Shepparton Art Museum

Shepparton Art Museum, affectionately known as SAM, has developed a reputation as one of regional Australia’s leading cultural institutions. Shepparton Art Museum is located approximately two hours north-east of Melbourne.

SAM’s collection focuses on Australian ceramic artworks, and has a growing collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art. It includes ceramics, paintings, works on paper, photography, sculpture and textiles, and there are currently 4,000 items contained in the SAM collection.

Entry to the Shepparton Art Museum is FREE for all exhibitions.

Shepparton Art Museum

530 Wyndham St, Shepparton VIC 3630, Australia

03 4804 5000

sheppartonartmuseum.com.au

Mon & Wed to Fri 10am–4pm,
Sat to Sun 10am–5pm.
Closed Tuesdays.

Exhibitions

Emmet O’Dwyer: Magic Mountains

1 Apr - 28 Sep

Repetition

Gosia Wlodarczak

28 Jun - 5 Oct

Stories from the SAM Collection

Group exhibition

1 Nov - 1 Nov

Flower Bears

Vipoo Srivilasa

3 May - 12 Oct

Magic Mountains

Emmet O’Dwyer

19 Mar - 9 Jun

Brett Whiteley: Inside the Studio

28 Jun - 5 Oct

Swamp Drawing

Kerrie Poliness

5 Apr - 16 Mar

SAM Open 2025

5 Jul - 2 Nov

Stewart Russell: Tommie & John / Reliving the dream

Stewart Russell

1 Jan

Face in the Frame

SAM Collection

30 Oct

Feature

Life Cycles with Betty Kuntiwa Pumani

The paintings of Betty Kuntiwa Pumani form a part of a larger, living archive on Antaṟa, her mother’s Country. More than maps, they speak to ancestral songlines, place and ceremony.

Emma O'Neill

Feature

Seeing Double

A presentation of works by Robert Mapplethorpe curated by the British editor Edward Enninful, Enninful x Mapplethorpe, at the 2025 Ballarat International Foto Biennale, finds resonance in opposites while turning binary thinking on its head.

Amelia Winata

Feature

Looking Forward, Looking Back with Lisa Reihana

Auckland-born and raised artist Lisa Reihana is ever the optimist, creating two new works signifying social cohesion to hang outside two Australian arts venues—Ngununggula, and Sydney Contemporary at Carriageworks —just as dark divisions seek to undermine the value of migration and Indigenous sovereignty.

Steve Dow

Preview

Culture on Country

Desert Mob is a critical platform for the cultural and creative authority of desert artists—with artists driving new ways of making, collaborating, and innovating on their own terms, ensuring cultural knowledge is not just maintained but continually expanded through practice.

Shonae Hobson

Feature

The kimono is more than an artefact and more than clothing. It is a concept artists will make their own

Over 70 fabulous garments of exquisite craftsmanship – some made of silk with gold and silver embroidery and dazzling designs – have been assembled within a context of over 150 paintings, posters, wood block prints, magazines and decorative arts. Although many of the items have never been previously exhibited in Australia, most are now in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, with many specifically acquired for this exhibition.

Sasha Grishin

Feature

Jennifer Mills on connecting everything

A survey exhibition spanning the 30-year practice of Jennifer Mills brings together bodies of works grounded in precision and tenderness at Bunjil Place Gallery.

Shepparton Art Museum