Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery

Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery The Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery at The University of Western Australia is a centre for exploring art and ideas across disciplines.

The Gallery is open Tues–Sat 11am–4pm The Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery at the University of Western Australia presents an innovative program of exhibitions, featuring the University's extensive art collection, as well as new, contemporary art and touring shows. All exhibitions are supported by an engaging public program that includes artist talks, seminars, tours and opportunities to meet the artist. FREE ADMISSION to all exhibitions and events unless specified otherwise.

Students got their creative fix at the Cosy Crafternoon event hosted by Sculpt, LWAG’s Student Committee, as part of UWA...
14/05/2025

Students got their creative fix at the Cosy Crafternoon event hosted by Sculpt, LWAG’s Student Committee, as part of UWA’s Mental Health & Wellbeing day.

Research by UWA’s Dr Christina Davies has shown that participating in art activities two hours or more per week significantly improves mental wellbeing.

Sculpt has more exciting events lined up so stay tuned or keep an eye on the What’s On page on our website.

Image credit: UWA Mental Health and Wellbeing Day on Oak Lawn, 2025

12/05/2025

LWAG SEASON TWO | EXHIBITION OPENING INVITE

FRI 30 May | 6–8pm

We are pleased to invite you to the launch of our Season Two exhibitions KNOW MY NAME: Australian Women Artists + LINES IN THE SAND: Women From the West.

Opened by Elspeth Pitt, Senior Curator, Australian Art, National Gallery of Australia. Refreshments provided.

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KNOW MY NAME: Australian Women Artists is a National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Touring Exhibition supported by the Australian Government through Visions of Australia and the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program.

Lines in the Sand: Women from the West foregrounds work by Western Australian women artists, drawing on the strong holdings of the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art, The University of Western Australia Art Collection and the Berndt Museum.

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Please RSVP by Monday 26 May to secure your spot:
https://events.humanitix.com/lwag2506?c=facebook

“de-centre re-centre is a cohesive and well-considered show in its survey of a diverse range of artists’ work – with ima...
29/04/2025

“de-centre re-centre is a cohesive and well-considered show in its survey of a diverse range of artists’ work – with images that also prove the ongoing relevance (and power) of the photographic medium in the wider context of contemporary art.” — Jo Pickup, ArtsHub

Last chance! Exhibition closing this Saturday 3 May. Entry is FREE.

de-centre re-centre is presented with P*P - Perth Centre for Photography and Perth Festival.

Image credits: Ramak Bamzar ‘Scene 2, A warrior’s adornment’, 2023, ‘Scene 3, The Hero’s Gaze’, 2023, Courtesy of the artist.Torika Bolatagici, ‘Value Form’ (detail), 2023, ‘First in Family (after Munari)’, 2019, Courtesy of the artist

Last week to see de-centre re-centre, closing Saturday 3 May. Don’t miss this powerful exhibition of contemporary Austra...
24/04/2025

Last week to see de-centre re-centre, closing Saturday 3 May.

Don’t miss this powerful exhibition of contemporary Australian photography that addresses survival, identity and belonging while navigating complex relationships between culture, place and power.

The exhibition is presented with P*P - Perth Centre for Photography and Perth Festival. Entry is FREE.

GALLERY OPEN HOURS
Tues – Sat 11am – 4pm

Image credits: Installation views of de-centre re-centre at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery 2025 featuring artworks by Kyle Archie Knight, Scotty So, Brenda L. Croft, Tace Stevens, Gerwyn Davies, Sherry Quiambao and Torika Bolatagici.

22/04/2025

Driven by the thrill of camp, Scotty So explores the often-contradictory relationship between humour and sincerity, creating para-fictional scenes through the manipulation of found objects and imagery. So’s series ‘Shungay’ references Asian erotic paintings, European Chinoiserie, Instagram makeup trends, and contemporary gay culture whilst challenging the aesthetic appropriation of Asian cultures.

So’s artworks featured in de-centre re-centre are new acquisitions to the University of Western Australia Art Collection.

‘de-centre re-centre’ is presented with P*P - Perth Centre for Photography and Perth Festival. Entry is FREE.

Image credits: Scotty So, ‘Rabbit God’, 2022, The University of Western Australia Art Collection, Leah Jane Cohen Art Bequest, 2024. Scotty So, ‘Reflection’, 01, 2022, The University of Western Australia Art Collection, Leah Jane Cohen Art Bequest, 2024. Scotty So, ‘Gwunying’, 2022, The University of Western Australia Art Collection, Leah Jane Cohen Art Bequest, 2024

Nuriah Jadai is a Martu and Mangala woman living between Bidyadanga and Parnngurr Community, Newman and Perth. As an art...
18/04/2025

Nuriah Jadai is a Martu and Mangala woman living between Bidyadanga and Parnngurr Community, Newman and Perth.

As an artist and activist, Jadai uses her art as a tool to advocate for the protection of Country. With a steadfast commitment to standing up against fracking, she captures the profound connection between her people and Country.

The land is not merely a backdrop for her photographs; it is an integral part of her identity. She believes that Country and people are inseparable, intertwined in a delicate, symbiotic existence. Her photographs evoke a range of emotions, from violence and pain, to sorrow and hurt, revealing the profound toll that extractive industries have on both the physical and spiritual realms. With her evocative and thought-provoking art, Jadai seeks to spark conversations, challenge the status quo and inspire positive change.

de-centre re-centre is presented with *P - Perth Centre for Photography and Perth Festival. On now until 3 May. Entry is FREE.

