Long Know to Us
Height: 153cm Width: 153cm
Lady Ersatz II
Height: 153cm Width: 153cm
Touchstone
Height: 122cm Width: 122cm
Liminality
Height: 122cm Width: 122cm
Always Homesick, Always Home
Height: 82cm Width: 82cm
Sprezzatura
Height: 82cm Width: 82cm
You’re Not Lost, You’re Here
Height: 71cm Width: 71cm
Tempus Fugit
Height: 71cm Width: 71cm
Gentle On My Mind
Height: 122cm Width: 122cm
Upcoming Duo Exhibition with Steve Salo at Art2Muse Gallery 21 October – 3 November 2025
Meet the artist 1pm – 3pm Saturday 25 October 2025
With more than 22 solo exhibitions to date, Lauren Wilhelm has works in many private collections in Australia and has exhibited in Italy, Spain and New York. She is fascinated with everyday history; the lives that have gone before us and been forgotten, often juxtaposing classically-themed images with suburban elements.
Her art studio is in the Margaret River region, Western Australia.
“My paintings are a meditation on transience and the human condition; an exploration of life’s fleeting beauty, our preoccupation with everyday details, and the often unnoticed impermanence that shadows our existence.
I am fascinated by everyday history—those untold stories and forgotten lives that linger beneath the surface. With deliberate reference to classical portraiture – the steely gaze of the aristocrat – I contrast notions of prestige and invincibility with the contemporary symbols of power, like land developers or modern elites, to reveal that status and beauty offer no defence against time’s passage.
Animals also permeate my work: they are both companions and mythic avatars. From the poised horse to smaller creatures, they embody power, fragility, myth, and the blurred boundary between the natural and the constructed world.” Lauren Wilhelm
Solo Exhibitions
2024 – Vainglorious, Manyung Gallery Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria
2023 – Memory of Place, JahRoc Gallery,Margaret River, Western Australia
2022 – Still, Gallows Gallery, Mosman Park, Western Australia
2021 – Solipsism, JahRoc Gallery,Margaret River, Western Australia
2019 – Reminiscence, Gallows Gallery, Mosman Park, Western Australia
2016 – Lostalgia, Gallows Gallery, Mosman Park, Western Australia
2015 – Suburban Intrigue, JahRoc Gallery,Margaret River, Western Australia
2014 – Vainglorious, Gallows Gallery, Mosman Park, Western Australia
2013 – Estate, Margaret River Gallery, Margaret River, WA
2012 – Lineage, Gallows Gallery, Mosman Park, WA
2012 – Bittersweet, Margaret River Gallery, Margaret River, WA
2011 – Wings We Lack, Gallows Gallery, Mosman Park, WA
2010 – Quixotic, Margaret River Gallery, Margaret River, WA
2008 – Saudade, Monart Studio & Gallery, Dalkeith, WA
2007 – Continuum, Stuart Street Gallery, Northbridge WA
2007 – Permanent Transience, Maree Mizon Gallery, Woollahra, NSW
2005 – Particular Realities, Monart Studio & Gallery, Dalkeith, WA
2004 – Submerged, Monart Studio & Gallery, Dalkeith, WA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 – Trevisan International exhibition, Madrid, Spain
2016 – LittleTreasures, Bologna, Italy
2016 – Percezioni Exhibition, Peschici,Italy
2015 – Trevisan International exhibition, Madrid, Spain
2015 – LittleTreasures, Bologna, Italy
2015 – Percezioni Exhibition, Peschici,Italy
2014 – LittleTreasures, Bologna, Italy
2014 – The Illusion of Reality Exhibition Bologna, Italy
2014 – Percezioni Exhibition, Vico del Gargano, Italy
2014 – Herd, Denmark WA
2013 – Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy
2013 – Stations of the Cross
2012 – Cossack Art Prize, Cossack, WA
2011 – Out There, Riseborough Winery, Gingin WA
2010 – Artitude, Burswood, WA
2010 – Cossack Art Prize, Cossack, WA
2009 – Portia Geach Memorial Art Award exhibition 2009, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney NSW
2009 – Cossack Art Prize, Cossack, WA
Awards
2014 – ‘Premio della Critica’ award ‘The Illusion of Reality’ exhibition Bologna, Italy
2012 – Winner, Cossack Art Prize, Shire of Roebourne, WA – acquisitive
2009 – Winner, Cossack Art Prize, Shire of Roebourne, WA – acquisitive
2006 – Winner City of Wanneroo Open Art Award – acquisitive
2005 – Town of Vincent art awards, winner John Hyde MLA Award