About Jaelle Pedroli
Jaelle Pedroli is a Western Australian artist, living and working in Perth, (Whadjuk Noongar Boodjar).
Since graduating with a Bachelor of Visual Arts and Diploma of Education from Curtin University (2004), Pedroli has continued to work as an Artist and a Visual Arts educator. Pedroli has intensified her focus on her own artistic practice since 2020.
Her work has been acquired by the City of Melville’s public collection and she has been recognized as a finalist in several prestigious awards, including the Minnawarra Art Award, Royal Perth Landscape Prize, Rockingham Art Prize and Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award.
Her next solo show is scheduled for 1 August 2025 at Earlywork Gallery, South Fremantle.
Artist Statement
I was raised in the Southern Forest (Boojarah) region of WA. My formative years living in the Australian bush have informed a visual language that is now tangible in my landscape paintings. Through painting, I connect with the natural world around me, contemplating who I am and where I belong, and revealing ties between memory, identity, and the land.
I create small en plein air studies along the banks of the Derbal Yerrigan (Swan River) in Boorloo (Perth) and in my hometown, Manjimup. Being present and immersed in the landscape is fundamental to my pursuit of capturing its aliveness. In the studio, larger paintings are created from these studies and photographic imagery I collect when emersed in each place.
My paintings often take on an unconventional colour palette. The sunlight here is striking—glaringly bright, more intense than in many other places. Its brittle sharpness contrasts with the softer, glowing light of morning and evening, guiding my colour palette and mark-making. As a result, my paintings balance a soft, luminous quality with an electric vibrancy.
Ultimately, my work speaks to the beauty of the Australian landscape and our place within it.
Acknowledgement to Country
I would like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which we meet today, the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation, and pay my respects to their Elders past and present".
It is this country that I paint and commune with on almost a daily basis. A place I celebrate in my artworks. I’m privilege to paint this beautiful country and the life force that is the Derbal Yerrigan, the Swan River. Spending as much time as I do painting in and of the landscape has given me a lot of time to think and more importantly feel.
My relationship with place has evolved notably during my last body of work, Open earth. I’ve honed my ability to express the aliveness of this land rather than merely capturing its parts. I’ve noticed the way I think and talk about the land has evolved too. I’ve shifted from a Western mindset that views the landscape through a more scientific, utilitarian lens to a mindset that sees nature as something that lives, breathes and feels. Something that we can’t live without.
How lucky are we, that we get to experience this amazing country especially the area local to Jenalup (Blackwall Reach Reserve).
