MARCH 2016
AUSTRALIA’S MONTHLY BRIEFING ON art
Laura Jones Biennale of Sydney Gina Kalabishis
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On the Cover
From the Editor This issue sees an array of exciting events happening around the country. In Sydney, the ambitious ‘Biennale of Sydney’ kicks off on 18 March with different themed embassies across the city and an impressive program that runs through to 5 June. Canberra sees ‘Art Not Apart’ roll into town for one busy night of events, and Lorne hosts their Sculpture Biennale where over 100 artists have created works especially for it. We also preview Gina Kalabishis’ ‘You and Me’ exhibition at Flinders Lane Gallery in Melbourne, group show ‘Cornucopia’ at Shepparton Art Museum, Victoria, and ‘Marilyn Monroe’ at Bendigo Art Gallery. Plus, we chat to cover artist Laura Jones. Annie Sebel and the Art Almanac team
On the Cover Laura Jones Jones’ talent for capturing flowers is showcased in her first solo exhibition at Olsen Irwin, ‘Wildflower’. Narrowing her skew to Australian natives, her cover image Flowering Gum and Striped Cloth is just one of the many large-scale works that celebrate Australian wildflowers. “In art, wildflowers have been used in Australia as a way of exploring and defining place and identity,” says Jones. “They have been painted over the years, sometimes as botanical curiosities, other times as a means for redefining Australian art.” Jones sees wildflowers as a metaphor for “who we could be as a society, a symbol of our unique environment, a motif for strength and femininity.” Olsen Irwin 2 to 20 March, 2016 Sydney Flowering Gum and Striped Cloth, 2016, oil on linen, 152 x 122cm Courtesy the artist and Olsen Irwin, Sydney
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Art News 20th Biennale of Sydney: Embassy of Translation ‘The future is already here – it’s just not evenly distributed’, a quote from leading science fiction author William Gibson is the source of inspiration for the 20th Biennale of Sydney, the largest contemporary visual arts event in the Asia-Pacific. The Biennale is structured in thematic clusters with each participating venue designated as ‘embassies of thought’: Cockatoo Island (Embassy of the Real); Art Gallery of New South Wales (Embassy of Spirits); Carriageworks (Embassy of Disappearance); Artspace (Embassy of Non-Participation); Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (Embassy of Translation); and a bookshop (Embassy of Stanislaw Lem). For the first time, a former train station, Mortuary Station (Embassy of Transition) will also be a Biennale venue. In addition, a series of in-between projects have been commissioned for the Biennale including a project by artist collective Brown Council. Artistic Director Stephanie Rosenthal says: “One of the key ideas this Biennale explores is how the common distinction between the virtual and the physical has become ever more elusive. A focus on ‘in-between spaces’ is key: in terms of our interaction with the digital world, displacement from and occupation of spaces and land, and the interconnections and overlaps between politics and financial power structures.” The Biennale will explore, in depth, the practice of 73 Australian and international artists including Richard Bell, Daniel Boyd, Marco Chiandetti, William Forsythe, Bharti Kher, Lee Mingwei, Mike Parr, Nyapanyapa Yunupingu, Xu Zhen and others. Around 70 per cent of the represented artists will present new commissioned works, including a series of performances and site-specific installations.
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18 March to 5 June, 2016 Sydney
www.biennaleofsydney.com.au/20bos #20BOS Bharti Kher, Untitled, 2013, plaster of paris, wood, metal, each statue 123 x 61 x 95.5cm Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth, London, New York and Zurich Photograph: Peter Beyes Richard Bell, Embassy, 2013, installation view (2013) at the 5th Moscow Biennale, Moscow Courtesy Moscow Biennale Art Foundation, Moscow Photograph: Yackov Petchenin
2016 The Year of Print Print Council Australia (PCA) – a not-for-profit arts organisation dedicated to the promotion of printmaking, works on paper, artists books and collecting – hits the big 5-0 this year. In the lead up to the milestone, the PCA, in 2015, called for artists, arts organisations, curators and galleries to put on dedicated shows, forums or workshops focusing on print as part of their ‘Year of Print’ program in 2016. The year is filled with over 160 events, spread across the country. Three highlights from March/April are the exhibitions ‘The Unstable Image’, ‘50/50’ and the Print Exchange program. ‘The Unstable Image’ on at SASA Gallery, University of South Australia from 29 March to April 22 questions the parameters of print. Paul Coldwell, Marian Crawford, Joel Gailer, Aleksandra Antic and Olga Sankey use repetition, subversion or transparency to challenge the traditional role of printmaking, through print, installation and performance. The ‘50/50’ exhibition showing at Castlemaine Press, Victoria is on 12 to 14 and 19 to 20 March and honours and celebrates working together.
