ABOUT NEXT WAVE
Obsessed with the new.
Adamant about context.
Devoted to extraordinary.
In love with locality.
Conscious of time.
Next Wave is art made now.
Next Wave challenges our understanding of what art can be. We support young and emerging artists to create urgent, risky, generous, ambitious and essential art.
Based in Melbourne since 1984, Next Wave has pushed back on established ideas and practices — studying, questioning and shifting. This is where unique development programs and a bold festival meet. Our refined arts development programs help young artists explore their potential, ultimately presenting their work to a massive arts-loving community in our biennial festival.
Next Wave queries, disrupts, discovers and exposes the next culture of new ideas.