Collection

The Fibre Art collection holds works by Australia’s foremost Fibre artists. Commissioned especially for the collection, these works reflect the resurgence of contemporary Fibre Art practices by leading Indigenous artists.

Key artists include Joyce Mate, Yvonne Koolmatrie, Shirley MacNamara, and Lena Yarinkura.

Highlights include paintings by Emily Kame Kngwarreye, James Gleeson, Queenie McKenzie, Pat Larter, John Mawurndjul, Abdul Abdullah, Philip Wolfhagen, and Kitty Kantilla.

The collection holds an extensive volume of works on paper, including works by artists Gordon Bennett, Tracey Moffatt, Salvatore Zofrea, Savanhdary Vongpoothorn, and a selection of 19th-century hand-colored lithographs by Joseph Lycett reflecting the Macarthur region.

Bordering on Dharawal National Park, a short distance from Campbelltown Arts Centre, artists living in Wedderburn first emerged in the 1970s, seizing a unique opportunity to live and work in bush studios to focus on arts practice. Artists continue to engage with Wedderburn, richly contributing to the artistic fabric of the Campbelltown region. The Collection has an extensive collection of works by artists who have lived and/or worked in this area over the past 50 years. Highlights include works by Elisabeth Cummings, Roy Jackson, John Peart, Suzanne Archer, David Hawkes, and David Fairbairn.

Included is a significant collection of ceramics, with over 100 ceramics works collected over the past 30 years. Key artists include Pippin Drysdale, Jenny Orchard, Marea Gazzard, Alan Peascod, Lynda Draper, Mitsuo Shoji, and Danie Mellor.

Highlights include works by D Harding, Justene Williams, Michel Tuffery, Tony Albert, Joan Brassil, Julie Gough, Alan and Peggy Griffith, Bronwyn Oliver, Khaled Sabsabi, Raquel Ormella, Vicki West, Lola Greeno, Rosalie Gascoigne, Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, and Edrick Tabuai.

Highlights include works by artists Katthy Cavaliere, Tracey Moffatt, Joan Ross, Mike Parr, Deborah Kelly, and Shaun Gladwell.

In 2006, John Marsden bequeathed a collection of more than eighty works to the Campbelltown City Council Art Collection. This unique collection, which largely consists of works on paper and paintings, reflects John Marsden’s strong commitment to supporting the local artists of the Macarthur region. 

In 2001, Dr. Stephen Baycroft and Dr. Don Holt generously donated an important collection of contemporary Scottish art to the Collection. A highlight of this donation was a collection of works by artist Ken Currie, one of Britain’s most important and internationally renowned contemporary artists.