Bathurst Regional Art Gallery’s Landscapes of Imagination: From the Collection features various artists represented by KSGoW, including Amanda PENROSE HART, Luke SCIBERRAS and Wendy SHARPE.
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (BRAG) celebrates 70 years of the BRAG Collection with new exhibition, Landscapes of Imagination: From the Collection, opening Friday 4 July, 6pm. BRAG will also be launching two new exhibitions, Mystery of Missing Westerlies by Chantelle Mitchell and Jaxon Waterhouse (Ecological Gyre Theory) in the BRAG Foyer Space, and Munch by Tom Buckland in the OUT THERE DIGITAL PLATFORMS | Forecourt Projection.
Landscapes of Imagination brings together works from the Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Collection that reflect the enduring artistic allure of Hill End. This historic village has captured the imaginations of artists drawn to its layered histories, dramatic terrain, and evocative sense of place.
Since 1955, many of these artists’ works have been acquired, contributing to the rich cultural heritage of the Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Collection, now celebrating its 70th year.
Hill End is more than a physical location—it is a site of creative projection, shaped as much by interpretation as observation. The phrase “landscapes of imagination”, which lends this exhibition its title, speaks to how artists have long reimagined the region through memory, emotion, and artistic
experimentation.
The creative legacy of Hill End has been widely explored, notably in a landmark exhibition held thirty years ago at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, which helped cement its significance in Australia’s cultural narrative.
Since then, the Hill End Artists in Residence Program has welcomed a new generation of artists, offering them time and space to respond to the landscape and its histories. Many of these works have entered BRAG’s Collection, enriching our understanding of the site as an enduring source of inspiration.
Landscapes of Imagination: From the Collection
Where: Bathurst Regional Art Gallery [BRAG], in the Main Gallery
Location: 70/78 Keppel St, Bathurst NSW 2795
Exhibition Dates: 5 July – 9 November 2025