{"id":9534,"date":"2018-08-29T00:49:03","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T14:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/?p=9534"},"modified":"2018-09-15T22:10:53","modified_gmt":"2018-09-15T12:10:53","slug":"national-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-art-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/national-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-art-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9531\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9531\" class=\"wp-image-9531 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2-276049-Main-600x450-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2-276049-Main-600x450-7.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2-276049-Main-600x450-7-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2-276049-Main-600x450-7-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gunybi Ganambarr in front of his winning work Buyku (2018). Image courtesy of MAGNT photographer, Merinda Campbell.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magnt.net.au\/natsiaa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The National Aboriginal &amp; Torres Strait Islander Art Awards<\/a>\u00a0(NATSIAA) aims to showcase the very best Australian Indigenous art from around the country. The Awards were founded by the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT), and remain the nation\u2019s first and longest-running awards dedicated to Indigenous art and artists, now awarding $80 000 in prizes to artists each year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">The Awards are open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists over the age of 18. There is no particular theme or restriction regarding work that can be entered.\u00a0All awards are non-acquisitive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">The Telstra Art Award of $50,000 cash is awarded to the work considered by judges to be the most outstanding work in the exhibition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">Prizes are also awarded in each of the following categories:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"font_8\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"font_8\">Telstra Bark Painting Award &#8211; $5000<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"font_8\">Telstra General Painting Award &#8211; $5000<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"font_8\">Telstra Works on Paper Award (includes photography, print making, drawing etc.) &#8211; $5000<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"font_8\">Wandjuk Marika Memorial Three-Dimensional Award sponsored by Telstra &#8211; $5000<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"font_8\">Telstra Multimedia Award (for multidisciplinary and digital works) &#8211; $5000<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"font_8\">Telstra Emerging Artist Award (awarded from any medium and for artists working within their first five years of practice who have not been displayed in a major gallery) &#8211; $5000<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"font_8\">Telstra People\u2019s Choice Award<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"font_8\">Announcements of winners were made at the opening ceremony for the exhibition at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) in Darwin on 10 August 2018.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">A People\u2019s Choice Award will be presented to the artist whose artwork receives the highest number of votes from visitors to the Award exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>The winners are:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Telstra Art Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gunybi Ganambarr,\u00a0Buyku, etching on aluminium board, 2018, 300 x 300 cm.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9554\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9554\" class=\"wp-image-9554 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/6556.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/6556.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/6556-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/6556-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/6556-150x90.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9554\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gunybi Ganambarr, the overall winner of the 2018 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art awards, with his winning work, Buyku. Photograph: Fiona Morrison<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Telstra Bark Painting Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Napuwarri Marawili,\u00a0Baraltja Dugong Yathikpa, natural pigments on Stringybark, 2017, 203 x 78 cm.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9552\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9552\" class=\"wp-image-9552 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/5823.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/5823.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/5823-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/5823-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/5823-150x90.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The winner of the bark painting award, Napuwarri Marawili, with his work Baraltja Dugong Yathikpa. Photograph: Fiona Morrison<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><strong>Telstra General Painting Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">Peter Mungkuri,\u00a0Ngura (Country), ink and synthetic polymer paint on linen, 2018, 243 x 198 cm.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9558 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-28-at-4.47.39-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"382\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-28-at-4.47.39-PM.png 382w, https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-28-at-4.47.39-PM-251x300.png 251w, https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-28-at-4.47.39-PM-125x150.png 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><strong>Telstra Works on Paper Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">Kathy Inkamala, Mount Gillen, Western MacDonnell Ranges, pigment ink and gouache on Arches 300gsm cold-press paper, 2018, 30 x 100 cm.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9550\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9550\" class=\"wp-image-9550 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/5971.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/5971.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/5971-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/5971-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/5971-150x90.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The winner of the works on paper award, Kathy Inkamala, with her work Mount Gillen, West MacDonnell Ranges. Photograph: Fiona Morrison<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><strong>Wandjuk Marika Memorial Three-Dimensional Award\u00a0sponsored by Telstra<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">Wukun Wanambi,\u00a0Destiny, natural pigments on Stringybark pole and video, 2018, 280 x 200 x 200 cm (overall).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9551\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9551\" class=\"wp-image-9551 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/4480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/4480.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/4480-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/4480-798x1024.jpg 798w, https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/4480-117x150.jpg 117w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The winner of the Wandjuk Marika memorial 3D award, Wukun Wanambi, with his work Destiny. Photograph: Fiona Morrison<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><strong>Telstra Multimedia Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">Patrina Liyadurrkitj Mununggurr,\u00a0Dhunupa&#8217;kum nhuna wanda (Straightening your mind), film, 2018, video duration: 1.33 minutes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9549\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9549\" class=\"wp-image-9549 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/4410.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/4410.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/4410-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/4410-821x1024.jpg 821w, https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/4410-120x150.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patrina Liyadurrkitj Mununggurr, winner of the multimedia award, with her work Dhunupa\u2019kum nhuna wanda (Straightening your mind). Photograph: Fiona Morrison<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><strong>Telstra Emerging Artist Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">Matthew Dhamuliya Gurruwiwi, Banumbirr (Morning Star Poles), natural pigments, feathers, bush string, bush wax and Milkwood.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9553\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9553\" class=\"wp-image-9553 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/4480-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/4480-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/4480-1-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/4480-1-772x1024.jpg 772w, https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/4480-1-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The winner of the emerging artists award, Matthew Dhamuliya Gurriwiwi, with his work Banumbirr (Morning Star). Photograph: Fiona Morrison<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magnt.net.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Aboriginal &amp; Torres Strait Islander Art Awards\u00a0(NATSIAA) aims to showcase the very best Australian Indigenous art from around the country. 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