The Local
An annual exhibition showcasing ACU Strathfield student and staff's artworks, alongside local artists.
2025
The Local 2025 showcased the talent of dozens of ACU’s current visual art and design students; award winning artist and ACU staff member Danica Knežević; and two recent ACU Strathfield graduates: Damien Nicholls (2022) and Rafaela Mori (2023).
Read more about Danica Knezevic's installation The Waiting Room, here.
Installation view of opening night
Danica Knezevic,
Waiting Room 3
Waiting Room 3
WInstallation view of current ACU student works
Danica Knezevic,
Waiting Room 1, 2 and 3
Waiting Room 1, 2 and 3
Installation view of opening night
Bridie Von Brandis-Martini
pictured with her work,
Water Spirit
pictured with her work,
Water Spirit
Danica Knezevic,
Life’s a Waiting Room
Life’s a Waiting Room
Christina Sanosa
pictured with her work,
No Time To Regret
pictured with her work,
No Time To Regret
Sean Maquiran
pictured with his work,
There’s a Song Half-Sung in a Blissful Language from a Vacant Time (we don’t have many days)
pictured with his work,
There’s a Song Half-Sung in a Blissful Language from a Vacant Time (we don’t have many days)
2024
The second iteration of McGlade’s Gallery art exhibition The Local was held in 2024, showcasing the talent of local artists, staff, and students who study art at ACU. This art exhibition featured the printmaker Jacqui Driver, local artist Nelson Nghe, and a variety of works of ACU Strathfield’s current visual art students.
Chantelle YJ Choi
The Crane, the Hare, the Tiger, and the Dear
The Crane, the Hare, the Tiger, and the Dear
Coco Dilorenzo
Effects of Water Polution
Effects of Water Polution
Coco Dilorenzo
Effects of Water Pollution
Effects of Water Pollution
Gabriella Khachigan
Untitled
Untitled
Henry Jr Villafranca
Sea Urchin at the Sea Vessel
Sea Urchin at the Sea Vessel
Elian Dolzadelli
The Death of Automatism
The Death of Automatism
Jacqui Driver
Entangled Thinking
Entangled Thinking
Jacqui Driver
Entangled Thinking
Entangled Thinking
Jason Parmaxidis
Terra Incognita
Terra Incognita
Jherlyn Caltexterio
Untitled
Untitled
Kathleen Morgan
Untitled
Untitled
Mary Therese Younan
Backbone
Backbone
Mary Therese Younan
Backbone
Backbone
Nelson Nghe
A collection of various picture frames on the wall, with various works in them (i.e. plain or altered family photos, artworks, pamphlets and words).
Text reads: “Stop Gambling Harms”
A collection of various picture frames on the wall, with various works in them (i.e. plain or altered family photos, artworks, pamphlets and words).
Text reads: “Stop Gambling Harms”
Nelson Nghe
A collection of various picture frames on the wall, with various works in them (i.e. plain or altered family photos, artworks, pamphlets and words).
Text reads: “Stop Gambling Harms”
A collection of various picture frames on the wall, with various works in them (i.e. plain or altered family photos, artworks, pamphlets and words).
Text reads: “Stop Gambling Harms”
Olivia Collet
Herbivore
Herbivore
Quynh Vo
Silence Suits You
Silence Suits You
Wai Han Lee
Wormspace
Wormspace
Scout Campbell
Skinny
Skinny
2023
McGlade’s Gallery first art exhibition The Local held in Sydney at ACU Strathfield campus in 2023, showcases the talent of local artists, staff, and students that study art at ACU. This art exhibition featured the ACU lecturer and award-winning ceramicist Julie Bartholomew’s terracotta sculptures and former student Lauren Ami’s mixed media works.
Antonella Carbone
Human Nature
Human Nature
Emilia Saba
Threads of Sensitivity
Threads of Sensitivity
Evelyn Kumar
Untitled Piece
Untitled Piece
Julie Bartholomew
Honeycombing 1 & 3
Honeycombing 1 & 3
Julie Bartholomew
Habitat 1
Habitat 1
Lauren Ami
Blind Pimple
Blind Pimple
Lauren Ami
Terribly Masculine Artwork
Terribly Masculine Artwork
Lauren Ami
Needy Grass
Needy Grass
Ria Tziliaskopoulos
Untitled Piece
Untitled Piece