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Art Collective WA

Artist-owned gallery that creates opportunities for long-term career artists. Art Collective WA is run by artists, for artists.

We present exhibitions, artist talks, art projects and publications featuring Western Australia's quality artists - at our gallery in Cathedral Square, other venues and at national and international art fairs.

31/05/2026

A craftsman at work 🛠️✨

Helen Smith’s Blue Highway #60 has been expertly installed in its new home by professional technician Giovanni.

Are you seeking an artwork for your home or workplace? We can assist in selecting the ideal piece and integrating it seamlessly into your space.

As we approach the end of the financial year, eligible purchases made before 30 June may qualify for the ATO’s instant asset write-off.

Explore our Stockroom via the link in bio 🧡

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Artwork: Helen Smith, Blue Highway #60, 2024, oil on canvas, 153 x 153cm

29/05/2026

OPENING TOMORROW // Stormy Weather: Group Exhibition

While Western Australia is renowned for its vast blue horizons, this exhibition turns to more ominous skies 🌦️

Featuring works by Merrick Belyea, Rebecca Dagnall, George Haynes, Nigel Hewitt, Jeremy Kirwan-Ward, Clare McFarlane, Antony Muia, Brad Rimmer, Kevin Robertson, Susan Roux, Vanessa Russ, Jon Tarry and Paul Uhlmann.

📍 Join us on Saturday 30 May from 2pm, or get in touch to preview the available works and secure your favourites.

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Artwork: Merrick Belyea, Clouds, Looking West, 2026, oil on aluminium, 95 x 158 cm

27/05/2026

Living with Art // Collector Profile

Writer Rosamund Brennan takes us inside the home of Perth collector Chris Hannah for our Living with Art series, exploring how artworks shape the spaces we live in and the personal stories they hold.

An intensive care nurse at Royal Perth Hospital and long‑time supporter of Western Australian art, Chris has built a thoughtful collection of contemporary works by many of our artist members, including Chris Hopewell, Kevin Robertson, Angela Stewart, Merrick Belyea, Jo Darbyshire, Cathy Blanchflower, Susan Roux, André Lipscombe and Vanessa Russ 👏

For Chris, collecting is instinctive – a response to the pleasure of living alongside artworks that continue to unfold over time. His advice when buying art: ‘Don’t overthink meaning. Go on the immediate impact. That’s my approach. I don’t buy art as an investment. I buy it because I want to live with it.’

📖 Read the full interview via the link in our bio.

🔗Browse our Stockroom to view available works and start your collection now.

25/05/2026

OPENING THIS WEEKEND // Stormy Weather: Group Exhibition

Stormy Weather brings together over a dozen of our artist members exploring the sky as both subject and metaphor. Through various mediums, the artists consider the unfolding drama of shifting weather patterns and the moods they carry with them.

⛈️ Join us for the opening on Saturday 30 May, 2–4pm.

📅 The exhibition continues until 4 July.

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Artwork: Nigel Hewitt, Passing Storm in the Late Afternoon, 2025, oil on marine ply, 40 x 45cm

23/05/2026

Back our next book // support our donor campaign!

We’re excited to announce that our next major monograph will celebrate artist and cultural historian Jo Darbyshire 📚✨

Spanning more than four decades, this publication brings together Jo’s work in one richly illustrated volume, with key essays by arts writers including Kelly Gellatly.

This is our sixth artist monograph and we need your help to make it a reality. Donations through the Australian Cultural Fund will help bring this landmark publication to life and increase the visibility of WA artists nationally.

👉 Head to the link in our bio to support or learn more.

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📷 Photo Elliot Ramsay

22/05/2026

LAST DAY // Trevor Vickers and Jennifer Cochrane

Tomorrow is your final chance to experience the current exhibitions in our Cathedral Square gallery 🌤️

📝 Following recent studio visits with both artists, fellow artist Paul Uhlmann has written two new essays reflecting on the distinct practices of Trevor Vickers and Jennifer Cochrane. Find out more via the link in our bio.

📍 The gallery is open Saturday 23 May, 12–4pm.

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📸 Rob Frith / Acorn Photo

21/05/2026

Final Week // Jennifer Cochrane: Prospect

Jennifer Cochrane works with reclaimed railway sleepers using minimal intervention, allowing the surface, texture and embedded histories of the material to emerge. Through the process of burning and applying a wax finish, the timber is transformed, at times taking on an almost bronze-like appearance.

📩 Contact us to request a list of available works.

🖼️ Also showing: Trevor Vickers: Recent Untitled Paintings.

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📸 Rob Frith

19/05/2026

UP NEXT // Stormy Weather: Group Exhibition • Opening Saturday 30 May, 2–4pm

A group exhibition that invites us to look toward the soaring skies above. While Western Australia is well known for its vast blue horizons, this exhibition turns to the darker moments – luminous clouds thickening, rain pending, storms breaking without warning.

Across painting, drawing, sculpture, photography and video, the artists consider the unfolding drama of shifting weather patterns and the moods they carry with them.

ARTISTS: Merrick Belyea | Rebecca Dagnall | George Haynes | Nigel Hewitt | Jeremy Kirwan-Ward | Clare McFarlane | Antony Muia | Brad Rimmer | Kevin Robertson | Susan Roux | Vanessa Russ | Jon Tarry | Paul Uhlmann.

📅 The exhibition continues until 4 July.

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Artwork: Jeremy Kirwan-Ward, On a Few Fronts #1, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 95 x 90cm

17/05/2026

A place where land, form and sound converge 🌿

Jon Tarry’s major new permanent commission transforms Kalorama Park (VIC) into an immersive land‑art experience. This collaborative project combines sculpted earth, sound‑based forms and native restoration into a single, site‑embedded artwork.

Inspired by the lyrebird’s call, Arthur Streeton’s paintings and William Barak’s drawings, the work is a contemporary dialogue between environment, culture and place 🌾🎶

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Artwork: Jon Tarry and James Morton (TARRMACstudio), Regeneration – The Listening Place, 2024, rescued timber, stainless steel, shaped earth and native planting

15/05/2026

TOMORROW // Trevor Vickers and Jennifer Cochrane in conversation with Paul Uhlmann

Join artists Trevor Vickers and Jennifer Cochrane as they discuss their current exhibitions and shared commitment to material inquiry and experimentation 🎙️

Facilitated by fellow artist member Paul Uhlmann, this interview will be recorded for our Collective Conversations archive, preserving the voices and stories of Western Australian artists.

🎧 Can’t make it in person? Listen back via the Collective Conversations archive on our website.

📆 Saturday 16 May, 2–3pm
📍 Art Collective WA, Cathedral Square
🎟 Free event, all welcome

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📷 Trevor and Jennifer with their work in the gallery

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Cathedral Square
Perth, WA

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Wednesday	11am - 4pm
Thursday	11am - 4pm
Friday	11am - 4pm
Saturday	12pm - 4pm

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+61893257237

Website

http://www.artcollectivewa.com.au/

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