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CBD Gallery is thrilled to announce that Sophie Lampert has joined the gallery’s roster of represented artists.Sophie La...
29/08/2026

CBD Gallery is thrilled to announce that Sophie Lampert has joined the gallery’s roster of represented artists.

Sophie Lampert
CBD GALLERY
Sydney Contemporary

Lampert creates intricate soft sculptures that honour extraordinary women throughout history, from artists, writers and philosophers to scientists and astronomers whose contributions have often been overlooked or erased.

Upholstered in black velvet and adorned with glass beads, sequins, embroidery and found materials, her sculptures operate as abstract portraits. Lampert's celebrate female ideas, discoveries and enduring legacies through otherworldly sculptural forms. Through beadwork, embroidery and upholstery, she challenges distinctions between art and craft while celebrating knowledge passed between generations of women.

For Sydney Contemporary 2026, Lampert presents a new series of Goddess sculptures that explore weaving as a metaphor for the cosmos. The daily cycle of the sun, moon and stars becomes a divine shuttle passing through the warp and weft of a celestial loom.

Lampert holds a Master of Fine Art from the National Art School. Her achievements include The Seed at Orange Regional Gallery, second place in the 2023 Gosford Art Prize, several major prize finalist selections, and a 2024 residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris.

Our journey with Sophie has included her solo exhibition A Speck in the Ellipsis, Aotearoa Art Fair 2026, and Sydney Contemporary 2025 and 2026. We are deeply honoured to represent Sophie and look forward to supporting the next chapter of her practice.

Sydney Contemporary
3 - 6 September 2026
CBD Gallery Main Galleries, Booth E06

All inquires to [email protected]
Portrait credit to Xiaoxiao Zhang

View Talya Brookman's new body of work at SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY 2026 CBD Gallery Booth E06 from 3 to 6 September. Talya Br...
28/08/2026

View Talya Brookman's new body of work at SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY 2026 CBD Gallery Booth E06 from 3 to 6 September.

Talya Brookman
CBD GALLERY
Sydney Contemporary

A British Australian abstract painter based in Sydney, Brookman creates large scale paintings informed by natural systems, geological rhythms and shifting psychological landscapes. Moving between intuition and control, she gradually builds each composition through layers of archival ink, natural pigment, acrylic and oil on Italian linen.

Brookman does not begin with a predetermined image. Through an instinctive process of looking, responding, obscuring and reworking, forms slowly emerge and dissolve. Earthy reds, mineral greens and luminous passages of colour meet sweeping gestures and quieter atmospheric spaces. Her paintings evoke landscapes that are felt rather than directly observed, shaped by memory, sensation and an enduring connection to the natural world.

Raised between London, Los Angeles and Australia, Brookman studied at Pratt Institute in New York before returning to Sydney in 2009. In 2025, her painting Tether received the People’s Choice Award at the Fisher’s Ghost Art Award. Her debut solo exhibition, Inner Grounds, presented at CBD Gallery in May this year, attracted the attention of collectors from Australia and abroad.

We look forward to welcoming you to experience Talya Brookman’s work in person.

Featured works: Archival ink, acrylic and oil on Italian linen, 2026 163 × 213 cm, Stone Veil, Mineral Memory, Provenance, Clay Canopy, Rust Strata, Long Afternoon.

Now on view at CBD GalleryChroma Vector Dual Solo by Nuha Saad and Pollyxenia Joannou. Nuha Saad believes in the positiv...
25/08/2026

Now on view at CBD Gallery
Chroma Vector Dual Solo by Nuha Saad and Pollyxenia Joannou.

Nuha Saad believes in the positive and transformative power of colour, and is excited by the possibilities that particular colour combinations present. Saad uses colour both formally and intuitively – formally, through the exploration of the traditional artist colour wheel and its defined relationships between primary, secondary and tertiary colours and their corresponding complementary, harmonious and oppositional relationships. And intuitively through her exploration and play in the studio, where rules about colour need not apply. For Saad, colour is the site within her practice where the geometry of minimalism and the ornamental meet, intersecting both formally and intuitively, to achieve balance.

Show runs until 11 Sept

Nuha Saad
CBD GALLERY

Gallery opens Tuesday–Saturday, 11am–6pm

View the full exhibition catalogue via the link in bio.

