Soula Mantalvanos | Artist, designer & gallerist Melbourne Australia
Soula Mantalvanos | Artist, designer & gallerist
2026 Queenscliff Gallery Focus: Corridoi Luminosi | Luminous Corridors Exhibition dates: May 28 – Jun 15, 2025 Join me in the gallery between 11 am and 3 pm each weekend. I'd love to chat to you. My statement Sketched in situ and completed in my Queenscliff studio, my current body of work began with the quiet act of walking, observing, and sketching [...]
2026 Queenscliff Gallery Focus: Corridoi Luminosi | Luminous Corridors DATES Exhibition dates: May 28 – Jun 15, 2025 Join me in the gallery anytime Sat – Sun, between 11 am and 3 pm. Sketched in situ and completed in my Queenscliff studio, my current body of work began with the quiet act of walking, observing, and sketching in [...]
May 29, 2026 UPDATE: Access The Live Recording of our Melbourne Design Week Q&A It happened, and it was great. And you might find the event recording well worth listening to if you’ve never wondered about the benefits of having your health information at your fingertips, or if you didn’t know that (in most countries) your GP owns your medical record, [...]
Italy is never enough for me. There’s not enough Burrata, cicchetti, grilled squid, cornetti, salata mistas, Prosecco (hello Franciacorta!), tartare, overall exceptional hospitality, and that Olive oil – I still can’t believe they leave the bottle on the table. I don’t get enough of searching for the next Via or Vicolo, the next urban, hillside or valley scene, [...]
That translates as a casual hello from where I write in beautiful Italy. To be more specific, I’m in Cortona in the magnificent Tuscan hilly home of dear friends… having been welcomed back again. Where would artists be without their dear friends and patrons? While Theo and I take an annual break and I gather some new sketches [...]
QG Focus Soula Mantalvanos Passaggi: A Painted Season DATES Exhibition dates: Aug 7 – Sep 8, 2025 Join the QG Mingle list to receive exhibition previews and private opening invitations (or sign up to my list in the form below). Passaggi: A Painted Season traces a personal journey through Central and Northern Italian towns and laneways—places rich with stone, [...]
Exhibitions dates: 19th Jun – 13th Jul Public QG Mingle: 22nd Jun from 2 – 4pm Queenscliff Gallery proudly presents Homage to Impressionism, a group exhibition featuring the posthumous honeymoon etchings of Sir Arthur Streeton. […]
Aaah, the freshness of a new year. Although this might not be published by the end of January, I started drafting it at the beginning of the year. Time flies, especially when Queenscliff Gallery's (QG) doors are open seven days a week. It's tough and not. Being grounded is quite lovely. Doing the same thing ritualistically has a soothing side. That the summer has been fruitful makes up for missing out on leisurely pleasures and the FOMO. My health issue first introduced me to the joys of cancellations. I often had to ground myself and keep life simple to survive. Then, a dear friend, the late Michael Leunig, affirmed the experience with a divine poem, JOMO—the joy of missing out.
I am thrilled to present and announce more official information about Silent Narratives, my upcoming exhibition at Queenscliff Gallery (QG). And I’ve got a special invitation for you, so read on! As the director of QG, my main task is to curate exhibitions and manage social media. I’m in awe of the artists Theo and I are so [...]
Who wants to face the end of a beautiful and most inspiring holiday? But I have to say this has felt like the longest holiday. It was that fourth week we terrifyingly committed to, fearful of leaving our beautiful Queenscliff Gallery that made the difference. It was also the non-planning approach to this trip. It meant we landed [...]
