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2025 KAAF Art Prize
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Korean Cultural Centre Gallery
255 Elizabeth St,
Sydney NSW 2000
Weekdays 10am - 6pm
Min-Woo Bang
WINNER - $30,000 ACQUISITIVE PRIZECerebral CloudOil on linen, 105 x 105cm
Robert Bennetts
FOUNDER'S PRIZE - $3,000 NON-ACQUISITIVE Funded and selected by the founder Ms Hoim LeeTermite Mounds in East ArnhemAcrylic, oil stick on Arches 300gsm paper, 77 x 110cmIn the dry season in Arnhem Land the ground is parched and arid, grasses are almost grey and the stunted trees reflect a dirty shade of brown. In amongst this landscape are the ubiquitous termite mounds reflecting and blending with this bleached landscape.
Julie Poulsen
HIGHLY COMMENDED - $1,000 NON-ACQUISITIVESmall Cool DipHouse paint, mixed media on unprimed canvas, 125 x 150cmLandscape is a composite. The broad backdrop anchors place and merges with the changing foreground. Cairns, my home, a slim coastal band of tropical far north Queensland, with its familiar images of reef; of rainforest; of enchanting creeks; and raging waterfalls, is a mesmerising location.In stark contrast are the dry landscapes inland from Cairns. These regions are expansive and unruly with a constancy often misinterpreted as uninteresting. Looping through these harsh northern Australian landscapes there are hidden creeks with sandy bottoms and shady banks. On our road trips to Cooktown, numerous over forty years, we searched for new swimming spots.In Small Cool Dip I included a human element, an outlined prostrate figure centred bottom foreground, underlined in watery blue, an alien scrawl on the inland backdrop.This compelling fusion of breadth and intimacy in the landscape draws me in and is the driving force of my work.
Alice Xu
HIGHLY COMMENDED - $1,000 NON-ACQUISITIVEThe Devil's HostelOil on canvas, 92 x 121cmA place where he freely lives and goes. An entity that visits and haunts us in the studios especially when we have hair-tearing frustrations and blocks in the art making process. The souls we have to sell, the dealings we have to make in pursuit of the mastery in our craft, every handshake is a return for just a passable brushstroke or epiphany.This work is about the struggles all artists face.
Anne-France Fulgence
COMMENDEDBad Luck and TroubleWatercolour and acrylic paint, 122 x 112cmThe hunting dog is a confronting conundrum. Notorious for their fierce power, unyielding courage and the brutality that underpins their “sport”, they are the gladiators of the canine realm – yet still capable of unswerving obedience, profound loyalty, and a confounding calm. The challenge of capturing that seemingly antithetical blend on canvas has fascinated A-F Fulgence.
Sunjoo Heo
COMMENDED9 to 5Oil on canvas, 50 x 61cmI looked back my early stage of my life, and how my life has been shaped to come to this moment. Then, I started revisiting the memory of my first-year birthday ceremony (Dol-jab-i). As part of the first birthday ceremony in Korea, we set up the table and spread various symbolic items representing future careers, and predict their future by one or two of the items they grab.
It is quite fun and also very significantly symbolic because we all consider the job as a very important tool to make money for a living in the society. As we mostly work from 9 am to 5 pm to make a living with paying taxes, I wanted to depict this universal symbolic concept of “9 to 5” as common future for everyone no matter what you do for work for a very long time.
2025 KAAF Art Prize - NATIONAL FINALISTS
Congratulations to the following 77 Finalists!!
Katka AdamsTim AllenAndrew AntoniouTrevor ArmitageVilma BaderMin-Woo BangMichael BellRobert BennettsStephen BirdHelen BrancatisanoGrae BurnishedGrant CainTom CarmentJanet CheethamOkhee ChoiDavid CollinsSamuel CondonPaul ConnorRyan DaffurnVan DahlSinead DaviesSally DavisAmanda DoctorChristine Druitt-PrestonDongwang FanJacki Fewtrell GobertEmma FieldenFelicia FinlaysonMandy FrancisAnne-France FulgenceJoseph FurlongerKeith FyfeJunko HagiwaraCraig HandleyKaran Hayman
Beric HendersonSunjoo HeoEamonn JacksonAmanda JohnsonLinda JoyceMinjung KangJennifer Keeler-MilneSangmi KimWaratah LahyJohn LascellesHyun Hee LeeRosemary LeeAnne LeisnerSantiago MalsKevin McKayChristopher McvinishMichelle MolinariMichael MuirRo MurrayIjlal OlgunerRenata Pari-LewisAnna PhillipsJulie PoulsenMichael RansomCaitlin ReillyColin RhodesDan RileyMarta RomerSandra RouthJohn A RoweMarina RukavishnikovaPatrick ShirvingtonSandra TobiasMatthew TumbersKate VellaWilliam VersaceNat WardXinxin WenAlice Xu
Ping Lian YeakJoon YounMichelle Zuccolo
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