Photo credit to Docqment

Chroma Vector on view at CBD GalleryDual Solo by Pollyxenia Joannou and Nuha Saad Joannou’s practice explores horizon li...
25/08/2026

Chroma Vector on view at CBD Gallery
Dual Solo by Pollyxenia Joannou and Nuha Saad

Joannou’s practice explores horizon lines, boundaries and material tensions. Working across oil, charcoal and wire, she constructs measured geometric compositions in which structure and instability coexist. Through subtle shifts in colour, line and surface, her works evoke memory, place and the psychological experience of space.

Pollyxenia Joannou

Works featured:

Horizon, 2025
Oils, charcoal and wire on wood
100 × 90 cm

Blanket, 2025
Oils, charcoal and army blanket
100 × 90 cm

Full Moon Over Table, 2025
Oils, graphite and charcoal on board
40 × 40 cm

Chair Over Half Moon, 2025
Oils and charcoal on wood panel
120 × 120 cm

Black Square Over Full Moon, 2025
Oils and charcoal
40 × 40 cm

Container, 2025
Oils, graphite and charcoal
40 × 40 cm

Show runs until 11 September 2026

CBD Gallery
72 Erskine Street, Sydney
Tuesday–Saturday, 11am–6pm

View the full exhibition catalogue via the link in bio. Inquiries email to [email protected]

CBD Gallery is thrilled to announce that Zi Xin has joined the CBD Gallery roster of represented artists.A distinctive v...
22/08/2026

CBD Gallery is thrilled to announce that Zi Xin has joined the CBD Gallery roster of represented artists.

A distinctive voice in contemporary Australian ceramics, Zi Xin is known for her ability to make fired clay appear remarkably soft. Through playful colour and joyful forms, she embraces beauty and lightness as quiet acts of resistance.

Following her graduation from the National Art School in 2024, Zi Xin has continued to develop a unique artistic language through study and residency programs in Jingdezhen, China. We have seen her work develop across two group shows with CBD Gallery, New Voices Nationa Art School Emerging Artists Group Show 2025, and Lunar Harmony Group Show at Lane Cove Gallery curated by CBD Gallery. In 2026, her works have been selected in the finalist of Fisher Ghost Art Prize and Lane Cove Art Prize.

This September, Zi Xin will present her debut solo show with CBD Gallery, Words of Wisdom. Featuring an ambitious series of large-scale ceramic works, the exhibition explores the intersections of language, cultural identity and material practice. Drawing on Chinese/English idioms and folk stories, Words of Wisdom considers ambiguity as both a source of uncertainty and a catalyst for creative possibility.

We look forward to celebrating this significant milestone with Zi Xin as she presents this exciting new body of work.

Words of Wisdom
Solo Show by Zi Xin
Opening Thursday 24 September 6-8PM

子欣 Zi Xin / Sylvia
CBD GALLERY

Request preview catalogue, please email to [email protected] or DM

Chroma Vector brings together the work of Pollyxenia Joannou and Nuha Saad in an exploration of colour, geometry and spa...
22/08/2026

Chroma Vector brings together the work of Pollyxenia Joannou and Nuha Saad in an exploration of colour, geometry and spatial experience.

Presented in dialogue, Joannou’s measured geometric compositions engage with Saad’s sculptural forms, creating a dynamic conversation between surface, structure and atmosphere. Across the exhibition, colour becomes an active force, shaping perception, activating space and transforming geometry into a language of emotional and cultural resonance.

Chroma Vector
Pollyxenia Joannou and Nuha Saad
20 August – 11 September 2026

Pollyxenia Joannou
Nuha Saad
Nick Vickers
CBD GALLERY

View the exhibition at CBD Gallery, Tuesday to Saturday, 11am–6pm.

For inquiries, please email [email protected] or DM

Image: Installation view of Chroma Vector
From left to right:

Pollyxenia Joannou
Chair over Half Moon, 2025
Oil and charcoal on wood panel
120 × 120 cm

Nuha Saad
New Skies, New Horizons I–III, 2026
Acrylic on wood
20 × 20 × 7 cm each

Pollyxenia Joannou
Black Square Over Full Moon, Container, 40 x 40 cm each
Oil and charcoal on wood panel

Photo credit: Docqment

We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who joined us last night for the opening of Chroma Vector D...
21/08/2026

We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who joined us last night for the opening of Chroma Vector Dual Solo, featuring Pollyxenia Joannou and Nuha Saad.

