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Lisa Ho is one of 63 Year 12 visual arts graduates whose artwork Made In Australia was selected for The West Australian Pulse 2026. She attended Santa Maria College.

ArtsPremiumInaugural Pulse Acquisitive Art Award winner named

A young artist whose powerful artwork captures the frustration of being caught between two cultures has been named the inaugural winner of the Pulse Acquisitive Art Award.

Bethany Hiatt

Bob Hawke College Year 12 Visual Arts graduate Yuvan Muthusami has won The West Australian Pulse 2026 People’s Choice Award for his lino print artwork The Last Embrace.

PulsePremiumArt advocating for justice deemed favourite

Bob Hawke College Year 12 Visual Arts graduate Yuvan Muthusami has won The West Australian Pulse 2026 People’s Choice Award for his artwork The Last Embrace.

Tanya MacNaughton

The West Australian Pulse 2026 artist Clara North with her artwork Mirror, Mirror On The Wall at AGWA.

The West Australian PulsePremiumWA student’s artwork reflects glimpses of identity

Circular antique frames are not the easiest vintage item to source in Perth, as The West Australian Pulse 2026 artist Clara North soon discovered while creating her 2025 artwork Mirror, Mirror On The Wall.

Tanya MacNaughton

John Curtin College of the Arts graduate Elton Giraudo is a finalist in The West Australian Pulse 2026.

PulseSymbol of strength for queer community

The artistry of drag queens proved Elton Giraudo’s biggest source of inspiration when the John Curtin College of the Arts Year 12 visual arts graduate created his Pulse artwork Bastet’s Crown.

Tanya MacNaughton

Artist Dan Pham in front of his art work titled Intersections at The West Australian Pulse 2026 exhibition at the Art Gallery of WA.

ArtPremiumPerth artist explores cultural identity in major exhibition

A Morley artist’s deeply personal exploration of cultural identity is among just 63 works selected for this year’s The West Australian Pulse exhibition.

Sophie Gannon

Yuvan Muthusami with his artwork The Last Embrace at AGWA.

PulseYoung artist expresses political struggle close to home

A young artist from Subiaco used his creative gifts to make a poignant political statement, and it is now hanging on the walls of The Art Gallery of Western Australia. 

Eliana Hullett

AGWA Pulse exhibition. Artist Ollie O’Neil with their work “Inside the Mind of an Overwhelmed Undiagnosed Attention Deficient Chronically Online Chronically Ill Wildly Immature Adult (I Could Never Be a Minimalist) 2025” currently on display at AGWA.

Pulse 2026Aveley teen brings the chaos of the mind to life through art

Eighteen-year-old Ollie O’Neill from Aveley has created an artwork exploring the pressures and complexities of the young mind, pairing angsty themes with a touch of humour.

Liam Murphy

The West Australian Pulse 2026 artist Sarah Panetta with her work Bliss at AGWA.

PulseFinding Bliss amongst Year 12 stress

For The West Australian Pulse 2026 artist Sarah Panetta, painting is a way to slow down, reflect and find comfort amid the pressures of life.

Kirsty Lichtenstein

The West Australian Pulse 2026 artist Axel Wood with his artwork Pray for Peace, Prepare for War at AGWA.

PulseBrutal battleground captured on canvas

A 19-year-old landscaper from Wembley Downs behind a three-part portrait exploring the balance of conflict and unity behind rugby has been selected as part of this year’s The West Australian Pulse exhibition.

Harriet Flinn

The West Australian Pulse 2026 artist Eva Doyle with her portrait The Unaltered Soul.

ArtPremiumMultiple perspectives in deeply personal Pulse portrait

All the time, hard work and frustration Eva Doyle encountered creating her Year 12 visual artwork in 2025 was made worthwhile the moment her grandfather Jim Doyle first saw portrait, The Unaltered Soul.

Tanya MacNaughton

The West Australian Pulse 2026 artist Lisa Ho with her work Made In Australia at AGWA.

PulsePremiumContrasting cultures creates vibrant artwork

Lisa Ho has found it rewarding to hear how the themes of identity, culture and belonging explored within her artwork have resonated with others at The West Australian Pulse 2026.

Tanya MacNaughton

Eva Forster pictured with her artwork ‘The Mourning’ at The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, on Monday. She is one of the artists selected for The West Australian Pulse 2026. Carwyn Monck

The West Australian PulsePremiumFinalist named for oil painting exploring anxiety

Like many young people navigating the stress of their final year of high school, Eva Forster worried about losing those close to her, but she turned her anxiety into a large scale oil painting. 

