Titled 'Dreaming Hazel Dooney', the exhibition at Latrobe Contemporary Galley will look at the career of renowned Australian artist Hazel Dooney; who eschewed the gallery system in favour using online technology to develop a successful art career.

Ms Dooney will also attend the event to speak to emerging artists about the opportunities available to emerging artists as they embark upon their careers.

"I think that as someone who has created an independent career online, I'm very aware of people who are not in cities and the centre and where a medium like the internet can be useful," Ms Dooney said.

She said the rise of online technology had "enabled artists to directly contact their audience".

This allowed artists to create careers for themselves through hard work.

The exhibition will feature work by 29 international artists at different stages of their careers from countries such as Nigeria, the United States and Canada, and will include their interpretations of Ms Dooney and her career.

Latrobe Contemporary Gallery curator Steph Shields said the exhibition presented local emerging artists with an opportunity to speak with an artist who had "developed her persona separate from the gallery system".

Dreaming Hazel Dooney opens at Latrobe Contemporary Galley, 209 Commercial Road, Morwell at noon on Saturday.

For more information visit www.latrobecontemporarygallery.co m.au or email lcontemporaryg@gmail.com