The West Australian Pulse is an exhibition celebrating the artworks of Year 12 Visual Arts graduates.
The West Australian Pulse 2024 Editor’s Choice Award Winner
Emily Sim Reading, writing, ‘rithmetic, ranting, ruination… 2023. Synthetic polymer paint on metal, wood carving, photograph, carving tool, four parts: 76 x 100 x 100 cm. Hillside Christian College. Photo: Christophe Canato.
Exhibition Dates
Past Exhibition and Artworks
Eve Hailes Pindan 2023 (detail). Lino prints, felting, embroidery, scrap metal, dying fabrics, raffia, cane, wire, fake pearls, shim, net and ink on textile, photography, digital video, seven parts: dimensions variable. St Mary's Anglican Girls’ School. Photo: Christophe Canato.
The West Australian Pulse 2024, installation view. Photo: Dan McCabe. Artworks left to right | Maedot Fasil Contrasting Identities 2023, Thomas Lloyd Just Add... 2023, Jakob Kinney-Graham IDENTITY WARRIOR: It's Personal 2023 and Lily Johnson Melancholy Waters 2023.
Annika Carleton you're so vanitas 2023. Gloss varnish, powdered pigment, sequin and oil on canvas, 76 x 101 cm. Perth Modern School. Photo: Christophe Canato.
Benjamin Cronin Sola Valley 2023. Linocut print, 37 x 27.5 cm. Trinity College. Photo: Christophe Canato.
Conor Still Booby Trap 2023. Synthetic polymer paint on wood, 40 x 60 cm. Safety Bay Senior High School. Photo: Christophe Canato.
The West Australian Pulse 2024, installation view. Photo: Dan McCabe. Artworks left to right | Ayanda-Abbee Zikali Bring Us Back 2023, Heidi Wong Under the Glory 2023, Bridie Le Cornu Identity Fare 2023, Christopher Rodrigo Cinematic Masterpiece 2023, Coco Boshard Disconnect 2023, Liliana Lane Elevated Horror 2023 and Ruth Mengler Self Portrait 2023.
The West Australian Pulse 2024, installation view. Photo: Dan McCabe. Artworks left to right | Mackenzie Hector The Limitation of the Unseen 2023, Sophie Straker Insupportable Beauty 2023, Annika Carleton you're so vanitas 2023, Acacia Davis Sweet on the Hips 2023 and Jenna Burgess Multifaceted 2023.
It’s simple to register and submit your student’s work
All works will be judged from photographs and videos supplied by schools. Entries not complying with the entry requirements will be ineligible for selection.
Entries must be submitted by teachers, not individual students. Teachers will receive automatic email notification that their entries have been accepted.
- Create your teacher profile
- Select your artworks
- Photograph and video the artworks
- Submit entries
FAQs
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How many works can I submit?
Schools can submit up to five works. Only GATE schools are permitted to submit up to seven works.
What could make my work ineligible for selection?
Artwork must be stable and well-constructed for display.
Artwork must not contain organic material such as soil, flowers, fruit, food stuffs, leaf matter, or any other substance that might attract pests.
When do online entries close?
18 October 2024
Who can enter The West Australian Pulse 2025?
Artworks made in 2024 as part of the requirements for Visual Arts ATAR or Visual Arts General courses only.
