WA Museum Boola Bardip is hosting an extraordinary exhibition spanning three decades of work by acclaimed Noongar artist Peter Farmer.

Launched by Perth Design Week earlier this month, Chirriger Moort: A 30 Year Retrospective of the Work of Peter Farmer honours Farmer's deep connection to Country, culture, and family (moort).

Central to the exhibition is his personal ancestral totem, the Chirriger (Blue Wren), and the ongoing relationship between people and place that continues to shape his work.

The free exhibition which closes March 31 celebrates Farmer's creative journey. His multidisciplinary practice spans painting, sculpture, public art, fashion, interior design, and the built environment.

Over the past 30 years, Farmer has established a significant body of work across Australia and internationally.

His major public art commissions include large-scale installations throughout Western Australia, and his designs have appeared in high-profile collaborations ranging from the West Coast Eagles' AFL Indigenous Guernsey to a couture shoe for Jimmy Choo, held in the collection of the WA Museum.

His paintings have featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions, and are represented in the collections of Edith Cowan University and Government House Western Australia.

Farmer's more recent projects include a collaboration with Arup on their award-winning Boorloo/Perth headquarters, costume and set design for the WA Opera, the Klouds sneaker collection with Paul Carroll Shoes, a commission for the Perth International Airport upgrade, and the t-shirt design for Coldplay's Australian tour.

"We're here tonight to celebrate 30 years of artwork that I've done," Farmer told National Indigenous Times at the exhibition launch.

"There's a lot happening, but it's very good... the first one to the last one, and to see it up in a show.

"I went to Curtin University - I started probably late 90s - and doing my four years at Curtin, majored in fabric, textiles and learning other different mediums as well painting clay, glass and so learning about it really made me look at things differently; by looking at other artists that we were studying and doing our papers on.

"Once I finished Curtin, I went into the system... being an artist in residence. And it all started from there, after that, I met my lecturer, and I did some work for his gallery. I worked - I waited nine years to get into his gallery - and from there, my artwork took off, just doing more of a contemporary style of art, but then I mixed it in with the public art, all the different styles of mediums and to where we are now. It's a long journey, but a good journey, absolutely."

Farmer said working with his son has been a highpoint of his career.

"I think one of my highlights is working with my son. He's an artist as well... I know he reckons he's had the longest apprenticeship in the art, but just working with him, I think, just makes me a better person," he told National Indigenous Times.

"I'm teaching him what I know, but also; I'm getting ideas of him. Any artwork we do, it's a pleasure to do, because we can walk away and we can see the story and the sculptures and paintings and all this sort of stuff connects with our culture. And I'm telling my father's story from when he was a kid, and right up until he passed.

"I think the history of telling our culture, where we are from, I think that's the main thing for me to look back at and share with different cultures."

Farmer has made passing on his knowledge and skills a key element of his career.

"I mentor a lot of young artists, and all I want to see at the end of it is they're in a position where they can move away and work by themselves, for themselves," he said.

"They need to enjoy what they're doing at the same time, but to have a nice career in art, and, maybe one day when they're finished and when they get old, they can mentor the next generation of artists coming through.

"We like to share a lot of our stories with different people. I mean, everybody we meet has got a different story. So, I'm learning their story, they're learning my story... For me, I promised once I finished university to give back to the community. And I've done a lot of that in my art practice as well, giving back to the community. And, really enjoying life, working with different people - so beautiful."

Farmer's work has had an extraordinary impact on Western Australia's cultural and design landscape. The retrospective exhibition is a rare opportunity to experience three decades of his creativity, innovation, and storytelling in one place.