Ross Creek Gallery

Ross Creek Gallery Gallery located in the bush showcasing pottery and new exhibitions each month.

Ballarat Drawers 2026 opens this weekend with the official opening on Sunday June 7th at 2pm. Make sure to come along !I...
01/06/2026

Ballarat Drawers 2026 opens this weekend with the official opening on Sunday June 7th at 2pm. Make sure to come along !

It’s a stellar line up:
luke.art parki10



Image: “Displaced”, 2021 by Kim Anderson
Ink, charcoal and pastel on paper
75 x 105cm (frame size 90 x 118cm)

Last weekend to view this stellar exhibition: Ballarat Printmakers 2026. Featuring six amazing Ballarat-based printmaker...
29/05/2026

Last weekend to view this stellar exhibition: Ballarat Printmakers 2026. Featuring six amazing Ballarat-based printmakers showcasing the diversity and strength of contemporary printmaking in our region.

The exhibition closes this Sunday at 4pm, so be quick to visit, explore the works, and take home an original print.

Entries closing soon for the infuse art prize 2026 ✨There are now only a few weeks left to submit your entries for the i...
25/05/2026

Entries closing soon for the infuse art prize 2026 ✨

There are now only a few weeks left to submit your entries for the infuse art prize 2026 at the Ross Creek Gallery. if your work is ready, we encourage you to submit now rather than leaving it until the final days.

Infuse art prize celebrates collaboration, connection and creative exchange between artists working across all mediums. we are looking for bold, thoughtful and engaging collaborative works from artists across australia.

Entries close 14 june 2026.

Online entries only via our website:
www.rosscreekgallery.com.au

Please direct all enquiries via email to:
[email protected]

We’re excited to be hosting this incredible upcoming group exhibition at Ross Creek Gallery featuring works by .luke.ar...
23/05/2026

We’re excited to be hosting this incredible upcoming group exhibition at Ross Creek Gallery featuring works by .luke.art .parki10 and . This incredible drawing exhibition officially opens in 2 weeks so mark it in your calendars: Sunday 7th June 2-4pm 🥂 🎉

Open this weekend 11-4. Come for a visit. Exhibition closes next weekend, Sunday 31st May 4pm ...
23/05/2026

Open this weekend 11-4. Come for a visit.

Exhibition closes next weekend, Sunday 31st May 4pm

Our fave Mary-Theresa Ritchie has dropped off some new bronze artworks for the gallery! They are just so fun and quirky....
17/05/2026

Our fave Mary-Theresa Ritchie has dropped off some new bronze artworks for the gallery! They are just so fun and quirky.

Based in Gordon within the Moorabool Shire, Mary-Teresa works primarily with the traditional lost wax bronze casting process, creating one-of-a-kind sculptural pieces filled with humour, character, and personality.

Introduced to bronze casting in 2015, Mary-Teresa has developed a unique series of “imps” that balance playful charm with a slightly tormented appearance, inviting viewers to smile, laugh, and perhaps see a little of themselves reflected within the forms. Each sculpture begins as a wax model before being transformed through the complex lost wax casting process into solid bronze, then carefully cleaned and patinated by hand.

While her sculptures are deeply expressive, Mary-Teresa describes them not as manifestations of hidden darkness, but as light-hearted and imaginative works intended to spark connection and curiosity. Influences from the ceramic “Angels” of John Percival can also be felt throughout the work.

Alongside sculpture, Mary-Teresa also works across charcoal, pastel, oil paint, clay, permanent marker and mixed media, embracing materials intuitively and experimentally.

Visit us weekends 11–4 or by appointment to experience these wonderful bronze characters in person.

We have some more gorgeous treats from the lovely in the gallery. If you are around please pop in for a visit. We are o...
17/05/2026

We have some more gorgeous treats from the lovely in the gallery. If you are around please pop in for a visit. We are open 11-4 every weekend and by appointment during the week. Just dm or email us for appointments. I’ll be taking some of Julie’s gorgeous pieces to market at the end of June as part of their special clay focused market. 🌈 ❤️

Introducing works by Ballarat-based printmaker Amanda Western for Ballarat Printmakers 2026 at Ross Creek GalleryWestern...
16/05/2026

Introducing works by Ballarat-based printmaker Amanda Western for Ballarat Printmakers 2026 at Ross Creek Gallery

Western’s practice explores how places hold memory, tension and transformation through printmaking, material process and spatial form. Her latest body of work, Under Pressure, traces shifting landscapes through disruption, compression and instability, moving between clarity and fracture through line, surface and light.

Working across linocut and drypoint, these works combine delicate print processes with layered painted surfaces, creating atmospheric compositions that reflect on pressure within both landscape and material.

Western is a finalist in the Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, Glover Prize and John Villiers Outback Art Prize, and was awarded the People’s Choice Award at the Pro Hart Outback Art Prize and Sunshine Coast National Art Prize.

Featured works include Standing Ground, Holding Light, Breaking Form, Compressed Field, After Trace and Ballarat Underneath, 1870, a major linocut forming part of Lantern Vaults, a site-responsive installation presented during the Ballarat Heritage Festival.

Introducing the work of Peter Laqua in Ballarat Printmakers 2026 at Ross Creek Gallery.Peter Laqua is a multidisciplinar...
15/05/2026

Introducing the work of Peter Laqua in Ballarat Printmakers 2026 at Ross Creek Gallery.

Peter Laqua is a multidisciplinary artist and nurse whose practice explores resilience, vulnerability, care and the human condition through printmaking, sculpture, installation and found materials. Drawing from over 25 years working within healthcare, his work reflects lived experiences of endurance, recovery and survival.

In his series Impressions of Strength (2026), Laqua combines traditional linocut with layered monoprint processes to explore resilience as something deeply physical, shaped by repetition, pressure and adaptation. Through textured surfaces, repurposed materials and powerful figurative imagery, the work quietly critiques disposability while celebrating dignity, hope and human connection.

These works invite audiences to pause and reflect on the extraordinary strength found within everyday life.

We are open today and Sunday 11-4. Please come by 😀

Introducing artist Jessica Schroeter, part of the upcoming Ballarat Printmakers 2026 exhibition at Ross Creek Gallery.Je...
14/05/2026

Introducing artist Jessica Schroeter, part of the upcoming Ballarat Printmakers 2026 exhibition at Ross Creek Gallery.

Jessica’s practice combines printmaking with a strong foundation in painting and drawing, resulting in richly layered works that feel both personal and experimental. Originally moving to Ballarat from the Surf Coast to study Visual Arts, she has since exhibited across local, regional and national platforms while also becoming a passionate educator and mentor for emerging artists.

Her latest body of work explores themes of upheaval, grief, memory and recovery. Through the use of found and upcycled materials, Jessica expands traditional printmaking processes in innovative ways, creating limited-edition works that carry an intimate and ephemeral quality. Deeply autobiographical, these prints are dedicated to her family — past and present — reflecting on connection, loss and resilience through process-driven mark making and layered imagery.

We are excited to share Jessica’s thoughtful and emotionally resonant works as part of this exhibition celebrating contemporary printmaking practices across Ballarat and beyond.

We are open again this weekend 11-4 or by appointment. Just DM or email us for a private appointment.

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183 Post Office Road
Smythes Creek, VIC
3351

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Sunday 11am - 4pm

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