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2022 NAS Awards Recipients

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2022 NAS Awards Recipients

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On Thursday 8 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
Bird Holcomb Foundation Scholarship Isabella Kennedy
Clitheroe Foundation Scholarship Bibi Soleimani
East Sydney Doctors Scholarship Minghua Xiang
Mark Henry Cain Memorial Travel Scholarship Freyja Fristad
Look Print Scholarship James Little
Lift Off Award Daniel McClelland
National Art School Aboriginal Art Centre Internship Anne Blair-Hickman
Madison Baird
Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre Nancy Fairfax (AIR) Award Emily Ebbs

International Residencies
Onslow Storrier residency at La Cite International des Arts, Paris Sadhbha Cockburn
Nic Fern
Geoff Kleem
British School at Rome Sophia Lee Georgas

Art History and Theory 
Brandon Trakman Memorial Prize Johanna Ng and Imogen Elmers

Ceramics
Australian Ceramics Association Prize Adelle Groviev
Australian Ceramics Association Prize Scott Elk
Matilda Kubany-Deane Memorial Prize Laura Ramirez-Segura
The Merran Esson Student Award Jessica Smith
N.E. Pethebridge Award  MFA: Alma Studholme
N.E. Pethebridge Award  BFA: Aiya Dreaming Edmeades  and James Crosilla
Kil.n.It Award Michele Edinger
Kil.n.It Award Patricia Aldrett
Parkers Sydney Fine Art Ceramic Award  Imojjen Elmer
Sabbia Gallery Exhibition Prize  Aiya Dreaming Edmeades
Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios Ceramics Award Harry Stieven -Dalton

Drawing
Anne Pata Memorial Drawing Award Carolyn Ong
Bonner & Tonkin Drawing Prize Stephanie Eather
John Olsen Prize for Drawing   Christien Britton and Mitchell Hargraves
John Olsen Prize for Drawing (Highly Commended) Liying Gui (AKA Luna)
Kaye Shumack Sunflower Drawing Prize Judith Ajani
Parkers Sydney Fine Art Drawing Award  Isabella Kennedy
James Ballaam Elsley Memorial Prize Joanna Ng

Painting
Derivan Acrylics Award of Excellence  India Swinton
Derivan Acrylics Award for Mixed Media Bronte Phillips
Troy Quinliven Exhibition Award Madison Baird
Trenna Austin Gallery Prize for Abstract Painting Belinda Skyring
Parkers Sydney Fine Art Framing Award    Nicole Francia
Parkers Sydney Fine Art Painting Award Adele Warner
COSO Architecture Landscape Prize Kathy Liu
Prix Yves Hernot Painting Award Emily Ebbs
James Ballaam Elsley Memorial Prize Gisele Malherbe

Photomedia
Kayell Australia Photography Award  Johanna Ng
Joel Corrigan Memorial Photography Award  Hayden Broderick
Prix Yves Hernot Photography Award Ali Tahayori

Printmaking
Artscene Printmaking Prize Ella Cass
Artscene Printmaking Prize Tori Kamaris
Megalo Studio and Gallery Residency Award – Printmaking Freyja Fristad
Parkers Sydney Fine Art Printmaking Award  Bansi Joshi
Ellen Lee O’Shaughnessy Printmaking Award Guinevere Randall and Haylie Atkins
Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios Printmaking Award Caitlin Graham
Centenary Printmaking Prize Erica Covolan
Max Foley Memorial Prize Anthony Bartok

Sculpture
KNULP Exhibition Prize George Squires and Eugenia Argiopoulos
Parkers Sydney Fine Art Sculpture Award  Francheska Coenraads
Dr John Vallance Prize for Sculpture Grace Lee
Sculpture Department Prize Mason Curran
Sculpture by the Sea Prize Brandon McGee
Open Awards
Dominik Mersch Gallery Award Armando Chant
Harvey Galleries Award Waldemar Kirpichnikov
Olivia Elaine Tahan
TC Overson
John Mangila
Vicki Potter
Mungo Howard
Mei Zhao
Hugo Fraser
Justine Roche
Sylvie Veness
Anthony Bartok
Katie Clarke
Martin John Oldfield
Shirley Randell Student Award Grace Buckley
Mea-mei Stanbury
NAVA Ignition Prize for Professional Practice  Imogen Welch
Studio W Exhibition Prize Larisa Tao Liu
The Squatters Residency  Sadhbha Cockburn and Mei Zhao
Australian Galleries Courtney McClelland
Beatrice Weidner
Scott Elk
Make Your Mark Shani Gosh
Sabine Jamieson
Isabella Kennedy
Imogen Welch
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Art Club is our high school student program for 15-17 year olds, designed to enhance and extend students’ technical, conceptual, and intellectual skills, through intensive practical study in the disciplines offered at NAS as well as engaging in an experience of our studios and campus, under the expert direction of experienced artists.

