The finalists have been announced for the 44th Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award, Australia’s richest and most prestigious print prize.

The award is known for celebrating traditional printmaking techniques alongside boundary-pushing works which look towards the future of the medium. This year 56 finalists were selected from 280 entries from emerging and established artists from all over Australia.

Finalists

  • Lyn Ashby (VIC)
  • Hayley Bahr (WA)
  • Rebecca Beardmore (NSW)
  • Lorena Blacklock (ACT)
  • Matt Brown (WA)
  • Peter Burgess (NSW)
  • Karen Casey (VIC)
  • Susanna Castleden (WA)
  • Seong Cho (NSW)
  • Antonietta Covino-Beehre (VIC)
  • Carolyn Craig (NSW)
  • Jo Darvall (WA)
  • Raimond de Weerdt (NSW)
  • Josephine Duffy (NSW)
  • Mark Dustin (VIC)
  • Marcia Espinosa (WA)
  • Gina Fenton (NSW)
  • Beth Ferialdi (WA)
  • Eva Fernandez (WA)
  • Angela Ferolla (WA)
  • David Frazer (VIC)
  • Rew Hanks (NSW)
  • Garth Henderson (VIC)
  • Deanna Hitti (VIC)
  • Julie Mia Holmes (NSW)
  • Clare Humphries (VIC)
  • Alana Hunt (WA)
  • Kyoko Imazu (VIC)
  • Deborah Kelly (NSW)
  • Nadia Kliendanze (NSW)
  • Hiroshi Kobayashi (WA)
  • Damon Kowarsky (VIC)
  • Nigel Laxton (WA)
  • Monika Lukowska (WA)
  • Elisa Markes-Young (WA)
  • Lucille Martin (WA)
  • Judith Martinez (NSW)
  • Matthew McAlpine (WA)
  • Dan McCabe (WA)
  • Sarah McConnell (VIC)
  • AHC (Andrew) McDonald (WA)
  • Clyde McGill (WA)
  • Tim Meakins (WA)
  • Eunice Napanangka Jack (NT)
  • Evan Pank (NSW)
  • Jaime Powell (VIC)
  • Trevor Richards (WA)
  • Brian Robinson (WA)
  • Sarah Rodigari (NSW)
  • Annika Romeyn (ACT)
  • Rachel Salmon-Lomas (WA)
  • Gary Shinfield (NSW)
  • Alex Spremberg (WA)
  • Anne Starling (NSW)
  • Andrew Sunley Smith (WA)
  • Donny Woolagoodja (WA)

The finalists were selected by this year’s judging panel:

  • Anne Ryan – Curator of Australian Prints and Drawings, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
  • Mark Stewart – Academic and Curator, Murdoch University Art Collection
  • Lee Kinsella – Special Projects Curator, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia

The winner will take home $16,000 and their work will be acquired for the City of Fremantle Art Collection, WA’s largest municipal collection. There is also a $6,000 second prize. The winner will be announced at the opening of Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award on Thu 19 Sep.