Awards finalist judge Steven Alderton with the winning artwork by Mirra Whale. Photo: Supplied.
FROM REDLAND CITY COUNCIL
Redland City Council and Redland Art Gallery (RAG) are thrilled to announce the winners of the
Redland Art Awards for 2024.
- First prize ($20,000): Mirra Whale, Seafood Still Life for Margaret, 2023, Oil, NSW (Note: this artwork will be acquired for the Redland Art Gallery Collection).
- Second prize ($6,000): Joanne Currie Nalingu, I dropped a stone in our river, 2024, Acrylic, QlThird prize ($3,000): Pat Hoffie, Balancing Rocks, 2023-24, Oil, Qld.
- RAMP Member’s Choice award ($500): Penelope Oates, Mist Settling, 2024, Mixed Media: Acrylic, ink and heated soldering iron, NSW.
Highly Commended mentions to: Ashlee Becks, Junk, 2024, Oil, Qld; Kathryn Blumke, Wellington Point Quilt 6, 2024, Watercolour, Qld; Julie Cane, 1920s A Cup of Tea and a Chat, 2024, Oil, Qld; Karla Marchesi, Plato’s Cave, 2023, Oil, Qld; Rosella Namok, Young gals yarnin’ into the night II, 2024, Acrylic, Qld; Ann Thomson, Land Sea Series, 2023, Acrylic, NSW.
Redland Art Awards 2024 received more than 400 entries from across Australia, from which 55 finalists were selected. The biennial awards are a unique platform that celebrates the diversity and depth of contemporary painting in Australia.
The winners and all finalists will have their work exhibited at (RAG) Cleveland until Tuesday 28 January, 2025.
Voting for the Meredith Foxton People’s Choice Award ($1000) will be open to the public throughout the exhibition.
The winner will be announced on 28 January by committee members of the Redland Yurara Art Society who have generously sponsored this award.
