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Listen to Lyn DiCiero speaking to Philippa and Angela Nikulinsky about Philippa's new book being released by Fremantle Press called Philippa Nikulinsky: For the Seeker Who Walks. Known for her incredible depictions of nature in Western Australia, it marks a 60-year legacy of work which is acclaimed by both critics and scientists. She was awarded an Order of Australia in 2016 and in 2019 she received a Doctorate of Letters from the University of Western Australia for her dedication to art and nature. The book is drawn from her field diaries over 25 years and includes text by her husband Alex, as well as by her daughter-in-law Angela, who played a pivotal role in curating the content of the book. 

Podcast location: courtesy Fremantle Press.

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Lyn DiCiero speaks to Stormie Mills ahead of a major survey at the Art Gallery of Western Australia, tracing his history from wild child to respected artist. 

Stormie's first solo at Jack Sue Gallery in Perth in 1999 sold out in minutes. Since then, his work has appeared in galleries, public spaces and private collections across Australia, the UK, USA, Europe and Asia. More recently he has been invited as a guest of honour at the 2027 Florence Biennale. Now, after four decades of shaping how we see street art, All the secrets are buried between the oceans and the mountains is a major survey of the Venice and Perth-based artist at the Art Gallery of Western Australia is his first ever solo in an Australian state gallery. The landmark exhibition features a selection of works from across his career alongside a new body of work reflecting his global movements, personal history and the encounters that have informed his distinctive practice since he first began painting in 1984. A defining figure in Australian street art, Mills has played a pivotal role in advancing street art as a recognised contemporary art form, helping shift public perception from underground graffiti to a respected and influential movement.

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Lyn DiCiero speaks with Fremantle-based artist Jo Darvall whose new solo Held Ground at the Studio Gallery Yallingup focuses on a small pocket of Wadandi Boodja in the Margaret River Region. The exhibition is her 21st solo over a 40-year-long practice, which has taken her from rural Victoria to studying at the Victorian College of the Arts, and to Western Australia in 2005. In Victoria she co-founded the Artists for Kids Culture Trust raising over $1 million for charitable projects, and in WA she co-founded the Swan River Print Studio at Goolugatup Heathcote.  Her works have been exhibited beyond Australia in Beijing, Singapore and Fiji and collected around the world. She says Held Ground at the Studio Gallery Yallingup is the best body of works she’s produced.

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Lyn DiCiero speaks with Tania Ferrier whose exhibition, Angry Underwear is currently on show at Bunbury Regional Art Gallery. First exhibited in 1989, Tania developed Angry Underwear in response to witnessing an assault on a dancer in a strip club in New York where she was working as a bar tender. Emblazoned with snarling animal faces, dancers in the club wore the underwear as a form of protection and a form of protest to demonstrate their right to protect their own bodies. But what started a personal act of solidarity grew into a media sensation, attracting celebrities such as Madonna and model Naomi Campbell. In 2021, her work was featured in the National Gallery of Australia’s Know My Name exhibition, celebrating women artists who changed the narrative of Australian art. Today, Ferrier’s practice continues to evolve and the message of Angry Underwear just as relevant now.

Angry Underwear is on show at Bunbury Regional Art Gallery until 15 February 2026. 

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Lyn DiCiero speaks to Fiona Sinclair, artistic director of Southern Forest Arts. Based in Northcliffe, it’s the lead organisation behind the third Regional Arts Triennial, a sprawling state-wide program of 15 exhibitions and events over this year and next. 

The Triennial covers locations from Kunnunura in the north to Albany in the south and culminates in an exhibition at John Curtin Gallery next September.

Fiona speaks about the history of the event and its aims and outcomes for regional arts and artists.  

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Listen to Lyn DiCiero in conversation with Geoff Warn from With Architecture Studio and Wallace gallery space and Being and Flux exhibition collaborators artist Simon Gilby and writer Richard King. Geoff Warn reveals the beginnings of Wallace and its unusual operating method that puts creativity above commercial value. Both Simon and Richard discuss their unique partnership for their exhibition at Wallace, where visual art and the written word meld and develop to explore new frontiers for both. 

Geoff Warn is co-founder of With Architecture Studio, and Wallace, a gallery space with its walls in Northbridge. With was established in 1985 and has over 40 years of commissions and awards across architecture, urban design, master planning, interior architecture and public art. The first exhibition at Wallace was in 2021 with a unique gallery model which avoids commercial and funded stereotypes and delves into interpretations which might not otherwise be seen.

Simon Gilby studied at Claremont School of Art. He's regularly in group exhibitions, has lectured at various universities over the years and undertakes public art commissions, working with towns and communities across Western Australia. He instigated The Syndicate in 2010, championed and organised by collector Lloyd Horn, where a group of collectors pooled funds to allow artists to work unrestricted by income to stretch their practice into new realms. His work explores what it means to be human with changes around technology and culture. In this exhibition he explores concept of self in the modern world. 

