Iona Presentation College graduate Charley-Marie Travia exposes ‘toxic culture’ of dance sport in photorealistic painting featured in 2025 Pulse exhibition
Simon Collins
Grandparents’ immigration to Australia inspired Angel Papalazaros’ two-part oil painting, Hellenic Habitat, a highlight of this year’s Pulse exhibition.
An annual visitor to The West Australian Pulse, this year marks Emma Bitmead’s first as the AGWA exhibition’s curator while it showcases 61 works by 2024 Year 12 visual arts graduates.
Tanya MacNaughton
A teen’s stunning depiction of her father toiling away over the stove in the kitchen of the Old Perth Road diner hangs in the Art Gallery of WA as part of this year’s The West Australian Pulse exhibition.
A vivid exploration of exhaustion, sensory overload, and resilience is on show at The West Australian Pulse, giving audiences a rare glimpse inside the mind of a WA teen.
Artemisia Blythe
Swan Christian College graduate Lola Beagley’s poignant portray of late great-grandfather a shining light at this year’s survey of young artists at the Art Gallery of WA.
Sixty-one priceless insights into what makes teenagers tick on show at this year’s The West Australian Pulse exhibition at the Art Gallery of WA. Here are 10 of the best.
An artwork reflecting the confusion and anxiety of living between two cultures has won The West Australian Pulse 2024 People’s Choice Award.
The West Australian Pulse 2024 curator Bahar Sayed’s own career trajectory is the epitome of The West Australian Pulse ethos, showing how a vocation in the arts can take you along unexpected pathways.
Sixty stunning art works will be on display at the gallery from April 6 to October 6, each offering unique insights into the class of 2023. Here are some of the highlights.
As part of The West Australian Pulse, a major new fashion show at the State gallery will showcase emerging talent and highlight fashion as an accessible artform and genuine career path.
Megan French
Sky Biesse’s artwork Don’t Worry Be Happy has grabbed the attention of The Art Gallery of WA visitors to be voted winner of The West Australian Pulse 2023 People’s Choice Award.
AGWA Design Store curators Leith Groves and Rob Marshall have teamed up with fashion students as part of the Pulse Youthquake takeover.
It is not easy to convey an experience through art but that is exactly what Parker Harris achieved with their artwork, They are me, I am them, selected for The West Australian Pulse 2023 at AGWA.
AI created this image of futurist Anders Sorman-Nilsson. At a speech at AGWA this month, he’ll explain why that’s not an existential threat to human artists but the dawn of a new renaissance period.
Katherine Fleming
There was never any doubt in Daniella Mukwada’s mind as a Year 12 visual arts graduate that she wanted her final work to explore the dangerous dynamic that exists in a domestically violent relationship.
As the Art Gallery of Western Australia is taken over by an influx of young creatives as part of a ‘youthquake’ for The West Australian Pulse exhibition, we meet three designers moving into its Design Store.
Sky Biesse said she was proud to shed light on mental health as she was announced as a standout artist at the launch of The West Australian Pulse 2023.
Lauren Higham
Meet some of the amazing young WA students taking part in The West Australian’s Pulse 2023 exhibition and get an insight into the inspiration behind their stunning artworks.
Jay Hanna
Mia Deriu is shouting from the rooftops after being plucked to perform at this year’s The West Australian Pulse exhibition.
Andrei Harmsworth
The West Australian Pulse 2023 returns to AGWA bigger, bolder and braver than ever with a program of events and activities accompanying the annual exhibition.
The West Australian’s new YouTube video series provides compelling insight into 14 of the young artists selected for The West Australian Pulse 2022 exhibition at AGWA.
Visitors to this year’s The West Australian Pulse exhibition have cast their votes with Charlotte Simmons winning the Act Belong Commit People’s Choice Award for her artwork Echoes of Choeung Ek.
Nathan Beard did not need to have his TEE artwork selected for Year 12 Perspectives to have his own experience with the AGWA exhibition featuring a glimpse into the minds of graduating high school students.
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