Exhibit With Us
The Old Auction Houses two gallery spaces featuring a flexible layout with a height-adjustable professional hanging system and a variety of sizes and shapes of gallery plinths and easels to display free-standing works.
We love working with our artists to ensure that their vision for their exhibition is thoughtfully and carefully displayed, if that means adding hooks to the ceiling, that’s what happens! We ensure all artworks are cared for from the moment they arrive until they leave our space, we keep all packaging materials to re-wrap unsold works like they arrived.
Our two gallery spaces are set up to cater for different artists; the Main Gallery is available for any artists or groups to apply to exhibit in, the Studio Gallery is reserved for emerging artists, community groups, and our resident studio artists.
We also have our open-call group exhibitions which any artist can apply to be part of, where artists can display 1-7 pieces that meet the theme of the exhibition. We are also proud to be the host two Community Art Prizes each year, Queerthentic Regional LGBTQIA+ Art Prize and Kyneton Daffodil and Art Festival Art Prize.
How to Exhibit With Us
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Have an Exhibition
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Enter an Art Prize
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Join a Themed Group Exhibition
Art Prizes We Host
Queerthenic reveals authentic stories from Central Victorian LGBTQIA+ and gender diverse artists in this regional art prize. These stories delve into the mundane everyday, fabulous culture, or explore the influence of queer history and culture on their past, present, and future lives.
Apply: Applications Open February 2026 - Close April 2026
On Display: April 30th 2026 - May 25th 2026
All details and application form can be found at Macedon Ranges Accessible Arts
Kyneton Daffodil and Arts Festival
Art and Photography Prize
Kyneton Daffodil and Arts Festival’s Art Prize is a celebration of Regional Victoria as part of this traditional country spring festival each year. There is a major prize for a piece with a daffodil, as well as a category winner in each of the 5 mediums celebrating regional artists and local landscapes.
Apply: Applications Due to Open April 2026
On Display: 3rd of September - 14th of September, 2026
All details and application form can be found at Kyneton Daffodil and Arts Festival Art Prize and Photography Prize
Queerthentic Art Prize
Themed Group Exhibitions for 2026
Each year The Old Auction House curates themed group exhibitions for those artists who wish to exhibit but may not have sufficient work to fill a whole gallery. The below exhibitions are now available for artists who are interested in joining a group exhibition. Unless otherwise noted artists working in any medium are welcome to apply. Artworks can be 2d or 3d and both framed and unframed works are accepted.
Prettier than Perfection
When it comes to florals and flora, it is often the imperfections that create the most beautiful scenes
On Display: January 2026
Applications Close: CLOSED
Dreamscapes and Other Worlds
Open your artworks up to surreal, abstract, or fantastical interpretations that capture inner and outer worlds.
On Display: January 2026
Applications Close: CLOSED
Frequencies
Art often encompases more than just what is instantly visible on the surface, show off your art that is tuned to rhythms, vibrations, unseen patterns and relationships.
On Display: November/December 2026
Applications Close: 1 September, 2026
Living Legacy
In line with World Wildlife Day on March 3rd help us raise awareness of preservation and protection all types of animals through their likenesses in art
On Display: Feb/March 2026
Applications Close: 1 January, 2026
Seasons of the Ranges
Let the dramatic seasonal changes of the Macedon Ranges inspire your artworks. Presented as part of the Macedon Ranges Autumn Festival.
On Display: April 2026
Applications Close: 1 February, 2026
Layers & Lines
A celebration of the textures, patterns, and layers unique to the art of printmaking. All forms of traditional printmaking welcome.
On Display: July/August 2026
Applications Close: 1 May, 2026
Contours
Show off your artworks that respond to the natural lines, ridges, and forms that shape our landscapes
On Display: August 2026
Applications Close: 1 June, 2026
How to Apply
Any artist wishing to be considered for a specific exhibition, please read the below “Fine Print of Group Exhibitions” then email admin@theoldauctionhouse.com.au with details of your medium, style, pricing, a description of specific pieces, and a brief biography of your artist practice as well examples of your work. If you are applying for a specific exhibition please include the title of the exhibition in your application and how you feel your works will fit with the theme.
The Fine Print of Group Exhibitions
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There is a $20 exhibition fee per artist (payable upon acceptance to show) for these exhibitions and a 25% inc GST commission will be taken on all sales. All works included in group exhibitions must be available for sale.
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Unless otherwise notified each artist will be able to exhibit up to 7 works in group shows (dependant on dimensions). Extra works may be provided to the gallery and will be included if space allows. Applications are welcome for works in all mediums and formats and may be framed or unframed.
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Works can be delivered any time within a 2 week period of the delivery date and collected in a 2 week period after the show is taken down.
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At time off application works do not need to be completed but a images of works in a similar style to those you are creating will need to be provided.
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Applications close at stated dater for some exhibitions may close early once suitable artists are secured. Successful artists will be sent an invoice and all date information once the application period has closed.
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All curating, hanging, and manning is carried out by The Old Auction House with delivery and collection of artworks the responsibility of the artist. Works may arrive either in person or with a courier and The Old Auction House can arrange the return of artworks at the artist’s expense.
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Applying to be included in a specific exhibition does not guarantee inclusion in this exhibition and The Old Auction House reserves the right to refuse an application if;
- The works are not sufficiently developed in style,
- Pricing is not reasonable to suit the space and works,
- Works are not of an original nature and created by the artist applying
- Applicants do not have the body of work or capacity to create sufficient works in time,
- Works have been previously displayed in The Old Auction House Gallery’s or over-saturated in the Macedon Ranges