PAINTING PRIZE JUDGE

Julie Fragar

Artist & Head of Painting, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University

Julie Fragar is an Australian artist whose work focuses on painting and auto/biography. Fragar completed a Bachelor and Master of Visual Arts at the Sydney College of Art, University of Sydney (1995-2001) and a PhD at the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University (2013) where she is currently Head of Painting. She has exhibited widely across Australia including exhibitions at the Art Gallery of New South Wales and Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Queensland Art Gallery|Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, and was recently included in The National: New Australian Art at Carriageworks, Sydney. Her work is held in numerous public and private collections and is represented by Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney.

Photographic Prize Judge

Michael Marzik

Photographer & Arts industry professional

Michael Marzik is an Austrian freelance photographer, born in Switzerland, and now based in Cairns.

After arriving in Cairns, he worked from 1994 - 2009 as Artist in Residence at the Tanks Arts Centre, Exhibitions Manager/Deputy Director at the Cairns Art Gallery, Exhibition Designer at the Museum of Brisbane, and Museum Development Officer for Queensland Museum in Far North Queensland. Marzik is a freelance photographer and exhibition designer.