This Passion is My Story.
My art is an intuitive, energetic response to the world — a fusion of exuberance, deep spiritual awareness, and a joyful expectancy that guides every mark I make. I draw profound inspiration from the intricate designs and rhythms found in nature, allowing these organic patterns to inform the movement, texture, and emotional resonance of each work.
Painting, for me, is an immediate and visceral experience. I work responsively with my materials and substrates, capturing the emotion of the moment through bold gestures, layered surfaces, and expressive mark‑making. My practice is driven by a fascination with structure and tension — the way surfaces can be scraped back, rebuilt, distressed, or coaxed into revealing unexpected beauty. Tools such as scrapers, wire wool, sandpaper, collage elements, and sharp implements are essential to my process, enabling me to carve, abrade, and sculpt the surface until it feels alive.
Many of my works are large‑scale, reflecting both the physical joy of working expansively and my desire to create immersive, atmospheric pieces that transform the spaces they inhabit. My commitment to continual experimentation keeps my practice evolving, opening new pathways and techniques that enrich the distinctive aesthetic of my art.
I remain deeply engaged with my artistic community, participating weekly in the Mandurah Plein Air Art Group and Portrait Group, and facilitating bi‑monthly workshops where I share my evolving processes with fellow artists.
A pivotal milestone in my career was the 2009 commission of 116 original artworks for The Sebel Hotel in Mandurah — a project that affirmed my passion for creating art at scale. Recent solo exhibitions, including SHIFTING FORMS (2026), QUIDDITY (2024), HIGH RESOLUTION (2023), INNOVATION (2021), and AWAKENING (2020), have propelled my practice into exciting new territory, expanding both my visual language and the emotional depth of my work.
DEBORAH ZIBAH — ARTIST CV Mandurah, Western Australia www.zibahartworks.com • deborah@zibahartworks.com Instagram: @DeborahZibah • Facebook: Zibah Artworks Phone: +61 416 220 983
PROFILE
Deborah Zibah is an internationally exhibited Australian artist known for her distinctive mixed media abstractions and large‑scale commissions for luxury interiors, corporate environments, and boutique architectural spaces. Working with materials such as acrylic, enamel, oil, resin, oxides, and Xanthorrhoea resin, her practice spans over three decades and includes more than 100 commissioned works for private collectors, businesses, and major hospitality venues.
Since 1994, Deborah has also operated Amazing Murals, producing bespoke murals for private homes, restaurants, cafés, and commercial spaces throughout Perth and the north‑west regions of Western Australia.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 — Shifting Forms, Rockingham Arts Centre, WA 2024 — Quiddity, Lost Eden Creative Space, Dwellingup, WA 2023 — High Resolution, Gallows Gallery, Mosman Park, WA 2021 — Innovation, Mandurah Alcoa Art Gallery, WA 2020 — Awakening, Lost Eden, Dwellingup, WA 2018 — Forest Heritage Centre, Dwellingup, WA 2015 — Wind Beneath My Wings, A&A Gallery, Subiaco, WA 2014 — Found – Once I Was Lost, INQB8 Contemporary Art Space, Mandurah, WA 2013 — Impetuous, Gallery 281, Maylands, WA 2012 — Boranup Art Gallery, Margaret River, WA 2011 — Heavy Metal, INQB8 Contemporary Art Space, Mandurah, WA 2011 — Song of Zambezi, Kulcha Multicultural Centre, Fremantle, WA 2011 — No Limits, Arq Design Gallery, Subiaco, WA 2011 — Breakthrough, Boranup Art Gallery, Margaret River, WA 2006 — Motivation, Stafford Studios, Cottesloe, WA 2005 — The Third Oeuvre, Mandurah Alcoa Art Gallery, WA 2005 — Mandurah Gates Resort, Mandurah, WA 2004 — Emergence, Dwellingup Gallery, WA 2003 — Dwellingup Gallery, WA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 — Spirit of Landscape, Mandurah Alcoa Art Gallery, 2026 - Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club Invitational, 2026 — Approaching Landscapes, Plein Air Group Exhibition 2026 — Mandurah Open Studios 2025 — Spirit of the Landscape, Winner Quickdraw 2024 — Art Extraordinaire, Bunbury Catholic College, WA 2023 — Plein Air Down Under — Winner, Quick Draw 2023 — Art Extraordinaire, Bunbury Catholic College, WA 2022 — Spirit of Landscape, Alcoa Mandurah Art Gallery, WA 2022 — Belmont