Backwoods Gallery — Attraction in Melbourne

Backwoods gallery is a bricks and mortar institution housing some of the finest Australian cultural artefacts I have ever set my eyes upon. It was more than a pleasure to finally make my way to this Collingwood-based art gallery in a brief moment of respite during my most recent pilgrimage to Melbourne.

Backwoods gallery is quite literally back in the middle of the 'woods' of Collingwood. It is, as I have often found with such gemstones of artistic accomplishment, a little off the beaten track. It lacks any obvious signage or the hordes of riff-raff that one might expect at a major State gallery.

Nonetheless my pilgrimage here was undoubtedly the most pleasant moment of my Backwoods experience. As I stepped onto the pavement at the listed street address, I was visually accosted by a vision from above. A trio of beautiful, bare-skinned women had descended from the seventh tier of heaven onto the most incredible medium of some kind of acrylic paint on brick. Let me say, that while I outwardly exclaimed to my companions that the sight was a morally depraved and distasteful vision, I was most impressed, confronted, and energised by the ladies before me. Such brazen art as this is a rarity in this day and age and I thoroughly hope that your fine gallery shall grow and propagate. Kind...

I have been following Backwards Gallery for a couple of years due to an ROA exhibition I noticed online, however I only made the trip to Melbourne and the gallery for the first time last week.

I was greeted warmly by Emerson at the desk and was blown away by the two shows they were exhibiting and just the high level of curation and friendliness by the team. I had a great chat about art with Emerson and I love that physical brick and mortar galleries like this still exist in an age where so much is just online. Would recommend visiting this gallery and supporting this particular local...

I love Backwards Gallery! I generally avoid going on opening nights of exhibitions due to sensory processing issues. When I do go, whoever is there is friendly, attentive, happy to answer questions and share information. I’ve been following Backwards Gallery for many years now, and the artists they show tend to be artists I already know and adore or ones I am genuinely excited to have been...