Clara Street Gallery

Clara Street Gallery is an intimate space located within the Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School.

We aim to showcase sculpture exhibitions by students, teachers, guest teachers, and emerging and contemporary sculptors. Elena Murgia curates a varied program of both group and solo shows.

We also run a series of events throughout the year, including artist talks and special workshops by exhibiting artists.

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Margaret Fitzgerald and Nicky McGinn: Modern Interaction

Opening Reception: Saturday 2 May, 4 – 7pm
Exhibition Dates: 2 – 16 May
Location: 1A Clara St, Erskineville

Modern Interaction is a collaborative celebration of form, friendship, and the enduring influence of Mid-Century Modernism. Featuring the works of sculptors Nicky McGinn and Margaret Fitzgerald, this exhibition at the Clara Street Gallery explores the dialogue between two artists who have shared ideas and inspiration for over 30 years.

The collection showcases a sophisticated range of mediums, including:

Classic Stone: Hand-carved marble and alabaster pieces influenced by the organic forms of Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth.

Contemporary Finishes: Nicky’s new ‘Modern Metallic’ range, featuring embellished stone, plaster, and glass.

Timeless Bronze: Margaret’s recent explorations into aesthetic simplicity and the abstract.

Both artists are long-term members of the prestigious Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School community. Their work reflects a deep immersion in the tactile, meditative process of carving and turning raw stone and metal into three-dimensional objects that capture inner peace and modernist elegance.

Self and Whereness

Exhibition Dates: 28 February – 20 March

Tim Jubb is a self taught artist working on Cammeraygal Land, Sydney. He often chooses reclaimed supports on which to paint his expressive portraits or figures in surreal landscapes, upcycling them with the conviction that they bring a unique energy and a sense of time to his work.

In the 1983 song by The Smiths, ‘These Things Take Time’, Morrissey declares: “You know where you came from, you know where you’re going, and you know where you
belong”.

Such knowledge on big questions about oneself isn’t always obvious. And does he mean where in the world? Or where spiritually? Or mentally? Or next to whom? Or
where in life… or in time… or in human existence…?

Self and Whereness is Jubb’s first solo exhibition and documents three years spent navigating time, space and midlife; daily discomforts, existential anxieties and art.

Where do you belong?

Clara Street Gallery