Lesley Meaney Show | The Studio Gallery

Studio Gallery are privileged to host as the feature artist for June, artist Lesley Meaney, with a unique display of artworks ranging from paintings to mixed media artworks, giving visitors and collectors a look at past works along with current work from this year.

Born in England in 1945 and arriving in Australia in 1969, Lesley Meaney has built a distinguished career spanning over five decades. Her practice, shaped by a deep reverence for the Australian landscape, shifts fluidly between abstraction and representation, across both 2D and 3D forms.

Lesley’s recent publication, Becoming Australian – an artist’s journey, launched alongside her 50-year survey exhibition, offers a rich insight into her evolution as an artist, educator, and visual thinker. Her work is held in numerous public and private collections, and she has been a pioneering force in Western Australia’s art education and exhibition landscape since the 1980s.

A celebrated sportswoman as well as artist, Lesley was the first woman to swim solo across the Rottnest Channel and represented Australia in hockey in the early 1970s. Her home and studio in Yallingup—complete with its own swing—remains her creative sanctuary, nestled in the natural world that continues to inspire her.

As she says: “I cannot predict what I will be creating in a decade, next year or even next week. Past works are merely prologue – like a line in a poem or cadence in music.”