![Image: Mark Smith, [Ugly/Beautiful], 2015. Represented by Arts Project Australia, Melbourne. Mark Smith.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/HERO-Mark-Smith-200x164.jpeg "HERO Mark Smith")
Opening reception: Mark Smith
30 April 2022
Image: Mark Smith, Ugly/Beautiful, 2015. Represented by Arts Project Australia, Melbourne. Mark Smith.
Image: Mark Smith, Ugly/Beautiful, 2015. Represented by Arts Project Australia, Melbourne. Mark Smith.
When
30 April 2022
Saturday, 1-3pm (AEST)
Venue
Arts Project Australia [i]
Collingwood Yards
Level 1, Perry St Building,
35 Johnston St, Collingwood
Wed – Fri, 11am – 5pm
Sat – Sun, 12pm – 4pm
Accessibility
Wheelchair access
Price
Free, no bookings required
Join us to celebrate the opening of Ugly/ Beautiful, a solo exhibition of photographic work by Melbourne based mixed-media artist Mark Smith; it presents a space for beauty and ugliness to coalesce.
Exploring identity, difference and faith, the artwork aims to express feelings of joy.
![Image: Rachel Main, [Jannie at the 1010 Session, Melbourne], 2021. Courtesy the artist.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/HERO-WEB-Rachel-Main_Jannie-at-the-1010-Session-Melbourne-2021-142x200.jpg "HERO WEB Rachel Main_Jannie at the 1010 Session, Melbourne, 2021")
![Image: Jemima Wyman, [Haze 2...], 2021. Courtesy the artist and Agency Projects.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/WEB-7_Hero_HR_2021_Wyman_Haze2_Hand-cut-digital-photos_78x50.25inches198x127.6cmartwork-1-e1645611363527-200x129.jpg "WEB 7_(Hero)_HR_2021_Wyman_Haze(2)_Hand-cut digital photos_78x50.25inches198x127.6cm(artwork) (1)")
![Image: Martine Gutierrez, [Queer Rage, October 14, 2006], p63 from Indigenous Woman, 2018. (c) Martine Gutierrez; Courtesy of the artist and RYAN LEE Gallery, New York.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/October142006-145x200.jpg "October14,2006")
![Image: James J. Robinson, [On Golden Days], 2022. Courtesy the artist.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/eventbrite-200x134.jpg "eventbrite")