Six Western Australian artists of Dutch heritage present works which explore the ocean, the coast, floating and metaphors of migration in an exhibition curated by Nien Schwarz. Featuring inspiring coastal studies by photographer Richard Woldendorp, new digital prints by Rick Vermey, assemblages by Theo Koning, installation works by Aadje Bruce, with sculpture by Hans Arkeveld…

This show of contemporary British portraiture explore the nature of collaboration. Laden with ambiguity and uncertainty, the portrait is perhaps the most complex area of artistic practice. Artists include Melanie Manchot, Anna Fox, Sara Haq, Emma Critchley, Adam Broomberg, Oliver Chanarin, Paul Jeff, Wiebke Leiste.

Twelve of China’s leading contemporary photo artists in an outstanding exhibition as part of the 2006 FotoFreo Festival. View works by Shaoyinong and Muchen, Bai Yiluo, Miao Xiaochun, Zeng Li, Jiang Jian, Chang Qing, Qu Yan, Wu Gaozhong, Zhu Hao, Xu Yong, Zheng Nong and Shi Guorui.

Motivated by the vulnerability of Western Australia’s forests, this work is based on the Ludlow Tuart Forest in Capel. Pritchard experiments with a variety of materials, creating works which emulate textures from nature. The textures materials are temporarily positioned in the forest and photographed. This juxtaposition creates a relationship which is both real and false,…

Using chairs, doors, rooms and cups as icons of a collective, historical memory, this body of work examines individual memory and the significance of personal effects and familiar spaces in our lives, especially in times of suffering and deprivation. The prints and drawings are a metaphor for the human condition through haunting images of domestic…

In a celebration of hope, Geraldton-based artist Leonie Bartlett’s first exhibition of paintings explore a journey that is a rediscovery of her connections. It’s a journey common to many Aboriginal people who have been disconnected from their families and homelands through the displacement of Aboriginal people.

Perth-based Slovenian artist Skaberne uses the belly button as the focus in a series of sculptural works. She sees the belly button as a symbol of how we are all the same yet different. Her intimate portraits are in fact a form of psychological portraiture.

This series of photographs draws attention to the words, letters and signs that surround us in the urban environment. Largely self-taught, Matthews’ work focuses on the details we look at daily but don’t see. Combining an objective eye with an emotive curiosity, Matthews looks for meaning in the everyday.

Fossil fuel is the central concern of printmaker Brendan O’Leary’s most recent body of work. “Dinosaur Soup” as O’Leary puts is, has enabled humanity to achieve many things, however is has also been the cause of much destruction – both directly as a fuel for machines of war and as a pollutant and indirectly as…

Emerging photographer Stotzer spent two months in Andrevo, a remote fishing village in South-western Madagascar living with the Vezo people. Her photographs document the villagers’ daily life from spirit-possession rituals to playful children collecting found sea objects.