soula.com.au https://soula.com.au/ Soula Mantalvanos - official website Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:41:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Queenscliff Gallery Exhibition: Soula Mantalvanos Corridoi Luminosi | Luminous Corridors https://soula.com.au/queenscliff-gallery-exhibition-soula-mantalvanos-corridoi-luminosi-luminous-corridors/ https://soula.com.au/queenscliff-gallery-exhibition-soula-mantalvanos-corridoi-luminosi-luminous-corridors/#respond Fri, 29 May 2026 06:16:51 +0000 https://soula.com.au/?p=14219 2026 Queenscliff Gallery Focus: Corridoi Luminosi | Luminous Corridors Exhibition dates: May 28 – Jun 15, 2025 Join me in the gallery between 11 am and 3 pm each weekend. I'd love to chat to you. My statement Sketched in situ and completed in my Queenscliff studio, my current body of work began with [...]

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]]> https://soula.com.au/queenscliff-gallery-exhibition-soula-mantalvanos-corridoi-luminosi-luminous-corridors/feed/ 0 2026 Queenscliff Gallery Focus Exhibition: Corridoi Luminosi | Luminous Corridors https://soula.com.au/2026-queenscliff-gallery-focus-exhibition-corridoi-luminosi-luminous-corridors/ https://soula.com.au/2026-queenscliff-gallery-focus-exhibition-corridoi-luminosi-luminous-corridors/#respond Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:15:14 +0000 https://soula.com.au/?p=14161 2026 Queenscliff Gallery Focus: Corridoi Luminosi | Luminous Corridors DATES Exhibition dates: May 28 – Jun 15, 2025 Join me in the gallery anytime Sat – Sun, between 11 am and 3 pm. Sketched in situ and completed in my Queenscliff studio, my current body of work began with the quiet act of walking, [...]

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]]> https://soula.com.au/2026-queenscliff-gallery-focus-exhibition-corridoi-luminosi-luminous-corridors/feed/ 0 Melbourne Design Week 2026 finalist with My Health Story https://soula.com.au/melbourne-design-week-2026-finalist-with-my-health-story/ https://soula.com.au/melbourne-design-week-2026-finalist-with-my-health-story/#respond Thu, 12 Feb 2026 04:30:15 +0000 https://soula.com.au/?p=14092 May 29, 2026 UPDATE: Access The Live Recording of our Melbourne Design Week Q&A It happened, and it was great. And you might find the event recording well worth listening to if you’ve never wondered about the benefits of having your health information at your fingertips, or if you didn’t know that (in [...]

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]]> https://soula.com.au/melbourne-design-week-2026-finalist-with-my-health-story/feed/ 0 The Arts Ecosystem: Who’s Driving? https://soula.com.au/the-arts-ecosystem-whos-driving/ https://soula.com.au/the-arts-ecosystem-whos-driving/#respond Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:14:45 +0000 https://soula.com.au/?p=14084 My own art collection is largely made up of works purchased through Melbourne galleries, and some acquired on travels when I was a full-time Director of ooi, a very successful design business – my own again. Theo and I bought a lot of art, always through galleries. There are very few cases in which we acquired work otherwise because we fully understood the impact on our industry.

Of course, we have bought art from our own gallery now.

Understanding that we are all running small businesses, and recognising that a gallery sale supports both the artist and the infrastructure around them, might just be a sustaining element – if you want the gallery structure to exist. Times are changing. We also need to include this idea for open conversation.

Did we have too many restaurants pre-COVID? Was the gallery structure always going to fail? Are there too many galleries? Are there too many artists?

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]]> https://soula.com.au/the-arts-ecosystem-whos-driving/feed/ 0 Did we just Get Married to Art? https://soula.com.au/did-we-get-married-to-art/ https://soula.com.au/did-we-get-married-to-art/#respond Sat, 22 Nov 2025 03:34:03 +0000 https://soula.com.au/?p=14059 That’s exactly how it felt when we celebrated our 10th birthday at Queenscliff Gallery (QG). With the ongoing glum vibes that have poured in since COVID, it felt so great to throw a party and celebrate the collaborative efforts of fellow artists, business owners, friends, family, the community, and our brilliant patrons who helped [...]

