Experience art in motion and curated gallery spaces featuring some of the most influential names in the scene.
Benalla Visitor Information Centre, 14 Mair Street, Benalla
27 March – 19 July 2026
Shared Waters highlights the often-unseen native animals living in Lake Benalla. While many people walk around the lake daily, species such as the platypus, rakali, nankeen night heron, and long-necked turtle often go unnoticed because they are most active at dawn and dusk. The exhibition centres the platypus as a familiar symbol but focuses on lesser-known animals to broaden public awareness. By bringing attention to these quiet residents, the exhibition encourages viewers to recognise Lake Benalla as a shared ecosystem and reflect on coexistence with the wildlife that depends on it.
Pop-Up Benalla Art Gallery, 75 Bridge Street East, Benalla
13 March – 26 April 2026
Street Art Bushranger explores Australian popular culture through the work of street artist HA-HA. Using intricate hand-cut stencil techniques, the artist draws on imagery from mass media to reflect on contemporary obsessions with celebrity, crime, sport and instant fame. The exhibition connects strongly to Benalla through HA-HA’s portrait of Ned Kelly, linking the outlaw’s legacy to the rebellious nature of street art, while also incorporating augmented reality and sound-based works that expand the stencil practice into new media.
Benalla Town Hall, 82-86 Nunn Street, Benalla
17 April – 26 April 2026
The Allure of Gold: All That Glitters explores how value is constructed in contemporary society. Through works that blur the line between trash and treasure, Ling reflects on materialism and the fleeting nature of status, encouraging viewers to question what makes something truly precious. Based in Melbourne, Ling continues to expand his practice through conceptual series and sculptural installations that experiment with new materials and processes.
126-128 Bridge Street East, Benalla
17 – 19 April 2026
Sydney-based contemporary artist Elliott Routledge, also known as Funskull, transforms a main street showroom into the “Happy Place” headquarters, blending public art with community participation. Visitors contribute their personal ideas of happiness, which Routledge curates into a limited-edition Zine after the Benalla Street Art Festival, creating a collective “soul-map” of Benalla in 2026. Routledge, renowned for abstract and figurative public art both in Australia and internationally, reinterprets experiences and objects into abstract portraits, with notable works including a mural on Pitt Street, Sydney, and projects at the SODO Track International Mural Festival in Seattle.
Chris Maloney, known as “Maloney,” is a podcaster and self-described subculture historian focused on documenting the people, movements, and ideas shaping contemporary culture from the ground up. As host of The 3000 Podcast, launched in 2023, he has produced more than 200 in-studio video episodes exploring the intersections of music, art, fashion, and underground culture through candid interviews and conversation.
Blending storytelling with cultural documentation, Maloney creates a platform for voices and perspectives that often sit outside the mainstream. Through his work, he preserves and contextualises the stories behind the scenes of the creative communities that influence broader culture.
During this year’s Benalla Street Art Festival, Maloney will be on the ground recording conversations and behind-the-scenes moments as the event unfolds.
Benalla Visitor Information Centre, 14 Mair Street, Benalla
13 April – 9 May 2026
Step inside a world where reality bends and imagination takes the wheel. This exhibition of paintings and prints by Australian surrealist Tank invites you to wander through a vivid, thought-provoking landscape shaped over more than 30 years of creative exploration. Each work feels like a window into Tank’s inner world, rich with symbolism, curiosity, and quiet surprise, where familiar forms slip into the unexpected and stories unfold the longer you look. It’s an immersive journey that rewards slow looking, sparks conversation, and leaves you seeing the world just a little differently when you step back outside.
Tomorrow Today, Shop 2, 66 Nunn Street, Benalla
17 – 19 April 2026
An exhibition of Catherine Pianta’s recent works, including live painting and bookbinding demonstrations. As every year, one painting will be sold with all proceeds donated to Tomorrow Today, our community foundation.
Benalla Scout Hall, 14 Lowry Place, Benalla
17 – 19 April 2026
An exhibition and sale of recent works by members of the Broken River Painters, a group of local artists that meet regularly to practice and share their art.