Gallery 1
Small Wonders Group Exhibition
Fiona Tang, Frankie Pan, Isabel Khong, Zoe Dawes
16 - 27 September 2026
please note last day of exhibition ends on 27 September at 3pm
Opening night
18 September | 6 - 8 pm
Gallery Hours:
Wednesday – Sunday: 10 am – 5 pm
Sometimes, one work is enough to make us want to see more.
Small Wonders began with Red Gallery’s SMALL exhibition, where hundreds of works came together, each offering a brief encounter with an artist’s practice. Among them were works that stayed with us — some curious and unexpected, others intimate, playful or quietly beautiful. They made us pause, look again, and wonder what else might exist beyond that first encounter.
This exhibition follows that curiosity.
We invited a selection of artists from SMALL to return and present a broader view of their practice. Seen together, their works reveal different ways of paying attention to everyday life: a gesture, an object, a familiar scene, an unusual detail, or a fleeting moment that might otherwise pass unnoticed.
Small Wonders is also a reflection of how exhibitions can lead to new encounters. A work shown as part of a large group exhibition can become the beginning of a longer conversation — between an artist and a gallery, between different practices, and with new audiences.
What began with something small now has room to unfold.
Fiona Tang
Artist Statement
Fiona is a contemporary painter based in Melbourne who specialises in oil painting. She employs various techniques to convey her perspective on the world.
Fiona studied at the Fine Art College of Capital Normal University in Beijing and at the University of Wollongong. She earned her bachelor's degree in Art and Art Education.
She has hosted a solo exhibition at the National Art Museum of China and has exhibited her work at the Melbourne Art Fair and various galleries in Hong Kong.
Frankie Pan
Artist Statement
I imagine myself talking to my old therapist about leaving my day job to pursue full-time life as a ceramic artist. Then suddenly a creature is born from a plant on his desk. I explain and explain - the contradictions: anguish and joy, fear and confidence, shame and pride, isolation and support. The little creature becomes more excited and it grows in size. A toddler, terrified of everything. It struggles to get up.
It grows, and so does its anxiety. It loses control, dangling from a rope. The rope hurts, the creature enjoys it. It is alone, it is supported. A community cheers it on from below. The foundation for an art awakening.
Forever later, a baby has swung, has walked and leapt and departed and created. Art. The path is long. Now it is this, without limbs and with a cheerful smile. A cloak of teardrops wraps around, each one sculpted individually, through repetitive and hypnotic actions, as a means to curb sorrow. It overlooks the chaos of the infantile monsters. It was once like them. It is stronger.
There is a particular kind of fear/joy that comes with choosing to change your life. Mine is a vulnerable creature, hand-built and processed in my studio from mud, tears and ceramic.
I miss my therapist.
Zoë Dawes
Artist Statement
Zoë Dawes creates intricate photorealistic oil paintings that pay close attention to the subtle qualities of surface and texture and the interplay between light and shadow. Her work grows from ordinary moments of everyday life, captured using a smartphone camera and transformed into carefully rendered oil paintings. Through this translation, Dawes gives permanence to ephemeral moments of mundaneity and invites the viewer to immerse themselves in contemplation of the everyday through the artist’s perspective.
