2015 Flanagan Art Prize winner!!

Last Friday night was the opening of the 2015 Flanagan Art Prize. And much to my surprise, I was awarded the Emerging Artist Award!

That is a very nervous me with Dr Sam Henson, from Federation University, Ballarat, giving me the award. And just cut out of this photo is Euan Heng who was the judge of the Awards. He said some very nice things about my work, which you can read about here. It will also show photos of the other two winning works!

My art work that won, is an artist book, entitled Letter to the Landlord.

It includes 28 linocut prints alongside some found words, and was hand bound in a traditional manner. It was inspired by a piece of writing I discovered on the wall inside an abandoned house in Footscray in 2008. I have been working on and off with these words ever since. But last winter, exactly a year ago, I finally found a way to honour them with a fine artist book. These words share the often-unheard voice of the homeless and thus draws attention to the lack of adequate housing in our affluent society.

This book now enters the collection of the St Patrick's College in Ballarat.

Here's just a few of the pages of this book. Of course, these photos don't do justice to the actual experience of turning the pages and being immersed in this artwork.