Past Exhibitions

Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards 2009

is a national art award founded in 2008 to celebrate the diversity and richness of Indigenous art from across the country. The awards acknowledge the significant contribution Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists make to Australian art and culture... more

Abstract Earth: The Photography of Richard Woldendorp

1 August - 8 November 2009

featured works from highly respected aerial photographer Richard Woldendorp, who captures the vastness of the Australian outback, our distinctive coastlines and our man made landscapes in a way that combines both realism and precision with the power of large-scale abstract form... more

Mari Funaki, works 1992 - 2009

27 June - 18 October 2009

celebrates her considerable achievements between 1992 and the present day, the exhibition included nearly fifty works with many new works produced especially for this show.

David Walker: Anatomy of the object

27 June - 18 October 2009

one of Western Australia's most accomplished and influential designers and crafts people reveals Walker's profound fascination with the skeletal form as a vehicle for spatial and structural explorations.

Year 12 Perspectives 2008

8 April - 19 July 2009

a much-loved fixture on the Art Gallery’s annual calendar and is a showcase and forum for emerging talent to connect with the wider public and explore a range of subjects and themes important to young people today.

THING beware the material world

18 April - 5 July 2009

a bold exhibition of furniture, lighting, sculpture and photography from across the globe.

Gordon Bennett
20 December 08 - 22 March 09

Tom Malone Prize Winners 2009

21 March - 29 May 2009

Larrakitj - Kerry Stokes Collection

13 February – 31 May 2009

Yirrkala artists

Everywhen: bark paintings from the State Art Collection

31 January - 31 May 2009

Western Australian Art

1920s - 1960s

Wesfarmers Gallery