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a l e r i e D ü s s e l d o r f A very special congratulation to our Artists : Mark Parfitt Galerie Düsseldorf / Curtin University Post Graduate Scholarship Recipient 2008 dOFa08 Presented in collaboration with the Department of Art, Curtin University of Technology. Mark Parfitt
Mark Parfitt, Carlisle Buffalo, mixed media, 2007
Tom Mùller wins inaugural 2008 Qantas Foundation Encouragement of Australian Contemporary Art Award Josephine Tovey TOM MULLER is fascinated by aviation: he once created a passport for a borderless globe, and his next project will document aeroplane runways.So when the judges for an art prize sponsored by Qantas were considering the artist's work, they paused to consider whether it would look like a publicity stunt for the airline."We did have a bit of a chat about that one," said the director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, one of the judges for the inaugural Qantas Foundation Encouragement of Australian Contemporary Art Award. "But Qantas made it very clear they weren't looking for that. He won because his body of work is very interesting."Eight artists - one from each state and territory - received the award at the Museum of Contemporary Art yesterday. Swiss-born Muller is from Western Australia.The NSW winner was Alex Davies, from Sydney. Davies, a graduate of the College of Fine Arts who creates interactive installations, is in Europe working on a project.The award recognises the work of promising artists who use a diverse range of media. Each prize comprises $20,000 cash and $10,000 worth of air travel. It has been largely financed by the sale of works from the Qantas art collection. Muller, 33, said that he would use the prize to fund his new documentary.He developed a love for the appearance of airstrips as a child while flying in light planes with his father, who was a pilot."I'm really fascinated by having these visual incisions in the land," he said. "I did quite a bit of flying when I was young. I just love landscape, aerial perspective, the big picture."Last year Qantas sold 22 works from its major collection, yielding $3.4 million to put towards the new prize.Its chief executive, Geoff Dixon, said creating an award that invested in young artists was the best possible use for the company's valuable collection. "There are a lot of other prizes like the Archibald which tend to reward more established people," he said. "We wanted to find a niche that was a bit different."Dixon said he was no expert on art but had utmost faith in his judging panel, which also included the director of the Art Gallery of NSW, Edmund Capon, and the director of Visual Arts at the Australia Council, Anna Waldmann.The award differs from most other prizes in that it recognises a body of work, rather than just a single piece, and it is targeted at artists who are in the middle of their careers who have demonstrated promise.
JOHN TESCHENDORFF : 2008 ACUADS AWARD 2007
Image: KIM STANLEY MEDLEN : Galerie Düsseldorf / Curtin University Post Graduate Scholarship Recipient
TOM MÚLLER : selected for 2008 Adelaide Biennial - Art Gallery of South Australia
JANET LAURENCE : selected for 2008 Adelaide Bienniale - Art Gallery of South Australia
Congratulations Joshua Webb Galerie Düsseldorf - Curtin University Scholarship Recipient for 2006
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EPHEMERA @ KURB Galleries 310 William St Northbridge until Saturday 20 May 2006 View/Download
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Academici Valerie Tring and other recipients The Australia Council Visual Arts / Crafts Board Rome Studio Residency 1999 - 2004 Faculty of Art + Design Gallery Monash University 17 March - 13 April 2005 28 January - 13 March 2005
View Installation @ Art Gallery of Western Australia Congratulations Alex Spremberg Winner of the $ 15,000 BankWest Contemporary Art Prize
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download catalogue in pdf format Now in its fourth year, the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize is the first and only national prize for small sculpture up to 80cm in any dimension. Prizes totalling $13,000 include: • The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, an acquisitive award of $10,000 • The Special Commendation, a non-acquisitive award of $2,000 • The Viewers' Choice, a non-acquisitive award of $1,000. Dates for your diary: * Finalists prepared for delivery 20 October 2004 * The 2004 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize Exhibition 22 - 31 October 2004. Click here for more details. Unsworth Joins Judging Panel Eminent Australian sculptor Ken Unsworth will join curator Wayne Tunnicliffe on the judging panel for the 2004 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize. The sculptor?s presence on the panel may be defined by his belief that "visual art tries to make the invisible, visible". Ken Unsworth began his creative life when he was working at Bathurst Teachers College in 1966. His work described as striking and mysterious and a nostalgic reflection and expression of his life, is represented in most Australian major galleries and many international collections. He has had numerous solo exhibitions here and overseas, including a major survey exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW in 1998. Wayne Tunnicliffe, curator of Contemporary Australian Art at the Art Gallery of NSW, has described sculpture as one of the most innovative areas of creative art practice. It is he says "a testament to an enduring fascination with the creative potential of three dimensional objects". The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, now in its fourth year, was initiated by Woollahra Council to promote, support and celebrate artistic excellence. It is the only national award for original, freestanding small sculpture. 
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