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The inaugural exhibition at gallery ths features works by Christopher Young, Elisa Markes-Young, Jane Tangney, John Ogden, Jon Tarry, Melissa Boughey, Paul Witzig, Brian Yates and Shayne Hadley.

Using the gallery as a space to align cultural producers in a method akin to creating form out of burning points of light in space, SWAN aims to present an array of contemporary practices that underscore the rich creative constellation here in the South West of Australia.

Since 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic spread, the presence of borders, and the fact that they can be closed and opened, has had innumerable impacts on our physical and psychological lives.

Each of us has a complex network of physical and psychological barricades in our lives.

These can be environmental, imposed on us or self-erected. What happens when a barricade falls or is breached? Some may find euphoria in such a collapse. For others, the tension this creates can be crippling.

TwentyFIVE+ crossover exhibition marks both an anniversary and a watershed moment for the Western Australian Fibre and Textile Association (WAFTA). Founded in 1995, WAFTA is Western Australia’s premier textile organisation – an umbrella membership group that encompasses the widest range of textile and fibre artists.

The Invitation Art Prize is a major acquisitive award for West Australian professional artists with winning artworks acquired into the City’s contemporary art collection.

Coalesce is presented as part of FORM’s Southern Exposure exhibition series, showcasing the talented artists of Western Australia’s southern regions.

South West Art Now is a biennial survey of new work by artists who live in the South West corner of WA. This edition attracted a large number of applications with the final exhibition featuring over 50 artists, ranging from emerging to established practitioners.

The work in Saudade is a continuation of Elisa Markes-Young’s previous work that dealt with memory, the unreliability of our recollections and the question of what and where is home. It picks up elements of the old work, rearranges them and expands on them resulting in imagery that is intended to convey the feeling of bitter-sweet melancholy that the Poles call ‘tęsknota’.

Dwelling Rituals focuses on home and the significance of the everyday. Small gestures, repeated actions, daily habits, the materials and objects of home each hold meanings significant to our being in the world.

A timely survey of artworks by women artists in the CGG Art Collection, selected by local emerging curator Ingrid Horn.

The exhibition reflects themes, stories and unique perspectives, offering insights into the progressive building of this significant public collection with the increasing number and range of artworks made by women and subsequently collected by the CGG.

'Oblivion’ is a word heavy with meaning and the threat thereof is central to the contemporary mindset.
Further to the migrant experience and fears of pending ecological and societal collapse, our complex digital lives can also elicit significant issues and outcomes.

A biennial series of exhibitions of artists’ books organised by Gallery East in Western Australia. Despite the social upheaval, disruption of everyday lives, not least in art schools, and a sclerotic postal service, caused by the pandemic, the high level of representation by leading international and Australian artists working in this field experienced over the last decade was sustained for the 2021 exhibition.

HE | SHE | THEY is a journey into gender identity. The exhibition will explore notions of inclusion and diversity, celebrating the heterogeneity of gender within Western Australian culture and community.

This exhibition presents among the most extensive surveys of contemporary art about gender in Western Australia to date. 37 WA artists explore the theme with performance, painting, photography, sculpture, video and more.

The work in Saudade is a continuation of Elisa Markes-Young’s previous work that dealt with memory, the unreliability of our recollections and the question of what and where is home. It picks up elements of the old work, rearranges them and expands on them resulting in imagery that is intended to convey the feeling of bitter-sweet melancholy that the Poles call ‘tęsknota’.

Tamworth Textile Triennial, held every three years, showcases the best of textile art from across the country, attracting artist participation from all states in Australia. Tension[s] 2020: Tamworth Textile Triennial has been curated by Vic McEwan.

The South Western Times Art 2020 exhibition presents a snapshot of artists currently practicing in the South West of Western Australia, providing the opportunity to reflect on our place and times. Curated by WA writer and curator Lee Kinsella.

Bunbury Biennale 2019 is a prestigious art exhibition, showcasing the best of contemporary art from around Western Australia. Held every two years, this exhibition occupies the two largest exhibition spaces at the Bunbury Regional Art Gallery.

34 emerging and established artists from around WA have been selected to produce artwork specifically for this exhibition.

Wendy Lugg and invited artists Helena Bogucki, Trish Little, Elisa Markes-Young and Janie Matthews.

Biennial 'survey’ exhibition of artists from the South West of Western Australia.

'A Matter of Response’ is an exhibition by six South West artists who have been invited to collaborate in pairs in response to their choice of artworks and associated stories from the City of Bunbury Art Collection. The exhibition creates new connections and relevance to key artists and works, offering fresh ways for audiences to engage with the collection as well as new inspiration for local artists.