Image credits: © Nuriah Jadai, ‘I See You (detail)’, 2022, ‘I Am Defiant (detail)’, 2022, ‘Don’t Mess With Me (detail)’, 2022 and ‘I Am Tired (detail)’, 2022, Perth Centre for Photography Exposure Initiative. Photography by Ilkka K Photography and Robert Frith

Naomi Hobson’s series ‘Life on the River’ shows members of the artist’s community in relationship to the Wukaanta (Coen ...
17/04/2025

Naomi Hobson’s series ‘Life on the River’ shows members of the artist’s community in relationship to the Wukaanta (Coen River) during monsoon season on the Cape York Peninsula.

Hobson’s depiction of the interconnectedness of the Coen community with the river celebrates the abundance of life and colour during the wet season as well as the ancestral history that the place holds.

‘Fragility’ and ‘Enlightened’ portray intimate interrelationships within the river’s embrace. Both artworks are new acquisitions to The University of Western Australia Art Collection.

de-centre re-centre is presented with P*P - Perth Centre for Photography and Perth Festival. On now until 3 May. Entry is FREE.

Image credit: ‘Fragility’, and ‘Enlightened’, Naomi Hobson, 2024, courtesy of the artist and Vivien Anderson Gallery

LWAG will be closed for the upcoming public holidays in April, and open as usual on all other days.
16/04/2025

LWAG will be closed for the upcoming public holidays in April, and open as usual on all other days.

Recently, LWAG hosted a fantastic art + science + culture day of experiential learning for students from Moorditj Noonga...
16/04/2025

Recently, LWAG hosted a fantastic art + science + culture day of experiential learning for students from Moorditj Noongar Community College.

Students began the day with a science workshop where they interacted with live insects, viewed specimens through microscopes and learnt about evolutionary biology, including influences of climate, landscape, and interrelationships with humans.

In the afternoon, visual artist Sharyn Egan showed students how to make straw creatures whilst teaching about totems and cultural responsibilities, followed by a wonderful music, language and dance workshop in the Sunken Gardens with Rubeun Yorkshire and Clint Bracknell.

This program was supported by Friends of Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia funding and was a partnership of LWAG colleagues led by Curator of Academic and Public Programs, Dr Janice Lally, UWA Environmental Biology scientists Dr Jen Kelley, Associate Professor Dr Joe Tomkins and Professor Jon Evans, with Noongar visual artist Sharyn Egan, actor and dancer Rubeun Yorkshire, a Noongar, Yamatji and Wangktha man, with Noongar man, UWA Professor of Music Clint Bracknell.

“This exhibition is rich in layers, engaging in a queering of history and subversion of colonial ideology. It is one of ...
10/04/2025

“This exhibition is rich in layers, engaging in a queering of history and subversion of colonial ideology. It is one of the stand-out exhibitions of the 2025 Perth Festival.” — Laetitia Wilson, Artist’s Chronicle

de-centre re-centre, presented with P*P - Perth Centre for Photography and Perth Festival is on now until 3 May. Entry is FREE

GALLERY OPEN HOURS
Tues – Sat 11am – 4pm

Image credits: Installation view of de-centre re-centre at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery 2025 featuring artworks by Gerwyn Davies, Scotty So, Maria Maraltadj, Brenda L. Croft and Sherry Quiambao.

Professor Brenda L Croft is from the Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra peoples from the Victoria River region of the Northern Te...
09/04/2025

Professor Brenda L Croft is from the Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra peoples from the Victoria River region of the Northern Territory of Australia, and also has Anglo-Australian/Chinese/German/Irish/Scottish heritage. A multi-disciplinary creative practitioner who has made a major contribution to Australian and international First Nations and contemporary art and cultural sectors, her work is featured in LWAG’s current exhibition de-centre re-centre.

The portraits of Ali (Biripi) and Tristan (Dharawal/Yuin) are from Croft’s project (Naabámi (thou shall/will see): Barangaroo (army of me), a large and ongoing series of portraits commenced in 2019 focusing on First Nations women and girls with cultural affiliations across the continent.

As Michelle Broun notes, “Brenda Croft’s work is a powerful work of resistance… The quiet and defiant expressions of Indigenous girls and women gazing directly into the camera, … encourages the viewer to contemplate these lives as well as those of their ancestors.”

de-centre re-centre, presented with P*P - Perth Centre for Photography and Perth Festival is on now until 3 May. Entry is FREE.

Image credits: Brenda L. Croft ‘Naabámi (thou shall/will see): Barangaroo (army of me), Ali I (Biripi)’, 2022 and ‘Naabámi (thou shall/will see): Barangaroo (army of me), Tristan (Dharawal/Yuin)’, 2019-21, Courtesy of the artist and Niagara Galleries, Melbourne. Photography by Robert Frith

The 2025 Art Association of Australia and New Zealand conference will take place at The University of Western Australia ...
04/04/2025

The 2025 Art Association of Australia and New Zealand conference will take place at The University of Western Australia from 3-5 December, hosted by Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, the Berndt Museum and the UWA School of Design, supported by the Institute of Advanced Studies.

Proposals for panel sessions are now open, with the call for papers coming in June.

The 2025 AAANZ Conference ‘Unruly Objects’ looks at the uncontrollable, excessive, surplus and unruly qualities of objects that we attempt to study, curate, discipline and subject to discourse. Thinking beyond simply the agency of objects, we turn specifically to their rowdy, disruptive, and ungovernable aspects – whether they be leaking out of unwieldy collections, unexhibitable or unthinkable, fugitive or lost, or brimming with vitality, power or ancestral subjectivity.

For more information or to submit a panel session proposal, please follow the link.
https://aaanz.info/aaanz-home/conferences/2025-conference-unruly-objects/call-for-sessions-2025-conference/

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