Powerhouse: Contemporary Australian Photographers

The next major presentation from our offsite projects platform, Michael Reid Beyond, will be an expansive group exhibition starring ten leading Australian contemporary photographers at Brisbane Powerhouse.

Michael Reid Beyond’s takeover of the vast riverside multi-arts precinct opens in March, and we are now inviting collectors to register their interest to be the first to receive exclusive previews and priority access to works selected for our Meanjin/Brisbane exhibition.

Curated by Beyond program manager Dean Andersen, this dynamic photography survey will mark the return to Brisbane Powerhouse of globally acclaimed multidisciplinary Bidjara artist Dr Christian Thompson AO after his epic photographic installation at the venue, Maya Barbadi (pictured), which was the centrepiece of his citywide outdoor exhibition staged for the queer-focused Melt Festival in late 2024.

Thompson will be joined in our Brisbane exhibition by many of the brightest stars in Michael Reid’s stable of represented artists and Australian photography more broadly, including Petrina Hicks, Tamara Dean, Nici Cumpston AO, Trent Parke, Narelle Autio and more.

This dynamic assembly includes some of the most important and influential image-makers working today, and all are represented in the most significant public and private collections in Australia and beyond. Their singular, boundary-pushing practice sits at the forefront of one of contemporary art’s fastest-growing markets: photography.

Launched in 2024, Michael Reid Beyond operates as a moveable projects space, hosting temporary exhibitions in artists’ studios, empty buildings, outdoor settings, regional museums and other newly activated sites.

We are excited to bring this unique platform to the dazzling industrial setting of Brisbane Powerhouse for our first presentation in the River City.

For previews and first access to works from the show, please email dean@michaelreid.com.au