Melissa Spratt, Wollumbin Art Award 2022 Finalist, I Am Sensitive To Bright Lights and Strong Smells (detail), 2021, finger-knitted wool on canvas. Courtesy: The artist and the gallery.

The Wollumbin Art Award (WAA) is the Gallery’s new biennial $30,000 award open to artists living in the Tweed, Ballina, Byron, Kyogle and Scenic Rim Shires, as well as Lismore and Gold Coast City. The Award, named for the mountain the Gallery overlooks, celebrates the calibre and diversity of artists of the region.

The WAA 2022 exhibition showcases an impressive selection of artworks from shortlisted finalists across the region including painting, works on paper, ceramics, 3D and digital works.

The inaugural judge is writer, curator and editor of VAULT Magazine, Alison Kubler.

A Tweed Regional Gallery initiative.

Opening Event: Saturday 1 October, 2022.