and I hope I always will. But I'm becoming more certain about the kind of gallery I want Black Fig to be.
And I think that's a pretty exciting space to be in.

Watch this space...! Exciting things in the works.

P.S Can we acknowledge the length of time it takes to make. I did make this post the hard way - 3 hours later and several welcome interruptions in the Gallery.... I'm finally finishing my morning cup of tea (that spent more time in the microwave than in my hands today). 🤦🏼‍♀️

📷 ELLIE VAN DER WINDEN

07/10/2026

Today is the final day to enter the Plateau Art Prize.

So when you finish work today and get home, somebody else is handling dinner — or you’re getting takeaway — because you’re sitting down at the computer and submitting your piece for your chance to win $2,000.

Submissions close 11:59pm tonight. Don’t miss it.

Ps. Enjoy the terrible freeze frame 😆

29/09/2026

If you want to know what this exhibition is about, then you'll have to look closer than just online to decide whether it's worth seeing and experiencing. 🤷🏼‍♀️

I think one of the things I’m enjoying most about Black Fig is realising I don’t actually have to decide what kind of ga...
26/09/2026

I think one of the things I’m enjoying most about Black Fig is realising I don’t actually have to decide what kind of gallery it is supposed to be.

There are parts of the traditional gallery model that I really value - considered curation, good work presented properly, respect for the artist and for the person standing in front of it.

But there are other parts I have no interest in carrying forward.

I want people to walk in without feeling like they need to know anything about art. I want serious work beside playful things. Established artists beside people still finding their feet. Exhibitions, experiments, conversations, strange little ideas, community projects and things that probably don’t make much commercial sense but feel worth doing anyway.
I want artists to feel supported, and people who have never bought art before to feel like this place belongs to them too.

Black Fig is still becoming whatever it is going to become. And I'm here for that. I’m not particularly interested in fitting neatly into any side of the art world.

I’d rather cultivate something in the interval.

- Kalie Burgis - Curator, Artist & Gallerist.

26/09/2026

You have today till 2pm today and whatever is left Wednesday before this collection is gone forever!

WAYS OF LOOKING - October at Black Fig GalleryA predominantly black and white exhibition, with just a little colour.Feat...
23/09/2026

WAYS OF LOOKING - October at Black Fig Gallery

A predominantly black and white exhibition, with just a little colour.
Featuring work by Isabelle Hillier and a number of artists whose work asks for more than a passing glance.

October will be a little different at Black Fig. There will be things in the gallery that won't be advertised online, and parts of the exhibition you will only encounter by physically being here.

Ways of Looking is for those who actively engage with the gallery space - particularly those who have walked through the doors, looked closely, asked questions and supported Black Fig through its first year.

It is also for anyone who has ever stood in front of an artwork and thought, I don't know what I'm supposed to see.

There is no right answer.
Come in and see for yourself.

So how do you know what “better” art is for you?It’s not necessarily the most expensive work, the artist you’ve heard of...
19/09/2026

So how do you know what “better” art is for you?

It’s not necessarily the most expensive work, the artist you’ve heard of, or the piece that matches the sofa. (Please don't buy art to match your sofa, you're doing it wrong.)

A few ways to work it out:

Notice what you come back to.
If you’ve walked around the gallery and find yourself returning to the same work, pay attention to that. You noticed something before you had time to explain why. Think about why?

Imagine living with it, not just looking at it.
Where would it go? What would you see around it? Would you still want to look at it over breakfast, walking down the hallway, or after you’ve owned it for five years? Art in a home becomes part of ordinary life. How do you want your home to feel.

Give yourself permission not to completely understand it.
Sometimes the work worth living with is the one that leaves something unresolved. You don’t need an immediate explanation for why you like it. In fact, having a little left to work out might be the point. You get to like one part and continuously explore the rest.

You don’t necessarily need more art.

You need the pieces you’d miss if they weren’t there. Pieces that evoke thought and feeling. Pieces that are as unique as you.

What do you look for in an art piece?

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Shop 7, Alstonville Plaza/8-20 Robertson Street
Alstonville, NSW
2477

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Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 2pm

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