Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards

23 August 2013 - 27 January 2014

The Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards, the richest Indigenous arts prize in the country, is a national award founded in 2008 to celebrate the breadth, diversity and excellence of art from all corners of Indigenous Australia. The awards acknowledge the significant and ongoing contribution Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists make to Australian art, culture and society.

Sixteen finalists will be represented in the exhibition of the Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards 2013. The artists who have been invited to participate in the awards exhibition have the opportunity to share in $65,000 in prizes. The awards comprise a group exhibition of outstanding art and three non-acquisitive awards totalling $65,000: the Western Australian Indigenous Art Award of $50,000; the Western Australian Artist Award of $10,000; and the People’s Choice Award of $5,000.

The $50,000 Western Australian Indigenous Art Award will be awarded to the artist whose work in the awards exhibition is considered by the selection panel to be the most outstanding. The winner of this award and the $10,000 recipient will be announced at the opening event on Thursday 22 August 2013. The People’s Choice Award of $5,000 will be presented at the end of the exhibition season to the artist who receives the highest number of visitor votes.


The awards comprise a group exhibition of outstanding art and three non-acquisitive awards:

 

The sixteen artists selected to exhibit are:

(listed alphabetically)

NAME

LIVES

LANGUAGE GROUP

Churchill Cann

WA

Gija

Julie Gough

TAS

Trawlwoolway

Ray Ken

SA

Pitjantjatjara / Yankunyjatjara

Beaver Lennon

SA

Antikirinya Mirning

Minyawe Miller

WA

Warnman

Abe Muriata

QLD

Girramay

Wintjiya  Napaltjarri

NT

Pintupi

Lawrence Omeenyo

QLD

Umpila

Brian Robinson

QLD

Kala Lagain Ya

Yhonnie Scarce

VIC

Kokatha / Nukunu

Dulcie Sharpe

NT

Luritja

Christian Thompson

VIC

Bidjara

Conrad Tipungwuti

NT

Tiwi

Wukun Wanambi

NT

Yolngu / Miwatj

Ngipi Ward

WA

Ngaanyatjarra

Nora Wompi

WA

Manyjilyjarra

 


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Last reviewed 14 February 2013

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