Set your child on a creative path with Art Club.

Learn more at the link in bio.

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Apr 15

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Art Club is our high school student program for 15-17 year olds, designed to enhance and extend students’ technical, conceptual, and intellectual skills, through intensive practical study in the disciplines offered at NAS as well as engaging in an experience of our studios and campus, under the expert direction of experienced artists. Set your child on a creative path with Art Club. Learn more at the link in bio.

Thank you to everyone who attended the opening night of the 24th Dobell Drawing Prize and congratulations again to the prize winner NAS alumna Rosemary Lee.

The 24th Dobell Drawing Prize is now open until Saturday 21 June 2025
11am – 5pm Monday to Saturday
NAS Gallery
Free admission, all welcome

Learn more about the exhibition at the link in bio.

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Thank you to everyone who attended the opening night of the 24th Dobell Drawing Prize and congratulations again to the prize winner NAS alumna Rosemary Lee. The 24th Dobell Drawing Prize is now open until Saturday 21 June 2025 11am – 5pm Monday to Saturday NAS Gallery Free admission, all welcome Learn more about the exhibition at the link in bio.

We are delighted to announce NAS alumna Rosemary Lee as the winner of the 24th Dobell Drawing Prize, Australia’s leading prize for drawing, worth $30,000.

Selected from 56 nationwide finalists, and 965 entries, Rosemary’s work will become part of the National Art School’s significant collection, built over the past 120 years. Rosemary, in her winning work 24-1 (2024), observes tonal and compositional profundity in everyday life.

The judging panel comprising acclaimed First Nations artist Vernon Ah Kee, Paula Latos-Valier AM, Trustee and Art Director of the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation, and Dr Yolunda Hickman, Head of Postgraduate Studies, National Art School, commented of Rosemary’s work: “The decision to award the 24th Dobell Drawing Prize to Rosemary Lee for the work ‘24-1’ was unanimous. We were most impressed by the level of visual intensity the artist has achieved in this work both through its vibrant colour and in the extraordinary detail of the composition. The artwork’s exploration of the urban landscape and gentrification of the Sydney suburbs of Ashfield and Summer Hill, has produced an image capturing a broader sense of transience and the omnipresence of construction sites in our cities today. It questions the cultural and historical value of place, through the lens of the artist’s personal connection.”

See Lee’s work alongside the work of the other finalists in the 24th Dobell Drawing Prize, 11 April – 21 June 2025, NAS Gallery
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Left to right: NAS Director and CEO, Dr Kristen Sharp with artist Rosemary Lee, featuring winning artwork 24–1, 2024, pencil on paper, image courtesy the artist and National Art School Gallery © the artist, photograph: Peter Morgan

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We are delighted to announce NAS alumna Rosemary Lee as the winner of the 24th Dobell Drawing Prize, Australia’s leading prize for drawing, worth $30,000. Selected from 56 nationwide finalists, and 965 entries, Rosemary’s work will become part of the National Art School’s significant collection, built over the past 120 years. Rosemary, in her winning work 24-1 (2024), observes tonal and compositional profundity in everyday life. The judging panel comprising acclaimed First Nations artist Vernon Ah Kee, Paula Latos-Valier AM, Trustee and Art Director of the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation, and Dr Yolunda Hickman, Head of Postgraduate Studies, National Art School, commented of Rosemary’s work: “The decision to award the 24th Dobell Drawing Prize to Rosemary Lee for the work ‘24-1’ was unanimous. We were most impressed by the level of visual intensity the artist has achieved in this work both through its vibrant colour and in the extraordinary detail of the composition. The artwork’s exploration of the urban landscape and gentrification of the Sydney suburbs of Ashfield and Summer Hill, has produced an image capturing a broader sense of transience and the omnipresence of construction sites in our cities today. It questions the cultural and historical value of place, through the lens of the artist’s personal connection.” See Lee’s work alongside the work of the other finalists in the 24th Dobell Drawing Prize, 11 April – 21 June 2025, NAS Gallery — Left to right: NAS Director and CEO, Dr Kristen Sharp with artist Rosemary Lee, featuring winning artwork 24–1, 2024, pencil on paper, image courtesy the artist and National Art School Gallery © the artist, photograph: Peter Morgan

