Bunbury Regional Art Gallery proudly presents South West Biennial 2026: Tracework, a landmark new exhibition that positions the south western regions as a centre for contemporary art. Anchored at BRAG and unfolding across six partner venues throughout the regions, the Biennial invites audiences to move through a connected cultural landscape shaped by place, memory and making.
Conceived as both a map and a meeting point, Tracework brings together artists from across Australia’s south western regions alongside nationally and internationally recognised practitioners. The exhibition explores the idea of the trace — a line drawn across paper, the press of a fingertip into clay, the imprint of one life upon another — revealing how every creative gesture carries evidence of encounter: between artist and material, people and place, past and present.
With Bunbury at its epicentre, Tracework ripples outward through towns and communities. Encouraging visitors to explore the visible and invisible threads that bind the region together, BRAG partners with Albany Town Hall, Arts Narrogin, Holmes à Court Gallery at Vasse Felix, Margaret River HeART, Southern Forest Arts and Vancouver Arts Centre.
Curated by Dr Michael Bianco and Dionne Hooyberg, the Biennial includes a major survey of works by 28 regional artists, alongside solo and collaborative projects by Jacobus Capone, Olga Cironis, Amber Cronin and Tom Borgas, Sharyn Egan, and Andy Quilty.
South West Biennial 2026: Tracework is on now at the Bunbury Regional Art Gallery until 19 July 2026.
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