Mosman Art Prize

Published on: October 2020

Record: HANSARD-1323879322-113324


Mosman Art Prize

Ms FELICITY WILSON (North Shore)

—Speaker, today I acknowledge the winners and finalists of the 2020 Mosman Art Prize. This prize is Australia's oldest and most prestigious local government art award and was established in 1947 by artist, architect and arts advocate Allan Gamble. With over 580 entries this year, there was an incredible amount of talented work submitted, with judge Alexie-Glass Kantor having the difficult task of selecting 79 artworks as finalists for the exhibition. Congratulations to the winner of the 2020 Mosman Art Prize, Salote Tawale for their work Mangroves, to Stieg Persson who was the winner of the Margaret Olley Commendation Award, Phil James who was the winner of the Allan Gamble Award, and Ramesh Nithiyendran who claimed the Guy Warren Emerging Artists Award. Salote Tawale's work Mangroves will now enter the celebrated Mosman Art Collection, and help form the basis of Mosman Art Gallery's valuable and historic collection of modern and contemporary art. Congratulations to all the winners and finalists of the 2020 Mosman Art Prize and to Mosman Art Gallery who continue to display dynamic exhibitions and engage with arts in our community.

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