Art Collective WA

Up next // Nigel Hewitt: Signal Hill • Opening Saturday 10 August, 2-4pm

Nigel Hewitt’s new series of landscape paintings captures the dynamic interplay of light and shadow in an ever-changing environment. Painted on-site and from memory at Signal Hall in Tasmania, these small-scale works reflect the artist’s deep connection to his surroundings, the shifting natural conditions, and the profound impact of human presence on nature.

The exhibition continues till 14 September.

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Artwork: Nigel Hewitt, Landscape Haze, 2024, oil, wax and ash on board, 37 x 30cm

Up next // Paul Uhlmann: Calligraphic Skies - Images of the Invisible • Opening Saturday 10 August, 2-4pm

Paul Uhlmann contemplates transient, often imperceptible processes that unfold all around us but are often overlooked as we rush through our hectic lives. The quest is to create images of beauty and impermanence, compiling a catalogue of invisible forms and contemporary vanitas – of dissolving clouds, smoke and decaying flowers.

The exhibition continues till 14 September.
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Artwork: Paul Uhlmann, Landscape within Landscape, 2023, oil on canvas, 91 x 61cm

Now showing // Toni Wilkinson: Tough Pleasures 🩷

Our regional tour of Toni's acclaimed photographic exhibition is currently showing at Albany Town Hall 👏

This seductive series of portraits shot over the last two decades explores the often conflicted dynamics of femininity and food.

If you're in the Great Southern, be sure to pop in to discover this moving feast of womanhood and identity, showing till 3 September.

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Artworks: Toni Wilkinson, Tough Pleasures.

Stunning new works by Anne Neil as part of her latest exhibition Searching for Memories, Searching for Kindness 〰️

Come visit us today in the gallery, we're open till 4pm.

Also on view is Olga Cironis' exhibition Noise in This Silence, plus loads of new works in the stockroom.

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Artwork: Anne Neil, Searching for Memories, Searching for Kindness 📷 Rob Frith / Acorn Photo

Living with art // Evelyn Hall

In our new series, we offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the homes of art collectors across Perth and how they live with art 🖼️

Our first interview is with Evelyn Hall, a long-time support and friend of Art Collective WA and a member of the Collector's Club 👏

"Art just enriches the home in so many ways," Evelyn says. "I enjoy being in my home because of my artwork. It absolutely stimulates me."

📖 Read the full interview, where Evelyn talks about her favourite artworks in her collection, her top tips for collectors and where her creative flair stems from: https://artcollectivewa.com.au/news/living-with-art-evelyn-hall/

〰️ Browse our stockroom to view similar works by Western Australian artists: https://artcollectivewa.com.au/stockroom/

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Artworks (from left): Minaxi May, Helen Smith, Vanessa Russ, Trevor Vickers, Olga Cironis, Jon Tarry, Trevor Vickers, Jeremy Kirwan-Ward and Penny Coss. 📷 Rob Frith / Acorn Photo

🎻 Olga Cironis says of her latest exhibition Noise in This Silence: “The violins are enveloped in protection, like bodies warmed from the cold. It’s about that space between life and death."

“Covering is exposing the form underneath, exposing the vulnerability of the body or of sound. Remembering the feeling of peace."

Noise in This Silence is showing till 3 August.

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Artwork: Olga Cironis, Noise in This Silence, 2024 📷 Rob Frith

In print //

“It is not only a metaphor for loss, it is also a reference to survival and the desire to better the world,” Olga Cironis says.

〰️ Check out Fremantle Herald's interview with Olga Cironis, where she discusses the meaning behind her latest exhibition Noise in This Silence 🗞️

https://perthvoiceinteractive.com/2024/07/05/fiddling-the-truth/

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Image: Olga Cironis in her studio in 2019. 📷 Rob Frith, Acorn Photo.

Art at home // Vanessa Russ 🖤

In celebration of , we wanted to share this stunning image of Vanessa Russ' artwork, hanging in the home of our clients.

An Art Collective WA artist member, Vanessa Russ is a Ngarinyin/Gija woman from the Kimberley Region of Western Australia, whose expressive ink and charcoal drawings often feature the rivers, gorges and flooded plains of her birth place.

〰️to view more available works by Vanessa Russ, visit https://artcollectivewa.com.au/stockroom/

Regional Tour // Toni Wilkinson: Tough Pleasures • Albany Town Hall, 19 July - 31 August

Art Collective WA in collaboration with the City of Albany Arts and Culture presents Toni Wilkinson's acclaimed series of domestic portraits, which reinterprets the often conflicted dynamics of femininity and food.

Revisiting the 2003 series that launched her early career in contemporary art photography, Wilkinson adds new works almost two decades later that meditate on complex themes of femininity, the absurd, desire, and ongoing debates around photography and art in an ever-expanding visual culture.

Join Toni Wilkinson for an artist talk in the Town Hall gallery at 11am, Saturday 20th July.

