Now in its 44th year, the Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award returns with a spectacular new showcase of prints and artist’s books from a selection of established, emerging and cross-disciplinary artists from across the country. In 2019, Australia’s premier printmaking prize continues to present works which celebrate traditional printmaking alongside those which look towards the future of the medium.

First Prize $16,000

Rew Hanks, Gone Fishing East of Faskrudfjordur, 2018, linocut, 70 × 200cm

Rew Hanks, Gone Fishing East of Faskrudfjordur, 2018. Linocut, 70 × 200 cm

Work acquired for the City of Fremantle Art Collection, WA’s largest municipal collection

Second Prize $6,000

Eunice Napanangka Jack, Kuruyultu, 2019, Ink on paper, 50 × 100cm. Printer: Basil Hall Editions

Eunice Napanangka Jack, Kuruyultu, 2019, Ink on paper, 50 × 100 cm. Printer: Basil Hall Editions

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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)

Judges

  • 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

Read the Exhibition Catalogue