24th Dobell Drawing Prize People's Choice Winner Announcement
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24th Dobell Drawing Prize People's Choice Winner Announcement
We are delighted to announce Margaret Ambridge’s work Cheek by jowl (2024) as the winner of the People’s Choice Award for the 24th Dobell Drawing Prize. A huge congratulations to Margaret, who also won the People’s Choice Award for the 23rd Dobell Drawing Prize in 2023.
Margaret shares:
‘My primary practice is drawing. To have three very different, some say demanding, works exploring the human condition accepted for the Dobell Drawing Prize over the years is such a rare privilege and wonderful recognition of my artwork. For many years I have struggled with drawing’s place in my art practice. To me there always seems to be an external pressure suggesting that drawing is a pathway to something ‘bigger’ like a painting or a sculpture. The longevity and gravitas of the Dobell demands that drawing be seen as the final work in its own right. It’s been a long journey from drawing at the kitchen table as a child with my mother, an artist in her own right.’
See Margaret’s winning work in this final week of the 24th Dobell Drawing Prize at NAS Gallery, closing Saturday 21 June 2025.
Image credit: Margaret Ambridge, Cheek by jowl, 2024, charcoal and rainwater on paper, image courtesy and © the artist, photograph: Mark Fitz-Gerald
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