2020 NAS Awards Recipients
On Friday 11 December, the National Art School celebrated the achievements and success of our students through awarding of prizes and scholarships. We would like to congratulate the award recipients for their hard work, and thank our lecturers and technicians for their outstanding dedication and commitment to each and every student.
All of the prizes and scholarships awarded have been generously provided by our benefactors and sponsors, and we also thank you for your support.
Major Awards
Anne Pata Memorial Drawing Award
Whimbrel Wilson & Jane Alexander
Bird Holcomb Foundation Scholarship
Taylor Steel
Mark Henry Cain Memorial Travel Scholarship
Luke Kennedy
East Sydney Doctors Scholarship
Madeleine Feist & Sylvie Veness
Clitheroe Foundation Scholarship
Ellen Wickens
National Art School Aboriginal Art Centre Internship – Tikjkala
Clementine McIntosh
National Art School Aboriginal Art Centre Internship – Ernabella
Lauren O’Connor
John Olsen Prize for Drawing
Em Ingram-Shute
Derivan Award for Excellence
Noah Bennett
Troy Quinliven Exhibition Award
Daniel Bodey
Richard Lucchese Abstract Painting Prize
Katharine Francis
Joel Corrigan Memorial Photography Award
Lucy King
Art History
Brandon Trakman Prize
Em Ingram-Shute and Sadhbha Beth Cockburn
Ceramics
Sabbia Gallery Exhibition Prize
Michele Edinger
Parkers Sydney Fine Art Ceramic Award
Alyssa Clemson
Kil.n.It Award
Michele Edinger
N.E. Pethebridge Award
Lucy Rushton
Matilda Kubany-Deane Memorial Prize
Yul Scarf
Drawing
Parkers Sydney Fine Art Drawing Award
Aliki Yiorkas
John Olsen Prize for Drawing (Highly Commended)
Clementine McIntosh
Jasco Sketchbook Prize
Katharine Francis
Dora Dreyfus Drawing Award
Kim Bennett
Painting
Parkers Sydney Fine Art Painting Award
Caitlin Evans
Derivan Award for Mixed Media
Nicole Fern
Parkers Sydney Fine Art Framing Award
Daniel Bodey
aMBUSH Gallery
Suzanna Vangelov
John McCaughey Prize (Perpetual)
Trenna Austen – A Desperate Ride on a Terrible Course
Sydney Olympic Park Residency Award – Painting
Tara McIntosh
Photomedia
Kayell Australia Photography Award
Nell Thompson
Printmaking
Artscene Printmaking Prize
Svetlana Prokhorova
Artscene Printmaking Prize
Aliki Yiorkas
Parkers Sydney Fine Art Printmaking Award
Roman Giuffre
Ellen Lee O’Shaughnessy Printmaking Award
Isabella Kennedy
Sydney Olympic Park Residency Award – Printmaking
Lorelei Sneyd
Megalo Studio and Gallery Residency Award – Printmaking
Eliza Gwynne, Claire Welch, Fergus Berney-Gibson
Sculpture
Parkers Sydney Fine Art Sculpture Award
Arushi Nayar
Sculpture by the Sea Prize
Em Ingram-Shute
Dr John Vallance Prize for Sculpture
Bronwyn Vaughan
KNULP Exhibition Prize
Maria Alvarado Loukianova
Barnes Prize for Sculpture
Jane Alexander
Sydney Olympic Park Residency Award – Sculpture
Charlotte Simpson and Hannah Wilson
Open Awards
NAVA Ignition Prize for Professional Practice
Yul Scarf
Studio W doubleyou Exhibition Prize (1-2 Award Recipients)
Noah Bennett and Nina Radonja
Harvey Galleries Award
Casey Chen (ceramics)
Trenna Austin (painting)
Nic Fern (painting)
Finnegan McGrath (painting)
Sophia Yong (painting)
Katika Schultz (printmaking)
Giorgia McRae (sculpture)
