“West Space Fundraiser: Kin”

23 May → 13 June 2024

An illustration by Lily Pook-Ryan showing a collection of white paper cut-out style figures and characters spread across a black background
"West Space Fundraiser 2024: Kin" illustration by Lily Pook-Ryan

West Space's 2024 Fundraiser Kin celebrates kinship and artists in our community.

We selected this year's theme to reflect our experience of West Space in 2024 and our hopes for future years, empowering underrepresented artists across our programs. View Kin.

Kin features over 90 artists:

Abdul-Rahman Abdullah
Elyas Alavi
Benjamin Baker
Asha Barr
Benjamin Bannan
Alrey Batol
Nathan Beard
Steven Bellosguardo
Corinna Berndt
Kate Beynon & Rali Beynon
Sarah Brasier
Dale Buckley
Andy Butler
Arini Byng
Khaled Chamma
Chun Yin Rainbow Chan
Lhotse Collins
Sarah crowEST
Grace Culley
Nicholas Currie
J Davies
Matilda Davis
Thang Do
Mikala Dwyer
Chelsea Farquhar
Bryan Foong
Alicia Frankovich
Jessie French
Kim Henenberg
Jim & John Hinton
Isabella Hone-Saunders
HOSSEI
Razia Jafari Alavi
Jawad Khalili
Luke King
Dharani Kommalapati
Kaijern Koo
Abbra Kotlarczyk
Anu Kumar
Camille Laddawan
Shivanjani Lal
Luka Lesosky-Hay
Eugenia Lim
Indra Liusuari
Honey Long & Prue Stent
Liang Luscombe
Sim Luttin
Nicholas Mangan
Haneen Mahmood Martin
Shannon McCulloch
Maia McDonald
Louise Meuwissen
Keiran Molaeb
James Nguyen
Melissa Nguyen
Phuong Ngo
Amy Parker
Camille Perry
Jason Phu
Evelyn Pohl
Tom Polo
Lisa Radford & Masato Takasaka
Diego Ramirez
Mia Salsjo
Juan Rodriguez Sandoval
Christopher Scuito
Alex Seton
David Sequeira
Nicholas Smith
Tina Stefanou
Leyla Stevens
Jacob Sturgeon
Rebecca Suares-Jury
Olga Svyatova
Ali Tahayori
Iva Thian
Christian Thompson AO
Nicky Tsekouras
Hossien Vahed
Josh Van Eymeren
Keely Varmalis
Grace Wood
Zamara Zamara
Kia Zand
Joy Zhou

West Space celebrated with an opening party featuring an offering by Tina Stefanou, Cups, where the artist read our audience's creative futures. We ended the evening with special guest DJs, Zourry, Lizzy Nice and General Feelings.

On Cups, Tina says,

"Let me make you a cup of Greek coffee and read your creative future. Will you get that next grant? Will you finally make that painting? Are you going to take on more study? Will you finally get secure employment? Will you be invited to a big show?
Together we will delve into peasant reading practices in the form of Greek coffee divination. Using metabolic processes of consumption and co-constitutional forces, I sit with people one on one to navigate the abstractions of neoliberal art-making. I invite the public to drink, sit and read caffeinated imagery with me, in a hope to make legible the illegibility of art futures."

We wish to thank all of our generous artists and our Community of Supporters who empower our organisation and ensure our sustainable future.

Two figure are admiring a large round platform covered in small sculptural objects during the West Space fundraiser 2024
A wide angle photograph of the installation of the west space fundraiser. Many, many artworks are hung on the walls in a salon hang style with 2 separate shelves and plinths installed in the space.
two figures embrace with arms around each other. They are standing in front of an assortment of artworks installed for the West Space fundraiser 2024
Two large walls of the west space gallery are installed full of artworks. In the foreground, a large circular white suspended shelf hangs in space adorned with many small sculptural artworks.
Installation view showing several wall based artworks as part of the exhibition "Kin" at West Space.
a woman with long dark hair and fringe stands side on to a wall full of artworks on show for the West Space fundraiser. She is wearing a yellow and blue jacket with red text that says "John Beasley Cycles"
A salon hang of multiple artworks on the wall of West Space for the 2024 Fundraiser. There is a collection of paper prints, small paintings, fabric prints and 3 ceramic faces
A collection of various works are assembled in a salon hang on the wall of West Space as part of the exhibition "Kin". There is a floating white circular shelf in the front of the image with some soft sculptures on it.
A small hanging sculpture made of a weaving stretched inside a metal frame suspended from large silver rings that loop around the metal frame and through the weaving. The weaving is white with abstract black marks woven into it. A black star is visible on the weaving. In the background, a salon hang is out of focus on the walls.
Tina Stefanou sits in a dark blue shirt with a big smile. She is inverting a cup on to a saucer about to read the coffee grounds fortune to someone who is sitting in front of her.
two figures stand opposite each other. Both people are smiling and holding a glass of champagne. There is an assortment of artworks on the wall behind them
A DJ at West Space is playing music in a crowded space. They are wearing a Palestinian Keffiyeh
West Space gallery balcony photographed from far away during an opening event. Level 1 and 2 are visible from the courtyards at the collingwood yards. There are many people enjoying a drink on the balcony out the front of the gallery
2 gallery staff sit around a long wooden table that sits on top of a large black and red floor based vinyl artwork by Diego Ramirez
2 gallery staff sit around a long wooden table that sits on top of a large black and red floor based vinyl artwork by Diego Ramirez