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SASA Gallery
UniSA Creative -
experimental lab space
SASA Gallery, located in Adelaide’s West End, is a student-focused space that exhibits the work of UniSA Creative graduating students and researchers, along-side academic engagement programs and workshops.
It provides exhibition, research and integrated learning experiences for UniSA undergraduate and HDR candidates.
SASA Gallery welcomes all visitors, including school and group bookings.
Upcoming Exhibitions
Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition 2026
Friday 13 February – Saturday 21 March 2026
Selected visual artists from Adelaide University and Flinders University will showcase their graduate works at our iconic annual event at SASA Gallery.
The Graduate Exhibition is open to artists of all disciplines including ceramics, glass, installation, jewellery, moving image, painting, photo media, photography, printmaking, sculpture and textiles.
The Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition has a long history of being a launch pad for the next generation of artistic talent in our state.
We invite you to immerse yourself in the exhibition and to see for yourself the works of the strongest creative talent emerging from SA’s contemporary art scene.
Events:
VIP Vernissage Night, Wednesday 11 February 2026, 6-8.30pm – bookings visit Helpmann Academy website.
Graduate Exhibition Opening Night, Thursday 12 February 2026
Image: Tali Koto, Sentinels, 2025. Photo: Crista Bradshaw.
Past Exhibitions
Glimpse
Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) Graduate exhibition
Thursday 27 November – Wednesday 10 December 2025
Lisa Crowder / Caelan Farr / Anne Frazer / Mitch Hearn / Robert Hicks / Daniru Jayasuriya / Sarah Luckhurst/ Eric Luksch / Gemma Mason / Rosemary Prider / Olyvia Reimers / Aila Sage /Ember Satyn / Malyssa Tomkinson / ChenHao Wang / Isobel Waters / Ma Zhe
Training Ground: Past and present students of the South Australian School of Art
Thursday 10 October – Friday 7 November 2025
The South Australian School of Art has nurtured and trained generations of South Australian artists. In the closing months of the University of South Australia, the exhibition Training Ground at the SASA Gallery draws together works by past and present students – from current students to industry luminaries – in a group exhibition that celebrates the excellence and legacy of the institution. From painting to prints, glass to ceramics, moving image to sculpture, installation and jewellery, Training Ground unearths key works and new talent, affirming the pivotal role of training in shaping artistic practice.
Artists: Sydney BALL / Andy BEST / Jane BOWDEN / Max CALLAGHAN / Sarah crowEST / Aleks DANKO / Brad DARKSON / Margaret DODD / Nicholas FOLLAND / Helium L / Barbara HANRAHAN / Pamela HARRIS / Anton HART / Louise HASELTON / Andrew HILL / Aidan HUGHES / Matt HUPPATZ / Aldo IACOBELLI / Shaun KIRBY / Kay LAWRENCE / Christian LOCK / Michelle NIKOU / Trevor NICKOLLS / Bruce NUSKE / Deborah PAAUWE / Jeffery SMART / Brianna SPEIGHT / James TYLOR / Angela & Hossein VALAMANESH / Gerry WEDD / Simon WILLIAMS / Geoff WILSON / Min WONG / Lucy ZOLA
Image: Training Ground, installation view, SASA Gallery, 2025. Photo: Sam Roberts
THE ARCHITECT’S DREAM, THE SLEEP OF REASON
Wednesday 20 August – Sunday 24 August 2025
The Architect’s Dream, The Sleep Of Reason looks at the opportunities that AI tools provide to architects and designers imagining and designing worlds through the hallucinogenic lens of generative AI imagery. Questions surrounding the authorship and legitimacy of AI art miss the point that engaging with the ‘picture worlds’ of AI is only the start of the journey. If we reverse engineer our aesthetic encounters with AI, we can find hidden narratives that speak of other ontologies.
The exhibition by students and staff at UniSA and RMIT brings together a collection of artefacts, drawings, AI-generated images, and digital environments, each responding to theoretical prompts drawn from architectural texts. These works explore how AI can mediate between abstract design thinking and concrete architectural expression—revealing unexpected, provocative, and sometimes even ‘buildable’ possibilities.
Presented by Sean Pickersgill, Andrew Lymn-Penning, Patrick Macaset, Vei Tan, Nathan Crane. This exhibition is supported by AASA (Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia).
Visit
Open Wednesday to Friday, 10am—4pm
Kaurna Building, Level 2, Fenn Pl, University of South Australia, City West Campus, Adelaide, SA, 5000