Art Award, Glass House, Perth, WA 2021 — Mandurah Alcoa Art Gallery — Portrait Exhibition 2019 — Plein Air Down Under — Winner, Quick Draw 2018 — Mandjar Art Award, Mandurah Alcoa Art Gallery 2017 — Mandjar Art Award, Mandurah Alcoa Art Gallery 2016 — Cossack Art Award, Roebourne, WA 2015 — Cossack Art Award, Roebourne, WA 2014 — Mandjar Art Award, Mandurah Alcoa Art Gallery 2013 — Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Centre 2011 — Melbourne Art Fair, Victoria 2007 — Mandjar Art Award, Mandurah Alcoa Art Gallery 2006 — Mandjar Art Award, Mandurah Alcoa Art Gallery 2004 — Mandurah Arts Council, WA 2002 — Profile Art Gallery, Mandurah, WA
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
Major Hospitality & Corporate
The Sebel Hotel, Mandurah (2009) • 116 mixed media paintings for hotel rooms and apartments • Large diptych for reception (480cm x 120cm) Perth International Hotel (2001) • Murals for foyer and bar Academy of Dance, Joondalup (1999–2001) • Large‑scale murals Joondalup City Church (1998–1999) • Multiple mixed media works and large banners Numerous murals for private homes, restaurants, and cafés
Private & Architectural (Selected)
2024 — Colin Isles — 240cm x 90cm acrylic on panel 2023 — Elizabeth Morely — 240cm x 120cm mixed media 2023 — Flowstone Wines — 217cm x 85cm jazz‑themed work 2022 — Nash Clavey Lawyers — 150cm x 120cm mixed media 2020 — Omilayo Vashinti, Houston USA — Estuary Series 2018 — The Stage Door Waterfront Restaurant — 11.5m x 2.5m mural 2017 — Yael K Designs — multiple large‑scale commissions 2015 — Rimpas Residence — 275cm x 120cm oil on canvas 2012 — Arq Designs — seven private commissions 2008 — Hogg’s Breath Café — mosaics and large works 1994–Present — Amazing Murals — Proprietor
PUBLICATIONS
2003 — Two Rivers Publication, Mandurah — reproduction of artwork
CONTACT
For commissions, acquisitions, or exhibition enquiries: deborah@zibahartworks.com • www.zibahartworks.com
MY WORK
The fascination with texture and surface technique is tireless. My processes of experimentation are in constant flux. The importance of developing new, thrilling techniques triggers endless possibilities in the making of the remarkably unique style of my art.
my design process
Nature - my inspiration for creation
On my many walks and bike rides along the estuary, my mind is frequently drawn away into the creative processes of how best to interpret the plethora of images which present themselves to me.
A bore water blasted concrete pathway under my feet pitted with rusty oranges and tones of mottled grey, the rhythmic lines of tidal silt abandoned on the shore by a receding river or the dancing light sparkling on the estuary waters at sunset are just some inspirational themes for the making of art.
Design
I could describe my art practice as process driven, to a certain degree. My fascination with texture and surface technique is tireless. By utilizing certain materials which repel one another, wonderful organic nuances are created, thus triggering off more endless possibilities to the making of art.
My enthusiasm is difficult to contain when I discover a twisted chunk of discarded washing machine and how rust has bled into the white metal. A beautiful process of decay.
Research
My mind races back to my studio where overstuffed shelves of tubs, tins, and bottles of paint-like materials implore to be spilled, poured, dripped and splattered onto an available surface. I begin the creative process of determining which of these materials would best describe the beautiful patinas of the surface which nature manifests itself to the observant artist.
Playing with bitumen, tree resins, shellac, industrial enamels, oxides, automotive glazes, found pieces of metal, copper wire, and wood stain holds far more appeal for me than normal store bought paint.
Create
I make my paintings on a large workbench outside my studio in a sheltered lean-to, off the wall of a large shed in my back yard. That’s where I’m most happy, where the local, green parrots come regularly for their handful of almonds, and I can watch, and listen to, the chatter and calls of the birds who’ve made their homes in the tall trees on the property.
Being out in the fresh air gives me a great sense of peace and restfulness, maximising productivity.
Winter pushes me into the studio where the creative process continues and where I utilise a large easle.