RIPE Winners Announced!

The winners of the February round of the RIPE Art & Australia / ANZ Private Bank Contemporary Art Award are:

Mark Hilton
Helen Johnson

NAVA congratulates both of these outstanding artists who were selected from over 100 applicants. The 20 shortlisted finalists for the award were:

Monika Behrens (Highly Commended)
Penny Byrne
Michelle Hamer
Mark Hilton (Highly Commended)
Therese Howard
Helen Johnson (Highly Commended)
Karena Keys (Highly Commended)
Alice Lang
Kenzie Larsen
Alex Lawler (Highly Commended)
Owen Leong (Highly Commended)
Vivienne Miller (Highly Commended)
Lara O’Reilly (Highly Commended)
Victoria Reichelt (Highly Commended)
Rachel Scott
Mark Shorter
Kylie Stillman (Highly Commended)
Nathan Taylor
Christian Thompson (Highly Commended)
Joshua Webb

The RIPE: Art and Australia/ANZ Private Bank Emerging Artists Scheme promotes the work of emerging artists, publishing an image of the winner's work on the back cover of Art & Australia magazine. RIPE recipients are further supported via the purchase of at least one of their artworks. Entrants must be visual artists who have been practising professionally for no more than five years, and who have had their work publicly exhibited.

The shortlist of 20 artists for the February round were selected by members Art & Australia advisory board. The final decision is made by staff of Art & Australia (in consultation with the advisory board).

This is an Art & Australia scheme supported by ANZ Private Bank, administered by NAVA.

Art & Australia is published quarterly in March, June, September and December.