Richard King is an author, critic and poet based in Fremantle, whose work appears widely, including in Best Australian Science Writing, The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Monthly and The London Magazine. His book, Brave New Wild, about to be launced at the end of the exhibition, asks whether technology can really save the planet. 

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Listen to Lyn DiCiero speak to Jerome Davenport about his background and the inspiration for moving from the performing arts to the visual arts, starting a long list of completed works around Western Australia. Born in Narrogin, he grew up surrounded by nature, providing a respect and love of the natural environment, seen often in his work.

Also recognised as Ketones6000 and now with over 15 years of mural painting experience, he has established himself as one of Australia’s leading mural artists. HIs portfolio includes various and diverse projects for local governments, schools, private homes, celebrities and commercial locations all over the world. As the Founder, Director and Lead Artist of Blank Walls, a street art and mural creators based in Perth and UK, he has established a strong presence in the arts industry.

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Listen to Lyn DiCiero in conversation with Rina Franz, whose exhibition Between Worlds: The Vision of Rina Franz is on show at the City of Perth’s Council House Gallery until 31 October 2025. Born in Rome, she initially studied architecture and art history before migrating to Western Australia and studying art at Edith Cowan and Curtin University. She went on to teach students herself at Curtin University, Edith Cowan University and the University of WA, and spent 34 years lecturing at TAFE until last year. Her years teaching has matched an intensive art practice, exploring space, distance, time, memory and the contrast of living between two cultures. She’s exhibited around Australia and internationally during her lengthy career, winning numerous awards along the way, and is represented in major public art collections both in Australia and overseas. 

In this podcast, Rina discusses her life and influences and, battling recent ill health, reflects on a lifetime of art. In particular two works are discussed –  an earlier work from the 1990s and her most recent exhibited work: 

1994: PICA Boans installation, held inside two disused cool rooms. Amidst the lingering smell of its former life as storage for meat goods, the work created the illusion of infinite space using both physical pillars and drawn perspective, creating a disorientating experience within the small confines of the space.

2024: The Invisible Thread, 170 blue and white linen collars, approximately 4m x 4m 4m, suspended from the ceiling of Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery recalls the lives of seamstresses like her mother, with the names of clients, found in her mother’s workbooks following her death, embroidered to each one. The works also refers to the post war social divide of blue and white collar workers, with seamstresses quietly connecting both ends of the spectrum.

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Listen to Lyn DiCiero's conversation with Sarah Robinson and David Carson about Canopies and Cathedrals, a unique cross continent exhibition over June/July this year which blended the Gothic architectural grandeur of Wells Cathedral in Somerset in the UK with the beauty of old-growth wilderness forests in Western Australia. Here in Perth, we’ll be able to see a video of this fascinating project screening at the Northbridge Piazza throughout August. Sarah and David also worked with Jackson Mouldycliff, Colin Potter and Phil Mouldycliff from experimental electronic sound collective MPM who crafted a sound journey for the exhibition, evoking memory, mystery and spatial reverence within the soaring walls of Wells Cathedral.

 Sarah studied Fine Art Printmaking at West Surrey College of Art and Design before completing a Master of Fine Arts at the Royal College of Art in London. Post grad she studied Education at Manchester Metropolitan University, and received a Doctorate of Philosophy at Edith Cowan University in Perth in 2017. 

 David studied art the Canterbury College of Art and explores new imaging technologies, including video, which he manipulates to create liminal spaces in time. Both artists have held a wide range of teaching roles while maintaining active art practices.

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Listen to Lyn DiCiero in conversation with Annette Peterson and Sue Leeming who together with Nicole Steenhof have joined forces for Tender, on show at Rockingham Arts Centre. Tender navigates the theme as an aesthetic and cathartic experience, signifying more than the word. 

Annette Peterson studied at Curtin University and completed a Master of Design and Art in 2017. She works across painting, animation, mixed media and technology such as smartphones, as well as journalism. 

Sue Leeming studied at the University of Auckland, graduating with Post Graduate Diploma of Fine Art at its Elam School of Art completed after a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Her practice is based around paint and drawing mediums. She experiments with the physicality of paint and process to produce abstracted landscapes drawn from her subconscious. 

 And lastly, Nicole Steenhof who graduated from Curtin University just last year with a Postgraduate Certificate of Fine Arts. Her work consists of sculpture made from found and recycled materials and paintings which focus on a connection to the histories of oceans. 

Tender is show at Rockingham Arts Centre from 30 July until 17 August 2025. 

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