The Collective 2025

Exploring Unity, Multiplicity & Shared Identity

The Collective 2025, a group exhibition from 10 August to 8 September 2025 that invited artists to reflect on the many ways individuals come together - in harmony, tension, movement, or resistance.

This exhibition explored unity, multiplicity, and shared identity - concepts that resonate deeply across cultures, histories, and creative practices. Whether through family, community, ritual, protest, or digital networks, collectives shape who we are and how we relate to each other and the world.

Artists responded to The Collective as a theme or concept, embracing any medium and personal or political interpretation. They have created experimental, ambitious, and emotionally resonant works that explore The Collective in all its complexity.

ARTISTS:

TRACEY EMERSON

ANN GILLON

MOLLY GALPIN

JUDY DIAMOND

JENNIFER BARSON

KATRIN TERTON

SUBRAT MISHRA

ALICIA LOCKE

UNCLE RON POWELL

FELICIA LLOYD

KAREN QUINN

TRACEY BENSON

SUE HARRISON

ANGE STRONG

MATT MORTIMER

AARON BUTT

BRENT LAWRENCE

CHERYL MORTIMER

SHEREE AUDET

MELANIE WARD

SHANNA MCLEOD

SHARON WHITEWOOD

CAROLINE MOON

Event poster for 'The Collective 2025' art exhibition, featuring galaxy background with stars and nebula, details of dates, opening hours, and workshops at Obsidian Bide Art Gallery & Studio in Queensland.
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Smiling woman with dreadlocks and glasses standing indoors near a wooden table, with framed line art drawings of female nudes on a white brick wall behind her.
A man and woman taking a selfie at an art gallery, with the man holding a glass of wine. The woman is wearing a black coat with a furry collar and floral embroidery, and has a hairstyle with two buns. Behind them is a colorful abstract painting.
A white brick wall decorated with coastal-themed artwork, seashell and pebble garlands, and framed sketches. There is a large glass jar with a colorful design, a black sculpture, and a small wooden table with papers and objects on it.
A colorful painting of a jazz band performing on stage with musicians playing various instruments, including a piano, saxophone, double bass, and drums.
A framed painting depicting firefighters fighting a blaze in a forest, with flames and smoke surrounding them.
Two framed pictures hung on a white brick wall. The left picture depicts a person with indigenous face paint and traditional attire, while the right picture shows a person with dark curly hair wearing a dotted shirt.
Embroidery hoop with the word 'Feminist' in cursive, surrounded by a pink embroidered flower and green vines on white fabric.
Two framed landscape artworks hanging on a white brick wall, one with mountains and a sunset, the other with a mountain and field of plants.
Close-up of mosaic art and ceramic flowers on a textured surface.
Mixed media artwork featuring abstract shapes, metallic gold accents, dark colored leaves, and handwritten text on a textured background.
Two wooden wall art pieces mounted on a white tiled wall, one rectangular with geometric shapes and the other square with a centered circular shape.
Painting of sled dogs pulling a sled across a snowy landscape with mountains in the background.
A monochrome painting depicting a group of figures walking along a shoreline with a ship in the background.
Mixed media art piece featuring a wooden cross with barbed wire, a leather strap decorated with beads, and blocks resembling masonry, set against a plain wall.
Gold painted peanuts with words like 'Create,' 'Diversity,' 'Resilience,' and 'Contribute' written on them, arranged on a white surface.
Collage of a tiger's face made with torn magazine pieces, with a background of blue sky and clouds.
An abstract painting featuring muted pastel colors and gold accents, with a vague depiction of people or figures in a dynamic, impressionistic style.
Two women smiling in front of white brick wall art with seashells and coral, and hanging driftwood on the side.
Woman in a denim jacket and knit hat smiling while holding a lighter under a decorative outdoor fireplace wrapped with string lights at an outdoor station at Portland Airport.
Two men talking in an art gallery with white brick walls and wooden art pieces on display.
Two people talking in an art gallery with framed artwork on white brick walls.