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Artwork: Toni Wilkinson, 'Maria with Crayfish Platter and Pomegranates', 2022, archival digital print on Canson Photographique paper, 150 x 118cm, ed. 5

Collective Conversations // Olga Cironis and Anne Neil

Keen to learn more about Olga's wrapped violins or Anne's forrest of sculptural trees? 🎻

Join us from 2-3pm on Saturday 13 July for a relaxed floor talk with our current exhibiting artists, led by curator and writer Paola Anselmi.

The talk will delve into their exhibitions Noise in This Silence and Searching for Memories, Searching for Kindness, as well as their individual practices.

Congratulations to Trevor Vickers who has been shortlisted for the 2024 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize 👏

Trevor was selected from a competitive field of applicants, with only 31 finalists among over 560 entries.

Painted in 2022, the work Untitled (pictured), continues Trevor's six decade study of hard-edged abstraction.

One of the most highly regarded artists in Western Australia, Trevor's works were exhibited in the seminal 1968 exhibition The Field at the National Gallery of Victoria, as well as the 2018 The Field Revisited.

〰️The Geelong Contemporary Art Prize exhibition is showing at Geelong Gallery from 10 August to 3 November.

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Artwork: Trevor Vickers, Untitled, 2021, acrylic on canvas, 145.5 x 180.5cm. Courtesy Art Collective WA, Perth and Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne

Olga Cironis' latest exhibition Noise in This Silence, now showing at Art Collective WA, presents a symphony of violins, wrapped in institutional grey blankets.

According to the artist, the works are a metaphor for both loss and survival, and the desire for a better world amidst global conflicts and looming environmental chaos.

Olga Cironis // Noise in This Silence is showing till 3 August.

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Artwork: Olga Cironis, Noise in This Silence, 2024, at Art Collective WA, Perth, installation view (Repurposed violins, woollen blanket and cotton thread)

Sydney Contemporary // We're delighted to be presenting new works by five exceptional Western Australian artists at this year's fair from 5-8 September.

Titled "Vantage Point", the exhibition explores the essence of WA's diverse natural landscapes through the lenses of Jon Tarry, Merrick Belyea, Jo Darbyshire, Antony Muia and Kevin Robertson.

Each work will tell a story of the land’s raw beauty, exploring its rivers, oceans, deserts, and ancient geological formations, while interrogating our often-complex relationship with the natural world.

Stay tuned for more exciting details about our booth at Sydney Contemporary this year, soon to come!

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Artworks: Jon Tarry , Folding, 2023, Merrick Belyea , The wattle blooms above him and the blue bells blow close by , 2023, Antony Muia, Swans Basking (detail), 2024, Jo Darbyshire , Gold Crop, Orange Lake 2023, Kevin Robertson .robertson.art, Morning Crescent, 2023

We're counting down the days till the opening of brand new exhibition 🎻

Opening this Sat 29 June from 2-4pm, alongside new works by Anne Neil, Olga's exhibition Noise in This Silence grapples with our shared sorrow in the face of incomprehensible loss.

The artist is exhibiting an an orchestra of violins enveloped in grey institutional blankets, exploring the interplay between destruction and preservation, and the imperative to protect what is invisible to the eye.

The exhibition continues till 3 August.

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Artwork: Olga Cironis, Noise in This Silence 17, 2024, repurposed cello, woollen blanket and cotton thread

Collective conversations //

🎧 Did you know that we record our artist talks so you can listen back to them at your leisure?

Freshly uploaded are some riveting chats with our recent exhibiting artists including Giles Hohnen and Barbara Bolt (pictured), Angela Stewart, Eveline Kotai, Tony Windberg and Robert Gear 🙌

To listen, head to https://artcollectivewa.com.au/collective-conversations/

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Image: Giles Hohnen and Barbara Bolt at their recent exhibitions New Paintings and The Palette. 📸 Brad Rimmer

Up next // Anne Neil: Searching for Memories, Searching for Kindness • Opening Sat 29 June, 2-4pm

In this deeply personal exhibition, Anne Neil showcases a series of intricate sculptures, inspired by a period of introspection where she found solace in the shifting patterns of tree branches seen from her window.

Drawing on her background in jewellery making and her reverence for handcrafted techniques, Neil’s delicate sculptures transform abstract shapes and fragmented memories into durable, tangible forms, symbolising the intersection of thought and matter.

The exhibition continues till 3 August.

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Artwork: Anne Neil, A mosaic of memories that only existed when said out loud, 2024, cast aluminium and aluminium plate, 31.5 x 21 x 5cm

Final days // Robert Gear and Tony Windberg

Don't miss your chance to view these exhibitions by two wonderful Western Australian artists.

Robert Gear: Time Present and Time Past and Tony Windberg: Time Lines close this Saturday 22 June.

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📷 Rob Frith / Acorn Photo

Up next // Olga Cironis: Noise in this silence • Opening Sat 29 June, 2-4pm

Olga Cironis’ new sculptural installation grapples with our shared sorrow in the face of incomprehensible loss. Through an orchestra of violins enveloped in grey institutional blankets, she explores the depths of personal and collective wounds, symbolising the silencing of grief and the stark imperative to protect what is invisible to the eye.

This poignant work reflects on the interplay between destruction and preservation, sorrow and resilience, urging a re-examination of our past and a call to action for the future.

The exhibition continues till 3 August.

