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Creative industries

Overview

Queensland's vibrant creative sector embraces exceptional talent, innovative companies and world-class facilities.

Music composition and production

Queensland is home to a thriving contemporary music scene and Brisbane has built a reputation as one of the world's top cities for new music talent.

BIG SOUND, Queensland's annual music industry conference, provides international music industry decision-makers with a preview of exciting talent emerging in Queensland.

Trade Queensland is also assisting the State's musicians and artists with showcasing opportunities at international music industry events in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Trade Queensland has developed a contemporary music export strategy, titled QMEx, which covers the three financial years from 2008 to 2011. The strategy aims to expand on the success of Trade Queensland's previous contemporary music export initiatives. Find out more about this major project. (PDF, 728KB)

For a taste of the talent Queensland has to offer, check out the MySpace links: "Music Made in Queensland".

Film, television and entertainment software

Queensland has a global reputation for film and television production built on its diversity of locations, leading-edge production crews, acclaimed visual effects companies and world-class production and post-production facilities.

The Queensland Government's Pacific Film and Television Commission plays a key role in developing and supporting the film industry, attracting production to Queensland and celebrating an active screen culture across the State.

Writing, publishing and print media

Queensland boasts a number of well-established authors achieving global recognition in the young adult fiction and speculative fiction genres, as well as a burgeoning emerging writers' scene. Queensland writers are becoming increasingly known in international markets for their writing quality and for stories with universal themes and broad appeal.

Advertising, graphic design and marketing

Queensland's advertising, graphic design and marketing companies have won a number of national and international awards and provide state-of-the-art capabilities and creativity on the world stage.

Performing arts

Queensland's diverse performing arts sector includes companies that regularly tour the world presenting their innovative contemporary theatre, dance and music to international audiences.

Architecture, visual arts and design

Queensland architects are renowned for their expertise in tropical, sub-tropical, sustainable, green design.

From international public art projects to international gallery exhibitions, Queensland's visual arts and design sector brings a unique Queensland identity to export markets. The Queensland Indigenous visual arts industry is vibrant with both young and mature artists creating work across all media. Their works are receiving recognition through acquisition into public and private collections and museums across the globe.

The Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art is the second largest art museum in Australia, and provides a world-class exhibition space.

Queensland fashion designers such as Easton Pearson are increasingly recognised nationally and internationally, making their mark on the world fashion stage.

The Queensland Government, through Arts Queensland, has launched the Queensland Design Strategy 2020. Through a series of four-year plans, the Strategy will support and guide the growth of the design sector nationally and internationally through a series of classroom, boardroom and community initiatives, high-profile events, international exchanges and the mainstreaming of good design into government departments. Find out more about the Queensland Design Strategy 2020.

Priority markets

The priority markets for Queensland's creative industries are the United States, Europe, China, Korea, Japan and India. The United States and United Kingdom are strong markets particularly in the music and writing sectors and Korea and Japan are proving to be good export markets for visual arts. There is interest from various European markets for music, visual arts and performing arts. The Middle East and India are emerging markets for visual arts, including public art.

The Queensland Government is continuing to build strategic relationships in all the export markets and provides targeted assistance for suitably qualified Queensland companies to capture and take advantage of export opportunities in the creative industries sector.

Useful links

More information

For more information about creative industries in Queensland contact Trade Queensland.

Last updated 06 July 2009