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Bayliss, Joan Janet, b. 1925
Bayliss pioneered use of art in psychology for treating children with behavioural problems. She also raised money for Alzheimer's research via her artwork.
Benson, Eva Ellenor, b. 1875
Eva Ellenor Benson was a talented sculptor who trained in Perth and London where she received regular recognition through awards and commissions. Returning to Australia ...
Butler, Roma Nyutjangka, b. 1959
Pitjantjara artist who lives in Irrunytju, and whose paintings consist of interpretations of tjukurpa narratives of importance to Irrunytju people, with a particular focus on ...
Carabetta, Nikki, b. 1964
Adelaide-based Aboriginal artist with Yammagi and Brinkin heritage whose paintings are a means to share and maintain her culture and reflect upon her personal journey, ...
Craig, Janie, b. 1876
Painter who was both a working member and a committee member of the West Australia Society of Arts in the early 1900s.
Croft, Brenda L, b. 1964
Brenda L Croft has had dual careers as both a photographer and curator. She was one of the founders of Boomalli in Redfern, and first ...
Darbyshire, Beatrice Dean, b. 1901
A talented artist, Beatrice Darbyshire exhibited in England and Perth throughout the 1920s and 1930s.
Forbes-Smith, Ira Eleanor Elizabeth, b. 1920
Designer of textiles, painter, china painter, leatherworker and art teacher. Forbes-Smith showed regularly with the Western Australian Women Painters and Applied Arts Society. In the ...
Liddell, Sharron, b. 1969
Nyoongar (WA) artist who lives in South Australia and showed a work in the 2006 'Our Mob' exhibition at the Adelaide Festival Centre.
Mengler, Bertha Maria Lizzette, b. 1867
Teacher of drawing, painting and applied arts who exhibited with the West Australian Society of Arts.
Menz, Eugene Muriel, b. 1887
Menz commenced painting c.1918 and learnt her china painting from the Misses Creeth. She exhibited china painting with the West Australian Society of Arts in ...
Rischbieth, Bessie Mabel, b. 1874
An early activist for womens' rights, a theosophist and life long feminist, Bessie Mabel Rischbieth was a well known figure in Perth. Her early training ...
Roberts, Tjawina, b. 1940
Painter, carver and weaver of the Pitjantjatjara language and cultural group who is based in Irrunytju, where she is also a strong community leader and ...
Southern, Muriel, b. 1890
Muriel Southern was born around 1890. She was a painter, art teacher, occasional china painter and craft worker who in 1935 organised the Perth Arts ...
Tingima, Wingu, b. 1930
Senior Pitjantjatjara artist who lives between Irrunytju and Nyapari. Many of her richly textured and coloured paintings allude to the narratives of the epic Minyma ...
Tjilya, Tjinkuma, b. 1940
Senior Pitjantjatjara artist based in Irrunytju whose paintings refer to the Minyma Tjuta (Seven Sisters) and Minyma Kutjara (Two Sister) Dreamings of her country.
Tuck, Marie, b. 1866
Marie Tuck was a South Australian painter and printmaker. Heavily Influenced by French culture and painting, Tuck travelled to France where she took lessons from ...
Watson, Ngiyu Shirley, b. 1940
Pitjantjatjara painter and carver based at Irrunytju whose works depict the rockholes and ancestral tracks of Kata Ala, her father's country near Kumanara Bore in ...
Watson, Nyankulya Eileen, b. 1938
Senior Pitjantjatjara painter and weaver who was born at Palkarli rockhole near Inurantja (Mt Aloysius) in Western Australia.
Woods, Tjayanka, b. 1935
Senior Pitjantjatjara painter, carver and weaver based in Irrunytju whose paintings often depict aspects of the Kutjara Tjukurpa (Two Sister Dreaming).