2025 Vitrine Gallery Program | Craft Victoria

In 2025, Craft is pleased to present the exhibitions by members Narelle White, Wanda Gillespie, Billy Crellin, Madeleine Thornton-Smith, Briony Galligan, Lindy McSwan and Ko Jou Chen.

The Selection Panel
The Vitrine is programmed through an annual call-out and selection process. The 2025 selection panel included Ellie Tessa Godworth and Craft Victoria's Exhibitions & Programs Manager, Anni Hagberg.

The Program

NWhite_Hero image by Lou Miller (4.3)

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery, Members

Moon-grubs

January 30 — March 1, 2025

Narelle White presents an exhibition of Moon-grubs, a juvenile form of invertebrate, amphibious gastropod, residing in one's imagination.

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Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery, Members

Of Counting and Devotion

March 6 — April 26, 2025

Wanda Gillespie’s ongoing fascination with the abacus has become a defining theme in her work as a contemporary wood sculptor.

Speculative Future - Billy Crellin_High Res Hero Image

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery, Members

Speculative Future

May 1 — June 14, 2025

Glass artist Billy Crellin's Speculative Futures explores contemporary concerns about how the old is rapidly eroded by the new.

Madeleine Thornton-Smith, 'Small Peruvian Frames', 2019 (2)

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery, Members

Salon Hang

June 19 — July 26, 2025

Salon Hang, a curated group exhibition by Madeleine Thornton-Smith, seeks to elevate the role of the frame in Western art.

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Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery, Members

Slough

July 31 — September 13, 2025

Slough is an exhibition of ambiguous tools by Briony Galligan made from London plane tree and ceramic based on hydria.

Lindy_McSwan_Port Kembla Steelworks - Super Detail with Red and Green_Photo Lindy McSwan

Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery, Members

The Steelworks: Women’s Work

September 18 — November 1, 2025

Lindy McSwan presents a body of work responding to the historic gender discrimination campaign at the Port Kembla Steelworks.

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Exhibition, Vitrine Gallery, Members

Portable Passages

November 6, 2025 — January 24, 2026

In Portable Passages Ko Jou Chen explores memory, personal ritual, and cultural identity through everyday objects and materials.