Easton Dunne Artist

25/07/2025

21/07/2023

Final weekend to see Welcome to Paradise 💖

Final days to see Easton Dunne’s exhibition 'Welcome to Paradise'!

Closing Sunday, do not miss this exhibition and your chance to experience the artist's fresh perspective on growing up Q***r, trans and non-binary in Central Queensland.

Image 1: Installation view, ‘Easton Dunne: Welcome to Paradise’, Rockhampton Museum of Art, 2023.

16/07/2023

Final week of Welcome to Paradise. Open daily from 9am-4pm, final day Sunday 23 July. Huge thank you to everyone who has visited, sent messages or let me know that the work resonated with them, really appreciate it!

21/06/2023

11/06/2023

‘Welcome to Paradise’ is the title work of Central Queensland-based artist Easton Dunne’s breakthrough solo exhibition.

For Dunne, who grew up on an isolated cattle property and had to board for high school, driving marks a significant part of life in rural and regional areas. This wall of silhouettes gathers icons, signs and symbols commonly featured on roadside billboards throughout Central Queensland, deployed as short-hand characterisations for Rockhampton’s ‘tropical paradise’ and ‘beef capital of Australia'.

Resurfaced in hot pink faux fur, resembling cowhide, the recognisable outlines are transformed into a colourful proclamation of Q***r presence in Central Queensland.

According to the artist, "The objects are playfully celebrating q***r joy through their garish hue and tactile soft texture, while the irony of the title invites viewers to reflect on whom exactly the area is supposedly a ‘paradise’ for".

The artist, as a transmasculine and non-binary adult now living back in Rockhampton, imagines a potential q***r future that is unmistakably located within rural and regional CQ. The combination of the artist’s experience of cattle with the historically feminine and q***r-coded colour of pink is used to subvert the rugged, heterosexual masculinity that is stereotypically associated with this region’s agricultural and mining industries.

‘Easton Dunne: Welcome to Paradise’ showing until 23 July.

Image: Installation view, 'Welcome to Paradise: Easton Dunne', Rockhampton Museum of Art, 2023. Photo: Bryce Millar, Mad Dog Productions.

01/06/2023

Capricorn Coast Writers Festival launches tomorrow! I'm part of an exhibition at Fig Tree Galleries in conjunction with this year's festival, Stories by the Sea, along with Jet James Artist and Shelby Rhodina. ​Exhibition Dates: 22 May- 4 June, Monday to Sunday, 10am-4pm. Only a few days to check it out! These are my original illustrations for the gorgeous children's book, Hotel for Bees, by Alison McLennan Children's Author which was published as part of the State Library of Queensland First Five Forever: Stories for Little Queenslanders series in 2020. The festival program looks amazing: https://capricorncoastwritersfestival.com/

19/05/2023

SOLD OUT! Tonight's exhibition opening of 'From a Burdekin Studio: Works by Cutler Footway' and 'Easton Dunne: Welcome to Paradise' is sold out!

If you missed out not to worry as both exhibitions are open all weekend with In Conversations with both artists and a life drawing workshop with Cutler Footway.

We're ready for a big, bold weekend - see you soon!

Photo: Courtesy of the artist.

14/05/2023

Join artist, Easton Dunne, and Emily Wakeling, RMOA Curator, for a conversation about Dunne's solo exhibition, 'Welcome to Paradise', which features their breakthrough works on paper and sculptural installations that express the unique experiences, frustrations and joys of living Q***r in regional Australia.

🗓️ Saturday 20 May
⏰ 11.30am - 12.30pm
🎟️ FREE | Bookings required
https://bit.ly/3KAREwb

Image: Easton Dunne in their studio, December 2022. Image courtesy the artist. Photo credit: Obscura.

25/04/2023

'EASTON DUNNE: WELCOME TO PARADISE'
20 May - 23 July

Central Queensland-based artist Easton Dunne’s breakthrough works on paper and sculptural installations express the unique experiences, frustrations and joys of living Q***r in regional Australia.
Symbols, colours, shapes and turns of phrase that will be familiar to many people who live rurally and regionally are deconstructed and put together again in quick-witted and Q***r-coded contexts.

Following the opening, don't miss the opportunity to hear more from Dunne, 'In Conversation', Saturday 20 May, 11.30am - 12.30pm. Tickets are free, but bookings are required.

Image: Easton Dunne Meat Market (detail) 2023, ink and watercolour on paper, dimensions variable. Image courtesy the artist.

21/04/2023

Tickets are now available to the opening night event for my solo exhibition, "Welcome to Paradise", at Rockhampton Museum of Art on Friday 19 May. It's a double-bill, my show opens in conjunction with "From a Burdekin Studio: Paintings by Cutler Footway", a must-see solo show of gorgeous paintings in Gallery 1. Cutler Footway and I are both doing artist talks on Saturday 20 May as well. Really looking forward to sharing this new body of work. It's going to be quite the celebration, complete with drag performances by Krimsyn Kaos!Tickets are limited so don't wait too long to book if you're keen :)

Opening night tickets (Fri 19 May): https://www.rmoa.com.au/Whats-On/Exhibition-Launch-From-a-Burdekin-Studio-Welcome-to-Paradise

Artist talk tickets (free, Sat 20 May): https://www.rmoa.com.au/Whats-On/In-Conversation-Easton-Dunne

Member preview (Thurs 18 May): https://www.rmoa.com.au/Whats-On/RMOA-Member-Preview-Easton-Dunne-Welcome-to-Paradise

Central Queensland-based artist Easton Dunne’s breakthrough works on paper and sculptural installations express the unique experiences, frustrations and joys of living Q***r in regional Australia. Symbols, colours, shapes and turns of phrase that will be familiar to many people who live rurally and regionally are deconstructed and put together again in quick-witted and Q***r-coded contexts.

https://www.rmoa.com.au/Collection-Exhibitions/Upcoming/Easton-Dunne-Welcome-to-Paradise

20 May - 23 July 2023

13/04/2023

Final two days of my exhibition at Metro Arts, "Main Drag"! Had a great chat to Nate about it for QNews in this article. The show heads to Sydney in June. To check out the show if you're not in Meanjin/Brisbane, have a look at the photos on my website: https://eastondunne.com/

Easton Dunne is an artist and an arts educator living and working on Darumbal Country in Central Queensland. Their new exhibit, Main Drag is visual exploration of the hyper-masculinity and industrial aesthetic of their home town of Rockhampton — the ‘Beef Capital of Australia’. For our May edi...