Australian artist-run initiatives are a series of artist-run initiatives and galleries found throughout Australia. A few key spaces include FELTspace ; LEVEL and Boxcopy ; The WallsArt SpaceBUS Projects, KINGS ARI, TCB, Clubs Project inc, West Space, Seventh Gallery, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Blindside and Trocadero Art Space, ; Free Range, Moana and Paper Mountain ; Firstdraft, MOP and Serial Space ; and Project Contemporary Artspace.
Brisbane artist-run initiatives
Brisbane is home to many currently active and innovative artist-run initiatives, including , , , , and . is an independent digital visual arts guide, live-archive resource and access point for the online public wishing to learn more about Brisbane's visual arts sector.
Tasmanian artist-run initiatives
, formerly known as Inflight is a long-running artist-run initiative based in Hobart. Inflight began in 2003, re-launching in early February 2013 as Constance ARI. In 2015, it moved from a physical gallery-based model to an off-site project based model. In 2017, Constance ARI hosted a major arts festival, , bringing ARIs from Australia and New Zealand to Hobart for ten days of exhibitions, talks, and performances. is a small ARI based in inner city Hobart. The program features a mix of visual art exhibitions, performance art, and music performances. 6a was a significant artist-run initiative based in North Hobart from 2007–2011. Sawtooth ARI is a gallery based in Launceston, showcasing contemporary and experimental art by local, interstate and international artists at various stages of their professional career.
Perth-based artist-run initiatives
PRAXIS was an early artist-run initiative which had a Artists included Brian McKay, Paul Thomas. The Verge/ is another, which also produced a publication that documented it and many others from the 1970s through to the 1990s. was another active in the later 1990s. The oldest, currently operating artists studios is has been a dedicate art making studio since 1987. The second oldest is which was originally the . In 2014 produced a limited survey exhibition of emerging artist-run initiative.
Sydney-based artist-run initiatives
Other important non-gallery artist initiatives include NUCA, Sydney art galleries and art community, The Invisible Inc., the Artist Funded project, the Sydney Ladies Artists Club and
Victorian artist-run initiatives
Early examples of artist run initiatives include The Queensbery Street Gallery operated by Melbourne artist Peter Graham in association with Victorian Printmakers' Group between 1973 and 1978. Also, West Space which is also part of Contemporary Arts Organisations Australia. The Yarra Sculpture Gallery, a current and vibrant gallery run by the Contemporary Sculptors Association, was established in 1997, and is one of the earliest ARI's on the Melbourne art scene. Current examples of Victorian artist-run initiatives include BLINDSIDE, TCB art inc., Kings ARI, Rubicon ARI, Platform, Knight Street Art Space and Punk Cafe. Artist-run initiatives in Melbourne, Victoria, are promoted by VIA-n, the Victorian Initiatives of Artists Network, a volunteer network that includes more than 20 ARI organisations spread across metropolitan and regional Victoria. In April 2007, VIA-n released a publication on the history of ARIs in Victoria called Making Space in conjunction with simultaneous artist-run events across the state. The Australia Council for the Arts has also produced a comprehensive list of Australian artist-run initiatives in operation in 2006.
