This exhibition draws on the strong holdings of artworks by Western Australian women artists in The University of Western Australia Art Collection and the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art. It seeks to champion these artists, who may not be household names due to gender disparity or the tyranny of distance but deserve to be acknowledged for their dedication to practice. The exhibition is by no means a cyclopeadic list of all Western Australian women artists, but instead focuses on two key strengths across both Collections: portraiture and abstraction.
Elise Blumann, Summer nude, 1939, oil on board, 121.5 × 91.5cm. The University of Western Australia Art Collection, acquired with the assistance of the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council and the Dr Albert Gild Fund, 1976. © The University of Western Australia. Courtesy Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Western Australia
Artists include: Su Baker, Portia Bennett, Elise Blumann, Barbara Bolt, Olga Cironis, Julie Dowling, Leanne Emmitt, Linda Fardoe, Tania Ferrier, Rina Franz, Indra Geidans, Helen Grey-Smith, Yoshiko Gunning, Barbara Haddy, Eveline Kotai, Minaxi May, Melissa McDougall, Pantjiti Mary McLean, Gina Moore, Mary Moore, Philippa O’Brien, Kathleen O’Connor, Annette Orr, Connie Petrillo, Carol Rudyard, Kirstine Sadler, Megan Salmon, Miriam Stannage, Angela Stewart, and Michele Theunissen.
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery
31 May to 30 August 2025
Western Australia
