10 artworks for every taste, space, and budget at our Brisbane fair
With so much to see at our Brisbane fair you’ll be forgiven for not knowing where to start! To give you a helping hand, we’ve selected just 10 artworks to kickstart your wish list.
Paige Spurrell
Wednesday 15 April, 2026
Dave Kulesza, UTOPIA22, 2024, photography, 120x90cm, $550-$6500, Gallery By Dave
Buying art should feel exciting, not intimidating – and that’s exactly what Affordable Art Fair is all about. With artworks spanning a wide range of styles, mediums and price points, our fair is designed to make art buying approachable for everyone. Whether you’re drawn to bold statement pieces of smaller, affordable works that are perfect for starting (or growing) a collection, you’ll find art to suit every taste, space, and budget.
Returning 7–10 May, you’ll discover thousands of artworks from hundreds of artists at Affordable Art Fair Brisbane. To help you begin your wish list, we’ve selected 10 standout pieces that offer just a glimpse of what’s waiting to be discovered.
Joe Blundell | Greenbridge Gallery
Based in Naarm/Melbourne, Joe Blundell creates paintings that explore the relationship between humanity and the natural world, tracing the quiet interplay between urban and organic landscapes. Working with oils on canvas, he uses light with precise sensitivity, drawing the viewer into moments where the boundaries between built and natural environments blur, and time seems to stand still.
Jeff Gardner | Cascade Gallery
Jeff Gardner is an Australian printmaker and painter based near Maldon, Victoria, known for his captivating and unique drypoint works. His practice blends image and verse, with a meditative approach that enters what he calls the “quiet zone” of drawing.
Mela Cooke | Salt Contemporary
Sculptor Mela Cooke explores the human form through bronze, beginning with the sensual, expressive process of modelling in clay. Her works capture subtle movement and emotions of people, revealing both strength and delicate expression through her work.
Olga Zwart | Good Work Gallery
Good Work Gallery, Olga Zwart, Banksias, 50x40cm, wool, $399.
We love Olga Zwart’s hand tufted, woollen artworks that transform into sculptural wall pieces. Exhibiting with Good Work Gallery, Olga uses her creativity to seek expression in the physical world, creating artworks that are both comforting and playful as they are visually striking. Olga’s work brings warmth, texture and sense of joy, making it the perfect find for visitors looking to add something unique to their walls.
Em Hatton | Oddball Gallery
Oddball Gallery, Em Hatton, Reading After A Bath, Acrylic on canvas, 122x152cm, $4900.
Em Hatton is a multidisciplinary artist based on Gadigal land in Sydney’s inner west, working across painting, digital illustration, screen-printing and textile design. Her practice explores feelings of joy, calm, and safety, often expressed through depictions of women unapologetically at rest and reimagined myths and goddesses. Exhibiting with Oddball Gallery, her pieces invite visitors to pause and connect with moments of softness and quiet strength.
Dave Kulesza | Gallery By Dave
Inspired by architecture from all over the world, Dave Kulesza is a Melbourne based photographer, known for creating punchy, poppy images that highlight bold colour and form. His work explores striking architectural contrasts across the globe, from Tokyo’s retro-futurist structures to the vivid, unexpected palette of Pyongyang.
Pia Kuykhoven | KEAP Collective
KEAP Collective, Pia Kuykhoven, The long weekend, Acrylic on canvas, 104 x 107cm, $3,950.
Pia Kuykhoven is a contemporary Adelaide-based artist whose work blooms from a lifelong connection to gardens, memory, and home. Creating from her backyard studio, she moves fluidly between acrylic painting and hand-built ceramics, crafting vibrant floral still lifes and tactile objects that feel both intimate and timeless. Inspired by childhood gardens and everyday domestic life, her pieces carry visible traces of their making, perfect for those looking for that special piece to cherish for years to come.
Zoe Willey | Stevens Street Gallery
Stevens Street Gallery, Zoe Willey, Nectarines on Ceramic Plate, 30.5x23cm, $620.
Originally selected for our Discover: Young Talent program in 2024 Zoe Willey is an emerging artist from Kabi Kabi (Gubbi Gubbi) Country on the Sunshine Coast. Now exhibiting with Stevens Street Gallery, Zoe works with oil to create artworks that sit between impressionism and realism. With a strong background in portraiture, she captures the emotional essence of her subjects while remaining true to their physical form, across still life, figure and domestic scenes. Her work explores themes of nostalgia and identity, resulting in works that are both expressive and timeless – ideal for those looking to bring warmth and character to their homes.
Brad Turner | Artist Lane
Brad Turner’s fun, expressive artwork began at the family dinner table with his daughter! An Australian Indigenous artist from the Saltwater people of Bundjalung Country, Brad’s vibrant, contemporary practice celebrates culture and connection to Country.
Susan Ngwarraye Philomac | Artists of Ampilatwatja
Indigenous artist Susan Ngwarraye Philomac draws on vivid memories of life on Country, including Spring Creek on her father’s Country. Her layered, expressive works reflect time spent walking to Canteen Creek, hunting with family, and collecting sap from sugar bag trees, carried through with warmth and care.
Whether you’re a seasoned collector or taking your first steps into art buying, join us from 7 – 10 May at the Exhibition Building, Brisbane Showgrounds, and discover the perfect piece for your walls!
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