As a Project Partner for the third Regional Arts Triennial, we’re supporting its visibility by publishing a series of blogs that showcase the incredible artists exploring the theme Radical Futures.

This month, the Regional Arts Triennial 3 ignites across Western Australia with six bold exhibitions exploring what’s possible when artists dare to imagine differently. Under the banner of Radical Futures, these shows ask urgent questions about Country, climate, community and what we’re leaving behind.

Here’s where to find them.

Radical Futures: Shaping the Now

Where: Courthouse Gallery + Studio, Port Hedland

Presented by: The Junction Co. 

When: 22 January – 6 March 2026

Closing event: Thursday, 5 March at 6pm

This one’s already open and unfolding in real time. Rather than arriving fully formed, Shaping the Now introduces new artists and works throughout its run, so the exhibition shifts and transforms with each visit.

The closing event on 5 March brings everything together with live music, drinks, nibbles, and a chance to experience the whole story at once.

Radical Futures: In the Quiet of the Land

Where: Old Courthouse Complex, Undalup / Busselton

Presented by: City of Busselton’s Old Courthouse Complex

When: 7 February – 22 March 2026

Curated by Japneet Kieth and Sharon Williams, both with deep connection to the South West’s sands, water, wildflowers and mineral-rich inland landscapes, this exhibition brings together 12 regional artists exploring new ways of imagining the future.

On display are crochet installations, ceramics, textiles and collaborative works by Wardandi artists Dwardinan – Vivian Brockman Webb, Waljin – Mitchella Hutchins, and Elaine Clocherty.

Other artists include Merle Davis, Gerald Ashcroft, Gary Hambleton, Melanie Jarman, Francesco Geronazz, and others whose works are grounded in land, labour, memory and material.

Radical Futures: Fertile Ground

Where: Painted Tree Gallery, Northcliffe / Meerup

Presented by: Southern Forest Arts

When: 6 February – 29 March 2026

Fertile Ground is a touring version of the original show at the Albany Town Hall. Curated by Saira Spencer, this Great Southern exhibition looks at bushfire and prescribed burning through a scorched lens. It asks: what if fire was no longer feared but bravely accepted as part of regional life?

Featuring artists including Helen Seiver and Peter Hill, the show acknowledges grief and loss while imagining a fire-filled, fearless future.

Radical Futures: The Quiet Between

Where: Alcoa Mandurah Art Gallery, Mandjoogoordap / Mandurah

Presented by: Mandurah Performing Arts Centre

When: 13 February – 20 March 2026

What happens to quiet when a place grows too fast? This Peel Region exhibition turns attention to the fragile margins where rapid development meets river edges, wetlands, and the slower rhythms of community. Eleven local artists including Gayle Bukey, Louise Alexander, Robin Thorne, and Joie Villeneuve, work across sculpture, textiles, photography and painting to explore what’s at risk in a region in transition.

The exhibition opening event is on 13 February at 6pm

Radical Futures: Bold Intentions

Where: The Bank Gallery, Carnamah

Presented by: North Midlands Project

When: 14 February – 14 March 2026

Opening: Saturday 14 February at 11:30am, The Bank Gallery, 8 Macpherson St, Carnamah

Curated by Wiggy Mitsuda, this Mid West show celebrates dedications to Country and its seasons, the cyclical journey of the natural world, and warnings about human impact on ecology.

Featuring Mid West artists including Tymia Councillor, Mina Elliott, William Pike, Helen Reynolds, and work from Yamaji Art, the exhibition explores bees, honey, pollination, fibres, skins, seed pods and ochres, and the connective tissues weaving past and future together.

The launch includes a combined lunch. No RSVP required.

Coming in March: Radical Futures: Of the Earth

Where: Gardiner Street Arts Collective, Moora

Presented by: Gardiner Street Arts Collective

When: 6 March – 29 March 2026

Opening: Friday, 6 March at 6pm

As February’s exhibitions unfold, March brings another powerful addition to the Triennial. Curated by Wheatbelt artist Nyree-Jane Taylor, Of the Earth invites you to experience ancient wisdom through contemporary art, seeing through the eyes of 9 regional artists who understand the land as something we belong to.

Like the quiet rhythm beneath our feet and the Earth’s subtle 26-second seismic pulse, these works invite you to slow down, listen deeply, and imagine radical futures grounded in care, connection and community.

Watch this space for artist introductions as the opening approaches.

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The WA Regional Arts Triennial 3: Radical Futures is proudly supported by the WA Government. It is coordinated by Southern Forest Arts with support from ART ON THE MOVE through the Regional Exhibition Touring Boost. Project partners include John Curtin Gallery, Regional Arts WA, GalleriesWest and Kimberley Arts Network.

Disclaimer

RAWA acknowledges and respects the First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which arts and cultural activities take place. Whenever possible, we aim to use dual naming, including both the Aboriginal place name and the English name. If an Aboriginal place name is not listed, it is because we have not yet been able to verify the correct source. If you know the appropriate name, we warmly invite you to contact us and share this knowledge.