It features print works by Castlemaine Press members, created in pairs and inspired by themes of collaboration and connection. The Print Exchange celebrates the PCA’s anniversary by inviting members to participate in their first open art exchange. Artists produce 12 prints, from which 10 will be randomly distributed to participants, one print will be held in the PCA archive and one print will be exhibited online and sold at a set price. To see the full program and find out more about the Print Exchange, or membership details visit printcouncil.org.au. printcouncil.org.au #PCAOP16 Clayton Tremlett and Marte Newcombe, Starman, silkscreen print, 50 x 35cm Rhyll Plant (printmaker) and Ann Baxter (bookbinder), Taki I, concertina screen and relief print, hand-coloured, in handmade box, dimensions when open 39.5 x 20 x 88cm Courtesy the artists and Castlemaine Press Inc., Victoria
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Exhibition Previews
untouched environment. Kalabishis developed an admiration for the ways that the different species of plants tolerated and adapted to their environment in order to survive.
Gina Kalabishis: You & Me by Sara Sweet
Moody and subdued colours coalesce in Gina Kalabishis’ paintings which elicit feelings of somberness, mystery and warmth. Her latest exhibition ‘You and Me’ at Flinders Lane Gallery presents a series of works that were formulated in Spring 2015 when the artist attended a remote and secluded camping ground on the southern coast of NSW. During one particular visit, she was struck by the luscious vegetation seen flourishing after a period of drought. A heightened sense of awareness awakened from this immersive and 42
The paintings are prepared beforehand and the ideas grow in unison with the construction of the flower arrangements. Foliage is collected, grouped and manipulated into shapes and forms resulting in the creation of complex colours and combinations. Kalabishis says, “…textures, rhythms, perspective and balance are each given equal time and place in the arrangement, until I become connected and emotionally satisfied with the final piece.” The arrangements 1 are then photographically documented and digitally manipulated within intimate landscapes that are also photographed, sourced or re-imagined from past Australian artworks. “I start each painting months in advance, with the initial formation of ideas for the work, the extensive preparation and collection of specimens, arranging, documentation, digital manipulation and then the final act of painting.” Depending on the size, each painting can take up to three to five weeks to complete, with eight to ten hours spent working on it each day. The works consider the fragility of the environment and the existential challenges that
flowers harbor a slight blur which softens the work and accentuates other elements. The fusing between the two life forms solidifies the relationship and connection that the artist is seeking. The foliage appears to be self-illuminating, giving every leaf, stem and flower a unique and luminous glow.
humans face. Kalabishis explains, “Spending time in a place like a national park emphasises the dependency and symbiotic relationship between the environment and its inhabitants. To sustain the correct relationship is both a personal and collective choice we must make for the health and vitality of the human race and the world.” The paintings are reflective of a personal relationship with the natural world and the artist relates this to a passionate love between two people, “These works act as love letters to nature, a love that we must nurture and protect before it disappears; otherwise it becomes an unrequited love if we neglect it.” The weaving of plants and the human form is seen in Such Tenderness. Certain leaves and
When asked if her practice is changing, Kalabishis says that her curiosity sets the platform for directions of change. Acting like an organic narrative, her practice is maneuvered by inquisitiveness and heightened emotions while remaining freely open to outside influences. The paintings in ‘You and Me’ call on viewers to contemplate their own personal relationships with nature and one another. 2 Kalabishis considers, “These are ‘Romantic’ love paintings to give to humans and the world. To be within the natural environment can be an intimate experience, knowing you are going to lose it, but don’t want to, can be heartbreaking.” Flinders Lane Gallery 22 March to 16 April, 2016 Melbourne 1 Such Tenderness, 2016, oil on linen, 51 x 35cm 2 You and me, 2016, oil on linen, 123 x 82cm Courtesy the artist and Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
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Exhibition Briefs
Anthony Cahill
Karlee Rawkins Lucky Catch
Home@735 Gallery’s Art Month exhibition features a suite of small-scale paintings by Anthony Cahill. Cahill’s bold works are informed by his ongoing fascination with the absurd. This series of oil paintings are landscape based although not painted directly in, or from the landscape. His paintings find form from disparate sources and his command of the materials is evident in these adventurous depictions.
