2026
Finalist: Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize 2026
13 August to 10 October
Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre
Night – Waning Gibbous Moon, 1 June, Hill End, from the series Unveiling the Night, has been selected as a finalist in the 2026 Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize, held at Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre.
Thank you to the judges for this recognition, and to Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre for championing conceptual photography. Winner announced 15 August.
Nicole Welch: Unveiling the Night
Orange Regional Gallery
7 MARCH – 17 MAY 2026
In this body of work, media-based artist Nicole Welch reveals the nocturnal habitat of Hill End, NSW, where she resides, focusing her lens on native and introduced species’ behaviours and routines.
Through night vision camera traps, placed with minimal intervention in the landscape, Welch captures and presents the performance of their nightly habits and interactions, evoking an appreciation of the beauty and diversity of the natural world.
UNVEILING 8 – waxing crescent moon, 8°,10th of September, 2024
giclée print 60×107cm edition of 6
2025
Manning Regional Art Gallery acquires significant films for its permanent collection
I’m very please to share that ‘Transformation – Journey’ and ‘Transformation – arrival’ have been acquired by Manning Regional Art Gallery for their permanent collection, with the two works held together as a pair.
‘Transformation – Journey & Arrival’ form part of my ongoing ‘Self’ series. Filmed in the lower Blue Mountains during winter, the works unfold through a journey undertaken and an encounter with a waterfall, a symbol of renewal, healing, and transformation.
It means a great deal to have these works held together within such a thoughtful and respected collection.
Transformation – journey
HD video
11:29min
edition of 6
Transformation – Arrival
HD Video
4:51min
edition of 6
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The Hill End Analogue Photography Festival presents ‘Lament’, Hill End, NSW, Australia
Friday 14 – Sunday 16 November 2025
This special three day gathering celebrates the magic and materiality of analogue photography, 40 artists, 200 photographs, and countless stories unfolding across Hill Ends beautiful NSW National Parks heritage buildings.There’s something timeless about seeing these works come alive in this place, a village layered with history, creativity, and light. I’m honoured to be part of it.
Lament
time-lapse film
5:20min 2012
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Bathurst Regional Art Gallery presents ‘Transformation: the prelude’
OUT THERE Digital Platforms | TAFE Screens, down Ribbon Gang Lane.
22 November – 25 January 2026
Transformation: the prelude
infrared timelapse – 9:41mins
HD video, sound, 2018
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Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize 2025, Sydney, NSW, Australia
21 June – 6 July 2025
Honoured to be a finalist in the 2025 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize.
My work UNVEILING 8 – waxing crescent moon, 8°, 10 Sept 2024 is part of my series Unveiling the Night, created in the nocturnal landscape of Hill End, NSW, using infrared cameras. As I sleep, native and introduced species continue their routines—each playing a role in a fragile, shifting ecosystem. Through my lens, and the quiet vision of infrared, they emerge as protagonists in a story of survival, connection, and transformation. The Ravenswood Prize is Australia’s most valuable award for women artists. The exhibition opens 20 June and runs until 6 July.
Grounded in Time and in Place, of Time and of Place
Murray Art Museum Albury MAMA
01 April – 25 May
A place holds traces of time, recording movements, landmarks, relationships, and experiences; each trace is imbued with wisdom.
Bringing together works from MAMAs permanent collection that act as lament, monument, reflection, or resistance, the exhibition invites intimate engagement with land, offering space to breathe, move, and understand. Featured artists: Brook Garru Andrew, Darren Wighton, Lorraine Connelly-Northey, Nat Ward, Nicole Welch, Nicole Foreshew, Robyn Heckenberg, and Treahna Hamm.
‘Lament’ 2012, at Murray Art Museum Albury MAMA
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From the Studio at Hill End Art Gallery, Hill End
18 January – 13 April
From the Studio, showcasing the work from artists that live at Hill End. The artists of Hill End buttress the artistic energy of this village and this exhibition gives an insight to their individual practices.
