PARKER Contemporary

PARKER Contemporary is a Brisbane-based commercial gallery located in the Fish Lane Arts Precinct within South Bank, adjacent to Brisbane’s Cultural Centre including QAGOMA, the State Library of Queensland, and QPAC, the gallery presents a regular program of exhibitions that foreground print and paper as material and conceptual sites of enquiry.

Founded and directed by Emily Parker, a graduate of the Queensland College of Art and Design at Griffith University and The University of Queensland, PARKER Contemporary has quickly established a reputation as a leading gallery for printmaking, papermaking and artist books in Australia. Since opening in 2024, the gallery has presented more than twenty exhibitions and exhibited internationally, while building strong relationships with collectors, artists, and institutions.

The gallery represents both emerging and established artists whose practices centre on print and paper-based processes, including intaglio, relief, lithography, handmade paper, and sculptural approaches to paper. Mentoring and supporting artists is central to the gallery’s program and fosters the development of rigorous practices and long-term artistic careers. Through its exhibition program and art fair presentations, the gallery actively contributes to the growing national recognition and collectability of contemporary print and paper-based practices.

Founded on the premise that print is not a secondary practice but a primary way of thinking through the world, PARKER Contemporary continues to expand how these practices are understood, valued, and collected within contemporary art.

Works by represented artists are held in collections including QAGOMA, the National Gallery of Victoria, the State Library of Queensland, The British Library, and Harvard University’s Widener Memorial Library. In 2026 the gallery was also featured in Art Collector magazine’s “50 Things Collectors Should Know.”