Congratulations to Joshua Miels on winning The 2023 Bluethumb Art Prize for Portraiture, for his work ‘Galvanize’ (2023).

A selection of recent works by Miels will be present in our forthcoming exhibition ‘Lennox.St Summer’ from 6th December until 27 January.

A few words from Joshua on the occasion -

“Winning the Bluethumb Art Prize category for portraiture is a very special moment,” said Joshua. “For me, this prize is about the recognition for the years spent alone in the studio working, always trying to better myself as an artist. There are times where I’ve doubted myself and my relevance in the art world. A moment like this reinforces that I do belong and need to keep going."

Essendon fields will soon be home to a new major public artwork commission by Eolo Paul Bottaro. The large bronze sculpture will feature Daphne as a Greek dryad, or tree spirit, and daughter of Peneus, the Greek river god. Interestingly Bottaro interprets this myth to refocus on the relationship between father and daughter; celebrating Daphne’s transformation into Mother Nature, rising from water.

Congratulations to Bettina Willner for her selection as a finalist in the 2024 Darebin Art Prize - A national multi-medium acquisitive art prize awarding excellence in contemporary visual art.

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Image:

Bettina Willner,

Wave Tapestry, 2023,

Glazed ceramic, gold lustre,

52.5cm x 43cm x 9.5cm

‘Connection’ at Lume Melbourne brings together over 110 visual and musical artists bringing together, at an immense scale, the diverse approaches to storytelling of first peoples art practice. Across 650 paintings and 85 significant original works.As apart of the worlds oldest continuous artistic tradition Jackie’s interdisciplinary practice moulds together craft and traditional iconography through her focus on the narratives of female experience within her community.

Congratulations to Matthew Quick, whose painting, Pure Responsibility, has been accepted as a finalist in the 2023 edition of the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, to be held at the Bendigo Art Gallery from 25 November 2023 until 18 February 2024.

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