Phil Austin is a street photographer focused on capturing honest moments of self-expression. At Sydney Mardi Gras, he uses black and white photography to document the power of people being unapologetically themselves. Stripping away color puts focus on emotion, gesture, and human connection — revealing stories that might otherwise be lost in the noise. Phil’s work aims to show that authenticity isn’t just a personal choice, but a public statement with the power to inspire change.
Phil Austin is a street photographer focused on capturing honest moments of self-expression. At Sydney Mardi Gras, he uses black and white photography to document the power of people being unapologetically themselves. Stripping away color puts focus on emotion, gesture, and human connection — revealing stories that might otherwise be lost in the noise. Phil’s work aims to show that authenticity isn’t just a personal choice, but a public statement with the power to inspire change.t with the power to inspire change.Monokrom Mardi Gras – Phil Austin
Phil Austin
Opening Night: Tuesday 17th June, 6 pm
16th – 22nd June, 12 – 6 pm
Artist’s Talk: Sunday June 22, 4pm
@leica.lad
TAP Gallery: tapgallery.org.au
Youtube: TAP TV – @TapGallerySydney
Instagram: @tapgallery and #tapgallery
Email: info@tapgallery.org.au * Telephone: 0400610440 .
Level 1, 259 Riley St, Surry Hills NSW 2010
Monokrom Mardi Gras- Phil Austin
People of a Time and Place – Razorhurst II
Sydney wasn’t built on sunshine. It was shaped in the backstreets — by villains, fighters, and survivors who clawed for scraps of power, pride, and survival.
In People of a Time & Place: Volume II, Sydney painter Sean Burgess drags Razorhurst’s ghosts back into the light. Not the polished legends — the raw ones. The bloody, broken, defiant ones. The faces that built the city’s backbone long before the harbour sparkled for postcards.
This is the Sydney they don’t put in the brochures: sharp-edged, restless, alive. Each canvas pulls from a time when life was brutal and every choice left a scar. Burgess doesn’t whisper their stories — he spits them back into the world with grit under his nails.
Artesque: villains, fighters, survivors — no apologies, no pretty endings. Just the truth of a city born fighting.
Sean Burgess – Sydney painter * A Team Potato production.
TAP Gallery: tapgallery.org.au
Youtube: TAP TV – @TapGallerySydney
Instagram: @tapgallery and #tapgallery
Email: info@tapgallery.org.au * Telephone: 0400610440 .
Level 1, 259 Riley St, Surry Hills NSW 2010
Sydney Craft Club – Tap Gallery
Craft Club is a monthly escape for creativity, relaxation & social fun
It’s a chance to try a new craft every month, meet new people and leave with something you’ve made — all in a relaxed, welcoming space. No experience required- just bring your enthusiasm, and we’ll provide everything else!
Where: Tap Gallery, Level 1, 249 Riley St Surry Hills
BYO snacks & drinks!
Includes everything you need for the project! Spots are limited, so don’t wait, BOOK NOW and join the fun!
For more information: https://artandparcel.com.au/products/craft-club
On Instagram: @artandparcel .
TAP Gallery: tapgallery.org.au
Youtube: TAP TV – @TapGallerySydney
Instagram: @tapgallery and #tapgallery
Email: info@tapgallery.org.au * Telephone: 0400610440 .
Level 1, 259 Riley St, Surry Hills NSW 2010
Sydney Craft Club
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Cassandra Brisbane – Of Water and Light
Extended until May 4
12 – 6 pm daily
A collection of watercolour portraits by Cassandra Brisbane
TAP Gallery: tapgallery.org.au
Youtube: TAP TV – @TapGallerySydney
Instagram: @tapgallery and #tapgallery
Email: info@tapgallery.org.au * Telephone: 0400610440 .
Level 1, 259 Riley St, Surry Hills NSW 2010
Cassandra Brisbane – Of Water and Light
Observing the Nude – Group Show
INVITING ARTISTS TO ALSO BE IN THE SHOW
Come along for some fun for Lesley’s Birthday with live entertainment, Snacks & drinks & maybe some birthday cake if we are lucky. I am inviting any of my artists friends who wish to put a piece on the wall to join me in the celebrations. After all you only live once!?
Observing the Nude – Group Show
