Hobart Current

MY VOICE, 2021, Brigita Ozolins. A public artwork commissioned for Hobart Current 2021

Hobart Current is an innovative long-term partnership between the City of Hobart and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, which replaced the 27 year-old City of Hobart Art Prize.

Hobart Current website

This major biennial program showcases contemporary artists working across different media, which may include music, performance, film, design, visual art and literature.

A Creative Director is appointed for a two-year cycle. They set the theme and select ten artists to participate, each of whom will be commissioned to create a new work for the exhibition. At least six of the ten chosen will be artists who identify as Tasmanian.


Hobart Current: Here

Following a rigorous and considered process, the City of Hobart and Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery are proud to announce the participating artists for Hobart Current: Here.

  • Andy Hutson
  • Dylan Sheridan
  • Jade Irvine
  • Jenni Large
  • Jodi Haines
  • Jonny Scholes
  • Marion Abraham
  • Mary Scott
  • Peter Waller
  • Sara Morawetz

Noting that the artist EOI response to the guiding thematic 'here' was resounding, Creative Directors Denise Robinson and Travis Tiddy welcomed a diverse range of artists who are based in Lutruwita/Tasmania to take centre stage through the project in 2025.

"Lutruwita based artists responded strongly to the theme 'here'. The artists represent a cross-section of experience, art form and cultural expression. We are excited to see how 'here' will manifest through performance, installation, digital media and visual art within the museum and in civic space," they said.

The ten artists will soon come together to connect at an informal gathering to meet the Hobart Current project team and kick start the creative process.

For more information visit the Hobart Current website.


Hobart Current: Epoch

Hobart Current: Epoch

17 November 2023 - 12 February 2024

Explore life as we step into a new era

Creative Director Chris Twite selected ten artists, including six Tasmanian artists, with the remainder selected from national and international applications.

The selected artists were Arushi Jain (US), Florence Shaw (UK), Georgia Morgan (Tasmania), Isabella Maria Foster (Tasmania), Lou Conboy (Tasmania), Nathan Maynard (Tasmania), Rochelle Haley (NSW),Tricky Walsh (Tasmania), Wona Bae and Charlie Lawler (Tasmania).

Hobart Current: Epoch


Hobart Current: Liberty

Hobart Current: Liberty

12 March - 9 May 2021

Who chooses freedom for whom, in what space and during what time?

Rosie Dennis, Creative Director of Hobart Current, selected ten contemporary artists to help find the answer.

Tasmanian artists Sinsa Mansell, Brigita Ozolins, James Newitt, Jacob Leary, Dexter Rosengrave and Nadege Philippe-Janon featured in this collection, which also spanned interstate and international talent including Uncle Wes Marne, Suryo Herlambang, Jagath Dheerasekara and Sarah Jane Pell creating new works in the mediums of film, installation, performance and visual art.

The works commissioned for Liberty offered personal and vulnerable perspectives on the theme, challenging notions of agency and representation, surveillance and exile.

Hobart Current: Liberty