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Located in the heart of Newcastle, Watt Space Gallery was founded in 1989 by dedicated student advocates as a place of creative experimentation. Now, as then, we continue to challenge, inspire, and inform through our innovative and creative exhibitions and programs.

Building on the community and student-led ethos of our foundation, we proudly feature emerging and established cross-disciplinary artists and curators, including those from within our University.

Banner image: Ngaire Pakai, Maker/Artist once known and Corina Wayali Norman, Useful Objects, 2024.

On Now – Ngarrama

Ngarrama – to sit, listen, and know

27th November – 7th December

This exhibition celebrates Newcastle largest reconciliation event, – a night of truth and reflection held on the eve of Survival Day/Australia Day.

Recognising our unique place, and life, in Mooloobinba Country before 1788, Ngarrama pays respect to the richness and resilience of First Nations culture – in particular the Awabakal and Worimi people, the traditional owners of the land upon which Newcastle now stands. In anticipation of next year’s Ngarrama event, this exhibition highlights people, performances, images, and stories from past gatherings, and welcomes everyone to Ngarrama in 2025.

Ngarrama is a free public event, hosted by 榴莲成人app下载 of Newcastle in partnership with Awabakal Ltd., the City of Newcastle, and the Newcastle Greater Mutual Group (NGM Group), and will be held at King Edward Park on 25 January, 2025. now for Ngarrama 2025.

Please join us at Watt Space for the exhibition opening event on Wednesday 27th November from 6pm. All are welcome.

On Now Marine Invaders – A Marine Biosecurity Exhibition

27th November – 7th December

Marine Invaders is an educational card game developed by Elizabeth Copeland that highlights the impact of invasive marine species and ways we can support native species to thrive.

Join us at Watt Space to play a new version of Marine Invaders created by researchers in a cross-institutional collaboration between the University of Waikato and the Wollotuka Institute at the University of Newcastle.

Featuring artwork by David Parsons (Worimi/Biripai) and René Campbell, this edition of the game focuses on the protection of Saltwater Country on the East Coast of NSW. The game champions the role of transdisciplinary collaborations between science and art in offering solutions to the environmental challenges facing marine ecosystems and biosecurity in the island nations of Australia and New Zealand.

Marine Invaders – Saltwater Country has been supported by the University of Newcastle and University of Waikato Partnership Seed Fund Project, Deadly Science, and the generosity of multiple contributors and communities. Researchers: Elizabeth Copeland, Dr Caelli Jo Brooker, Hannah Pipe, Dr Angela McGaughran, Dr René Campbell, and David Parsons.

Please join us at Watt Space for the exhibition opening event on Wednesday 27th November from 6pm. All are welcome.

Recent exhibition - Boundaries: Transcended and Belongings

Boundaries : Transcended brought together the work of artists and community groups to explore themes of (im)migration, resettlement, and community building. Works includedThe Unity Project, conceived by lecturer Alice Neikirk and ceramicist, Mojgan Habibi, in which participants created a collection of tiny clay homes representing the refugees who have recently resettled in the Hunter Valley.  Also on display was the work of artist and lawyer Carolyn McKay, who used AI to highlight the antithetical relationship between detention centres and holiday accommodation through text, video and installation.

Alongside Boundaries was an immersive by Distil Immersive. Belongings combined documentary storytelling with smartphone technology to create an intimate encounter with six refugees who had taken asylum in Australia. Audiences saw and heard from each refugee as they told their challenging stories of immigration and migration through the lens of their most cherished belongings.