WAMA Art Prize, Works on Paper
Medium / category: Works on paper
Requirements: Entrants must submit a work on paper that is inspired by the natural environment
Eligibility: Australian residents
Associated institutions: Creative Victoria, Ararat Gallery TAMA, Ararat City Council
The WAMA Art Prize, Works on Paper, is a $25,000 biennial national award. Inviting a multi-disciplinary range of nature-inspired Australian artists, the award celebrates the deep interconnection between art and nature. The award endeavours to raise awareness of the importance of conserving the Australian environment. Indeed, the centre of art, dedicated to art inspired by the natural environment, is placed among woodlands, wetlands and botanic gardens.
First Nation artists are encouraged to apply. In 2021 there were 600 entries, 40 finalists and three award winners selected by the judges.
Awards
Awards include the $15,000 Acquisitive Prize, the $2,500 Award of Excellence and the $2,500 People’s Choice Award. The Award of Excellence and the People’s Choice Award are non-acquisitive prizes.
Previous Judges
2023:
Dr Vicki Couzens, Artist
Robert Nelson, Art Historian, Art Critic
Suzanne Davies, Director
Dr Jacqueline Healy, Chair of WAMA Art Advisory Council
2021:
Anne Virgo, Curator, Printmaker
Robert Nelson, Art Critic
Suzanne Davies, Art Gallery Director, Curator
Jacky Healy, Curator
Previous Winners and Finalists
2023:
Martin King, Tree of Life, Diary of Lost Souls in Twenty Volumes No 2, 2023
Winner: Major Acquisitive Prize
Zena Cumpston, Ngarta-Kiira (To Return to Country) #1, 2023
Winner: Award of Excellence
Johanna Weiss, Tethered, 2022
Winner: Award of Excellence
Lizzie Horne, Yuraygir goanna II, 2022
Winner: Award of Excellence
Andrea Cheers, Ruby, 2023
Winner: People’s Choice Award
2021:
Melissa Smith, Listen Deeply – Lake Sorell, 2021
Winner: Major Acquisitive Prize
Diane Fogwell, The Dead Tree Scroll – Silent Extinction, 2021
Winner: Award of Excellence
Janet Mathews, Just Flying through – Red Tailed Black cockatoos, 2021
Winner: Award of Excellence
Juanita McLauchlan, Found, 2021
Winner: Award of Excellence
Amanda Blake-Sutterby, Cape Gooseberry, 2021
Winner: People’s Choice Award
Image: 2021 inaugural WAMA Art Prize major winner, Melissa Smith, Listen Deeply – Lake Sorell 2021. Courtesy: the artist and WAMA Art Prize.
Information up to date from January 18 2024
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