Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Art Awards (NATSIAA):
• Margaret Rarru Garrawurra for winning the 2022 Telstra NATSIAA prize overall Art Award for her master weaving “Dhomala (pandanus sail)”, 2022, Pandanus, Kurrajong, and bush dyes, 278 x 245 cm. Photo Rosita Holmes/Milingimbi Art and Culture.
Betty Muffler, Ngangkari Ngura (Healing Country) 2021, synthetic polymer paint on linen, 167 x 198cm. Courtesy of the artist and Iwantja Arts. Photo Mark Sherwood.
• Betty Muffler for winning the General Painting Award with « Ngangkari Ngura (Healing Country) » 2021
• Bonnie Burarngarra and Freda Ali Wayartja for winning the 2022 Telstra NATSIAA Wandjuk Marika Memorial 3D sculpture award, with “An-gujechiya (Fish Trap)” 2021, © The Artists, Photo MAGNT
D Yunupingu, “Yunupingu (the rock)” 2021, © The Artist, Courtesy Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre.
• Ms D Yunupingu from Yirrkala for winning the Bark Painting Award with “Yunupingu (the rock)” 2021.
Gary Lee, “Nagi” 2022, pastel, pencil and digital print work (detail), © The Artist
• Gary Lee, from Garramilla/Darwin, who won the Works on Paper Award with a pastel, pencil and digital print work titled “Nagi”2022.
Jimmy John Thaiday, “Beyond the Lines” 2022 (still from video), © The Artist
• Jimmy John Thaiday from Erub in the Torres Strait who won this year’s Multimedia Award with video work “Beyond the Lines” 2022.
Louise Malarvie, “Pamarr Yara” 2022, © The Artist, Photo MAGNT
• Louise Malarvie from Kununurra, for winning the Emerging Artist Award, given to an artist in the first five years in their practice, with “Pamarr Yara” 2022.
SOURCE: Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT).