Prizes

The Archibald Prize 2021 finalists’ exhibition is now showing at Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale. The Gippsland Art Gallery is the exclusive Victorian tour venue for the Archibald Prize 2021 regional tour. We’re delighted that Julia Ciccarone‘s ANZ People’s Choice Award Winning entry The Sea Within is included in the exhibition and we’re hopeful that people will be able to see the exhibition in person before it closes next month.

The Archibald Prize 2021
Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale
until Sunday, 21 November 2021

We are absolutely delighted to announce that Julia Ciccarone has been awarded the 2021 ANZ People’s Choice award for her incredible self-portrait The sea within.⁠
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The Art Gallery of New South Wales made the announcement this morning and artist Julia Ciccarone is honoured and so grateful that people have been able to engage with her work during a difficult year. ⁠
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In her artwork statement, Julia Ciccarone said “I painted this picture last year when Melbourne was in lockdown due to COVID19. The bushfires ravaged the state. Life was definitely intense and at times overwhelming and uncertain. We are all experiencing radical changes affecting both culture and nature. It is a time of great uncertainty. We share in a collective trauma. But the ocean – which features large in my life in my life and art – is my healing place.”⁠
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Although we have been unable to view the Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales we hope that restrictions will ease in time to see the exhibition of finalists work at Gippsland Gallery in October.