2022/23 Finalists

The Blacktown City Art Prize is an acclaimed open-themed art prize and exhibition.
Finalists’ works range across painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, textiles and photo and mixed media.

Maissa Alameddine
To Hold
Photography

Skye Andrew
Moruya 1983
Oil on canvas

Walter Auer
Young Heroes
Ceramics

Tony Belobrajdic
Not from Here
Acrylic on loose linen

Brittany Bishop
Whatsherface
Glazed earthenware ceramics

Lilith Bloom
Postcards from my Psychological Journey
Acrylic on paper

Kathryn Blumke
Tyagarah Creek Quilt
Watercolour and graphite pencil on paper

Shane Bonsujet
Culling Voices
Mixed media

Mary Bozic
The Chess Game
Oil on canvas

Isabel and Lina Buck
Still Life #1, 2 and 4
Archival inkjet prints

Francis Cai
Stardust
Photography

Tyler Carson
Urban Jungle
Digital print

Leila Cheikh
PARRAMATTA ESSENCE X 2022
Mixed media on board

Jayne Christian
Guwing Burragula Ngurrawa (Sunset on Country)
Weaving
Highly Commended
2022/23 Aboriginal Artist Prize

Penny Coss
Purple Flume
Acrylic on canvas

Jingalu Craig
Historys True Past. (How the Warragamba Dam was Made)
Acrylic on canvas

Alex Cyreszko
Ewa – The Healer
Photography

Christine Druitt-Preston
Bouquet for Hazel
Hand rubbed block print on paper

Stan Florek
Anniversary
Mixed media

Mandy Fu
Self Portrait
Oil

Oscar Garcia
Up, Close and Personal
Oil on polyester

Tim Gregory
You Yangs 1984/2022
Oil on board

Amala Groom
Found
Acrylic on found object

Matthew Hall Fong
Self Portrait from Life
Oil on linen

Brodie Harris
Ocean Dreams
Acrylic on canvas

Freya Jobbins
WOUND
Clothing, coat hanger on board

Lauren Johnson
The Great Barrier Reef
Acrylic on canvas

Leanne Jones
Dinawan Ngarraarry – Emu Hunt
Watercolour and mixed media
Winner
2022/23 Aboriginal Artist Prize

Virginia Keft
The Colony on Show
Reclaimed timber, silk eco-dyed with eucalyptus leaves collected on Dharawal Country, raffia, wire and found eucalyptus wood
Highly Commended
2022/23 Aboriginal Artist Prize

Fruzsi Kenez
The Last Gasp
Gas-fired stoneware clay, under-glaze, bush-fire ash, stoneware glazes

Danica Knezevic
Salami Face
Digital photograph

Jo Langley
Fracas
Acrylic on canvas

Brigita Lastauskaite
Shimmering Love on the Seabed
Acrylic on canvas

Hyun Hee Lee
108 Defilements
Hanji paper, silk, burn marks and pencil

Mina Lee
Rousehill Farm
Oil
Winner
2022/23 Local Artist Prize

Anne Leisner
Back of Addison
Oil on canvas

Carmel Mackie
Red Tailed Black Cockatoo
Drawing with thread

NG Malla
Loving Home
Oil on canvas

Carolyn McKay
She was in the Dream Test
Digital print on aluminium

Lee Mitchell
Study of a Chinese Freemason’s Lantern
Recycled timber, salvaged nails and tin

Marisa Mu
There Is No Doubt – This Is A Womxn’s World
Watercolour on paper

Lesley Murray
Lozikeyi
Ceramic

Pieter Neve
Opa
Acrylic on canvas

Nelson Nghe
Bug Spray
Acrylic and PVC on canvas

Mary Nguyen
Small Sketches
Mixed media
Highly Commended
2022/23 Local Artist Prize

Jessica Nothdurft
Hey Bitch
Oil on wooden panel

Connor Ovenden-Shaw
TRANSaction
Digital photograph
Highly Commended
2022/23 Blacktown City Art Prize

Catherine Parker
Rear View Road Trip to 70 Mile Llarnath Queensland
Acrylic and ink on wood

Hiren Patel
Obey
Oil on canvas

Kristine Pedler
Metal Jug and Gum Leaves
Oil on canvas

Louis Pratt
Shadow Dancer
Bronze

Justin (Jian hua) Qian
Totem
Sandstone
Highly Commended
2022/23 Local Artist Prize

Peter Rush
Sightlines, The Blacktown Native Institution site. Standing here, it’s placeless, I felt erasure, ignorance (my own), indifference.
Pen and pencil on paper
Winner
2022/23 Blacktown City Art Prize