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]]> https://soula.com.au/did-we-get-married-to-art/feed/ 0 10/10: Queenscliff Gallery Celebrates 10 Years https://soula.com.au/10-10-queenscliff-gallery-celebrates-10-years/ https://soula.com.au/10-10-queenscliff-gallery-celebrates-10-years/#respond Thu, 13 Nov 2025 02:01:31 +0000 https://soula.com.au/?p=14055 Queenscliff Gallery Celebrates its 10th Anniversary with the exhibition ’10/10′. Exhibition dates: Nov 13 – Dec 8, 2025 Queenscliff Gallery (and I!) are thrilled to announce the gallery’s 10th anniversary, marked by a spectacular art exhibition showcasing the works of ten distinguished artists who have been integral to the gallery’s journey – since day [...]

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]]> https://soula.com.au/10-10-queenscliff-gallery-celebrates-10-years/feed/ 0 A Little Marble Flooring Please https://soula.com.au/a-little-marble-flooring-please/ https://soula.com.au/a-little-marble-flooring-please/#respond Thu, 25 Sep 2025 03:37:38 +0000 https://soula.com.au/?p=13912 Italy is never enough for me. There’s not enough Burrata, cicchetti, grilled squid, cornetti, salata mistas, Prosecco (hello Franciacorta!), tartare, overall exceptional hospitality, and that Olive oil – I still can’t believe they leave the bottle on the table. I don’t get enough of searching for the next Via or Vicolo, the next urban, [...]

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]]> https://soula.com.au/a-little-marble-flooring-please/feed/ 0 Ciao Ragazzi! https://soula.com.au/ciao-ragazzi/ https://soula.com.au/ciao-ragazzi/#respond Wed, 20 Aug 2025 17:13:53 +0000 https://soula.com.au/?p=13888 That translates as a casual hello from where I write in beautiful Italy. To be more specific, I’m in Cortona in the magnificent Tuscan hilly home of dear friends… having been welcomed back again. Where would artists be without their dear friends and patrons? While Theo and I take an annual break and I [...]

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]]> https://soula.com.au/ciao-ragazzi/feed/ 0 Queenscliff Gallery Exhibition, Soula Mantalvanos, Passaggi: A Painted Season https://soula.com.au/qg-soula-mantalvanos-passaggi/ https://soula.com.au/qg-soula-mantalvanos-passaggi/#respond Fri, 13 Jun 2025 04:38:29 +0000 https://soula.com.au/?p=13822 QG Focus Soula Mantalvanos Passaggi: A Painted Season DATES Exhibition dates: Aug 7 – Sep 8, 2025 Join the QG Mingle list to receive exhibition previews and private opening invitations (or sign up to my list in the form below). Passaggi: A Painted Season traces a personal journey through Central and Northern Italian towns and [...]

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]]> https://soula.com.au/qg-soula-mantalvanos-passaggi/feed/ 0 Homage to Impressionism A Queenscliff Gallery Group Exhibition https://soula.com.au/homage-to-impressionism-a-queenscliff-gallery-group-exhibition/ https://soula.com.au/homage-to-impressionism-a-queenscliff-gallery-group-exhibition/#respond Wed, 11 Jun 2025 04:47:07 +0000 https://soula.com.au/?p=13827 Exhibitions dates: 19th Jun – 13th Jul Public QG Mingle: 22nd Jun from 2 – 4pm Queenscliff Gallery proudly presents Homage to Impressionism, a group exhibition featuring the posthumous honeymoon etchings of Sir Arthur Streeton. Together with the suite of 11 etchings by Australia’s leading impressionist, Sir Arthur Streeton, QG-represented artists Lana Daubermann, Philip Davey, Mark Dober, Katherine Hattam, [...]

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