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Managed by the Arts and Cultural industry professionals at , AD Space is here to help you learn how to professionally exhibit the products of your passion. AD Space is an Artist Run Initiative led by and for the Arts, Design and Architecture student community of UNSW. Whether you're an artist or an engineer, AD Space is here to help you learn how to professionally exhibit the products

of your passion. Since 2017, we have been here to guide any keen UNSW students through the unique process of realising, designing, managing, installing and celebrating their dream exhibitions. AD Space is a physical, permanent, white cube style gallery space situated within UNSWADA's Paddington campus. We are operated by Arc Creative - UNSWADA's largest student and alumni led organisation - and managed by experienced Arts and Culture industry professionals. We are transparently non-for-profit, with 100% of any exhibition earnings directly funding AD Space's ongoing maintenance and resources for future exhibitions. As one of the only non-institutionally managed university galleries in Sydney, it is our mission to facilitate a uniquely welcoming, accessible, and supportive professional gallery. The exhibitions we select as part of our exhibition program reflect our commitment to community. Our exhibition program is solely selected by AD Spaces community, achieved through engagement with the Kudos Committee. They collectively curate each callouts' selection of exhibitions to reflect AD Spaces artistic vision of celebrating our community's diverse cultures, histories, beliefs and practices in thought-provoking, engaging, and experimental artwork and exhibition approaches. Exhibitions are then passed onto the AD Space Coordinator, who signs off on the selections based only on whether AD Space is able to practically facilitate each approved concept. We hope to compliment the creative courses UNSWADA offers by internally providing our community with behind the scenes access to industry practices. This way not only do you get to have fun learning how to plan and install an exhibition in a non-judgemental, experimental space, you also get to build up your confidence and experience before you graduate into the great vastness of post-university professional life!

Sarah Eddowes x AD SpaceExperience the wobbly works of PhD candidate and  artist  at the opening of ‘Noodle Soup’!Wander...
12/05/2026

Sarah Eddowes x AD Space

Experience the wobbly works of PhD candidate and artist at the opening of ‘Noodle Soup’!

Wander through the Gallery and Corridor Spaces and immerse yourself in the wonderfully colourful textures and movements of Sarah Eddowes cumulative artist research 🍜🦠

Opening night celebration:

Tuesday 19th May, 6-8pm

Artist picnic:

Saturday 23 May

AD Space, E-Block, UNSWADA, 1 Greens Rd 2021

(RSVP Essential, Link in Bio!)

Exhibition continues daily until:

Friday 29 May 2026, 12PM

AD Space is open Monday to Friday 11-4pm unless otherwise stated.

AD Space is closed for the weekends and public holidays unless otherwise stated.

Can’t wait to see you there ❤️

Everybody's Boring - UNSW Photocontact x AD SpaceCome and hang out with  Paddington Campus's prolific experimental photo...
07/04/2026

Everybody's Boring - UNSW Photocontact x AD Space

Come and hang out with Paddington Campus's prolific experimental photography club - UNSW Photocontact- at their upcoming exhibition opening at ! Both the Gallery Space and Corridor Space filled to the brim with some of the best photography works to come out of UNSWADA's emerging arts community.

Read on below for important deets ~

Opening Night Celebration:

Tuesday 14th April 2026, 6-8 pm

AD Space, E-Block, UNSW Art & Design Campus, 1 Greens Rd 2021

(RSVP Essential, Link in Bio!)

Exhibition continues daily until:

Friday 23rd April 2026, 12PM

AD Space is open Monday - Friday 11-4pm unless otherwise stated.

AD Space is closed for weekends and public holidays.

Can't wait to see you there

Join us at AD Space on Community Day to take part in PhD Candidate Chloe McFadden’s amazing performance exhibition: ‘Pra...
10/09/2025

Join us at AD Space on Community Day to take part in PhD Candidate Chloe McFadden’s amazing performance exhibition:

‘Practices of Prediction’

McFadden invites participants into her immersive and interactive performance, guiding us through the disrupting and re-reading of LLMs by the use of tarot cards.

Performances will run at 11am, 1pm, and 3pm.

Location: AD Space, EG03, UNSWADA Paddington Campus.

RSVP ESSENTIAL! Link in bio 😇

See you there!

AD Space Presents 'Embodied Materialities', an exhibition by sculptural ceramic and textile artist  - cumulating her res...
19/07/2025

AD Space Presents 'Embodied Materialities', an exhibition by sculptural ceramic and textile artist - cumulating her research as an MFA Candidate at

Distinguishing the relation between our own flesh body and the earths clay body, Radge formally explores how materials are embedded with settler histories.

