Artists

Sandra Black is a leading figure in contemporary ceramics, with a practice spanning more than five decades. Her recent survey exhibition, Sandra Black: Holding Light at the Art Gallery of Western Australia marked a significant milestone in her career. Working primarily in porcelain, she creates finely constructed vessels with pierced and layered surfaces that activate light and space. Her work is held in major international collections, and in 2023 she received the World Crafts Council Asia Pacific Craft Master Award in recognition of her contribution to the field.

George Haynes is one of Western Australia’s most prolific painters, with a career spanning more than sixty years. Known for his luminous, colour-driven compositions, he continues to explore light, atmosphere and the poetics of everyday experience. Art Collective WA published the major monograph George Haynes: In Search of Painting in 2023, and more recently presented his solo exhibition Skyland.

Nigel Hewitt’s practice reflects a deep engagement with environmental history and human impact on the land. A Glover Prize winner, he increasingly incorporates ash collected from bushfire sites into his paintings, embedding the physical residue of landscape within the work. This material approach lends both conceptual and emotional weight, positioning his practice as a quiet yet urgent response to climate change.

Tony Windberg’s work explores illusion, material transformation and the fragility of landscape. Over three decades, he has experimented with both natural and synthetic materials, including earth pigments, resins and engraved surfaces influenced by ancient petroglyphs. His works often blur distinctions between painting and object, using layered processes to examine perception, memory and environmental vulnerability.