For millennia, the mythic image has been a means for bringing the incomprehensible into the realm of the tangible.
Cahill’s paintings contain surreal qualities and make references to the relationship between the natural world and man-made environments. The warm colours chosen by the artist share a personal narrative as they inflict reflective thoughts and moods. Home @735 Gallery 2 to 27 March, 2016 Sydney Gardens of Stone, Passage, 2016, oil on board, 60cm Courtesy the artist and Home@735 Gallery, Sydney
‘Lucky Catch’, is a series of paintings and drawings by Karlee Rawkins, interpreting different species of Australian birds of prey. Woven into these works are the artist’s personal stories and understandings of universal symbology, aspiring to express the ineffable and demonstrate the interconnectedness of these birds through her art making. “I look at my paintings very intensely, searching for clues to the next step,” says Rawkins. “The composition shifts and moves, layers are added and removed. Then suddenly it will become apparent and I know what to do next. It is a strange, exciting and instinctual process that finally ‘catches’ a painting.” Anthea Polson Art Until 12 March, 2016 Queensland Great Solar Bird Osprey, 2016, acrylic, charcoal on canvas, 121 x 137cm Courtesy the artist and Anthea Polson Art, Queensland
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Francis Upritchard: Jealous Saboteurs
Dorothy Braund Works from the Estate 1960-1989
Spanning almost twenty years of work, MUMA is excited to present the first major survey exhibition of London-based, New Zealand-born artist, Francis Upritchard. From her early collections of mock burial artefacts, to primate-like figures constructed from discarded fur coats, and her more recent enigmatic gurus, Upritchard has developed a highly idiosyncratic language of sculpture that frequently borrows from craft practices and a broad range of references from the deep recesses of museum collections, folklore and counter-cultures to high modernist design.
Dorothy Braund (1926-2013) was a committed Melbourne Modernist, and member of the George Bell Circle. Her creative life spanned over 70 years, during which she painted daily, engaging with the changing world around her through her art.
Monash University Museum of Art Until April 16, 2016 Melbourne Blue and Green Scarf, 2012, modelling material, foil, wire, paint, cloth, human hair Collection of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, gift of the Patrons of the Auckland Art Gallery, 2013 Courtesy the artist, Kate MacGarry, London and Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), Melbourne
Braund brings a refreshingly feminine perspective to her modernist practice; her interest being the relationships between individuals and groups as expressed through the human body: from the public rituals of the Australian beach, to the exclusive intimacy of lovers, and parent and child; Braund loves the body in all its shapes and forms. An observer of human social activity, Braund strives to distill these complex worlds into the elegant and often humorous purity of shape and form evident in her oil paintings and gouaches. Eastgate Holst Until 19 March, 2016 Melbourne Brighton, 1977, gouache on paper, 43 x 56cm Courtesy the estate of the artist and Eastgate Holst, Melbourne
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Adelaide Central Gallery
Burra Regional Art Gallery
7 Mulberry Road (via gate 1, 226 Fullarton Road), Glenside 5065. T (08) 8299-7300. E james.edwards@acsa.sa.edu.au W www.acsa.sa.edu.au H Mon, Thurs-Fri 9.00 to 5.00, Tues-Wed 9.00 to 7.00, Sat 1.00 to 4.00, closed Sun, public hols. March 15 to April 16 Fabricated Nature by Anna Horne and Claire Marsh – new works combining the familiar with the strange using natural, industrial, and sensual materials.
5-6 Market Street, Burra 5417. T (08) 8892-2411. W www.burragallery.com H Tues-Sun 1.00 to 4.00.
Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art University of South Australia 55 North Terrace, Adelaide 5000. T (08) 8302-0870. E samstagmuseum@unisa.edu.au W www.unisa.edu.au/samstagmuseum Director: Erica Green. H Tues, Wed and Fri 11.00 to 5.00, Thurs 11.00 to 7.00, Sat 2.00 to 5.00. Feb 27 to May 14, 2016 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Magic Object. Curated by Lisa Slade.
Art Gallery of South Australia
12 Compton Street, Adelaide 5000. T 0418-267-005. E feltspace@gmail.com W www.feltspace.org H Wed-Thurs 1.00 to 4.00, Fri 1.00 to 7.00, Sat 10.00 to 4.00 or by appt. March 3 to 19 (opening Wed March 2, 5.30pm) Front Gallery: The Shape of Slime by Anna Gore (SA). Back Gallery: The One on One (watching us watching them) by Ella Sowinska (VIC).
