Emerging Writers’ Program

KINGS started the EWP in 2015 to support emerging arts writers in the development and publication of a text-based response to an upcoming exhibition at the gallery. Writers are encouraged to engage with critical and experimental approaches through facilitated dialogue with the artist(s) and with editorial support from KINGS’ EWP co-ordinators. These texts are published upon the exhibition’s opening in hardcopy as well as on the KINGS website.

Since 2018, KINGS has partnered with un Projects to support writers in developing a short-form, critical exhibition review which is published on un Extended.

un Projects publishes writing that emerges from art making, providing an independent platform for critical discussions about local artistic practice. With a focus on artists, writers and independent practice, un Projects publishes essays, artists’ work and reviews, in print and online.

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Alongside this editorial and publication support, the program hosts workshops open to both EWP participants and the public, delivered by a range of writers and artists.

Previous recent workshop facilitators include: (2026) Holly Childs, (2025) Ragnar Thomas, Azza Zein, and Amelia Winata; (2024) Cameron Hurst, Cher Tan, Tara Heffernan, and Diego Ramirez; (2023) Sophia Cai, Abbra Kotlarczyk, Jazz Money, and Elena Gomez.

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The current KINGS EWP co-ordinators are Rachel Gresswell and Amy Stuart. Emily Kostos provides editorial support from un Projects.

2026

Camille Thomas

Victoria Mathison

Bona Obiri-Yeboah

2025

2024-25

Meenal Khare

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09.2026I was in love with the place in my rearview mirrorAnnabel Brown reviews Returning, Nur Aishah Kenton and Shelley Xue, Hillvale Gallery.

09.2026Ngarn Wa’ngal: Art of the Gum TreeVictoria Mathison reviews Ngarn Wa’ngal: Art of the Gum Tree, curated by Alisa Bunbury and Sophie Gerhard, The Potter Museum of Art.

12.2025rūḥ al-rūḥ – jan-e janānThomas Stoddard reviews rūḥ al-rūḥ – jan-e janān, Elyas Alavi, Ayman Kaake, Ali Tahayori and Kia Zand, West Space.

11.2025To speak more than onceGabe Tejada reviews Machine Residue, Ma Ei, bAg (Pyae Phyo Thu), Safa El Samad, Ammar Yonis, curated by Yi Li, Trocadero Projects.

09.2025Tera EchoLeo Bagus Purnomo reviews Tera Echo, Daisy Dale Collier, Blak Dot Gallery.

09.2024The Sacrosanct Act of BanalityLily-Rose Pouget reviews REMEMBER THE DARKNESS, Dylan Marriott, Gallery Notturno.

07.2024Responding to Marion Harper: Restless EncounterKannitha Lim reviews Restless Encounter, Marion Harper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery.

05.2024First thingsKaijern Koo reviews A Wild and Fragile Coast, Sarah Low, Brunswick Street Gallery.

05.2024tender effacement, become undoneTara Grace reviews Murmurations, Alice Ramsden, FUTURES Gallery.

12.2023Alex Hobba – Cockfighter’s GhostTom Campbell reviews Cockfighter’s Ghost, Alex Hobba, Blindside.

11.2023A never-quiet looking, an endless pullingSkye Malu Baker reviews no external, Victoria Stolz, Cathedral Cabinet; A Relic Remains, Francis Carmody, Gertrude Glasshouse.

11.2023Flesh BoundariesMadison Pawle reviews Flesh Boundaries, Sarah Drinan, FUTURES Gallery.

10.2023A Language of CraftivismUswa Qureshi reviews Protest and Survive, Sophie Cox, Rubicon ARI.

05.2023Sometimes holiness is a room; sometimes, a doorWen-Juenn Lee reviews Okkoota ಒಕ್ಕೂಟ, curated by Vishal Kumaraswamy, Arts House.

11.2022BecomingCeline Saoud reviews Becoming, Warsan Mohammed, curated by Anna Emina El Samad, SchoolHouse Gallery.

08.2022Lord, increase my bewildermentAnna McDermott reviews methods for collapse (m4c), Gabriella Imrichova, Blindside.

07.2022Starting in the MiddleCharlotte Kerr reviews Starting in the Middle, Liv Moriarty and Emma Berry, Woven Projects.

06.2022Sirens are sung by gentle Sissy/ EngcantoLara Fielding reviews AEON †: TITAN ARUM, Justin Shoulder, Art Gallery of New South Wales.

10.2021Salt + Loving; HalophileMatt Siddal reviews Salt + Loving; Halophile, Grace Ferguson, Emma Phillips, Trevor Santos and Annika Koops, curated by Josephine Mead, Blindside.

10.2020The Place One LivesClare McLeod reviews The Place One Lives, Amrita Hepi, Miko Revereza, Talia Smith and Leyla Stevens, curated by Josephine Mead, Blindside.

10.2020NeighbourAngela Glindemann reviews Neighbour, Amrita Hepi and Sam Lieblich, ACCA Open online, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art.

10.2020MultiplyThomas McCammon reviews Multiply, Archie Barry, ACCA Open online, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art.

09.2019Hannah Gartside: FantasiesMichaela Bear reviews Fantasies, Hannah Gartside, Ararat Gallery TAMA.

09.2019Zoextropy. The Post-Human BeautyCorinna Berndt reviews Zoextropy. The Post-Human Beauty, Suzanne Treister, Pinar Yoldas, Lu Yang, Marco Donnarumma, Renaud Marchand, Yvonne Roeb, Alan Warburton, curated by Maria Morata, Centre del Carmen Cultura Contemporània (Valencia, Spain).

09.2019Martin George: Box of StampsHenry Law reviews Box of Stamps, Martin George, Hayden’s Gallery.

09.2019Winter SunLoni Jeffs reviews Winter Sun, Matt Arbuckle, Sean Bailey, Lucia Canuto, Rafaella McDonald, Jahnne Pasco-White and Laura Skerlj, Daine Singer.

04.2019DARK KNIGHT: Jill OrrMiranda King reviews Dark Night, Jill Orr, Magdalen Laundries, Abbotsford Convent.

04.2019WOOLWORTHS ORCHID: Sophie Penkethman-YoungHarriet McInerney reviews Woolworths Orchid, Sophie Penkethman-Young, AIRspace Projects.

04.2019Katie West: ClearingOlga Bennett reviews Clearing, Katie West, TarraWarra Museum of Art.

09.2018The Eyes That Saw Her Were ClosedJosephine Mead reviews The eyes that saw her were closed, Tracey Lamb, Incinerator Gallery.

09.2018SenseElyse Goldfinch reviews Sense, Emily Parsons Lord x Laure Prouvost, Cement Fondu.

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