Kennedy Prize 2023 Winner Sid Pattni “The Story of Us (Portrait of Moz)"
This is Moz, a Kurdish refugee who fled repression and sought shelter in Australia. Despite spending over 7 years locked up in detention after arriving by boat, he remained resilient. He spent 15 months in a hotel room, deprived of fresh air, his spirit persevered. Now a vocal advocate for refugee rights, he embodies the beauty of resilience.
Oil, synthetic polymer and cotton thread on canvas
Pattni
Judges Statement: “The haunting portrait of Kurdish refugee Moz entitled, The Story of Us spoke to the judges with his arresting gaze. Overlaid with rhythmical stitching that evokes a sense of time marked and endured, confinement and restriction it illustrates so beautifully liberties denied.
The work champions the beauty of resilience in the human spirit to triumph against the most unimaginable odds and gives a voice to those that come to Australia for a better life/ future”
Nyland Prize 2023 Winner Margaret Ambridge “ALICE"
During our conversation Alice spoke quietly and with a ‘flat bat’ approach about her cancer experience. Sharing disparate comments about “wanting to look as elegant as I can to give me confidence” and “wanting to sit on the hill at the cricket with no top on like the men” it was a conversation I will never forget.
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Ignacio Rojas James Stickland Jane Reynolds Janelle Hatherly Jaq Grantford Jenny McCracken Jess Hayton Joe Whyte Juanita Van Den Bergh Katherine Gailer
Lana Dang Liz Gridley Lucy Fekete Lyn Bartolo Margaret Ingles Matthew Gill Melanie Crawford Michael Simms Nicole Pascal Nunzio Miano
Otto Schmidinger Paul Alexander Penelope oates Peter Tankey Philip David Pleasance Ingle Rachelle Dusting Richard Allen Sarah Anthony Sarah Park
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Katya, Tony Kearney, Expired 4×5 film in vintage camera, scanned, printed on Hahnemule photo rag with archival ink, 2014 – Kennedy Prize Finalist
Kennedy Prize 2022 Winner:
Byron Copland - "Ageing Still Life Diptych"
Judges Statement: “Looking through an alternate lens on the brief – it is the antethesis of beauty that captivates. Intimate and thoughtfully composed, this dyptich shows beauty in the mundane. Capturing various stages of decay in order to define beauty.”