Art Installations

Mural: Koolbardi wer Wardong

Based on the story of Nyittiny, the time of Creation and set on Noongar Boodja (the south west corner of Australia), the opera celebrates the legend of Koolbardi wer Wardong which has been told and retold for centuries, and passed down from generation to generation.

About the Artist

Kamsani Bin Salleh @kambarni is descended from the Ballardong Noongar people and Nimunburr and Yawuru people of the Kimberley region in Western Australia. Kamsani is a multidisciplinary artist who reflects the natural world with his intricate designs and graphic interpretations of pre-colonial and post-colonial Australian histories. Kam often uses his artwork as a platform to share knowledge and educate others about Aboriginal culture, reflecting the importance of cultural preservation and expression, and challenging the notion of culture being trapped in the time.

Objects: KEP WALKEIN WININ (WATER iS THE COLOUR OF LIFE)

Yondee Shane Hansen’s Kep Walken Winin pays homage to water and its significance with eye-catching woven lobby rugs and sandblasted pavers and carved stone boulders. Hansen’s rugs symbolise elements connected to the river - raindrops, and middens.

About the Artist

Yondee Shane Hansen was born in 1964 in Perth, Western Australia. A Nyoongar artist, he was taught about art and its practice by his older relatives, mainly his father and aunts. His family is well known for its bark paintings and as a child, he would collect bark along the Swan River for their work. He remembers- “Art was all around me – in the paddocks when the flowers came, in the fields and the crops, along the rivers and around the rocks.”

Installation: Yandjitup Kep-Werd

Yandjitup Kep-Werd (Place of the Bullrush Waterfall) speaks directly to the location of the artwork, and the significance of the once wetland area. The work reflects and celebrates the vast lakes swamps and lush expanses of Bullrush, and the meaning for the Bibbulmun people, who relied on the area for their survival for many thousands of years, whilst also acknowledging the modern place it has become.

About the Artist

Lea Taylor is a Wadandi, Menang, Goreng, Kaniyang and Ballardong Bibbulmun yorga whose family connections are to the Hill, Pickett and Maher/Williams families. Lea’s art influence came from her mother, starting at a young age, seeing her mother paint, write, sew and play music.

Mural: Blank Walls x Brookfield Place

Known for her dreamy, thought-provoking creatures, Hayley has created a custom design just for our space and visitors to Brookfield Place were invited to watch it come to life in real time. “This artwork kind of incorporates swan-style creatures traveling together, working towards finding a destination. It’s all about trusting your own river and knowing that everyone’s journey is a bit different, but that we’re all transient and moving through.”

About the Artist

Known for her surreal and whimsical style, Welsh has created more than 40 large-scale murals across the UK, US, Europe and Australia, including across Perth. Much of her work features fluffy, wide-eyed creatures that reflect deeper feelings. After about 15 years of living between Australia and the UK, Welsh decided to settle down in WA. Since then, her style has become ever-more recognisable to locals as more of her whimsical creatures have begun popping up across the city.

Installation: Feather Arbour

Feather Arbour is a dynamic, outdoor public art piece which was unveiled with the opening of Brookfield Place Tower 2. The artwork responds to the themes of light, discovery and memory –a s well as taking into account the environmental conditions of the site. Feather Arbour a work evocative of feathers and fish fins, subtly references the nearby Swan River ecosystem. Like most of Kahn’s installations the work is a combination of science, art and technology, replicating the forms and forces of nature, reflecting the unseen movement of wind.

About the Artist

Ned Kahn is an environmental artist and sculptor whose work mimics the usually invisible forces of nature and makes it visible to audiences. His main interests include fluid dynamics, optics, acoustics, and other physical phenomena.

Installation: Garden of Design I and II

“My work...is about what and how we perceive the fundamental things around us which give life: water, air, earth, fire.”

Inspired by natural forms and phenomena such as clouds, seeds and water, Japanese-born Akio Makigawa’s works bring the fluidity and calm of nature into the formal spaces of the built environment. These two hand-tooled, marble tree-form sentinels evoke the elegant simplicity of trees or delicate buds about to open.

About the Artist

Makigawa lived and worked in Perth for many years and is celebrated as one of Australia’s foremost sculptors. He died, aged just 51, at the height of his powers – his striking sculptural commissions gracing buildings and cityscapes across the world.

August 2024

Brookfield Place hosted an immersive installation by renowned US artist Colette Miller. Her globally recognised Wings project brought four pairs of vibrant angel wings to the heart of Perth, inviting visitors to engage with the artwork by posing with the wings and sharing their experiences on social media.

September 2024

Brookfield Place Perth hosted ArtByRow’s spring collection, featuring fine art, merchandise, and community workshops. This event brought vibrant creativity to the precinct, engaging visitors with contemporary aerosol art.

Brookfield Place Perth welcome artist Fiona Reidy from Djinda Kaal Dreaming for a unique community canvas experience. Visitors engaged in a collaborative artwork, guided by Fiona’s deep connection to storytelling through art.

December 2024

Brookfield Place Perth hosted an exclusive gallery showcasing the hyperrealism artistry of Braden Harrison. His intricate charcoal and graphite portraits, each taking up to 80 hours to complete, captivated visitors with their striking realism
and storytelling.

We recognise the Traditional Owners of the lands where we live, work and operate throughout Australia, and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present.