Exhibitions
Current
Kattidj Nagãr [Peaceful Quiet Reflection]
John Curtin Gallery
7 Feb – 19 Dec 2025
Kattidj Nagãr features artworks and personal objects created by the children who were forcibly removed from their families and detained at the Carrolup Native Settlement in the 1940s

Alice Guiness: Burndud Ground
John Curtin Gallery
7 Feb – 17 Apr 2025
A Perth Festival and Juluwarlu Art Group Commission featuring new works by Elder and senior artist Alice Guiness.

Mai Nguyễn-Long: Doba Nation
John Curtin Gallery
7 Feb – 17 Apr 2025
Created for Perth Festival 2025, Mai Nguyễn-Long’s large-scale installation Doba Nation features hand-formed clay sculptures that are arranged by the artist on site.

Upcoming
Once Known
139 St Georges Terrace
4 Apr 2025 – 6 Mar 2026
Opening for the first time at the Old Perth Boys’ School, Once Known, presents a selection of meticulous reproductions of the delicate and treasured artworks created by Aboriginal children forcibly removed from their families and detained at the Carrolup Native Settlement in the 1940s.

James Tylor: Turrangka… in the shadows
John Curtin Gallery
4 Jul – 14 Sep 2025
Kaurna artist James Tylor bridges historical and contemporary photographic process, sculpture and found objects as a language of intervention.

Fantastic Forms
John Curtin Gallery
3 Oct – 7 Dec 2025
A touring exhibition from the Bundanon Collection, in dialogue with new drawings, ceramics, sculptures and animation.

Dirt Feeling
John Curtin Gallery
3 Oct – 7 Dec 2025
Featuring ceramics works from the Curtin University Art Collection

Everyday, Myths and Legends
John Curtin Gallery
3 Oct – 7 Dec 2025
An exhibition of works from the Curtin University Art Collection that explore everyday mythmaking.
