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Aster + Asha Gallery and Lawson Flats present a solo exhibition by Western Australian artist, Anna Louise Richardson.
Bringing together works from the last eight years, the show considers how birds have woven their presence through significant moments in the artist’s life. Appearing as signs, guides and reflections, these symbolic creatures can be seen as living between worlds. This body of work explores themes of parenthood, family, preternatural experiences, and connection to place. Anna primarily works with charcoal and graphite on cement fibreboard, creating drawings that use flattened perspectives and manipulated scales to amplify emotional resonance.
About the Artist
Anna Louise Richardson is an artist and independent curator living and working on Bindjareb Nyoongar Boodja in the Peel region of Western Australia. Her drawing-based practice is grounded in personal experience and rural life. Growing up on a beef cattle farm, where she continues to live with her husband, artist Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, and their three children, Richardson’s work explores themes of parenthood, intergenerational relationships, mortality, and human-animal connection.
A graduate of Curtin University (2013), Anna has developed a strong practice as both an artist and curator. As an artist, she has exhibited widely and her major solo exhibition, The Good, is touring regional galleries across Australia until 2026. She has been a finalist in numerous awards, including the Dobell Drawing Prize, Ramsay Art Prize and Sunshine Coast Art Prize.
In 2023, she was the inaugural winner of the Girra: Fraser Coast National Art Prize. Her work is held in private and public collections, including Artbank, City of Melville, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Wesfarmers Collection, Town of Claremont and the Macquarie Group Collection. Collaboration is a core aspect of her practice and the artist has presented with Abdul-Rahman Abdullah on several projects.
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All works in the exhibition are available for purchase. Viewing is by appointment Monday to Saturday 11am - 4pm. Please see the Lawson Flats Concierge for pricing or contact hello@lawsonflats.com to express interest.