Our sincere thanks to Nick Vickers for officially opening the exhibition and for his generous words, guidance and continued support of CBD Gallery.

Thank you to Polly and Nuha for creating amazing new works for this show. We are thrilled to bring their practices together in this exhibition and to share their distinctive approaches to colour, geometry and form with our community.

Pollyxenia Joannou
Nuha Saad
Nick Vickers

We are also deeply grateful to our generous wine sponsors: Tiki Bar 33, Newtown, for the red wine and the bar service. And TWT Group, the long-standing supporter of Australian Contemporary art scene for the white wine.

🍹 𝙏𝙞𝙠𝙞𝟯𝟯 | 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙣
TWT Property Group

Thank you to everyone who made the evening so memorable. We look forward to welcoming you back to experience the exhibition.

Chroma Vector
Pollyxenia Joannou and Nuha Saad
20 August – 11 September 2026
CBD Gallery, 72 Erskine Street, Sydney

CBD Gallery is thrilled to present Michelle van Eimeren new body of work at Sydney Contemporary 2026.Based in Robertson,...
19/08/2026

CBD Gallery is thrilled to present Michelle van Eimeren new body of work at Sydney Contemporary 2026.

Based in Robertson, NSW, van Eimeren’s multidisciplinary practice explores the intersections of nature, memory and human experience. Her work is grounded in a deep reverence for the natural world and an intuitive engagement with materials and process.

Van Eimeren will showcase her large-scale Wildwood series to our booth E06. Created with natural pigments and tannins on silk, using seasonal plant matter foraged from her local environment, she allows leaves, branches and their natural pigments to leave direct impressions upon the fabric. Each botanical trace records a particular encounter with place, time and the changing landscape.

Discover Michelle van Eimeren’s new works with CBD Gallery at Sydney Contemporary.

3-6 September 2026
Carriageworks, Sydney
Main Booth E06

Michelle Van Eimeren
Sydney Contemporary
CBD GALLERY

CBD Gallery is thrilled to present Sophie Lampert at Sydney Contemporary 2026.Lampert’s sculptural works operate as abst...
18/08/2026

CBD Gallery is thrilled to present Sophie Lampert at Sydney Contemporary 2026.

Lampert’s sculptural works operate as abstract portraits, highlighting the achievements of accomplished women throughout history.

For Sydney Contemporary, CBD Gallery will present Weaving the Sun and Spinning the Moon. Through their celestial forms and richly embellished surfaces, the two works honour women’s strength. Upholstered in velvet and intricately adorned with glass beads, sequins and cockerel feathers, these sculptures draw upon the histories of textiles and craft, the practices traditionally embedded within female experience.

Discover Sophie Lampert’s work with CBD Gallery at Sydney Contemporary.

2–6 September 2026
Carriageworks, Sydney
CBD Gallery | Booth E06

Sophie Lampert
CBD GALLERY
Sydney Contemporary

Spinning the Moon, 2026
66 × 26 x 26 cm

Weaving the Sun, 2026
61 × 32 × 19cm

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CBD Gallery is pleased to present Talya Brookman at Sydney Contemporary 2026.A British-Australian abstract painter based...
15/08/2026

CBD Gallery is pleased to present Talya Brookman at Sydney Contemporary 2026.

A British-Australian abstract painter based in Sydney, Brookman explores shifting psychological terrains where structure emerges through uncertainty. Working with archival ink, acrylic, natural pigment and oil, she builds layered surfaces through gesture, wash and accumulation. Forms surface and dissolve, suspended between abstraction and recognition.

Raised between London, Los Angeles and Australia, Brookman’s practice is shaped by movement between places and by the ways landscape, memory and experience are internalised and carried.

Following her debut solo exhibition Inner Grounds at CBD Gallery in May 2026, Brookman will present a new body of work with the gallery at Sydney Contemporary. In 2025, her painting Tether received the People’s Choice Award at the Fisher’s Ghost Art Award.

Sydney Contemporary
3–6 September 2026
Carriageworks
CBD Gallery, Booth E06

Talya Brookman
Sydney Contemporary
CBD GALLERY

Works:
Long Afternoon, 2026
Archival ink, acrylic and oil on Italian linen
213 × 163 cm

Clay Canopy, 2026
Archival ink, acrylic and oil on Italian linen
213 × 163 cm

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