Benalla Art Gallery

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Benalla Art Gallery | Visual Identity | Conceptual Project | 2016

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Project Brief

Benalla Art Gallery is one of the leading regional art galleries in Australia.

As regional galleries are sometimes the only cultural institution for miles, they often need to provide a broad range of services to the community – and do so with limited resources. In addition to exhibiting a wide range of art, they also must engage with a range of arts practitioners – from internationally recognised professionals through to local community groups. As Benalla Art Gallery must be many things to many people, its visual identity must also be appropriate in a variety of contexts.

This typographically focused visual identity system allows for flexibility, and pairs well with both contemporary and conservative imagery. The system is easily identified through extended lines, which connect words. This is both a visual metaphor for how art connects ideas, and aesthetically plays on the angles within the gallery’s Brutalist architecture.

The result is a crisp, clean and dynamic visual identity that can be interpreted as modern, traditional, playful, or elegant.