BENALLA Art Gallery and Arts Project Australia are once again partnering to present an exhibition in the gallery shop: Magpie and Mates by Miles Howard-Wilks.

Miles Howard-Wilks is a mid-career artist who specialises in painting, ceramics, photography, digital art and zines.

His work features dynamic and surreal landscapes and seascapes with recurring motifs of iconic Australian animals, landmarks and transport.

Howard-Wilks has worked at Arts Project since 2000 and has presented three solo exhibitions.

He has exhibited in national and international group exhibitions and has work in the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, Museum of Contemporary Art and City of Melbourne collection, as well as private collections worldwide.

Arts Project Australia is an internationally leading visual arts organisation that champions neurodivergent artists and artists with intellectual disability.

Through their studio program, exhibition opportunities, and professional development pathways, Arts Project artists are empowered to develop their practice and build meaningful careers in the contemporary arts sector.

Benalla Art Gallery director, Eric Nash, said the exhibition was “an uplifting continuation of our partnership with the country’s leading organisation supporting artists with intellectual disabilities.”

“Miles Howard-Wilks is such an inventive artist; the ceramic forms displayed feature fantastical garden scenes, trains and other features from our urban landscape, and of course prominently celebrate our favourite feathered warblers, the magpie," he said.

All works in the gallery shop are available to purchase.