Exhibition Opening | Archie Moore: MĪAL

Next date: Saturday, 10 October 2026 | 10:00 AM to 02:00 PM

Join us for the official opening of the exhibition Archie Moore: MĪAL

We invite you to experience the work of internationally acclaimed artist Archie Moore with discussion and programs.

Along with the opening of this new exhibition the morning will include a floor talk from Ngugi woman and First Nations Educator Braelyn Rolfe-Chase from UQ Art Museum, followed by a Butchulla led in-conversation and further yarns.

Archie Moore is a celebrated Kamilaroi and Bigambul artist whose practice is embedded in the politics of identity, racism and language systems. Mīal is a conceptual self portrait that counters expectations of what a self portrait should be. The title, the Bigambul language word for Aboriginal man, announces this group of geometric monochrome paintings as representative of the artist.

Mīal probes the politics and codification of skin colour, and the racist historical practice of classifying skin tone to determine the supposed legitimacy and proof of a person’s ‘Aboriginality’. Each painting relates to a part of the artist’s body and is named in his Ancestral languages. The colours of the glossy automotive paint were generated by the artist scanning parts of his body, then converting them to the Pantone colour scale.

Supported by the National Portrait Gallery, Mīal will be exhibited at regional venues nationally in 2025 and 2026.

🕝Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm
📅Date: Saturday 10 October
📍Location: Hervey Bay Regional Gallery, 166 Old Maryborough Rd, Pialba
🎟️Tickets: Free, please register