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2024
Unveiling the Night at ARTEREAL Gallery, Sydney
18 October – 16 November
This October, I am delighted to be exhibiting a new body of work at Artereal Gallery, Sydney. Titled Unveiling the Night, the solo exhibition will showcase a series of photographic and video works, filmed in the landscape around my home in Hill End, NSW.
Unveiling the Night reveals the nocturnal wildlife that inhabit the landscape. As I sleep, these native and introduced species continue their routines, instincts, and behaviours, shaped by the need to survive. Their presence fascinates me, and I am drawn to understand their roles within this ecosystem—their impact both beneficial and detrimental.
Image: Unveiling 1 – last quarter moon, 19°, 4th of March, 2024 giclée print on fine art paper 60×107cm Edition
The creation of Unveiling the Night
has been generously supported by
Regional Arts Fund Project Grant
Arts OutWest
The CORRIDOR Project – Artist in Residence Program
NAVA National Association for the Visual Arts
Orange Regional Gallery
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Selected | Photography & Printmaking at the CBD Gallery, Sydney
1 February – 3 March
Selected | Photography & Printmaking delves into the practices of 22 contemporary artists exploring and thriving in the mediums of Printmaking and Photography, showcased across 52 images on display. Although printmaking and photography both originated from discrete technologies, such as armor engraving for etching and the camera obscura for photography, they can be seen to promote a common objective: the desire to replicate a vision of reality in multiples for commercial, political, or journalistic ends. While the objective of both disciplines is to leave a trace—be it figure, landscape, or still life—their usage in the art world has evolved until they were brought together in this exhibition.
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2023
WEST OF CENTRAL at Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
1 July – 27 August
Home to an increasing number of contemporary artists and creatives seeking connection, respite, and balance, regional Australia is a place where artists have space to create, experiment, respond, and challenge. This exhibition showcases the work of 17 regionally based artists who choose to make work on Wiradjuri Country in the Central Tablelands of NSW.
Of primary concern is the impact of man-made and climatic events on the ecologies and landscape of the region. A chaptered exhibition, recurring over multiple iterations, it celebrates artists who choose to live and work regionally, beyond an urban-centric ‘center,’ and in so doing, resituate the regional as a core tenet of their practice.
From the Blue Mountains to Mudgee, Bathurst to Hill End and their surrounds, WEST OF CENTRAL features artists including Aleshia Lonsdale, Anne Graham, Bill Moseley, Blak Douglas, Caitlin Graham, Georgina Pollard, Genevieve Carroll, Dan Kojta, Jason Wing, Joyce Hinterding and David Haines, June Golland, Karla Dickens, Leo Cremonese, Maddison Gibbs, Nicole Welch, and Vicky Browne.
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The Art of Analogue| Part 1
It was a generous and warm gesture (welcome to Hill End!) when artist, photographer, and generally cool person Bill Moseley invited me to talk about how I use an analogue process in unison with digital technologies.
A presentation on making wet-plate collodion images, aka ‘tintypes,’ in the historic town of Hill End. A town well known through the 1870s Holtermann collection of glass plate negatives. In it, Bill Moseley explains the process and its context within the world of Analogue. The video also features the work of Nicole Welch, and her comments on the significance of the analogue approach to art making.
Watch on YouTube
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Beating About The Bush at the Art Gallery of Ballarat
November 5, 2022 – 19 February, 2023
I’m honoured to have my work exhibited in Beating About The Bush at the Art Gallery of Ballarat, which puts works of the Australian Impressionism era alongside works by contemporary Australian women photographers. Themes such as gender, the hardship of life in the bush, immigration, urban growth, environmental concerns, and the presence of Indigenous peoples are explored through the work of some of Australia’s most exciting contemporary artists.
It includes paintings from the past alongside contemporary photography by Donna Bailey, Jane Burton, Peta Clancy, Maree Clarke, Nici Cumpston, Jessie Boylan, Tamara Dean, Anne Ferran, Jacky Redgate, and Nicole Welch.
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From the Studio, the Artists of Hill End
December to February 2023
A diverse range of artistic practices have flourished and continue to flourish in Hill End. I’m delighted to have an artwork in the group exhibition From the Studio, the Artists of Hill End, a window into the current artists residing in Hill End and their work.
