Brad Rimmer

Working within the fine line of art and documentary photography, Brad uses his artistic practice to probe at the essence of rural Australia and the emotional impact of the natural landscape upon individual psyches.

His book series – ‘Silence’, ‘Nature Boy’ and ‘Nowhere Near’ – are set in the Western Australian Wheatbelt where he grew up, and are personal visual narratives derived from the cultural idiosyncrasies of place, identity, belonging and memory.

Continuing to explore the link between people and their environment, Brad spent 10 years documenting China, through the series ‘Easy Tiger’ – inquisitive documentation of the ongoing cultural transition in the world’s fastest growing economy and the fragments of traditions and modest ambitions left in its wake.

In 2009 Brad was awarded a Mid-Career Fellowship from the Western Australian Department of Culture and the Arts in order to publish ‘Silence: the West Australian Wheatbelt’, which was regarded by state gallery curator Robert Cook as ‘one of the most important bodies of images about Western Australia made to date’, with all 30 works in the series acquired by the Art Gallery of Western Australia.

Rimmer’s work has been exhibited internationally at the Perth International Arts Festival, Pingyao and Lianzhou Photo Festivals (China), the Brighton Photo Biennial (UK), Kaunas Photo (Lithuania), and Photoforum PasquArt (Switzerland). His photographs are held in major national and corporate collections, including the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Wesfarmers Art Collection, Murdoch University, Parliament House Canberra, St John of God Hospital, Australian High Commission UK and Artbank.