Free entry to exhibition

Open Tues-Sun, 11am-4pm
Closed 25th, 26th, 30th and 31st December and 1st January.

New Wave 26

VCE Student Exhibition
28 February - 31 May 2026

MPRG NEW WAVE 26 Applications Now Open!

Entries are now open for New Wave, an annual exhibition celebrating the talent and creativity of VCE visual art and design students from Government, Private and Catholic schools across the Mornington Peninsula.

New Wave 26 is a curated exhibition where students have the opportunity to experience exhibiting their work professionally in a major public gallery, visited by large audiences. Installed by gallery staff, student’s work will be on show for the duration of the exhibition, celebrated with an exhibition opening, and promoted widely through MPRG.

New Wave 26 showcases the creative ideas of a new generation of artists of as they take their place in our rich and vibrant creative community on the Mornington Peninsula.

NEW WAVE 25

Watch the artists of New Wave 25 speaking about their experience exhibiting at MPRG.

New Wave 2025 highlighted student works

Sophie Matthews, OH MY GOD, I'M ON FIRE! But you look totally fine?, 2024, etched photograph. Woodleigh.