The Collection in Focus - Women Artists

15 May to 19 June 2022

During the past decade the Gallery has collected an impressive array of works by prominent Australian women artists through donations, gifts, purchases assisted by the Friends of the Gallery and winners of the Calleen Art Award.

This unique exhibition showcase highlights the artwork by Australian women artists that the gallery holds in its collection of contemporary art as well as celebrating the breadth and diversity of their work. Artists include Susan Baird, G.W.Bot, Joanna Logue, Margaret Loy Pula, Mandy Martin, Jenny Sages, Wendy Sharpe, Zoe Young and more.

Exhibition Walkthrough

_{Image credit: Left to right, top to bottom: Claire Martin, Park View (detail), 2009. Christine Wrest-Smith, Portrait of Gloria Petyarre (detail), 2019. Peta Dzubiel Across Time and Place (detail), 2013. Wendy Sharpe Erskineville Train Station (detail),2019. Mandy Martin Lost Landscapes – The Tailings Dam after Piguenit (detail), 2002. Dagmar Cyrulla Learning (detail), 2011. Wendy Teakel Back Paddock (detail), 2008. Zoe Young On the Farm (detail), 2020. Margaret Loy Pula, Anatye (Bush Potato) (detail), 2013. Naomi White End of Day (detail), 2014}