BIG SWELL

Celebrating Five Years of Michael Reid Northern Beaches

This January, Michael Reid Northern Beaches celebrates five years by the water. Five years of championing exceptional contemporary artists in a place shaped by light, salt, and sea.

To mark this milestone, the gallery presents BIG SWELL, a celebratory group exhibition bringing together key artists whose practices have helped define the rhythm, spirit, and creative direction of the gallery over the past five years. Like the coastline that surrounds us, the exhibition reflects both constancy and change – depth, diversity, and a shared sense of place.

BIG SWELL is a moment to pause and look back at the journey so far, while gathering momentum for what lies ahead. It honours the artists, ideas, and community that have carried the gallery from its beginnings to now.

The exhibition opens on the 15th of January and will roll into a birthday celebration with our artists on Saturday, 31 January.