2018 Finalists

[vc_row enable_hue_rotation="no" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="6286"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]The Ryan Sisters is a collaboration between sisters Pip and Natalie Ryan that exists outside their own practice. They were both born in Noble Park and live in Melbourne, Victoria. Together they explore ideas associated

[vc_row enable_hue_rotation="no" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="6285"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Nadia Hernández (b.1987, Mérida, Venezuela; lives and works in Sydney) studied at the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2008. Her visual arts practice is informed specifically by

[vc_row enable_hue_rotation="no" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="6284"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Madison Bycroft (b. 1987) is an artist born in Adelaide/Kaurna Yarta, Australia, who is currently based between Marseille and Adelaide. Bycroft is a graduate from the University of South Australia, and the MFA program at

[vc_row enable_hue_rotation="no" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="6283"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Born in Sydney, New South Wales, lives and works in Sydney, New South Wales. Justine Youssef is a contemporary artist who is currently living and working on the unceded territory of the Darug people. Her practice

[vc_row enable_hue_rotation="no" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="6282"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Born in Canberra, lives and works between Brisbane and London. Jenna is a mixed race Larrakia, Wardaman and Karajarri woman whose contemporary art practice explores the acts of identity/identification, label/labelling and the relationships formed between language,

[vc_row enable_hue_rotation="no" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="6281"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Hayley Millar-Baker is a contemporary artist known for her photographic works and multi-modal installations. With a variety of narrative techniques, including assemblage, text, and story-boarding, Millar-Baker examines both personal and collective realities of Aboriginality and

[vc_row enable_hue_rotation="no" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="6280"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Elena Papanikolakis explores representations and abstractions of time, place and narrative, by engaging with a variety of found material and material of personal and cultural significance. Her interests lie in exploring and challenging meaning, and

[vc_row enable_hue_rotation="no" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="6279"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Dean Cross was born and raised on Ngunnawal/Ngambri Country and is of Worimi descent. He is a trans-disciplinary artist primarily working across installation, sculpture and photography. His career began in contemporary dance, performing and choreographing

[vc_row enable_hue_rotation="no" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="6288"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Born in Mullumbimby, lives and works in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. David Greenhalgh is a remix artist who creates short video essays about issues of social and political power, our ways of perceiving the world, and

[vc_row enable_hue_rotation="no" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="6287"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Betty Chimney and Raylene Walatinna are a mother and daughter collaborative art practice based in the Iwantja Arts Indulkana Community in South Australia. They have exhibited together since 2016. Their collaborative paintings are about the country