Flinders University City Gallery State Library of South Australia, North Terrace, Adelaide 5000. T (08) 8207-7055. E museum@flinders.edu.au W www.flinders.edu.au/artmuseum www.facebook.com.au/flindersart, www.instagram.com/flindersart. H Tues-Fri 11.00 to 4.00, Sat-Sun 12.00 to 4.00.
North Terrace, Adelaide 5000. T (08) 8207-7000. W www.artgallery.sa.gov.au Free entry. H Daily 10.00 to 5.00. Guided tours daily at 11.00 and 2.00. Feb 27 to May 15, 2016 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Magic Object presenting work by 25 Australian contemporary artists that bedevils classification – art that arouses our curiosity to speak to contemporary concerns. See more at adelaidebiennial.com.au
GAGPROJECTS Greenaway Art Gallery
Ascot Theatre Gallery
Hill Smith Gallery
48 Graves Street, Kadina 5554. T (08) 8821-2404. H Mon-Fri 10.00 to 4.30, Sat 9.30 to 11.30.
Barossa Regional Gallery 3 Basedow Road, Tanunda 5352. T (08) 8563 0849. E info@barossa.sa.gov.au W www.freewebs.com/barossagallery H Wed-Mon 11.00 to 4.00.
Belalie Art Gallery 6 Irvine Street, Jamestown 5491. T (08) 8664-0455, 8664-1567.
Berri Arts Centre / River Lands Gallery 23 Wilson Street (PO Box 228), Berri 5343. T (08) 8582-2288.
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39 Rundle Street, Kent Town 5067. T (08) 8362-6354 F 8362-0890. E gag@greenaway.com.au W www.greenaway.com.au Director: Paul Greenaway. H Tues-Fri 11.00 to 6.00, Sat-Sun 12.00 to 5.00. To April 2 Alone with the gods by Patricia Piccinini and Peter Hennessey.
113 Pirie Street, Adelaide 5000. T (08) 8223-6558 F 8227-0678. E hsg@hillsmithgallery.com.au W www.hillsmithgallery.com.au Director: Samuel HillSmith (member of ACGA). H Wed-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sun 2.00 to 5.00. To March 19 Main Gallery: Selected Paintings by Matthew Johnson.
JamFactory Contemporary Craft & Design 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide 5000. T (08) 8410-0727. W www.jamfactory.com.au H Mon-Sat 10.00 to 5.00, Sun 12.00 to 4.00. To April 24 Lola Greeno: Cultural Jewels.
Seppeltsfield Winery, 730 Seppeltsfield Road, Seppeltsfield 5355. T (08) 8562-8149. W www.jamfactory.com.au H Mon-Sun 11.00 to 4.00. To April 17 Generate.
Jungle’s Art Studio 558 Marion Road, Plympton Park 5038. T 0458-742-715. W www.jungleartstudio.com Introducing Franxxxtastic Fran Art.
Regional Arts Online W www.regionalarts.com.au Regional Arts Australia acts on behalf of the communities and artists of regional, rural and remote Australia in representing and resolving at a national level the issues, concerns and resource needs pivotal to the development and maintenance of a viable regional arts industry and a vibrant cultural life.
SASA Gallery
67-69 Main Street, Kapunda 5373. T (08) 8849 2149. E kcg@kapundagallery.com W www.kapundagallery.com Free entry, wheelchair access. H Mon-Sat 10.00 to 4.00, Sun 10.00 to 3.30.
University of South Australia, Level 2 Kaurna Building, cnr Hindley Street and Fenn Place, Adelaide 5000. T (08) 8302-9274. E sasagallery@unisa.edu.au W www.unisa.edu.au/Business-community/galleriesmuseums-and-centres/SASA-Gallery H Tues-Fri 11.00 to 5.00. To March 18 Border Crossings by artists and curators, Michelle Browne, Julie Gough, Sandra Johnston, Sue Kneebone, Mary Knights, Yhonnie Scarce and Dominic Thorpe.
Kerry Packer Civic Gallery at the Hawke Centre
Urban Cow Studio Handmade in Adelaide
Kapunda Art Gallery
UniSA Hawke Building, Level 3, cnr Fenn Place and North Terrace, Adelaide 5000. T (08) 8302-0371. W www.hawkecentre.unisa.edu.au H Mon-Fri 9.00 to 5.00, Thurs 9.00 to 7.00. Community gallery available for use by not-for-profit groups. To March 11 Fire Monkey Studio: A South Australia & Shandong Preview Exhibition. March 17 to April 29 Who Are We Anyway? explores themes of belonging and identity through a refugee community living in Cisarua.
