Opening Night Gallery
Thank you to everyone who came and joined in our opening celebrations on Friday, 2nd August.
Special thanks to Jansz Tasmania and James Boag's Premium.
2024 Judges
Left to right: Dr Neil Haddon, Jane Devery, Tina Baum
Photography: Jessica King
2024 Winner
Zoe Grey
The Shape of Rock
Acrylic and oil on canvas
153 cm x 122 cm
Judges' Comments
A very confident work which draws you in with its rich colours and varied mark-making. There is much to discover as you move around the work and different elements reveal themselves. It's oceanic and energetic. The composition is well resolved, and the work offers an immersion in the landscape which parallels the artist's experience of her hometown, Marrawah, a small coastal town in the northwest coast of lutruwita/Tasmania.
2024 Residency Prize Winner
Laura Patterson
Original Shadows, Kooparoona Niara (Mountains of the Spirits) / Mole Creek Tasmania
Oil on board
121 cm x 90 cm
Judges' Comments
A beautiful painting which feels both familiar and haunting. With evocative filtered light, there is a sense of moisture and dampness that make you really feel like you’re in the place. We were impressed with how the artist articulated her proposal for this residency and what it would mean for her creative practice with the opportunity for plein-air studies in Tasmanian national parks and the chance to experiment with scale.
2024 Mercury People's Choice Award Winner
Stephanie Tabram
Afternoon below Table Mountain
Acrylic on linen
137 cm x 152 cm
Honourable Mentions
Illuwanti Ken
Walawuru ngunytju kukaku ananyi (Mother eagles going hunting)
Acrylic and ink on linen
160 x 160 cm
Zaachariaha Fielding
Inma
Acrylic on linen
160 cm x 160 cm
Naomi Hobson
Wuukanta: Life on the River
Synthetic polymer on linen
160 x 160 cm
Rosie Hastie
Scott’s Peak
Photograph of constructed sculpture
67 cm x 100 cm