Contemporary Wearables Biennial Jewellery Award and Exhibition is the focus of Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery's contribution to promoting excellence in contemporary adornment. The award was established in 1989, with the aid of the Toowoomba Gallery Society Inc., and is a forum for experimental and innovative contemporary jewellery and object practice. On display until 23 November 2025. Open Wednesday - Sunday | 10.30am - 3.30pm.

Contemporary Wearables ’25 Selected Works are:

Jessica Andersen Wearable memorial for lab rats
Roseanne Bartley Let the Necklace Speak series: muttering
Sue Beardman Unity 1 and Unity 2
Simon Bodycoat Golden orb ring I, II and III
Jane Bowden Sequence – studies in beads
Ximena Briceno Dress 5
Susan Buchanan Crack flower #5 and Crack flower #6, from the Crack flowers series
Melissa Cameron Rapidly closing window … 5
Michelle Cangiano See / Saw
Janine Combes Flourish brooch
Laila Marie Costa Younger sister of the ansty misunderstood btweenager
Sarah Elson Pull the earth around me 2 and Pull the earth around me 5
Marcus Foley If all else fails, you can always plant flowers
Felix Gill Cry me a river two
Katherine Grocott 2048 brooches
Lori Hakim 99 bottles and Plastic problems series
Michelle Hales WASTE
Gabi Harris Wind vs Coal II
Kirsten Haydon Ice drops neckpiece
Mari Hirata Omamori : Spaces in between
Krystal Hurst Bitjuru and We speak
Cara Johnson Flock I, II and III
Judy Keogh Facing up to fast fashion
Kath Kerswell creatures who may or may not be dangerous
Lois Kim Ortho
Anke Kindle Ostium scrubber brooch
Cinnamon Lee Night jewels
Gillian Marriage Floral rebirth collection
Josephine Mascaro Of girlfriends and wonder women
Alison McDonald Just for the love of chasing
Sharon McEntee Plastic tide – Ocean whispers
Mascha Moje Untitled (skull)
Sylvia Nevistic To have and to hold
Belinda Newick … is too many
Emily O'Brien Fears | Fierce
Radka Passianova Curated self
Clare Poppi Hiding rock and Thoughts in my head
Vivian Qiu Hometown Chaozhou, China
Birgit Schubert-Kingcott Variations on the theme
Emily Snadden Scorched eucalypt
Gabbee Stolp Ghosts
Marika Strohschnieder Mother of pearl
Bic Tieu Circling Cabramatta (no. 2)
Claire Townsend Process III
Kathryn Wardill Sea
Melinda Young The storyholder (carried to the table)
Yinuo Yu Self portrait reverie 1&2&3 (series)
Elisa Zorraquin Am I a ring? Or two complicated things?

Image: Contemporary Wearables 2023 Award Winner Zoë VENESS / Wreath 2023 / Neckpiece: archival paper, stainless-steel cable, sterling-silver tubing / 42 x 42 x 4cm / Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery – Toowoomba City Collection 2417 / Purchased 2023 with funds donated by Toowoomba Gallery Society Inc., 2018. / © Zoë Veness