OLSEN Gallery

OLSEN Gallery Leading contemporary art gallery in Sydney, Australia Foremost in the gallery's stable is John Olsen, now regarded as Australia's most esteemed living artist.

OLSEN, known previously as Olsen Irwin and Tim Olsen Gallery, was established in 1993 and exhibits a broad spectrum of Australian and international art, in the gallery, online, and at art fairs. Gallery founder and director Tim Olsen has cultivated a stable of artists that he feel presents a comprehensive and poignant view of the contemporary arts in Australia. With a continually changing exhibiti

on calendar we showcase the work of both emerging and established artists. We have nurtured the careers of artists from their first exhibition out of art school and proudly see them now as leading lights in the Australian art scene. In addition to the staging of countless critically acclaimed exhibitions the gallery has hosted the launch of many books devoted to his unique and ingenious art making. Tim has also negotiated the sale of some of the most significant paintings in Olsen's oeuvre to both private and institutional collections. Tim's enthusiasm for works on paper has also inspired a specific works on paper space the ANNEXE, which now resides directly behind the main gallery at 74 Queen Street, Woollahra. With a definite focus on the work of Australian artists, we are actively fostering a dialogue between Australia art and our international colleagues with exhibitions of leading contemporary artists from Europe, Asia and America being planned for the coming years. OLSEN draws on these international partnerships for the collection development of our private and institutional collectors. OLSEN GALLERY
63 Jersey Road
Woollahra NSW 2025

OLSEN ANNEXE
74 Queen Street
Woollahra NSW 2025

21/05/2026

Coming to the gallery next week and with opening celebrations Wednesday 27th May, 5-7pm is Tuppy Goodman’s exhibition ‘Maku Inma’.

In this exhibition, Godwin’s compositions are more open, the brushwork more resolved, stripped back to essential marks that carry both precision and authority. There is a heightened sense of rhythm, where each gesture holds both cultural and experimental weight.

Maku Inma exhibits till 20 June.

For all enquiries contact us at [email protected] or call the gallery on 02 9327 3922. To view full exhibition online follow the link in our bio.

21/05/2026

Join us at the gallery next week for Chris Langlois’s exhibition, ‘Eulittoral’, 27 May-20 June.

“I have spent the past year looking at painting bodies of water differently. I had lots of ideas about the intertidal zones of the sea and rivers, and ended up painting a sort of smorgasbord of ideas that were in my head. The paintings in ‘Eulittoral’ are a play at adaption, a changing zone of how I might mess around with painting” Chris Langlois says.

Opening celebrations on Wednesday 27 May, 5-7pm.

For all enquiries contact us at [email protected] or call the gallery on 02 9327 3922. To view full exhibition online follow the link in the bio.

20/05/2026

Insights from Olsen Gallery

Final week to catch
KATE SHAW | DIVINE MATRIX
EVIE ADASAL | DOPAMINE
Current until 23 May.

And in the Annexe
TEO TRELOAR | TETHERED
Current until 30 May.

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For full exhibition walkthroughs and to learn more follow the link in our bio 🔗

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24/04/2026

Evie Adasal’s solo exhibition Dopamine opens next week, join us in the gallery for opening celebrations on April 29, 5-7pm.

As Evie writes:
“Dopamine is a neurotransmitter involved in motivation and reward prediction, often associated with anticipation rather than reward itself. It drives the impulse to seek, to return, and to pursue something not yet realised. In my practice, this sense of anticipation unfolds through returning to the gardens and through the process of painting itself. I am searching for a particular moment of resolution a ‘hit’ where colour, structure and rhythm lock into place. That moment is never fixed, only approached, and it is this ongoing pursuit that the work holds”.

For all enquiries contact us at [email protected] or call the gallery on 9327 3922. To view full exhibition online follow the link in our bio.
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23/04/2026

Join us in the gallery next week for the opening of Kate Shaw’s Divine Matrix. Opening celebrations on Wednesday 29 April from 5-7pm.

Australian contemporary artist Kate Shaw stands at the forefront of ecological and visionary painting, producing works that blur the boundaries between elemental forces
and human perception. Based between Melbourne and the United States, Shaw has forged a career of remarkable breadth and depth, exhibiting internationally in major solo and group exhibitions, and earning recognition in museum shows and public collections throughout the world. With a practice rooted in both technical mastery and conceptual inquiry, her art embodies a unique fusion of natural beauty, psychological terrain, and ecological concern.�
For all enquiries contact us at [email protected] or call the gallery on 02 9327 3922. To view full exhibition online follow the link in our bio.

09/04/2026

Now showing, OLSEN Gallery proudly presents International Contemporary Art till 25th April.

Please join us for celebratory drinks Wednesday, 15th April, 5-7pm.

This secondary market presentation features international contemporary artists; Philip Guston, Callum Innes, Camille Henrot, Seth Price and Tony Bevan, offering a rare opportunity to encounter works typically reserved for private collections. Spanning diverse practices and generations, the exhibition foregrounds a dynamic dialogue between abstraction, figuration, and conceptual inquiry.

For all enquiries please contact [email protected] or call us on (+61) 2 9327 3922

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21/03/2026

Insights from Tim Olsen

Current exhibitions
YARITJI YOUNG | Tjala Inma
DEBORAH MARKS | The Uncertainty Series
ZOE YOUNG | Something for Margaret

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04/03/2026

Now showing, OLSEN Gallery proudly presents, YARITJI YOUNG’S exhibition Tjala Inma - Honey Ant Story, 4 - 28 March, coinciding with Young’s participation in the Sydney Biennale.

Opening celebrations next Saturday 14th March, 2-4pm.

“My paintings are of my Country: my father’s Country, my grandmother’s Country, the tjala (honey ant) Country. Everything that my grandmother taught me, I’m teaching to my
grandchildren now. They dance because I have shared what I got from my grandmother with my granddaughters, so they can know their culture.” […] For Young’s full text, head to our website.

For more information or images please email [email protected] or call us 9327 3922.
The gallery is open Tues-Fri 10-6 and Saturday 10-5.

03/03/2026

Now showing: Deborah Marks’ first exhibition at OLSEN Gallery, The Uncertainty Series, 4 -28 March 2026.

Opening celebrations next Saturday 14 March. 2-4pm.

“Deborah Marks’s art practice investigates the psychological dimensions of being human and the ways inner experience shapes the creative process. Through painting, she translates reflection, emotion and perception into visual form, developing a language for what is felt rather than spoken. The Uncertainty Series emerges from this inquiry, embracing ambiguity and resisting fixed interpretation. For Marks, interiority is both vulnerable and empowering and uncertainty becomes a generative space where multiple possibilities can coexist.” […] Full exhibition text available on our website.

Please contact [email protected] or call (02) 9327 3922 for more information or images.
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As 2025 comes to a close, our thoughts are with our community and we hope that the holiday season offers you the rest, c...
19/12/2025

As 2025 comes to a close, our thoughts are with our community and we hope that the holiday season offers you the rest, comfort and connection you need.

OLSEN Gallery will close on Saturday 20 December, and we look forward to welcoming you back to the gallery from 6 January 2026 with a group exhibition ‘Summer Curated’.

January opening hours Tues - Sat 10-5.

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63 Jersey Road.
Woollahra, NSW
2025

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm

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