“West Space Commission”
Katie West
5 July → 30 Aug 2025
Gallery
West Space is proud to premiere the culmination of Katie West’s National Regional Arts Fellowship as part of our Commission series.
A Yindjibarndi artist on Noongar Ballardong Country in Western Australia, West’s practice is defined by experiments in a ‘custodial ethic’, grounded in the understanding that the health of human society and Country mirror one another.
Realised across textiles, photography, an installation of found objects, weaving, and sound transmitted through radio this new project examines the entanglement of industry and Aboriginal kinships through the artists' position as a Stolen Generations descendant, reconnecting with Country and practicing custodianship through creative practice.
Presented as part of 2025 National NAIDOC Week: The Next Generation: Strength, Vision, Legacy.
Katie West is a Perth-based artist and Yindjibarndi woman who has lived her life in Noongar Yued and Noongar Whadjuk countries. West describes herself as a multidisciplinary artist situated in the social sciences. Her practice is shaped by her family history, studies in sociology and work experience in the area of Indigenous health.
