SMH: ‘It’s bloody fantastic’: Modest artist scoops $30,000 prize

SMH: ‘It’s bloody fantastic’: Modest artist scoops $30,000 prize

Article by Nick Galvin

Multi award-winning artist Euan Macleod has won the $30,000 Dobell Drawing Prize with a pastel-on-paper work entitled Borderlands.

Each of the 15 postcard-sized images in the work depict scenes from the NSW/Queensland border when it briefly reopened in July at the height of the COVID-19 lockdown.

Read the full article through the link below.

Photo: James Alcock

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On Tuesday 10 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 Prize winners (pictured left to right): Oliver Abbott, Caleb Slater, Megan McKenzie, Freyja Fristad, Sarah R. Serfati, Ellen McCalmont, Benjamin Akuila, Chile Bainbridge, Elena Larkin. Photography by Peter Morgan.  View the full list of awards and recipients at the link in bio.
The Grad Show is now open! 
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Celebrate the future of contemporary art, 6–15 December. 
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Learn more about the exhibition at the link in bio. 
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Thank you to current NAS BFA student @harrison_chao for the music.
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