Media release – Women’s Art Prize Tasmania, 20 May 2022
Eddie James Wins $15,000 Women’s Art Prize Tasmania
Women’s Art Prize Tasmania is delighted to announce the winners of the 2022 prizes.
Winning the Trawalla Foundation $15,000 Acquisitive prize is Eddie James for her work Room 18, 2021
The Judging Panel were unanimous in their choice, saying;
“In this work, Eddie James offers a multitude of narratives in a soft-focus ambiguous world. Room 18 is a strong well-conceived work with a timeless quality using the body as a disrupter in a transitory, illusory and disquieting space.”
Eddie James, Room 18, 2021, instant photography digital print on textured rag.
Winning the Zonta International Area 5 Emerging $1500 Artist prize is Jo Chew for her work Growing Blind, 2022.
Again the Judging Panel were in full agreement about this work saying;
“This visually striking work subverts the idea of the “hide”; bringing it into plain view and championing the hidden strength and resilience that can be found within vulnerability. This well-executed painting by Jo Chew elicits multiple meanings and interpretations.”
Jo Chew, Growing Blind, 2022, oil on canvas.
Voting was formally opened for the 2022 Bell Bay Aluminium $3000 People’s Choice Award. People are invited to simply visit the Women’s Art Prize Tasmania website and select the work they like the most from this year’s finalists.
The Women’s Art Prize Tasmania promotes awareness of culture, visual arts, women and gender issues across Tasmania.
The exhibition runs until 17 July 2022 at the Queen Victoria Museum at Inveresk and then tours to the Devonport Regional Gallery from 6 August – 18 September 2022 and Moonah Arts Centre from 30 September – 29 October 2022.