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Artwork: Olga Cironis, Noise in This Silence 14, 2024, repurposed violin, woollen blanket and cotton thread, 48 x 18 x 4cm

Art 🤝 architecture

We're always thrilled for our artwork to play in a part in design and fit out of interior spaces, especially when those projects win awards!

Tomich House in City Beach has received accolades across four categories at the awards (WA), including the prestigious Julius Elischer Award for Interior Architecture 🙌

Tomich House, City Beach
Interior design, furniture design and curation
Design Team: Jen lowe , Josh Hills
Architect: Iwan Iwanoff (1969) / Mark Jeavons (2023)
Landscape : See Design Studio
Builder: Assemble Building Co
Cabinetry
Engineering
Engineering Link Engineering
Surveying MNG_survey
Compliance
Photography by .lovel
Custom furniture manufacture by remingtonmatters

Huge congratulations to the whole team for this well deserved honour!

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Artworks: Merrick Belyea, Entrance Road, Looking West 1, 2021. Paul Uhlmann, Bird (Smoke) III, 2022.

Depicting harsh rural landscapes and urban streetscapes infused with elements of spiritualism and the absurd, Robert Gear's new series of paintings explore concepts of time, memory and nostalgia.

His exhibition Time Present and Time Past is showing at Art Collective WA till 22 June.

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Artwork: Robert Gear, In my beginning is my end, 2024, oil on board, 15 x 20cm

Tony Windberg's exhibition Time Lines showcases the artist's characteristically meticulous painting process 🖌️

In depicting the geological formations of Albany's coastline, Windberg applies layers of earth pigments, which are gradually eroded through a mix of methods from engraving to sanding.

Exposed are landscapes of stone, seemingly permanent yet geologically fleeting, revealing a world constantly on edge.

Time Lines is showing till 22 June.

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Artwork: Tony Windberg, Time Lines. 📷 Rob Frith / Acorn Photo

Art at home // Giles Hohnen 🍋✨

Giles' painting '2021 #26' looks stunning in this home designed by

In 2023, this project won the 'Best of State' award for residential interiors for Western Australia at the

〰️ We have a select range of artworks by Giles Hohnen in our stockroom, browse via: https://artcollectivewa.com.au/stockroom/

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Artwork: Giles Hohnen, 2021 #26, 2021, oil on canvas, 61 x 61cm 📷

Collective Conversations // Tony Windberg and Robert Gear 🍃

Join us in the gallery at 2pm this Saturday 8 June for a relaxed artist talk with our current exhibiting artists, who'll share insights into the concept and creation of their works.

The conversation will be chaired by renowned artist Barbara Bolt, and recorded for our Collective Conversations series.

🎧 Listen to previous episodes via: https://artcollectivewa.com.au/collective-conversations/

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Images: Tony Windberg and Robert Gear at the opening of their exhibitions Time Lines and Time Present and Time Past.

Loving this shot of 's work, currently showing in Stillness at Holmes à Court Gallery at Vasse Felix 💙

Exploring the ordinary moments of beauty in every day life, this group exhibition features rare or never before seen artworks from the Janet Holmes à Court Collection.

The exhibition continues till 25 August.

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Artwork: Giles Hohen, 2019 #4

Now showing // Robert Gear: Time Present and Time Past

An exquisite painterly investigation of the nature of time, both human, existential and physical, inspired by the T.S. Eliot's seminal Four Quartets.

Showing till 22 June.

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Artwork: Robert Gear, Time Present and Time Past 📷 by Rob Frith / Acorn Photo.

Now showing // Tony Windberg: Time Lines

An exhibition which depicts the craggy shoreline and cliff faces Albany in Western Australia, which were once joined with Antarctica.

Through his rich geological drawings, blending realism with abstraction, the artist eludes to a world constantly in flux.

Time Lines is showing till 22 June.

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Artwork: Tony Windberg, Drift V, VI and IV (Peak Head), 2024.

Congratulations to who won the 's major $30,000 acquisitive prize, sponsored by St John of God Health Care 👏

Pictured is Sarah's winning work, 390 Acts of Love. Commenting on how this work and her practice resonate with the 2024 theme of 'Refocus', the artist said:

"During a time of personal re-focus after grief and loss I felt the importance of making each part of my practice an intentional act of remembrance, love and gratitude."

The work, with its assemblage of tiny plant parts and gifted metal pieces, commemorates the fragments of time, memory and love collected over one's lifetime.

Well deserved, Sarah!

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Artwork: Sarah Elson, 390 Acts of Love, repurposed electrical cables, unwanted jewellery, and lemel - silver, copper, gold, aluminium. wood, glass, silver hinges, 20 x 33 x 33 cm.

Opening tomorrow, 25 May //

"Time Present and Time Past", a sublime new series of paintings by Robert Gear.

This autobiographical exhibition reflects on memory, nostalgia and the liminal space between past and present, inspired by T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets.

Robert's exhibition opens alongside new works by Tony Windberg. Join us from 2-4pm tomorrow for another fabulous opening!

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Artwork: Robert Gear, The Magus, 2023, oil on linen, 92 x 122cm