Initiated by Radge unearthing wild ochre clay near her home, this project narrates the subsequent development of her practice, centring the importance of fieldwork and revealing embedded material histories. Her titular MFA exhibition examines this situated embodied practice, offering new ways of working corporeally, materially and respectfully with wild clay on unceded lands.

The project is focused on two sites: her current home on the land of the Garigal, and a previous home on the land of the Anindilyakwa; Groote Eylandt.

Join us in celebrating these beautiful and intimate works at the opening of this exhibition next Wednesday, 23.07.25, 6 - 8pm.

Location: AD Space, E block Ground Floor, Paddington Campus

See you there! ⛰

AD Space 2025 Exhibition Callout is CLOSING TOMORROW NIGHT, 11:59PM!!! 🔥⏰⌛🏃✨💥Click clack on those keys baby, it's almost...
08/05/2025

AD Space 2025 Exhibition Callout is CLOSING TOMORROW NIGHT, 11:59PM!!! 🔥⏰⌛🏃✨💥
Click clack on those keys baby, it's almost application submission o'clock!! Give your work the celebration it deserves and take the plunge into the world of exhibiting within the supportive orange walls of AD Space 💛
We are on the lookout for passionate artists and creatives who would like to try their hand at professionally installing and exhibiting their work to share with our greater public community. Whether you're looking to learn the absolute basics or are a seasoned art technician, AD Space is perfectly equipped to facilitate learning, experimentation and knowledge sharing without the pressure and judgement of a classroom.
Now sporting a completely redesigned application process, we encourage students to apply, alumni or current.
Be sure to get in quick though, Applications are CLOSING TOMORROW, 9TH OF MAY, 11:59PM!! ⏰
No matter where you are on your creative journey, AD Space is here to help you discover the best ways to share your passions 💛
Looking forward to reading your submissions 🍊
(For any questions, queries, concerns or accessibility assistance regarding the application process, please get in contact with the AD Space manager. Contact information located on the Arc UNSW - AD Space website.)

[APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED!! WOO HOO]AD Space 2025 Exhibition Callout is officially LIVE AND EXTENDED!! 🔥✨💥With a sl...
20/04/2025

[APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED!! WOO HOO]

AD Space 2025 Exhibition Callout is officially LIVE AND EXTENDED!! 🔥✨💥

With a slew of public holidays providing us all with some much needed rest, you can now stress even less with AD Space Applications now remaining open EVEN LONGER! 🥳

We are on the lookout for passionate artists and creatives who would like to try their hand at professionally installing and exhibiting their work to share with our greater public community. Whether you're looking to learn the absolute basics or are a seasoned art technician, AD Space is perfectly equipped to facilitate learning, experimentation and knowledge sharing without the pressure and judgement of a classroom.

Now sporting a completely redesigned application process, we encourage students to apply, alumni or current.

Be sure to get in quick though, Applications are NOW DUE 9TH OF MAY, 11:59PM!! ⏰

No matter where you are on your creative journey, AD Space is here to help you discover the best ways to share your passions 💛

Looking forward to reading your submissions 🍊

(For any questions, queries, concerns or accessibility assistance regarding the application process, please get in contact with the AD Space manager. Contact information located on the Arc UNSW - AD Space website.)

AD Space 2025 Exhibition Callout is officially LIVE!! 🔥✨💥With a completely redesigned application process, we encourage ...
06/04/2025

AD Space 2025 Exhibition Callout is officially LIVE!! 🔥✨💥

With a completely redesigned application process, we encourage students to apply, alumni or current.

Be sure to get in quick though, Applications are due by the 25/04/25 !! ⏰

No matter where you are on your creative journey, AD Space is here to help you discover the best ways to share your passions 💛

Looking forward to reading your submissions 🍊

(For any questions, queries, concerns or accessibility assistance regarding the application process, please get in contact with the AD Space manager. Contact information located on the Arc UNSW - AD Space website.)

AD Space Exhibition Opening: Fabricating X by nath gee Where: AD Space Gallery and CorridorWhen: Opening 6pm April 1st, ...
31/03/2025

AD Space Exhibition Opening: Fabricating X by nath gee

Where: AD Space Gallery and Corridor

When: Opening 6pm April 1st, Cont. until April 21st.

