CALLING ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS: $30,000 Acquisitive first prize
One of Australia"s richest photography prizes just got richer. The winner of the William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize will now take home $30,000 in prize money, $5,000 more than previous years. For the first time in the history of the prize, Monash Gallery of Art will acquire the winning entry. Entries are now open and close Wednesday 12 July - start your entry today!
Date: Entries close: 5pm Wednesday 12 July 2017
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Web: http://www.mga.org.au/bowness-prize
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EMail: bowness@monash.vic.gov.au
Call: 03 8544 0500
Established by the MGA Foundation in 2006 to promote excellence in photography, the prize is open to any Australian photographer - established or emerging - and all genres of photography are eligible, as long as the work has been produced in the past year. There are no thematic restrictions.
Each year a panel of three judges consider hundreds of entries and curates an exhibition of finalists before settling upon a single winner. This year"s panel consists of Australian architect, art patron and academic Corbett Lyon, artist and educator Susan Fereday and MGA senior curator Stephen Zagala.
While the cash prize is highly coveted, the exhibition of finalists also highlights some of the most interesting work being created by Australian photographers today. In this respect, the Bowness Photography Prize has become an important annual survey of contemporary photography in Australia.
Previous winners include Valerie Sparks, Joseph McGlennon, Petrina Hicks and Pat Brassington.
Corbett Lyon is a founding partner of Lyons, an architectural design practice based in Melbourne. Corbett is one of Australia's leading patrons, commentators and collectors of Australian contemporary art. He is a Trustee of the National Gallery of Victoria, a Member of the Heide Museum of Modern Art Foundation and a Member of the International Council of Museums. He lectures widely on contemporary art and on the architecture of art galleries and museums. Corbett is an Honorary Fellow of Monash University and a Professorial Fellow and Visiting Professor in Design at the University of Melbourne.
Stephen Zagala is Senior Curator at Monash Gallery of Art. He has been commentating on visual culture since the late 1980s, working as a teacher, reviewer, catalogue essayist, researcher and curator. With training in the disciplines of art history, philosophy and anthropology, his areas of expertise include 20th Century Australian art, the history of art theory, Pacific art and photography.
Each year a panel of three judges consider hundreds of entries and curates an exhibition of finalists before settling upon a single winner. This year"s panel consists of Australian architect, art patron and academic Corbett Lyon, artist and educator Susan Fereday and MGA senior curator Stephen Zagala.
While the cash prize is highly coveted, the exhibition of finalists also highlights some of the most interesting work being created by Australian photographers today. In this respect, the Bowness Photography Prize has become an important annual survey of contemporary photography in Australia.
Previous winners include Valerie Sparks, Joseph McGlennon, Petrina Hicks and Pat Brassington.
Judges
Susan Fereday has been an active curator, writer and arts administrator, most notably as Director of the Centre for Contemporary Photography (1992-95) and inaugural Director of RMIT Gallery, Storey Hall (1996). In 1995 she won a Samstag scholarship. She has held residencies at the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (2001-02), and the Cité International des Arts, Paris (1996 and 2007). She completed a PhD in Fine Art at Monash University in 2010.Corbett Lyon is a founding partner of Lyons, an architectural design practice based in Melbourne. Corbett is one of Australia's leading patrons, commentators and collectors of Australian contemporary art. He is a Trustee of the National Gallery of Victoria, a Member of the Heide Museum of Modern Art Foundation and a Member of the International Council of Museums. He lectures widely on contemporary art and on the architecture of art galleries and museums. Corbett is an Honorary Fellow of Monash University and a Professorial Fellow and Visiting Professor in Design at the University of Melbourne.
Stephen Zagala is Senior Curator at Monash Gallery of Art. He has been commentating on visual culture since the late 1980s, working as a teacher, reviewer, catalogue essayist, researcher and curator. With training in the disciplines of art history, philosophy and anthropology, his areas of expertise include 20th Century Australian art, the history of art theory, Pacific art and photography.