Future Creatives 2026, installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2026, Photographer: Andrew Curtis⁠

Future Creatives 2026, installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2026, Photographer: Andrew Curtis⁠

Future Creatives 2026, installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2026, Photographer: Andrew Curtis⁠

Future Creatives 2026, installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2026, Photographer: Andrew Curtis⁠

Future Creatives 2026

Saturday 28 February to Sunday 17 May 2026

This annual exhibition celebrates the achievements and creative practice of young emerging artists living in Geelong and the surrounding region who completed their Victorian Certificate of Education in 2025.

Future Creatives showcases young peoples’ creative talents in art and design and provides a valuable opportunity to support the professional development of career pathways and future tertiary studies in art and design.

The 2026 exhibition will feature works by Grace Connolly from St Joseph’s College, Geelong; Kai D’Orsa from Geelong Grammar School; Alanah Forbes from Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College; Madelyn Forster from Clonard College; Felix Lees, Isabella Little and Minka Pestkowski from Sacred Heart College; Shayna Rayner from Covenant College, Ruby-Jane Roberts from The Geelong College; and Kara Schluter from Belmont High School.

A Geelong Gallery exhibition

Geelong Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands on which the Gallery and its collections are located, the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to all Elders, past, present and emerging.