Magpie Springs Gallery 1870 Brookman Road, Hope Forest 5172. T (08) 8556-7351. W www.magpiesprings.com.au H Fri-Sun 11.00 to 5.00 or by appt. To March 13 Sculptures by James Martin, and Fleurieuscapes by Gary Sauer-Thompson (photographic).
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11 Frome Street, Adelaide 5000. T (08) 8232-6126. E urbancowstudio@gmail.com W www.urbancow.com.au H Mon-Thurs 10.00 to 6.00, Fri 10.00 to 9.00, Sat 10.00 to 5.00 and Sun 12.00 to 5.00. Urban Cow Studio stocks the work of approximately 100 local artist and designers including ceramics, handblown and kiln-formed glass, jewellery and textiles. March 3 to April 2 Bowie. A group exhibition of Urban Cow Studio artists: Ned Bajic, Julia Blanka, Tracy Chaplin, Elle Dawson-Scott, Sarah Donnell, Claire Foord, Brendan Garrett, Juju Haifawi, Erin Harrald, Sally Heinrich, Nicky Irvine, Dana Kinter, Pip Kruger, Julian Lee, Cat Leonard, Ashley Playfair, Sean Powell, Tiffany Rysdale, Judy Schmidt, Jojo Spook and Dan Tomkins.
Millicent Gallery Civic Centre Complex, Ridge Terrace, Millicent 5280. T (08) 8733-2602. H Tues 9.00 to 5.30 and 6.30 to 8.30, Wed-Thurs 9.00 to 5.30, Fri 9.00 to 5.30 and 6.30 to 8.30, Sat 9.00 to 12.00, Sun 2.00 to 4.00.
Port Pirie Regional Art Gallery 3 Mary Elie Street, Port Pirie 5540. T (08) 8633-8700. W www.pprag.org H Mon-Fri 9.00 to 5.00, Sat 9.00 to 4.00, Sun and pub hols 10.00 to 4.00. To March 28 Relative Viewpoints by John and Pirie Martin.
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Contemporary Art Awards 2016 www.contemporaryartawards.com
Art Town 2016 www.arttown.com.au
T 0447-575-659. E contemporaryartawards@gmail.com Winners Prize $3000 plus additional prizes for the winners and finalists. Entries close Mon June 13. Apply online or through the supplied hardcopy application forms, visit website for details. See ad page 103.
Live art event, exhibition & awards, with a first prize of $5,000! Applications are now open. Entries close Mon March 14. $8,000 worth of prizes up for grabs! If you are a sculptor, painter, sketcher, collagist, photographer – any kind of visual artist at all – we want you to get involved with the biggest open-air art studio in the world, over two amazing live art-making weekends. Register your interest here and we’ll be in touch www.arttown.com.au/get-involved/artist-expression-ofinterest-2016
Corangamarah Art Prize www.redrockarts.com.au Call for entries for the $7500 acquisitive prize Con.ceit’16. Entries close Fri June 24. Exhibition Aug 7 to 28. Visit website for entry form and guidelines. See ad page 100.
Artentwine Sculpture Biennial www.artentwine.com.au
Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Prize 2016
E artentwinesculpture@gmail.com Artentwine Sculpture Biennial is a celebration of sculpture set against the backdrop of the beautiful Tamar Valley. Entries close Fri March 4, and Student entries close Thurs June 30. Exhibition Oct 1, 2016 to Jan 31, 2017. Email or visit website for more info.
T (03) 9244-5344. E artgallery@deakin.edu.au Call for entries for sculptures in any medium, under 70cm in any dimension. Entries close Fri April 15. Register your interest via email or phone. See ad page 28.
The Bellarine Print Prize www.tussockupstairs.com.au Tussock Upstairs Gallery, 89 Point Lonsdale Road, Point Lonsdale VIC 3225. Entries close Thurs June 30. Exhibition Sept to Oct 23. Visit website for details.
T (02) 9235-1533. E margaret@gallipoli.com.au Australian (and other eligible) artists invited to enter one piece of original work in oil, acrylic, water colour or mixed medium. Works to be delivered March 13, 14 or 15. Visit website for details and entry.
Brisbane Art Prize 2016 www.brisbaneartprize.com
Geelong contemporary art prize www.geelonggallery.org.au
Entries open $10,000 acquisitive prize. International, open category. Exhibition at Graydon Gallery Sept 5 to 11. See ad page 131.
