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2023 Award Winners

Judge Dr Victoria Lynn

Major Prize
Most Outstanding Work $15,000

Kent Morris
Sovereign Seconds – White Plumed Honeyeater
archival pigment print
framed 60x90cm
(catalogue number 139)

Kent_Morris_Sovereign Seconds_White_Plumed_Honeyeater

Audrey Culliver
People’s Choice Award $1,000

Jessica Wiseman
Flatline
archival inkjet print
framed 90x130cm
(catalogue number 119)
Thanks to our award sponsor RedZed.

Jessica_WISEMAN_2_Flatline

2022 Award Winners

Judge Charlotte Day

Major Prize
Most Outstanding Work $15,000

Belem Lett
The Sun Burns For Us
oil, gesso, marble dust on aluminium
152 x 150 cm

Brother McCarthy
Best Work on Paper $3,500

Jo Scicluna
Where the Land Lies #5
archival inkjet print on paper, acrylic
90 x 90 cm

Audrey Culliver
People’s Choice Award $1,000

Maria Zeiss
Schoolies – A Rite of Passage
charcoal, ink and mixed media on paper
84 x 117 cm

2021 Prize Winners

Judge Catherine Asquith

Major Prize
Most Outstanding Work $10,000

Valerie Sparks
Momento Spiritum
digital print made from CT scans of plants
37 x 104 cm

Brother McCarthy
Best Work on Paper $3,500

Paul White
Sunset to Stardust
pencil on paper
115 x 90 cm

2019 Prize Winners
Judge Cathy Leahy

Major Prize Most Outstanding Work $10,000

Marieke Dench (collective)
Gourd Tree

limited edition print on acrylic panels 1/3
52 x 62 cm

Major Prize

Marieke Dench (collective)
Marble Machine
limited edition print on acrylic panels 1/3
62 x 52 x 8 cm

Major Prize

Marieke Dench (collective)
Harmonic Generator
limited edition print on acrylic panels 1/3
62 x 52 x 8 cm

Brother McCarthy
Best Work on Paper $3,500

Clare Plueckhahn (collectively)
Begotten or Unbegotten
pigment print 100% cotton on rag paper
86 x 100 cm

Brother McCarthy
Best Work on Paper $3,500

Clare Plueckhahn (collectively)
Born or Unborn
pigment print 100% cotton on rag paper
86 x 100 cm

2018 Prize Winners
Judge Louisa Burfardeci

Major Prize
Most Outstanding Work $10,000

Pudence Flint
Bedsit
oil on linen
122 x 102 cm

Bedsit by Prudence Flint. Winner of the Most Outstanding Work in any Medium award.

Brother McCarthy
Best Work on Paper $3,500

Valerie Sparks
Le Vol 4
pigment inkjet print on paper
140 x 220 cm

Valerie Sparks, Le Vol 4, 2016, Pigment Inkjet Print on Paper, 140 cm x 220 cm

People’s Choice Award

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Joe Blundell
Melbourne Light II
oil on linen
122 x 168 cm

Joe Blundell, Melbourne Light II, oil on linen, 122 x 168cm

2017 Prize Winners

Judge Melinda Marten

Major Prize
Most Outstanding Work $10,000

Ralf Kempken
Futures, Past & Present
hand cut paper
135 x 100cm

Ralf Kempken, Futures, Past & Present, 2016, hand cut paper, 135 x 100cm

Brother McCarthy
Best Work on Paper $3,500

Penelope Davis,
Untitled
c-type photograph, ed. of 5
90 x 60cm

Penelope Davis, Untitled, 2016, c-type photograph, ed. of 5, 90 x 60cm

People’s Choice Award
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Tom Blachford
470 W Vista Chino1
inkjet print, ed. of 5
165 x 110 cm

Tom Blachford, 470 W Vista Chino1, 2014, inkjet print, ed. of 5, 165 x 110cm

Banner Image: Detail of artwork by Valerie Sparks.

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