Introducing the National Art School Short Courses Program from July–December 2025

Whether you’re a beginner, rediscovering a past passion, refining your skills, or considering our Fine Arts degree, the short courses offer a stimulating and rewarding experience for all levels.

Our 2025 program begins in July with Winter School, followed by Term Three, Spring Weekend Workshops in September, and Term Four in October.

Learn more and enrol at the link in bio.

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Introducing the National Art School Short Courses Program from July–December 2025 Whether you’re a beginner, rediscovering a past passion, refining your skills, or considering our Fine Arts degree, the short courses offer a stimulating and rewarding experience for all levels. Our 2025 program begins in July with Winter School, followed by Term Three, Spring Weekend Workshops in September, and Term Four in October. Learn more and enrol at the link in bio.

Making Sound is a performance event featuring four artists who make devices that make sound, including Gary Warner, Pia van Gelder, Ben Denham and Sean O’Connell, presented following Facture: Drawing Symposium 2025, Saturday 12 April 5-6pm.

Gary Warner creates an improvised soundfield with his ‘aleatoric ensemble’ autonomous sound machines, a collection of modified turntables that spin ad-hoc bric-a-brac assemblages.

Pia van Gelder (pictured) amplifies an electronic circuit as it is built in real-time. Under the moniker of “PvG sans PCB,” in these performances, van Gelder works on a breadboard with electronic components and additional found objects to demonstrate the electronic variabilities produced in the material world.

Ben Denham and Sean O’Connell perform together with handmade synthesizer systems that sense and sonify barometric pressure and the flow of electrons through matter.

Purchase your tickets to the symposium at the link in bio.
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Pia van Gelder, `sans PCB`, 2021, performance, Collings Creative, image courtesy and © the artist

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Making Sound is a performance event featuring four artists who make devices that make sound, including Gary Warner, Pia van Gelder, Ben Denham and Sean O’Connell, presented following Facture: Drawing Symposium 2025, Saturday 12 April 5-6pm. Gary Warner creates an improvised soundfield with his ‘aleatoric ensemble’ autonomous sound machines, a collection of modified turntables that spin ad-hoc bric-a-brac assemblages. Pia van Gelder (pictured) amplifies an electronic circuit as it is built in real-time. Under the moniker of “PvG sans PCB,” in these performances, van Gelder works on a breadboard with electronic components and additional found objects to demonstrate the electronic variabilities produced in the material world. Ben Denham and Sean O’Connell perform together with handmade synthesizer systems that sense and sonify barometric pressure and the flow of electrons through matter. Purchase your tickets to the symposium at the link in bio. — Pia van Gelder, 'sans PCB', 2021, performance, Collings Creative, image courtesy and © the artist

Passionate about collections and the arts? Join us as a Digitisation Volunteer!

The National Art School Archive and Collection team is looking for enthusiastic Digitisation Volunteers to help bring our art collection to life! Your work will play a key role in making art and history more accessible—by photographing and recording our collections, enhancing our museum database, and digitising our extensive archive of photographs. Through your efforts, every stored object and artwork in our collection will have a high-quality, searchable digital record for generations to come.

Apply at the link in bio.

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Passionate about collections and the arts? Join us as a Digitisation Volunteer! The National Art School Archive and Collection team is looking for enthusiastic Digitisation Volunteers to help bring our art collection to life! Your work will play a key role in making art and history more accessible—by photographing and recording our collections, enhancing our museum database, and digitising our extensive archive of photographs. Through your efforts, every stored object and artwork in our collection will have a high-quality, searchable digital record for generations to come. Apply at the link in bio.
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