Upcoming Exhibition

Group Exhibition —
AMPLIFY

Mar 12 – Mar 20, 2026

About the Artist      

AMPLIFY at Side Gallery presents the original artworks featured in AMPLIFY ME!, Brisbane City Council’s current Outdoor Gallery exhibition that celebrates local artists with lived experience of disability. This intimate exhibition offers audiences the rare opportunity to experience the detail, materiality and process behind the large-scale public artworks currently enlivening Brisbane’s city streets.

Grounded in inclusive arts practice, AMPLIFY continues the ethos of collaboration, barrier-free creativity and lasting connection established through AMPLIFY ME!, encouraging inclusion and social change within Brisbane’s cultural landscape.

“The artists’ unique practices and creative voices deeply informed the curatorial framework of this exhibition, shaping every aspect with authenticity and vision. This approach moves beyond tradition, celebrating Brisbane’s rich artistic diversity and thoughtfully highlighting the importance of lived experience at the heart of the city’s cultural story.” 

— Nicole Crosswell
(curator of  AMPLIFY ME! in the Outdoor Gallery, showing from 21 November 2025 to 25 October 2026.)

OPENING EVENT
You’re warmly invited to the opening of AMPLIFY at Side Gallery on Saturday, 14 February, 4 – 6 pm.

All are welcome. 

ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION
Join us from 4 pm as the artists come together in conversation with curator Nicole Crosswell.

Visit soon to see works for sale.

About the Artist

Group Exhibition

Marcus Nunn is a storyteller whose artistic practice blends classic fairytales with contemporary narratives, inspired by stories shared across cultures. His works radiate positivity and joy, without the traditional fairytale dark side, underpinned by his ethos that “everything is just perfect.”

All the Pets I Wish I Could Meet, 2025 presents a vibrant selection from Marcus Nunn’s prolific Brisbane 
pet portrait series.

The works capture the warmth, quirks and unique personalities at the heart of human–animal relationships, inviting the viewer to pause and celebrate the comfort, joy and sense of belonging our animal friends bring. 

Ruby Herrenberg is a celebrated artist whose practice combines vibrant creativity with a unique blend of humour. Ruby’s work ranges from bold studio pieces to major commissions and global merchandise, bringing energy and connection to every project while enriching the wider art community through workshops and collaborations.

Ruby Herrenberg’s Hey Look Ma. I Made It Series, 2025, channels her love of text and music — especially Panic! At The Disco and Brendon Urie —through distinctive fonts and bold compositions. Installed in Eagle Lane’s corporate centre, these dynamic works disrupt the everyday and invite passersby to ask, “who the bleep is Brendon?”. 

Ella Doyle is a Brisbane artist and advocate whose bold, colourful works explore popular culture, alternative music and the world’s natural mysteries. Guided by her ethos “I believe”, her practice spans digital and traditional media, advocacy and sensory design, supporting comfort, connection and inclusivity for those with diverse sensory needs.

Ella Doyle’s animation Teresa the Tasmanian Tiger, 2024–2025 is showcased across both Howard Smith Wharves and Museum of Brisbane joining two dynamic Brisbane locations that each blend heritage and contemporary culture. By presenting the work in these spaces, Doyle challenges traditional representations of the thylacine and keeps its story alive in our cultural memory, exploring the intersection of scientific fact and folklore.

Duane Doyle is a Jiman (Yiman) artist from Rockhampton whose work draws on deep ancestral roots in South Carnarvon Gorge and the Garingbal people, with the Googoobing (scrub turkey) as his totem. 

Combining traditional and innovative techniques, his art explores identity, belonging and the enduring wisdom of Country as a living force.

Duane Doyle’s Endangered Species Series, 2025 sits powerfully side by side in Irish Lane, transforming the space to foster broader public understanding of ecological systems.

Through traditional and contemporary arts practice, and with First Nations knowledge and deep connection to Country, Doyle’s series highlights the importance of flooding in a healthy river system — essential for sustaining habitat and life.

Greg Chambers is a prolific night-time painter whose acrylic works feature bold palette knife textures, vibrant colour and playful humour. 

His creative process is shaped by memory, nocturnal rhythms and sunrise walks to conclude each studio session.

Chambers’ artworks for AMPLIFY ME! embody a frenetic energy, with dynamic bursts of colour that reflect the vibrancy of Brisbane’s iconic Fish Lane. Look closer to discover titles laced with unexpected dark humour, revealing a playful edge that offsets the lively atmosphere.

Frazer Campbell is a Brisbane-based emerging artist known for intense, emotionally charged portraits in oils and acrylics. Influenced by literature, film and music, his award-winning work explores identity and connection through bold colour, cinematic drama 
and deep empathy, all shaped by his lived experiences.

The Long Neck Series, 2025, anchors Frazer Campbell’s exhibition in King George Square Car Park, combining bursts of colour and cinematic storytelling and paired with the dramatic portraits of Samuel Beckett, 2024 and Emily O’Grady WIP, 2024. The narrative depth of Campbell’s works is heightened by the carpark’s exposed concrete, utilitarian lighting and echoes of the city outside. 

William Melrose is an emerging artist whose expressive drawings highlight environmental conservation, exploring the lives of endangered species as well as creatures of his own imagination. 

His practice centres on a love of graphite and drawing, capturing subjects with immediacy and insight to inspire deeper connections between people and nature.

William Melrose’s Smashed Olive, 2022, features delicate lines and colour that symbolise the fragility of the Olive Ridley turtle species.

Showcased in Edison Lane — a site of industrial significance — the artwork creates a striking contrast, highlighting the vulnerability of the natural world and inviting reflection on our responsibility to protect it.

Rupert Campbell’s meditative process uses layered colours and pulsing mark-making to create vivid compositions. 

His work balances autonomy, connection and is inspired by operatic stage scores, digital media and music.

May Washington is an emerging artist known for miniature, vibrant portraits that combine expressive colour and lively brushwork. Her paintings, inspired by both personal acquaintances and pop culture figures, capture the essence of her subjects and her passion for connection through art.

Grace Lindeman is an emerging Brisbane artist whose work celebrates diversity, inclusion and individuality. Using digital, acrylic and watercolour mediums, she creates imaginative characters and narratives that explore identity, belonging and advocacy for environmental and LGBTQI+ rights.

About the Curator

Nicole Crosswell

Nicole Crosswell is a practicing visual artist, arts facilitator, and the scientific illustrator for The Queensland Herbarium at Mt. Coot-tha Botanical Gardens. Her arts practice embodies the phrase ‘to draw’; from contemporary manipulation of physical thread and line to traditional methods of drawing and mark-making.

In both her professional and personal life is Nicole’s passion for the natural world and its dynamic evolution. Whether within the walls of the Herbarium, nature trailing with students through the Bunya Mountains or working in her studio garden, Nicole’s ethos is always to take the time, to observe closely and listen carefully to the surrounding environment.

Nicole Crosswell’s arts practice is informed by Baba Dioum’s statement, “In the end, we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught.” Her body of work encapsulates her love and understanding of the natural world and its intersection with the human condition.