Art Collective WA was established in 2013 with the aim of creating opportunities for significant Western Australian artists. They exhibit artist members’ work in the Cathedral Square gallery and include other invited artists in the annual gallery program.

Outside the gallery, they present selected artists at international art fairs such as Art Stage Singapore and Sydney Contemporary and at partner art spaces, such as Holmes a Court Gallery and Geraldton and Bunbury Regional Art Galleries.

Long-term career artists who have lived and worked in the state for many years are invited to join as members. The Art Collective WA is run by artists to help further their careers and there is a group approach to running the organisation.

The Collective Conversations and Book Club are a deliberate contribution to the art history of Western Australia. Artist interviews are recorded for posterity and made available as podcasts and substantial artist monographs are published. Both these initiatives firmly place the artists and their work in the global visual art context.