2018 Finalists

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[vc_row enable_hue_rotation="no" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="4663" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Kathy Ramsey (born at Bow River Station, lives and works in Warmun, Western Australia) Kathy is a painter, dancer, carver and a key cultural figure in the new generation of artists emerging from Warmun Art

[vc_row enable_hue_rotation="no" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="4043" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Kuba Dorabialski (born in Wrocław, Poland, lives and works in Sydney, New South Wales) Through cinematic video and video installation, Kuba develops works that attempt to reconcile modernism with mysticism, and radical leftist politics with

[vc_row enable_hue_rotation="no" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="4047" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Bridget Reweti (from Tauranga Moana, lives and works in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand) Bridget is a video and performance artist whose work explores contemporary Indigenous realities and focuses on the varied perspectives taken to landscape. She

[vc_row enable_hue_rotation="no" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="4049" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Anwar Young, (born in Alice Springs, lives and works in Amata, South Australia) Anwar works across traditional punu crafting, contemporary sculptural practice, new media and photography. He engages with traditional men’s punu (wood) crafting mediums to

[vc_row enable_hue_rotation="no" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="4052" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Amanda Williams (born in Sydney, lives and work in Sydney, New South Wales) Amanda is an installation and photomedia artist whose work explores the history of photography and architectural modernism. Her work investigates the way our

[vc_row enable_hue_rotation="no" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="4056" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Ella Sutherland (born in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand, lives and works in Sydney, New South Wales) Ella is an artist and graphic designer whose work is concerned with the analysis and activation of text and

[vc_row enable_hue_rotation="no" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="4058" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Angela Tiatia, (born in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand, lives and work in Sydney, New South Wales) Angela is a multi-disciplinary artist working across film, photography, video installation and performance. In her work, she seeks to draw

[vc_row enable_hue_rotation="no" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="4060" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Barayuwa Munuŋgurr(born in Wandawuy outstation, Yirrkala, lives and works in Yirrkala, Northern Territory) Barayuwa works primarily in sculpture and painting, he is a skilled maker of yiḏaki, gaḻpu (spear-throwers), gara (spears) and biḻma (clap-sticks). His work

[vc_row enable_hue_rotation="no" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="4062" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Claudia Nicholson (born Bogota, Colombia, lives and works in Sydney, New South Wales) Claudia is a multidisciplinary artist working across ceramics, installation, video, performance and painting. Her work explores issues around multiple identities, belonging and separation

[vc_row enable_hue_rotation="no" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="4065" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Ben Leslie (born in Portland, Victoria, lives and works in Adelaide, South Australia) Ben is a sculptor whose practice is concerned with the studio’s ongoing relationship with art historical contexts. He explores the recent return to

[vc_row enable_hue_rotation="no" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="4067" img_size="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Tina Havelock Stevens (born in Sydney, lives and works in Sydney, New South Wales) Tina is multi-disciplinary artist whose work is defined by a meditation on the relationships we have with each other, the places