2025 DROS Exhibition

The annual Open Studios group exhibition is designed to produce a cohesive and diverse range of artwork to showcase the creative energy and skill of each artist. This year’s theme is Chrysalis.

The Chrysalis exhibition invites artists to explore personal or collective evolution, the shedding of old identities, and the emergence of new perspectives. It encourages reflection on the cycles of change, resilience, and the beauty that often arises from moments of quiet introspection and metamorphosis. Through various mediums and interpretations, the exhibition seeks to highlight the delicate yet powerful process of becoming.

With 42 studios showcasing nearly 60 artists, the Chrysalis exhibition is the perfect place to whet your appetite with this ‘taster’ of the diverse talent the hills has to offer, before embarking on your journey to explore the studios.

Don’t forget to vote for your favourite piece in the People’s Choice Award.

Exhibition Launch: 7pm Thursday 20th March 2025 – everyone welcome – RSVP HERE

‘The world of art is not a world of immortality but of metamorphosis’ Andre Malraux

Chrysalis

21 March to 27 April, 2025
Burrinja Gallery
351 Glenfern Rd, UPWEY

Gallery Open
Wed – Sun | 10 am to 4 pm
& 10 am to 5 pm
Open Studios Weekends

Visual Arts Innovation Award 2024

Dandenong Ranges Open Studios & Swinburne University of Technology – Diploma of Visual Arts, Wantirna Campus  present the Visual Arts Innovation Award.  Judged by a panel of Swinburne University Arts Educators, this award is awarded to the work that is deemed the most innovative.

Congratulations to

William Holt

'Eminent'

‘Through harnessing a paint lead instinct and intuitive aesthetic, the pigment spreads across the surface of the canvas undulating through its chosen course, eventually finding a new purpose within the emerging compositions and unique forms reminiscent of those found in our natural world.’

People's Choice Award 2024

Dandenong Ranges Open Studios invites the public to vote for their favourite artwork in the group exhibition. In 2024 the exhibition theme was GLIMPSE.

Congratulations to

Emily Lowe

‘The Regent Honeyeater’

Previous years

Visual Arts Innovation Award

Dandenong Ranges Open Studios & Swinburne University of Technology – Diploma of Visual Arts, Wantirna Campus  present the Visual Arts Innovation Award.  Judged by a panel of Swinburne University Arts Educators, this award is awarded to the work that is deemed the most innovative.

People's Choice Awards

Every year you are invited to vote for your favourite artwork in the Dandenong Ranges Open Studios Group Exhibition. Here are the winners so far…