How to Find Your Own Voice in Photography, with Pixy Liao

Photographer and Her Muse (2014) by Pixy Liao

Born in Shanghai, China and currently residing in Brooklyn, New York, Pixy Liao is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans photography, installation, and performance. She is most known for her staged and often humorous photographs that feature herself and her boyfriend-turned-muse, Moro.

Join Pixy Liao for a two-hour workshop and explore how the artist has developed her project, Experimental Relationship. Selected participants will be given a unique insight into Liao’s process and approach, followed by an opportunity to have their photography portfolio reviewed by the artist.

The Powerhouse is inviting expressions of interest from emerging photographers who are studying photography, visual communication, fine arts or equivalent.

To register your interest in this workshop please complete an EOI. Workshop spaces are strictly limited and open to tertiary students only. Applications close March 31, 2023. If you are successful, you will be notified by April 7, 2023.

Prior to the workshop, all participants are invited to join Liao’s public artist talk and audience Q&A at 10.30am.

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November

Brisbane: Until 13 July 2025. Amateur Brisbane photographer Alfred Henrie Elliott (1870-1954) extraordinary images lay dormant for decades until they were discovered only recently. This exhibition is curated by seven Brisbane photographers.

Sydney: The photographs in Max Dupain: Student Life were taken at the University of Sydney in the early 1950s, a period of rapid change marked by the politics of the Cold War.

Perth: Until 18 May 2025. Henry Roy – Impossible Island draws on 40-years of recollections and observations as it brings together 113 photos taken from 1983 to 2023.

Melbourne: 30/11– 15/12. Focal/Vocal showcases the photographic talents of 7 graduates who use the medium of photography for the exploration of the human condition.

December

Melbourne: Until 31 January. Prepare to be transported into the picturesque world of Accidentally Wes Anderson: The Exhibition—an Instagram sensation and New York Times best-selling book brought to life!

Sydney: 5 December – 1 February. Photofields presents the Southern Sky Astrophotography 2024 exhibition, the 20th edition of the David Malin Awards.

Melbourne: until 16 Feb 2025. Petrina Hicks works with photography to create large-scale photographs that draw from mythology, fables, and historical art imagery to reframe the contemporary female experience.

Sydney: Until 31 Dec 2025. PIX, Australia’s first pictorial news weekly, is brought to life in this exhibition, showcasing its archived images and stories for the very first time.

Sydney: 15 December. ...as they were. A 'one day only' Street Photography exhibition by Chad Lippert. Held in a St Peters photo studio from 11am - 4pm.