Friendly Reminder! 🎉🎉

AD Space’s first exhibition of the year is kicking off opening celebrations tomorrow night at 6pm!

Come and slip into the soft centred world of ‘Fabricating X’ and be amazed at the textile work of the fabulous artists involved - all exploring their own experiences, interests, processes and methods through the use of fibre, material, textile and cloth.
Take a peek into some of the best emerging minds of our textile artist community and get a chance to chat with all of them about into how their works were made, as well as the ideas and processes behind them!

Each work in this exhibition focuses on telling individual stories and experiences of the artist, their environments, and how these can be translated through tactile and fibrous surfaces. These works explore processes such as felting, weaving, sewing, hand stitch, knitting, dyeing, moving image, paper-making and collecting.
This is expressed through an array of media, ranging from wool fibres to bioplastics, to paper and bark fibres, to recycled garbage bags and chip packets.

Can’t wait to see you all at opening night tomorrow, Tuesday April 1st, 6-8pm!

Artists involved:

Chloe Neale
Em Crawford
Harrison Rae
Jess Curran
nath gee
Keroshin
Olivia Reily
Shahrazad Lima
Sarah Yaacoub
Milla Aniwaniwa
Robina Stacy

​See You There!!! 🥳🍾🎉

AD Space Exhibition Opening: Fabricating X by nath gee Where: AD Space Gallery and CorridorWhen: Opening 6pm April 1st, ...
31/03/2025

AD Space Exhibition Opening: Fabricating X by nath gee

Where: AD Space Gallery and Corridor

When: Opening 6pm April 1st, Cont. until April 21st.

Friendly Reminder! 🎉🎉

AD Space's first exhibition of the year is kicking off opening celebrations tomorrow night at 6pm!

Come and slip into the soft centred world of 'Fabricating X' and be amazed at the textile work of the fabulous artists involved - all exploring their own experiences, interests, processes and methods through the use of fibre, material, textile and cloth.
Take a peek into some of the best emerging minds of our textile artist community and get a chance to chat with all of them about into how their works were made, as well as the ideas and processes behind them!

Each work in this exhibition focuses on telling individual stories and experiences of the artist, their environments, and how these can be translated through tactile and fibrous surfaces. These works explore processes such as felting, weaving, sewing, hand stitch, knitting, dyeing, moving image, paper-making and collecting.
This is expressed through an array of media, ranging from wool fibres to bioplastics, to paper and bark fibres, to recycled garbage bags and chip packets.

Can't wait to see you all at opening night tomorrow, Tuesday April 1st, 6-8pm!

Artists involved:

Chloe Neale
Em Crawford
Harrison Rae
Jess Curran
nath gee
Keroshin
Olivia Reily
Shahrazad Lima
Sarah Yaacoub
Milla Aniwaniwa
Robina Stacy

​See You There!!! 🥳🍾🎉

AD Space Exhibition Opening: Fabricating X by nath gee 🌿🪡Where: AD Space Gallery and CorridorWhen: Opening 6pm April 1st...
18/03/2025

AD Space Exhibition Opening: Fabricating X by nath gee 🌿🪡

Where: AD Space Gallery and Corridor

When: Opening 6pm April 1st, Cont. until April 21st.

​‘Fabricating x’ is a group show based on the idea that experiences and textiles are often formed together, where the fibres that makeup textiles are synonymous with the intricacies that make up an experience.

This show aims to provide more breadth into this connection, highlighting how experiences can be translated into physical forms and entities. The focus on fibre is particularly crucial, where we see it as more than just the makeup of a textile, but instead can be a medium for storytelling. Focusing on all kinds of fibres and processes, this show ranges from wool fibres to bioplastics, to paper and bark fibres, to recycled garbage bags and chip packets.

Each work focuses on telling individual stories and experiences of the artist, their environments, and how these can be translated through tactile and fibrous surfaces.

​Artists Involved:

Chloe Neale
Em Crawford
Harrison Rae
Jess Curran
nath gee
Keroshin
Olivia Reily
Shahrazad Lima
Sarah Yaacoub
Milla Aniwaniwa
Robina Stacy

​See You There!!! 🥳🍾🎉

Address

E-Block, UNSW Art & Design, Greens Road Paddington
Surry Hills, NSW
2021

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 4pm
Tuesday 11am - 4pm
Wednesday 11am - 4pm
Thursday 11am - 4pm
Friday 11am - 4pm

Telephone

+61289360798

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