![Kati Thamo, Birdman - Spinebill 2 (detail), 2024, graphite and coloured pencil, 35 x 23cm](/media/6942/kati-thamo-birdman-spinebill-2-2024-graphite-and-coloured-pencil-35-x-23cm.jpeg?center=0.21561338289962825,0.58595194085027724&mode=crop&width=800&height=800&rnd=133803060630000000)
![Giles Hohnen, 2024#14 (detail), 2024, oil on canvas, 91 x 81cm](/media/6965/giles-hohnen-202414-2024-oil-on-canvas-91-x-81cm.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=800&height=800&rnd=133808171420000000)
Art Collective WA is run by artists
We are a not-for-profit organisation that highlights the work of leading Western Australian contemporary artists through a program of exhibitions, events and publishing.
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We are in Cathedral Square, facing the lawns, between Hay St and St George's Terrace in the centre of Perth.
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Vanessa Russ
Country and cultural memory are the expansive territories traversed by the meandering ink drawings of Vanessa Russ, that powerfully connect her to her place of birth in Western Australia’s Kimberley region.
Read Vanessa's story![Vanessa Russ, Deep Ground 4, 2021, charcoal on paper, 45 x 50cm](/media/5527/vanessa-russ-deep-ground-4-2023-charcoal-on-paper-50-x-50cm.jpg?width=728)
![Vanessa Russ, Deep Ground 7, 2021, charcoal on paper, 45 x 50cm](/media/5520/vanessa-russ-deep-ground-7-2023-charcoal-on-paper-50-x-50cm.jpg?width=360)
![Vanessa Russ, Deep Ground 6, 2021, charcoal on paper, 45 x 50cm](/media/5529/vanessa-russ-deep-ground-6-2023-charcoal-on-paper-50-x-50cm.jpg?width=360)
![Vanessa Russ, Unseasonable Waterhole and Thunderstom 2, 2022, Indian ink on Fabriano paper, 100 x 140cm](/media/5012/vanessa-russ-unseasonable-waterhole-and-thunderstom-2-2022-indian-ink-on-fabriano-paper-100-x-140cm.jpg?width=420)
![Vanessa Russ, Unseasonable Waterhole and Thunderstorm 3, 2022, Indian ink on Fabriano paper, 56 x 76cm](/media/5093/vanessa-russ-unseasonable-waterhole-and-thunderstorm-3-2022-indian-ink-on-fabriano-paper-56-x-76cm.jpg?width=510)
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