ARTIST TALK: MARIANNE PENBERTHY

Artist Talk with Marianne Penberthy

Join us at the gallery to walk through our latest exhibition ‘A Matter of Making’, a retrospective of Marianne Penberthy’s work over the last thirty years.

This talk will provide insight into the processes of making, and the rich stories behind each of her pieces.

Exploring themes of isolation, colonisation, and women’s work, to her more recent experiences with hymominus hemianopia, listen to her journey captured through her making over the years.

You can view this exhibition from 6 July to 1 September.

MARIANNE PENBERTHY
Marianne’s art responds to, and with, the land on which she has dwelled since the early 1970s. These responses to the unique vegetation, remnants of habitation, mapping and language of the land find their way into permanent and temporary marks in her work.

Born in Queensland in 1948, she began her art practice in the early 1980s as a self-taught ceramicist and production thrower. She then formally trained at the Central West College of TAFE (now Central Regional TAFE) and Edith Cowan University, Perth, completing her Bachelor of Arts Visual Art in 1995.

Living in the Midwest of Western Australia Marianne continues to explore issues of significance to her, including the constraints imposed by altered visual perception resulting from hymominus hemianopia.

This project has been made possible through the support of the Department of Local Government Sport and Cultural Industries, and Lotterywest.

Please note that photographs and footage may be taken throughout this event. These will be used by the City for publicity and reporting in our publications, on our website and in social media.

You may transfer the ticket to someone else’s name if you cannot attend. Please reach out to us through the ‘contact host' link below with any queries. In the circumstance the event cannot go ahead, the event may be postponed to a new date, with all tickets being transferred to the new date.