From abstract forms to kinetic works, ceramics and cast pieces, SPLASH! announces Sculpture West as a new force for WA sculpture, celebrating an artform Australians continue to meet with enthusiasm in galleries, parks, streets and by the sea.
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Making a SPLASH!: WA sculpture steps into the spotlight
14 August 2026
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Cover Image: Brett Nannup. Image by Henry Marshall.
Artist-led, not-for-profit organisation Sculpture West will make a colourful splash when its official launch and free inaugural exhibition SPLASH! takes place this month in a former West Perth glazier’s workshop.
A bold assertion of the primacy of sculpture as one of Australia’s most accessible and innovative artforms, SPLASH! will feature a range of abstract, figurative, kinetic, ceramic, cast and modelled works by over 40 WA emerging and established artists from across the state.
Sales from the show will directly benefit the artists and future Sculpture WA programs.
Curated by Sculpture West Artistic Director Sandra Murray and AGWA Associate Curator, Projects Aimee Dodds, SPLASH! will include the work of artists such as Ron Bradfield Jnr., Sharyn Egan, Mikaela Castledine, Brett Nannup, Tony Jones, Charmaine Ball, Greg Molloy, Yuko Takahashi, Adam Hisham Ismail, Phil Gamblen and Cecile Williams.
“SPLASH! is a unique celebration of the vibrancy of sculptural practice in this state,” says Murray. “With artists ranging from emerging to established, metropolitan and regional, working across diverse media, this exhibition has something for everyone.”
Dedicated to supporting sculpture statewide, Sculpture West builds on the rich legacy of Sculpture by Bathers, which was founded in 2013 as a dedicated survey of contemporary WA sculpture.
This immediately places it in the context of other long-running Australian indoor and outdoor sculpture galleries, organisations and exhibition programs such as those of Gomboc Gallery, Sculpture by the Sea, Sculpture on the Edge, Sculpture in the Garden and Sculpture Bermagui.
Sculpture West is also committed to creating opportunities for sculptors at every career stage through exhibitions, events, and community programs.
Given sculpture’s success with general audiences and its importance to civic identity through public art, memorials and festival installations, this is an investment not just in the artists themselves but in cultural life of all Western Australians.
SPLASH! is on Thursdays to Sundays 11am-5pm, 20-30 August, 2026, at 12 Cleaver St, West Perth. Entry is free.
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