Moya Cole -Artist
Moya Cole is an Albany based, Western Australian visual artist who constructs drawings and paintings.
Moya explores a range of contemporary challenges which continue to confront our world. She is particularly interested in examining how the relationship between place and identity are intertwined and inextricably bound to one another. How place functions to provide a sense of belonging, comfort and the fostering of attachments.
Inspired by her subjective experiences, surroundings and “the everyday”, Moya employs elements of repetition, pattern, line and shifts in tone, slowly building imagery which often hovers between abstraction and figuration. Her aim, through her meditative process is twofold in purpose. To convey a space for contemplation and quietude for the viewer whilst, at the same time, allowing her to slow down and engage and in the present.
Moya holds a Bachelor Degree in Fine Art with Curtin University and Certifications in Visual Art and Contemporary Craft with Great Southern Institute of Technology. She has successfully exhibited in collaborative and community exhibitions and awards in Perth, Collie [CAP 2020], Cossack and across the Great Southern region over many years.
Awards and Exhibitions
The Art Way Exhibition Vancouver Arts Centre Albany 2025
Southern Art and Craft Trail Vancouver Art Centre Albany 2025
Southern Art and Craft Trail Kalgan Artists Exhibition September 2024
Cossack Art Awards 2024
G+B Maritime Festival Exhibition Vancouver Arts Centre 2024
Albany Plein Air Oil Painters Inaugural Exhibition 2023
Cossack Art Awards 2023
G +B Maritime Festival Exhibition Albany 2023
Great Southern Art Award 2023
Monochrome Exhibition Vancouver Arts Centre 2022
Cossack Art Awards 2022
G+ B Maritime Festival Exhibition Albany 2022 – Highly Commended
Albany Art Group Golden Jubilee Exhibition 2022
Cossack Art Awards 2021
Southern Art and Craft Trail 2021
Great Southern Art Award 2021
Collie Art Prize 2020 – Highly Commended
Vancouver Art Centre- Celebrating 40 Years 2020
City of Stirling Art Awards and Exhibition 2019
Great Southern Art Award 2019
Southern Art and Craft Trail 2018
Great Southern Art Award 2017
Great Southern Art Award 2015
Southern Art and Craft Trail 2014
Vancouver Arts Centre “9 x 5” 2013
Vancouver Arts Centennial Art Prize 2012
Southern Art and Craft Trail 2011
Mount Romance Centennial Art Prize 2011
Albany Port Authority – Group Commission 2010
Look Down: See the Forest Floor#1, 2024. Acrylic on custom canvas, 60 x 60cms. Included in Southern Art and Crafts Trail Kalgan Artists Exhibition, 2024
Dive, 2024. Entry for G+B Maritime Festival Exhibition Albany 2024
Contact: moyacoleartist@gmail.com
Moya Cole Artist 