A $30,000 acquisitive painting prize. Entries close Fri May 20. Exhibition of shortlisted works Sept 10 to Nov 13. Visit website for details and entry. See ad page 19.
Calleen Art Award 2016 www.cowraartgallery.com.au/ awards
Home and Art Prize www.walkerstgallery.com.au
Calleen Art Award for Painting. Entries close Fri March 4. Exhibition May 1 to June 19. Visit website for information and entry forms or call (02) 6340-2190.
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The Gallipoli Art Prize 2016 www.gallipoli.com.au
T (03) 9706-8441. E walkerstgallery@cgd.vic.gov.au A national art prize and exhibition for artists with an asylum seeker and refugee background in July. Entries close Mon March 14. Contact the gallery or visit the website for entry form.
City of Albany Art Prize 2016 www.albanyartprize.com.au National $25,000 acquisitive prize for contemporary Australian painting. Entries close 5pm (WST) Mon June 6. Entry available online. See ad page 135.
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Hunters Hill Art Exhibition www.huntershillart.com
The Paddington Art Prize 2016 www.paddingtonartprize.com.au
Entries close Fri Apr 8. Exhibition May 6 to 15. Visit website for entry details. See ad page 109.
E info@paddingtonartprize.com.au A $25,000 acquisitive prize for a painting inspired by the Australian landscape. Entries open Thurs March 10. Applications close midnight Sat Sept 10. Applications on-line. Visit website for details or call 0418-167-135. See ad page 113.
Indigenous Ceramic Art Award sheppartonartmuseum.com.au T (03) 5832-9861. E art.museum@shepparton.vic.gov.au The 2016 ICAA $20,000 acquisitive prize is now open to Indigenous groups and individual artists to propose an exhibition concept to realise at SAM in Aug. Entries close Tues March 15. Visit website for details.
The Mandorla Art Award 2016 www.mandorlaart.com A national thematic Christian art prize open to artists working in all media. Entries close Mon May 2. Theme for 2016 is ‘The Resurrection’.
Marie Ellis OAM Prize for Drawing 2016 www.jugglers.org.au/marie-ellis
T (08) 8080-3440. E prohartoap@brokenhill.nsw.gov.au Entries are open from Australian artists to submit works in any media with the theme of the ‘Outback’. Entries close Mon May 9. Visit website or email for details and entry form. See ad page 16.
Rick Amor Drawing Prize 2016 artgalleryofballarat.com.au Entries close Fri April 8. Visit website for entry details and application. See ad page 71.
Entries open March 7 to June 12. Finalists exhibition Aug. Visit website for terms and conditions, applications and submission.
Rockdale Outdoor Gallery Art Prize (ROGAP 2016) Sculptures by the Bay www.rockdale.nsw.gov.au/rogap
2016 National Works on Paper mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au
Applications now open to local, national and international artists to exhibit temporary public sculptures on the shores of Cook Park, Kyeemagh from April 10 to 24. Entry is free. Entries close Fri March 18. Contact: Caroline Cortes at ccortes@rockdale.nsw. gov.au or visit website for entry form and details.
T (03) 5975-4395. E mprg@mornpen.vic.gov.au Entries close Fri April 15. Exhibition July 16 to Sept 11. Visit website for details and online submission.
The Neerim District Community Bank Art Prize 2016 www.neerimbower.com.au E acquisition@neerimbower.com.au Neerim Bower Acquisition 2016 for sculptural pieces reflecting the theme ‘Inspired by Birds’. Entries close Mon July 31. Exhibition Oct 14 to Nov 6. See ad page 101.
The Nillumbik Prize 2016 www.montsalvat.com.au T (03) 9439-7712. E montsalvat@montsalvat.com.au Entries close Thurs March 17. Exhibition June 2 to July 28. Visit website for details and entry form.
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Pro Hart Outback Art Prize 2016 brokenhill.nsw.gov.au
Sawmillers Sculpture Exhibition www.sculptureatsawmillers.com T Elsa Atkin (02) 9955-5540. $20,000 prize non acquisitive. Submissions for medium-sized exterior sculptures and installations. Entries close Mon May 30. Exhibition Sept. Visit website for details.
SCOPE Galleries Art Award 2016 www.scopegalleries.com Call for entries. Art Concerning Environment. Accepting all media except screen-based projection. $5,000 non-acquisitive prize. Entries close Mon April 11. Visit website for details and entry form. See ad page 79.