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Marks & Gardner Gallery at Secret Garden is committed to exhibiting quality contemporary art by established and emerging Australian artists. The innovative exhibition program presents exhibitions by contemporary painters, sculptors, printmakers, jewellers and designers, together with focus exhibitions including original illustrations from children’s books, and an annual ceramic exhibition.
The exhibition calendar changes every 4 weeks.
Marks and Gardner Gallery is located on Tamborine Mountain, the Green behind the Gold™, just 35 minutes from the Gold Coast beaches and one hour from Brisbane. The area is famous for its natural beauty, cool rainforests, waterfalls, exansive views and national parks.
The gallery is surrounded by 5 park like acres, with Witches Falls Winery located immediately beside the gallery and other attractions close by.
Opening hours
Open from Wednesday to Sunday 9am – 4pm,
it is a delightful spot to while away an afternoon surrounded by quality artwork.
Book Launch - Friday March 5th
Marks & Gardner Gallery hosted the launch of “Heniek”, a new book by Anna Bonshek on Friday March 5th.
Anna gave a short talk about the book, her background, the process of publishing a book.
Anna is on the editorial board of the ground breaking recent 24+ volume series, Consciousness, Literature and the Arts and has received awards from the Royal Society of Arts, London, the National Endowment for the Arts, USA, and the Inter Society for the Electronic Arts.. She has written two previous books.
Heniek: A Polish Boy’s Coming of Age in India
During World War II is the story of Henry Bonshek, born in eastern Poland in 1928. Within weeks of the beginning of the Second World War, with Hitler’s invasion of Poland, Stalin seized the eastern Kresy region. Like many children from that area, Henry was deported to a Soviet penal camp at the age of 12. Facing a future of starvation and disease, Henry’s story is a remarkable, true account of his survival, escape and renewal. It tells of his journey to Uzbekistan, the rebuilding of his life in India with the help of the Maharaja of Navanagar, and the beginning of a new era in England and finally in Australia after the war. Henry until his death two years ago lived on Tamborine Mountain, his wife Jean still lives at Eagle Heights.
Past Exhibition
Small Works & Jewellery
December 4th – Dec 31st, 2009