The 39th Alice Prize exhibition opened on Friday 15 April and ends Monday 13 June 2016 at the Araluen Arts Centre, 61 Larapinta Drive, Alice Springs.
The judge, Director of Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery Of Modern Art, Chris Saines CNZM, announced the winner of the Prize on Opening Night.
Download the 39th Alice Prize 2016 Room Brochure/Catalogue
Winner of the Tammy Kingsley Peoples’ Choice Award will be announced on Monday 13 June 2016.
Winner of the 39th Alice Prize 2016
Naomi Hobson, QLD
High Pine, 2015
Synthetic polymer paint on linen, 200 x 200cm
“Naomi Hobson is one of a new generation of contemporary indigenous artists who is beginning to make her mark nationally. High Pine 2015 is a compelling example of her approach to painting country – for all its painterly and abstract life its visual cues and palette are insistently local.” – Chris Saines CNZM
Highly Commended
Kristian Laemmle-Ruff, VICPine Gap (a photograph of the Centre of Australia), 2015Duratran print on blackwood light-box, (edition: 1/5 + AP), 37 x 128 x 19cm
Elizabeth Kunoth Kngwarray, NT Yam Seeds and Flowers, 2015 Synthetic polymer paint on linen, 200 x 120cm
Dasha Riley, QLDThoughts of Spring, 2015Digital photograph, metallic print (edition: 2/7 + AP), 75 x 75cm
Commended
Patrick HeathDomestic Series, 2016
Lindy McSwan, VICHorizon Lines, 2014Mild steel, enamel, sand, oxidised patina, 8 vessels, dimensions variable
Sarah Dugan, NSWBadlander, 2014Video projection
The following artists were selected as finalists:
| Gunjan Aylawadi | curled paper strips | NSW |
| Craig Barrett | photography | VIC |
| Tok Basuki | mixed media on board | SA |
| Rita Beasley | painting | NT |
| Jo Bertini | painting | NSW |
| Alice Blanch | photography | SA |
| Rachel Buch | 3D – ceramic | NSW |
| Katharine Buljan | painting | NSW |
| Chris Byrnes | pinhole photography | NSW |
| Magda Cebokli | painting | VIC |
| Julie Collins & Derek John | 3D (sculpture) | VIC |
| Gabrielle Courtenay | 3D (sculpture) | NSW |
| Callum Croker | digital print | VIC |
| Simon Cuthbert | photography | TAS |
| Aly de Groot | 3D (sculpture) | NT |
| Shoufay Derz | HD video 2-channel | NSW |
| Mark Dober | mixed media on paper | VIC |
| Sarah Dugan | video | NSW |
| Wayne Eager | painting | NT |
| Liss Fenwick | photography | NT |
| Nick Ferguson | painting | NSW |
| Jason Fitzgerald | 3D (sculpture) | QLD |
| Jennifer Goodman | painting | VIC |
| Carla Gottgens | 3D | VIC |
| Craig Handley | painting | NSW |
| Patrick Heath | 3D (carving) | SA |
| Naomi Hobson | painting | QLD |
| Rhiannon Hopley | photography | NSW |
| Sarah Horvath | 3D (sculpture) | VIC |
| Naomi Howard | painting | TAS |
| Chris Humphries | drawing | VIC |
| Troy Innocent | 3D wall or floor | VIC |
| Lucy Irvine | 3D (sculpture) | ACT |
| Wendy Jagger | 3D (porcelain ceramic) | VIC |
| Fiona Kemp | 3D (sculpture) | NSW |
| Catherine Kennedy | mixed media on canvas | NSW |
| Moon Hee Kim | photography | NSW |
| Jordan King | painting | SA |
| Elizabeth Kunoth Kngwarray | painting | NT |
| Kristian Laemmle-Ruff | photography (light box) | VIC |
| Jo Lankester | printmaking | QLD |
| Roysubum Lee | photography | NSW |
| Baoying Li | photography | QLD |
| Alison Locke | digital print | NSW |
| Wendy Loefler | drawing | NSW |
| Camilla Loveridge | mixed media on board | WA |
| Genevieve Kemarr Loy | painting | NT |
| Kim Mahood | mixed media on canvas | NSW |
| David Marsden | mixed media on board | TAS |
| Denise Martin | photography | VIC |
| Penny Mason | mixed media on paper | TAS |
| Lindy McSwan | 3D (steel vessels) | VIC |
| Betty Morton | painting | NT |
| Peter Mungkuri | painting | NT |
| Geoff Overheu | 2D framed sculpture | WA |
| Diego Ramirez | HD video | VIC |
| Philip Reuter | printmaking | NSW |
| Anna Reynolds | digital print | VIC |
| Dasha Riley | photography | QLD |
| Kurt Sorensen | photography | NSW |
| Beverley Southcott | digital print | SA |
| Jodi Stewart | 3D (ceramic sculpture) | VIC |
| Jennifer Taylor | painting | NT |
| Bibi Viro | digital print | VIC |
| Dianna Wells | photography | VIC |
| Kerry Williams | digital print | QLD |
| Tiger Yaltangki | painting | NT |