Past, present and upcoming

Exhibitions

IRID Gallery presents contemporary photography through art fairs, group exhibitions and collaborative projects across Australia. Each presentation is shaped to bring distinct photographic voices into conversation and to give collectors the opportunity to experience the work in person.

Next Affordable Art Fair Melbourne
Dates 27–30 August 2026
Programme Fairs · Exhibitions · Artist projects
Affordable Art Fair Melbourne 2026 campaign artwork
IRID Gallery Stand A7

Upcoming · Melbourne 2026

Affordable Art Fair Melbourne

IRID Gallery joins more than 70 galleries at the sixth Melbourne edition of Affordable Art Fair. Visit Stand A7 to discover a curated presentation of limited-edition contemporary photography by IRID’s represented artists, with collector guidance available throughout the fair.

Dates 27–30 August 2026
Venue Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
Find IRID Stand A7

Opening times

Thursday 27 AugustFirst Look 12pm–5pm · Opening Night 5pm–9pm
Friday 28 August10am–9pm
Saturday 29 August10am–5pm
Sunday 30 August10am–5pm

The fair presents original contemporary artworks priced up to AUD $10,000. Contact the gallery before your visit for artwork availability, edition information or a considered shortlist.

Exhibition archive · M2 Gallery

Into The Wild

12–16 June 2026

Into The Wild explored wildness as both a physical force and an emotional state. Moving between dramatic landscapes, ocean imagery, urban rhythm, abstraction and intimate human experience, the exhibition invited visitors to step beyond the familiar and encounter photography that felt immediate, instinctive and alive.

Within this broad group presentation, IRID photographers John Wiseman and Guy Little brought distinct approaches to the natural world—one grounded in wildlife observation and the other in the movement, energy and atmosphere of the coast.

Dates 12–16 June 2026
Venue M2 Gallery, 4/450 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills
Presented by Three Edge Gallery

IRID photographers

Exhibition archive · M2 Gallery

Kaleidoscope

31 May–2 June 2025

Kaleidoscope explored the many ways photography can reshape familiar subjects through pattern, reflection, colour and perspective. Geometric structure sat beside playful visual ambiguity, while the broader group presentation moved through nature, macro, seascape, aerial, infrared and intentional camera movement.

For IRID photographers Dani Watson and Guy Little, the exhibition created a setting in which atmosphere, movement and abstraction could be read alongside very different photographic practices—revealing how a single theme can produce an expansive range of visual responses.

Dates 31 May–2 June 2025
Venue M2 Gallery, 4/450 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills
Presented by Three Edge Gallery

IRID photographers

Exhibition archive · M2 Gallery

Splash

22–25 November 2024

Splash brought together a wide group of Australian photographers in a lively presentation of contemporary image-making. The exhibition moved across landscape, wildlife, abstraction, architecture and fine art photography, creating an energetic encounter between very different ways of seeing.

The sold-out opening night drew artists, educators and industry guests into M2 Gallery, while the exhibition itself offered visitors the chance to discover new work and spend time with photographs produced for the wall. IRID photographers Guy Little, Dani Watson and John Wiseman each contributed a distinctive visual voice to the group presentation.

Dates 22–25 November 2024
Venue M2 Gallery, 4/450 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills
Presented by Three Edge Gallery

IRID photographers