Established in 1991, Gallery East was originally situated in Claremont and founded on a deep love of Japanese woodblock prints and the traditional arts of Asia, reflected in a policy of regular exhibitions celebrating the work of the great Ukiyo-e artists, as well as the sacred and secular arts of India, Laos, Sri Lanka, Tibet and China. Gallery East carries fine examples of original Japanese Ukiyo-e, including Shunga (erotic images) and contemporary Japanese prints.

The exhibition program also includes the work of established contemporary Japanese artists using a wide range of disciplines. For example, the contemporary glass forms of Shuro Kasai, and the ceramic forms of Yuichi Kurosawa.

Western Australian artists represented by Gallery East include the painters, Merrick Belyea, Phillip Cook, Christopher Crouch, Miik Green, Paul Moncrieff, Ann Hart, Martin Heine, Alan Muller, Arthur Russell, David Small, Paul Uhlmann, Gillian Warden and Drusilla Williams; multimedia Chris Atkinson-deGaris, Mark Datodi, Alwin Reamillo and Annette Seeman; ceramicists Alana McVeigh and Bevan Thompson ; silversmiths Pam Jones, Brenda Ridgewell and Mei See Liang Jackson; print maker David Jay Reed; photographer Roger Garwood; glass artist Ian Dixon and sculptors Neil Aldum, Nick Compton, Tony Jones, Anne Neil, Steve Tepper and Peter Tilley.

From the Eastern States, exhibitors at Gallery East include painters Chris Capper and Norio Takayima; silversmith Rose Wedler, ceramicists Greg Daly, Paul Davis, Mitsuo Shoji and Hiroe Swen.