Back to Back Galleries
Back to Back Gallery is the exhibition space of Newcastle Studio Potters Inc., located at 57 Bull Street, Cooks Hill, Newcastle. It presents a rotating program of exhibitions, with a focus on ceramics and allied practices, presenting curated solo and group shows by Newcastle Studio Potters members alongside invited artists from the Hunter and beyond. As an artist-run space, the gallery provides professional display and sales opportunities and periodically hosts launches, floor talks, or demonstrations. Programming highlights contemporary craft and the breadth of studio pottery in the region.
Back to Back Galleries
57 Bull St, Cooks Hill NSW 2300
(02) 4929 3677
Fri–Sun 11:00–17:00 (during exhibitions)
Current Exhibitions
Life and Line
Lynnette Passeri and Elizabeth Mead
October-2-2026 – October-18-2026
Life and Line brings together the work of Lynnette Passeri and Elizabeth Mead in a conversation between ceramics and painting. Across clay and canvas, line becomes contour, gesture… Read more
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Previous Exhibitions
Aurora
Sharon Taylor
Claire Kemp
Denise Spalding
Giovanna Fallavollita
Ileana Clarke
Janet Steele
September-12-2026 – September-27-2026
A sky of lime to a darker green and shading to purple, pink, red and sometimes blue and yellow. This remarkable spectacle leaves sky watchers mesmerized and mystified.… Read more
Elemental
Sonya Estens
Nicole Fernance
Gillian Karpiel
Catherine Lee
Francoise McDonald
Brydie Piaf
Michelle Watts
August-21-2026 – September-6-2026
A study of earth and flame through pit-fired ceramics and photographs Elemental is a collection of work presenting the evolution between ceramic form and atmosphere, surrender and camaraderie,… Read more
Art Nouveau: a period of style
Debra Ansell
Julie Batts
Janette Bickley
Corinne Bowden
Giovanna Fallavollita,
Debra Gluszek,
Janet Graham,
Varelle Hardy,
Helen Jackson,
Claire Kemp,
Izabela Labuda,
Claire Locker,
Fran Loudon,
Margaret McBride,
Vicki Macnamara,
Marian Marcatili,
Laraine Palmer,
Peter Masters,
Carolyn Peddie,
Nicola Purcell,
Joan Robinson,
Denise Spalding,
Leah Stevens,
Sue Stewart,
Jennifer Walkom.
July-10-2026 – July-26-2026
Art Nouveau is a style of decoration and architecture that was common in the 1890s. It is characterized by flowing lines and patterns of flowers and leaves. It… Read more
A Whimsey of Critters
Chez Rands
Jade Phoenix Isaac
June-19-2026 – July-5-2026
A collection of mixed-media paintings and 3D ceramic sculptures inspired by the natural world Read more
Reflections
Hilda Botha Wendy Thompson
May-29-2026 – June-14-2026
Reflections celebrates the versatility of clay and the diverse approaches two artists take to shape it. Together, Hilda Botha and Wendy Thompson create a dialogue between figure and… Read more
Form and Colour
Sharon Taylor, Abi Sparks, Cath McCarthy, Jill Campbell, Jackie Maundrell-Hall, AbbyMcCarthy
April-17-2026 – May-3-2026
Form and Colour is group show featuring colourful paintings and ceramic artworks from six Newcastle and Lake Macquarie based artists. Presented together the artworks fill the space with… Read more
Everyday
Amara Zenteno Ashley Menegon Eliza Blackwell Ellen Bagge Ella Grace Paterson Emma Guthrey Evie Core Gillian Karpel Hannah Cheetham Jan Shedden Holly Buntman-Ronnenberg Laura Curcio Lauren Wiltshire Lexi Worboys Mahalia Leckner Maria Ivan Ramona Raven
March-6-2026 – March-22-2026
Everyday is an exhibition that explores the rhythms of daily life—its mundane routines, fleeting joys, and unexpected moments. Bringing together ceramics, photography, sculpture, and painting, the exhibition reflects… Read more
Christmas Night Shop and Takeaway Exhibition
Newcastle Studio Potters Inc.
December-5-2025 – December-21-2025
Back to Back Galleries presents a festive end-of-year exhibition featuring a lively selection of artworks ready to take home on the night. Visitors are invited to explore a… Read more
Rock Hunter
Mahalia Leckner
October-24-2025 – November-9-2025
An exhibition exploring place of Broken Hill and the unique geology of the landscape. The small details of textures outback and colours of the landscape are captured in… Read more
Synergy (NPW × NSP)
Group exhibition
September-12-2025 – September-28-2025
Synergy continues at Back to Back Galleries, foregrounding collaboration between print and clay communities. Where one wall might hum with linocut pattern, a neighbouring shelf holds vessels that… Read more