Winner of the John Fries Award 2017 Announced
Kuba Dorabialski, Invocation Trilogy #1: Floor Dance of Lenin's Resurrection, 2017 Single channel video Production still © Kuba Dorabialski / Licensed by Viscopy Sydney, Australia: Copyright Agency has announced the winner of its prestigious annual John Fries Award 2017 which recognises
Finalists announced for John Fries Award 2017
Copyright Agency | Viscopy today announced the 12 finalists for the John Fries Award 2017. The award, curated by interdisciplinary artist, academic and curator, Consuelo Cavaniglia, is an annual $10,000 art award recognising the talents of early career visual artists from Australia
Entries Open to Award for Newest Artistic Talent
Entries have opened for the 8th annual John Fries Award for early-career artists from Australia and New Zealand, which provides $10,000 in prize money for the winning artist and $1,000 for each award finalist participating in the exhibition. The non-acquisitive award
Consuelo Cavaniglia named Curator for John Fries Award 2017
Interdisciplinary artist Consuelo Cavaniglia has been announced as the Guest Curator of the John Fries Award 2017. With a varied background, over the past 12 years Consuelo has worked in a range of contemporary art spaces, universities, regional art centres and
Artists Subvert and Challenge in John Fries Award 2016
Two Victorian artists have dominated this year’s Copyright Agency | Viscopy John Fries Award for emerging artists announced tonight by the prize’s benefactor Vivienne Fries in Sydney. The $10,000 award winner is Eric Demetriou, while Jessie Bullivant was Highly Commended for
Art Award’s Fourteen Finalists Announced
Fourteen finalists have been named from nearly one thousand entries for this year’s leading art award for emerging contemporary artists, the John Fries Award 2016. The finalists are dominated by five Victorian artists with a spread from New South Wales, Queensland,
Record entries prove Award’s broader pull
Nearly a thousand entries have flooded into this year’s 7th annual John Fries Award from artists all over Australia and New Zealand, a 25% increase on last year. The Award attracted 985 entries from emerging and early career artists across multiple
Judges announced for the John Fries Award 2016
Some of the most highly-regarded professionals in the contemporary arts industry have today been announced as judges for the 7th annual John Fries Award. For the second consecutive year, Sydney-based artist, academic Oliver Watts will curate the 2016 John Fries Award Finalist Exhibition. He
Indigenous artists encouraged to enter emerging art award
Ben Ward at work. Photo courtesy Waringarri Aboriginal Arts Centre. With the first-ever win by an Aboriginal artist – 65-year-old Ben Ward from WA - of the $10,000 John Fries Award last year, the organisers are keen to receive even more
John Fries Award Open for Entries
Emerging and early-career artists from around Australia and New Zealand are encouraged to submit five images of recent work to be consider for the $10,000 John Fries Award. Dates The Call for Entries for the John Fries Award 2016 opened at 8am
Emerging WA Artist wins John Fries Award 2015
Remote West Australian artist Ben Ward is the first Aboriginal artist, and the first Western Australian, to take out the $10,000 Copyright Agency | Viscopy John Fries Award for emerging artists for his painting Our Country. Despite picking up a paintbrush just four
New Curated John Fries Award Exhibition to Give ‘Nod to Absurd’
Finalists are now busy creating new works for the 6th annual John Fries Award exhibition, A Jester’s Whisper, which will open in early September. This year the awards were structured to give more time for artists to develop their artworks specifically