The winners of the 2020 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize were announced on Friday 27 November, at a live-stream event attended by Federal Minister for the Arts Paul Fletcher MP.
The Professional Artist Prize of $35,000 went to Vicki Cullinan for her acrylic on linen artwork, ‘Munga Ilkari (The Night Sky),’ which ‘takes us out, way beyond the frame, to consider the cosmos and our tiny human role within it.’
The Emerging Artist’s Prize of $5,000 was won by Danielle Guyot for her sculpture made from foam cups, ‘Watagan Balga – Relic from a Forgotten World,’ ‘an exquisitely crafted sculpture of a grass tree made from polystyrene foam cups.’
The Indigenous Emerging Artist Prize of $5,000, was won by Lynette Lewis for her acrylic on canvas artwork, ‘Tali Womikata,’ a ‘mesmerising work of great beauty that creates an almost physical experience of the movement of wind over sands.’
Congratulations also to the artists who received Highly Commended recognition for their artworks:
Professional Artists:
• Rosemary Valadon ‘Table of Broken Things’
• Catherine Nelson ‘Cartago’
Emerging Artists:
• Theresa Hunt ‘January 2020’
• Sue Grose-Hodge ‘Pencil on Paper’
Indigenous Emerging Artists:
• Jacqueline Phillipus Napurulla ‘Kalipinypa’
• Jenna Lee ‘Adornment of the Abhorrent’
The annual Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize was established in 2017, to advance art and opportunity for emerging and established women artists in Australia. It is the highest value professional artist prize for women in the country.