The Mosman Youth Art Prize exhibition features the diverse talents of our region’s young, aspiring and emerging artists and offers them the opportunity to exhibit their work in a public art gallery. This is a popular competition with close to 400 entries received annually with entrants from all over Sydney. Young artists aged between 12-21 submit artworks in a variety of media including; painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, video, photography and ceramics to win over $13,000 in cash prizes, scholarships and art materials.
The 2019 Mosman Youth Art Prize Judge is Sydney artist Liam Benson.
Congratulations to the 2019 Mosman Youth Art Prize winners;
First Prize – Junior
Gloria Han, The island
Second Prize – Junior
Kate Zhong, Consider
Third Prize – Junior
Tiarn Garland, Last call
Highly Commended – Junior
Rachel Chen, A wrinkle in nature
Highly Commended – Junior
Samantha Klein, Life is luck
First Prize – Senior
Marium El-hajj, Put yourself in somebody else’s shoes: Child of war (self-portrait)
Second Prize – Senior
Tamsyn Turner, Wrap me
Third Prize – Senior
Zhiqing Liu, To have nothing at all
Highly Commended – Senior
Phyllis Chan, Conscious?
First Prize - Tertiary
James Baldwin, Repaired legacies
Second Prize – Tertiary
Emily Francis, Finding Sally: Life through my mother’s eyes
Third Prize – Tertiary
Laura Hayley, Experimental arts
Highly Commended – Tertiary
Marine Anoshian, My utopia (detail)
Friends of the Gallery Encouragement Award – Junior
Rachael Gong, World without trees
Friends of the Gallery Encouragement Award – Senior
Huw Bradshaw, Mint Hotel introspection
Friends of the Gallery Encouragement Award – Tertiary
Emily Francis, Finding Sally: Life through my mother’s eyes
Mosman Art Society/Art Smart Encouragement Award
Max Gregg, Away
Australian Watercolour Institute Encouragement Award
Maya Cook, Therapy dog: A battle with breast cancer
Julian Ashton Art School Full Scholarship
Micah Lihachov, The tranfiguration
Julian Ashton Art School Summer Scholarship
Jenna Caspary, Bravery at its best
For information about the history of the Mosman Youth Art Prize, click here.
Image: Dilara Niriella, Sorry to interrupt.., 2018, oil on canvas. Winner of Tertiary category, 2018 Mosman Youth Art Prize.
When
Saturday 11 May - Sunday 9 June
Saturday 11 May - Sunday 9 June
Where
Mosman Art Gallery
