Artist News // September 2025
Artwork: Andre Lipscombe, Crustose Painting (detail), 2025, acrylic on plywood, 35 x 35 x 8cm
// PERTH ROYAL ART PRIZE FOR LANDSCAPE
A huge congratulations to Andre Lipscombe whose Crustose Painting was awarded first place at the Perth Royal Art Prize for Landscape. Created with thousands of paint layers on repurposed timber, the work draws on the slow resilience of native Crustose Lichens that typically grow 1mm a year on very hard substrates.
// 47th WALYALUP FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE PRINT AWARD
Jo Darbyshire, Hiroshi Kobayashi and Jacky Cheng have been named finalists in the 2025 Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award, Australia’s premier printmaking exhibition now in its 47th year. Until 21 September.
// STRUCTURED VISIONS IV
Curated by Cathy Blanchflower, Structured Visions IV at Janet Holmes à Court Gallery features works by fourteen artists—including Cathy Blanchflower, Jennifer Cochrane, Alex Spremberg and Jurek Wybraniec—who expand on the language of abstraction. Until 18 October.
// WEDGE TRIENNALE
Sandra Black has been selected for several upcoming exhibitions: Edge of the Wedge at Moores Building (26 Sept–4 Oct), CAAWA Members Selective 2025 at Wireless Hill Museum (2 Oct–mid Nov), Connections at Fremantle Arts Centre (3 Oct–2 Nov) and Dirt Feeling at John Curtin Gallery (3 Oct–7 Dec).
Jo Darbyshire, Hiroshi Kobayashi and Jacky Cheng have been named finalists in the 2025 Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award, Australia’s premier printmaking exhibition now in its 47th year. Until 21 September.
// STRUCTURED VISIONS IV
Curated by Cathy Blanchflower, Structured Visions IV at Janet Holmes à Court Gallery features works by fourteen artists—including Cathy Blanchflower, Jennifer Cochrane, Alex Spremberg and Jurek Wybraniec—who expand on the language of abstraction. Until 18 October.
// WEDGE TRIENNALE
Sandra Black has been selected for several upcoming exhibitions: Edge of the Wedge at Moores Building (26 Sept–4 Oct), CAAWA Members Selective 2025 at Wireless Hill Museum (2 Oct–mid Nov), Connections at Fremantle Arts Centre (3 Oct–2 Nov) and Dirt Feeling at John Curtin Gallery (3 Oct–7 Dec).