Lauren Wilhelm
Lauren Wilhelm

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