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Finalist: Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize 2026
13 August to 10 October
Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre
Night – Waning Gibbous Moon, 1 June, Hill End, from the series Unveiling the Night, has been selected as a finalist in the 2026 Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize, held at Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre.
Thank you to the judges for this recognition, and to Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre for championing conceptual photography. Winner announced 15 August.
Nicole Welch: Unveiling the Night
Orange Regional Gallery
7 MARCH – 17 MAY 2026
In this body of work, media-based artist Nicole Welch reveals the nocturnal habitat of Hill End, NSW, where she resides, focusing her lens on native and introduced species’ behaviours and routines.
Through night vision camera traps, placed with minimal intervention in the landscape, Welch captures and presents the performance of their nightly habits and interactions, evoking an appreciation of the beauty and diversity of the natural world.
UNVEILING 8 – waxing crescent moon, 8°,10th of September, 2024
giclée print 60×107cm edition of 6
2025
Manning Regional Art Gallery acquires significant films for its permanent collection
I’m very please to share that ‘Transformation – Journey’ and ‘Transformation – arrival’ have been acquired by Manning Regional Art Gallery for their permanent collection, with the two works held together as a pair.
‘Transformation – Journey & Arrival’ form part of my ongoing ‘Self’ series. Filmed in the lower Blue Mountains during winter, the works unfold through a journey undertaken and an encounter with a waterfall, a symbol of renewal, healing, and transformation.
It means a great deal to have these works held together within such a thoughtful and respected collection.
Transformation – journey
HD video
11:29min
edition of 6
Transformation – Arrival
HD Video
4:51min
edition of 6
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The Hill End Analogue Photography Festival presents ‘Lament’, Hill End, NSW, Australia
Friday 14 – Sunday 16 November 2025
This special three day gathering celebrates the magic and materiality of analogue photography, 40 artists, 200 photographs, and countless stories unfolding across Hill Ends beautiful NSW National Parks heritage buildings.There’s something timeless about seeing these works come alive in this place, a village layered with history, creativity, and light. I’m honoured to be part of it.
Lament
time-lapse film
5:20min 2012
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Bathurst Regional Art Gallery presents ‘Transformation: the prelude’
OUT THERE Digital Platforms | TAFE Screens, down Ribbon Gang Lane.
22 November – 25 January 2026
Transformation: the prelude
infrared timelapse – 9:41mins
HD video, sound, 2018
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Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize 2025, Sydney, NSW, Australia
21 June – 6 July 2025
Honoured to be a finalist in the 2025 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize.
My work UNVEILING 8 – waxing crescent moon, 8°, 10 Sept 2024 is part of my series Unveiling the Night, created in the nocturnal landscape of Hill End, NSW, using infrared cameras. As I sleep, native and introduced species continue their routines—each playing a role in a fragile, shifting ecosystem. Through my lens, and the quiet vision of infrared, they emerge as protagonists in a story of survival, connection, and transformation. The Ravenswood Prize is Australia’s most valuable award for women artists. The exhibition opens 20 June and runs until 6 July.
Grounded in Time and in Place, of Time and of Place
Murray Art Museum Albury MAMA
01 April – 25 May
A place holds traces of time, recording movements, landmarks, relationships, and experiences; each trace is imbued with wisdom.
Bringing together works from MAMAs permanent collection that act as lament, monument, reflection, or resistance, the exhibition invites intimate engagement with land, offering space to breathe, move, and understand. Featured artists: Brook Garru Andrew, Darren Wighton, Lorraine Connelly-Northey, Nat Ward, Nicole Welch, Nicole Foreshew, Robyn Heckenberg, and Treahna Hamm.
‘Lament’ 2012, at Murray Art Museum Albury MAMA
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From the Studio at Hill End Art Gallery, Hill End
18 January – 13 April
From the Studio, showcasing the work from artists that live at Hill End. The artists of Hill End buttress the artistic energy of this village and this exhibition gives an insight to their individual practices.
