‘Between What Remains’ opens tonight
(Then I’m going to sleep for a month!)
Slide 1: Artists and Curator
Me, David Manley and Alexander Boynes
Slide 2: David and I
Slide 3: The three of us and Annie O’Hehir, Curator of Photography at the National Gallery of Australia who will be making some opening remarks at the formalities tonight.
Hope to see you here at Belconnen Arts Centre Canberra from 6pm
@davidmanleyphoto@alexanderboynes@belcoarts@dragonani64
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Art Hour today at Sevenmarks Gallery
This afternoon join us for a live conversation inside the exhibition Rising Tide, presented as part of the Kiama Sounds of Jazz & Blues Festival.
Kiama writer and former journalist Nick Hartgerink will speak with artist @alexanderboynes about the work, its connection to Port Kembla and the Illawarra landscape, and the moving-image collaboration with cellist and composer Tristen Parr.
Drinks in the gallery.
Today | 3–5pm
Conversation begins 3.15pm
📸1-3 by @_rough_tumble_
📸4&5 by @neridamcmurray
#sevenmarksgallery #risingtide #kiamaarts #kiamabluesfestival
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RISING TIDE continues at @sevenmarksgallery
As part of the Kiama Sounds of Jazz & Blues Festival, join us this Saturday for Art Hour…an afternoon of conversation, image and sound inside the exhibition.
Kiama-based writer and former journalist Nick Hartgerink will lead a conversation with artist Alexander Boynes, exploring the ideas and tensions woven through Rising Tide ..a moving image work featuring an original score by cellist and composer Tristen Parr.
Set within the industrial landscape of Port Kembla and the Illawarra …always Dharawal Country …the work reflects on environment, labour and deep time, and feels especially resonant within our own coastal community.
Presented as part of the Kiama Sounds of Jazz & Blues, this is a chance to slow down, listen closely, and experience the work from the inside.
Saturday 7 March
3–5pm
Conversation begins 3.15pm
Drinks in the gallery.
All welcome.
📸 courtesy of the National Museum of Australia
#sevenmarksgallery #risingtide #kiamabluesfestival #kiamaarts
On the eve of Rising Tide…
Abby and Quincy within the installation — the quiet centre of everything.
This is my second solo exhibition since Quincy was born, now 11 months old. Nothing here would exist without Abby — her strength, patience, and belief has carried me from beginning to end.
Rising Tide opens tomorrow
5–7pm, Saturday 14 February 2026
SEVENMARKS Gallery, Kiama
#AlexanderBoynes #SEVENMARKSGallery #ContemporaryAustralianArt #ClimateArt #GreenSteel
Big in the Bugle, baby! A thoughtful feature by Lleyton Hughes on my upcoming exhibition Rising Tide at SEVENMARKS, Kiama. Grateful for the generous reading of the work and its connection to landscape, industry, and memory.
Opening Saturday 14 February, 5–7pm — all welcome.
@sevenmarksgallery #RisingTide #AlexanderBoynes #TheBugle #Illawarra #ContemporaryArt
‘Rising Tide’ opening soon at SEVENMARKS Gallery!
Saturday 14 February 2026 5–7pm SEVENMARKS Gallery, Kiama
RSVP via @sevenmarksgallery (link in bio).
All welcome — I’d love to see you there.
Image: Alexander Boynes Furnace 2026 Ink, acrylic and enamel on birch boards, 122 × 122 cm
#RisingTide #AlexanderBoynes #SevenMarksGallery #PortKembla #Illawarra
New studio assistant! Come along to my show ‘Rising Tide’ at SEVENMARKS Gallery to meet them!
Saturday 14 February 2026
5–7pm
@sevenmarksgallery in Kiama 📸 by @abby_benninger
#NoRequests #DadLife #AlexanderBoynes #SevenMarksGallery #StudioAssistant
I’m very pleased to share that my new exhibition ‘Rising Tide’ opens soon at SEVENMARKS Gallery.
Saturday 14 February 2026
5–7pm
SEVENMARKS Gallery, Kiama
Set within the industrial landscape of Port Kembla and the Illawarra — always Dharawal Country — this new body of work reflects on a place shaped by labour, environment, deep time, and lasting consequence. The steelworks emerges in fractured, atmospheric visions, where endurance and erasure sit side by side.
The exhibition features major new paintings and drawings, alongside a moving-image collaboration with an original score by cellist and composer Tristen Parr.
Rising Tide continues my engagement with industrial landscapes and the Anthropocene, and marks a personal return to the Illawarra, tied to my own history and the legacy of my late mother, artist Mandy Martin.
All welcome — I’d love to see you there.
Image: Alexander Boynes, Heat Signature (2026), ink, acrylic and enamel on board, 120 × 120 cm
#RisingTide #AlexanderBoynes #SevenMarksGallery #PortKembla #Illawarra
From week one at CCAS in 2010 ➝ to me and my family in late 2025.
Today I finish up at Canberra Contemporary after 15 years.
In that time I’ve had the privilege of supporting more than 600 artists and helping deliver over 460 exhibitions across CC and Platform.
To the artists, curators, supporters and friends — thank you for the trust, the collaborations, the conversations and the community.
Time for a new chapter.
Photos by Mandy Martin, Hilary Wardhaugh
Study for ‘Rising Tide’ — a glimpse into a major new multidisciplinary work in progress, combining painting and moving image, with a score by cellist and composer Tristen Parr.
Drawing on the industrial and environmental history of Port Kembla, NSW, the project explores transformation, resilience, and the future of steel on Dharawal Country.
Rising Tide continues my exploration of the intersections between industry, environment, and cultural memory — and marks a personal return to the Illawarra, a region central to my late mother Mandy Martin’s practice.
Full details of this new exhibition to be revealed soon!
#RisingTide #AlexanderBoynes #TristenParr #MandyMartin #PortKembla #Illawarra #Painting #VideoArt #SoundArt #Collaboration #EnvironmentalArt #AustralianArt #ClimateChangeArt
Very happy to have been a finalist in the 2025 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award with my work Pyrocene (2025)! Huge thanks to Campbelltown Arts Centre and congratulations to all the incredible artists involved.
@c_a_c@fisherghostartaward #fishersghostartaward #australianart #contemporaryaustralianart #contemporaryart #pyrocene #climatechange #climatechangeart #alexanderboynes
Excited to share that my work ‘Mirage’ has been selected for the 2025 Wollongong Art Prize!
Huge thanks to @wollongongartgallery and Judge Dr Kristen Sharp, Director & CEO of the National Art School.
Opening Friday 5 December, 6pm — on view until 1 March 2026.
#wollongongartprize #wollongongartgallery #alexanderboynes