Kirsty Lichtenstein

Year 12 visual arts graduate Lauren Branch pictured with her artwork Life’s Ephemeral Dance at The Art Gallery of WA.

The West PulsePremiumDragonflies dance in remembrance painting by Year 12 grad

Seton Catholic College Year 12 visual arts graduate Lauren Branch explores beauty in the grief of losing a loved one in her artwork Life’s Ephemeral Dance, part of The West Australian Pulse 2026 exhibition.

Tanya MacNaughton

Benjamin Stack with his The West Australian Pulse 2026 artwork Moort Boodja.

PulsePremiumConnecting with Noongar culture in artwork

Benjamin Stack’s many experiences of dancing in Alton Walley’s Welcome to Country ceremonies — from West Coast Eagles games to Perth Christmas Pageant — reached a new level at Pulse Fashion Show 2026.

Tanya MacNaughton

Ryan Twomey pictured with his artwork ‘Portrait of a Rich Swine’ at The Art Gallery of Western Australia.

The West PulsePremiumExhibition finalist uses ‘punk aesthetics’ to talk politics

Art is the best way to talk about politics, says The West Australian Pulse 2026 exhibition finalist Ryan Twomey.

Kirsty Lichtenstein

Young Visual Artist Award winner Chloe Haagman with her work Anagram.

PulsePremiumPerth student’s piece takes out Young Visual Artist Award

Iona Presentation College graduate Chloe Haagman’s artwork Anagram won The West Australian Pulse 2026 Catalyst — Young Visual Artist Award, with this year’s exhibition showcase on at The Art Gallery of WA.

Tanya MacNaughton

The West Australian Pulse 2026 Editor’s Choice Award winner Kira Landuyt with her work Dear Saigon, From, Ho Chi Minh.

PulsePremiumHeritage and heart a young artists winning combination

Winning The West Australian Pulse 2026 Editor’s Choice Award had never even entered Kira Landuyt’s mind as a possibility when she attended the exhibition’s launch at The Art Gallery of Western Australia.

Tanya MacNaughton

Artist Vincent Fantauzzo is announced as an ambassador of the Pulse program at AGWA.

The West PulsePremiumREVEALED: First-ever Art Gallery of WA Pulse Ambassador

Vincent Fantauzzo has never taken the conventional route, so it’s only fitting that he’s become the first-ever Art Gallery of Western Australia Pulse Ambassador.

Caitlin Vinci

Vincent Fantauzzo is The West Australian Pulse Talks guest speaker for 2025.

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Advocating to make art accessible

None of the accolades celebrated artist Vincent Fantauzzo has accumulated to date in his career compare to his invitation from The Art Gallery of WA to be The West Australian Pulse Talks 2025 guest speaker. 

Tanya MacNaughton

The beauty in the mundane shines through in Shanti Simpson’s three-part reflection on humanity.

The West Australian PulsePremiumHow a fleeting moment with a stranger inspired this artwork

Sitting at a red light on the way home from school Shanti Simpson shared a short, yet meaningful moment with a stranger.

Artemisia Blythe

Charley-Marie Travia, with her artwork Stored Away, pictured at the Art Gallery of Western Australia for The West Australian Pulse exhibition.

The West Australian PulsePremiumYoung talent gives ballet culture a ‘bad wrap’

Iona Presentation College graduate Charley-Marie Travia exposes ‘toxic culture’ of dance sport in photorealistic painting featured in 2025 Pulse exhibition

Simon Collins

Former Chisholm Catholic College student Angel Papalazaros and her artwork Hellenic Habitat at the Art Gallery of WA.

ARTSPremiumFamily pilgrimage inspired tribute to Greek heritage

Grandparents’ immigration to Australia inspired Angel Papalazaros’ two-part oil painting, Hellenic Habitat, a highlight of this year’s Pulse exhibition.

Simon Collins

The West Australian Pulse 2025 curator Emma Bitmead at AGWA between exhibition artworks by Joseph Radford (Untitled) and Tyson Barwood (Graff ft. me).

ArtPremiumCurating an exhibition of possibility

An annual visitor to The West Australian Pulse, this year marks Emma Bitmead’s first as the AGWA exhibition’s curator while it showcases 61 works by 2024 Year 12 visual arts graduates.

Tanya MacNaughton

Not only was his first daughter Manami born but he also opened Japanese takeaway restaurant Suisen in Bassendean.

The West PulsePremiumTeen cooks up work of art for dedicated dad

A teen’s stunning depiction of her father toiling away over the stove in the kitchen of the Old Perth Road diner hangs in the Art Gallery of WA as part of this year’s The West Australian Pulse exhibition.

Simon Collins