Colours of the Pilbara

Image source City of Karratha

Artist: Nikita Dahiya

Asset Type: Mosaic

Year of Work: Unknown

Location: 1083 Welcome Road, Karratha WA 6714

Provenance: City of Karratha

Description: Former Karratha resident Nikita Dahiya has achieved every artist's dream - a permanent display of her work at a location expected to attract millions of visitors.

Nikita, with her piece The colours of the Pilbara, was the Pilbara Region winner of Western Australia's biggest community arts project, State Images, unveiled at Perth's Barrack Square redevelopment site last Sunday.

Initiated by Arts Minister Mike Board, the project, along with the Swan Bells, is expected to be a drawcard for tourists to the new precinct.

State Images has seen the work of individuals and community groups from 10 Western Australian regions translated into 3.2m x 2m mosaic artworks and laid as part of a water feature at the site.

The winning entries were reproduced with 60,000 mosaic tiles to create the public art display.

"This project was designed to give representation to WA's diverse regions through an artistic display at a prominent Perth landmark," Mr Board said. "State Images acknowledges the importance of our regions and showcases for the world to see the talents of the artists and community organisations that took part. The artworks also create an important link between the regions and the city - and in that spirit, each region will receive a copy of their mosaic artwork for local display."