—-
2024
Unveiling the Night at ARTEREAL Gallery, Sydney
18 October – 16 November
This October, I am delighted to be exhibiting a new body of work at Artereal Gallery, Sydney. Titled Unveiling the Night, the solo exhibition will showcase a series of photographic and video works, filmed in the landscape around my home in Hill End, NSW.
Unveiling the Night reveals the nocturnal wildlife that inhabit the landscape. As I sleep, these native and introduced species continue their routines, instincts, and behaviours, shaped by the need to survive. Their presence fascinates me, and I am drawn to understand their roles within this ecosystem—their impact both beneficial and detrimental.
Image: Unveiling 1 – last quarter moon, 19°, 4th of March, 2024 giclée print on fine art paper 60×107cm Edition
The creation of Unveiling the Night
has been generously supported by
Regional Arts Fund Project Grant
Arts OutWest
The CORRIDOR Project – Artist in Residence Program
NAVA National Association for the Visual Arts
Orange Regional Gallery
—-
Selected | Photography & Printmaking at the CBD Gallery, Sydney
1 February – 3 March
Selected | Photography & Printmaking delves into the practices of 22 contemporary artists exploring and thriving in the mediums of Printmaking and Photography, showcased across 52 images on display. Although printmaking and photography both originated from discrete technologies, such as armor engraving for etching and the camera obscura for photography, they can be seen to promote a common objective: the desire to replicate a vision of reality in multiples for commercial, political, or journalistic ends. While the objective of both disciplines is to leave a trace—be it figure, landscape, or still life—their usage in the art world has evolved until they were brought together in this exhibition.
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2023
WEST OF CENTRAL at Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
1 July – 27 August
Home to an increasing number of contemporary artists and creatives seeking connection, respite, and balance, regional Australia is a place where artists have space to create, experiment, respond, and challenge. This exhibition showcases the work of 17 regionally based artists who choose to make work on Wiradjuri Country in the Central Tablelands of NSW.
Of primary concern is the impact of man-made and climatic events on the ecologies and landscape of the region. A chaptered exhibition, recurring over multiple iterations, it celebrates artists who choose to live and work regionally, beyond an urban-centric ‘center,’ and in so doing, resituate the regional as a core tenet of their practice.
From the Blue Mountains to Mudgee, Bathurst to Hill End and their surrounds, WEST OF CENTRAL features artists including Aleshia Lonsdale, Anne Graham, Bill Moseley, Blak Douglas, Caitlin Graham, Georgina Pollard, Genevieve Carroll, Dan Kojta, Jason Wing, Joyce Hinterding and David Haines, June Golland, Karla Dickens, Leo Cremonese, Maddison Gibbs, Nicole Welch, and Vicky Browne.
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The Art of Analogue| Part 1
It was a generous and warm gesture (welcome to Hill End!) when artist, photographer, and generally cool person Bill Moseley invited me to talk about how I use an analogue process in unison with digital technologies.
A presentation on making wet-plate collodion images, aka ‘tintypes,’ in the historic town of Hill End. A town well known through the 1870s Holtermann collection of glass plate negatives. In it, Bill Moseley explains the process and its context within the world of Analogue. The video also features the work of Nicole Welch, and her comments on the significance of the analogue approach to art making.
Watch on YouTube
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Beating About The Bush at the Art Gallery of Ballarat
November 5, 2022 – 19 February, 2023
I’m honoured to have my work exhibited in Beating About The Bush at the Art Gallery of Ballarat, which puts works of the Australian Impressionism era alongside works by contemporary Australian women photographers. Themes such as gender, the hardship of life in the bush, immigration, urban growth, environmental concerns, and the presence of Indigenous peoples are explored through the work of some of Australia’s most exciting contemporary artists.
It includes paintings from the past alongside contemporary photography by Donna Bailey, Jane Burton, Peta Clancy, Maree Clarke, Nici Cumpston, Jessie Boylan, Tamara Dean, Anne Ferran, Jacky Redgate, and Nicole Welch.
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From the Studio, the Artists of Hill End
December to February 2023
A diverse range of artistic practices have flourished and continue to flourish in Hill End. I’m delighted to have an artwork in the group exhibition From the Studio, the Artists of Hill End, a window into the current artists residing in Hill End and their work.
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