Griffith University Art Museum scores double win in nationally-recognised Museum and Gallery awards for their exhibition ‘Craig & Karl: Double Vision.’

Griffith University Art Museum (GUAM) has received two major industry accolades, cementing its reputation as one of Australia’s leading university art museums and a centre for innovative exhibition practice. 

For their 2025-26 project Craig & Karl: Double Vision, GUAM has been awarded the 2026 Australian Museums and Galleries Association Award for Exhibition Excellenceand the Gallery and Museum Achievement Award (GAMMA) for Projects: Organisations with 1-6FTE paid staff.  

 The 2026 Australian Museums and Galleries Awards were held at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, during the AMaGA National Conference in early November. Judged by industry peers, the AMAGAs are Australia’s premier museums and galleries awards, celebrating excellence, leadership and innovation across the sector. 

Presented by Museums & Galleries Queensland, the GAMAAs celebrate excellence and innovation across Queensland’s museums, galleries and cultural organisations, and was held at Ipswich Art Gallery in early October. The award was accepted by GUAM’s Acting Curator Lizzie Riek, and presented by Councillor Teresa Harding, Mayor of Ipswich. 

Co-curated by Angela Goddard and Carrie McCarthy, Craig & Karl: Double Vision was a truly city-wide celebration of two of the Queensland College of Art & Design’s most internationally successful alumni – Craig Redman and Karl Maier – and showcased the global impact of Griffith University’s creative disciplines. Developed by a small but ambitious team, the exhibition generated significant partnerships across Queensland’s arts and cultural sector, with support from Arts Queensland, Brisbane City Council, Brisbane Festival and Fish Lane Arts Precinct, alongside staff and students from Griffith University’s Queensland College of Art and Design and Griffith Film School. 

Craig & Karl: Double Vision toured to Cairns Art Gallery and Precinct in September 2026, where it remains open until January 2027.  

The project will be documented in a new publication being co-published by GUAM and Formist Editions, to be, released internationally in early 2027.  

Images: Mayor of Ipswich, Teresa Harding, presenting Lizzie Riek with the award for Griffith University Art Museum. Photograph by Sarah Marshall, Jiriki Media. Courtesy of Museums & Galleries Queensland. Craig Redman and Karl Maier pictured at Griffith University Art Museum. Photograph by Alex Chomicz.