2024 Art Awards
2024 Art Awards Exhibition held at The Glasshouse
2024 City of Belmont Art Awards
The 2024 Art Awards were held from 31 August to 14 September in the Glasshouse.
The Awards featured 300 artworks selected from 585 entries, including a diverse array of drawings, paintings, photography, textiles, sculptures and ceramics.
More than 1,850 people attended the Art Awards across the public events and two week exhibition period, with multiple artworks purchased.
The Awards were delivered with support from sponsors Zenith Energy, The Event Mill, Rocky Bay and Rotary Club of Belmont, Western Australia.
Art Awards Catalogue
The Art Awards Catalogue features additional information on the 2024 Art Awards and listings for all works on display at the exhibition.
View the 2024 Art Awards Catalogue
Art Awards Artist Statements
Over 300 individual artists are exhibiting their work at the 2024 Art Awards Exhibition. We invite you to read more about their work, stories and inspiration in their Artist Statements.
View the 2024 Artist Statements
Emerging Artist Award winner, Shae Libbis, celebrating at the Opening Night with friends and family.
Art Award winners
Judges: Di Cubitt, Karen Morgan
Selection Panelists: Aimee Dodds (Collections Copyright and Reproductions Officer at AGWA, arts writer and co-founder of Dispatch Review), Mark Parfitt (Major Lead in Fine Art, Curtin University), Andy Quilty (Independent artist and arts worker, lecturer in Fine Arts at UWA)
The Art Award winners were revealed at the Opening Night event and Youth Awards event.
View the Awards Presentation photo album
View the Youth Awards Presentation photo album
Erin Knight, 'Inside'
Medium: Acrylic, oil, collage, silkscreen on board
Judges' comments:
The work is a pleasing composition, with a quality exploration of mixed media. The artwork is to be commended for its complex layering and juxtaposition of introspective elements and symbols.
The work explores a tension between the prickly and the soft, and the artist has considered a dance amongst elements that are both recognisable and familiar. The more you look at it, the more you get drawn in. It holds you for a long time and invites you to come back and find more.
Prize: Artwork welcomed into the City of Belmont Civic Art Collection with a $10,000 prize
Janice Oliver, 'My Life in Ruins: Up in Smoke!'
Medium: Eco etched intaglio print on reinforced plaster
Judges' comments:
The judges commended the artists for taking risks in the creation of this work, and were struck by the use of material which is both experimental and explorative, connecting back to the artist’s rural roots and the theme of the artwork. There is a dark energy to the work.
Prize: $1,000 cash prize
Tania Smith, 'Macaranda Celebration'
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Judges' comments: This artwork celebrates the spirit of Belmont in 3 distinct ways; The past, reflecting our rich history and heritage, the future, filled with potential and hope, and the present, sowing a city that is thriving and growing together.
Prize: $500 cash prize
Shae Libbis, 'Sober Thoughts'
Medium: Graphite on paper
Judges' comments:
Exquisite. We were drawn to the stillness and the emotion captured by the highly skilled use of drawing. It is a strong composition that is beautifully balanced. It is pensive and deeply reflective.
Prize: $500 cash prize
Luke De Guzman, 'Rhythms of the Concrete Jungle'
Medium: Silkscreen print
Judges' comments:
The judges were drawn to the layering of the mixed media, and the currency of the statement ‘lost’ for some youth. They enjoyed the mark making, and the hidden elements within the paint plate in the background.
Prize: $500 cash prize
Boada Hernandez, 'Legacy of Resilience'
Medium: Digital paint, matte painting
Judges' comments: Compelling and repelling. The work is uneasy and highly skilled in the use of its media. There are hidden depths, and the gaze searches to your core, requiring you to explore the work further and further.
Prize: $250 Jacksons Drawing Supplies Voucher courtesy of Jacksons Drawing Supplies
Lucy Kyaw Maung, 'Parrot'
Medium: Acrylic on paper
Judges' comments:
The work is fun and playful. It is raw in its execution. A joyful little painting.
Prize: $250 Jacksons Drawing Supplies Voucher courtesy of
Jacksons Drawing Supplies
Anne Farrell, 'The Moth'
Medium: Oil on board
Artist Anne Farrell will receive mentorship from professional Western Australian Artist Kevin Robertson.
Jessica Mithen, 'Denial'
Medium: Pencil on paper
Prize: $500 cash prize
Emerging artist Jessica Mithen is the winner of the Popular Choice Award for the 2024 Art Awards. Jessica Mithen’s artwork ‘Denial’ is a Pencil on Paper drawing based around the idea of receiving bad news over the telephone.
Di Cubitt
Di Cubitt grew up in the UK before migrating to Australia in 1987. She has lived and worked in Perth since 1990, graduating from Curtin University with a Bachelors (Hons) Visual Arts in 2007. Cubitt currently works as a Sessional Lecturer (Painting and Drawing) at Curtin University. She has held 5 solo exhibitions, taken part in over 50 group shows, and is a recipient of several Art awards and two Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries grants. In January 2024 Cubitt’s work was included in a group exhibition in Singapore as part of Singapore Art week. Her work is held in several collections including Curtin University, City of Belmont, and St John of God Health Services. Cubitt is represented in Perth by Stala contemporary.
Karen Morgan
Karen Morgan has had an extensive career in the WA Arts industry for over 28 years. Holding a Bachelor of Visual Arts and Project Development, she has been a former career lecturing in Arts training and assessment through North West Regional TAFE Broome; Arts in Health project coordinator, St John of Gods Hospital, Mt Lawley; Arts in Community services, Communicare Mandurah; and the Noongar Arts Program Coordinator at Bunbury Regional Art Gallery. Morgan is currently a practicing artist in the Peel region of the southwest, professionally mentoring and freelancing in the Arts. Morgan has been the recipient of art award in the Kimberley regions, and successfully worked on numerous community and public art projects.
Public Programs
Workshop series:
The Art Awards featured a diverse range of public events to help the community engage with the creation and enjoyment of arts and culture.
In the lead up and during the application entry period, the City engaged
Artsource to deliver an Education Program Series featuring informative sessions and workshops.
The workshops were designed to provide professional development opportunities for emerging artits, expand their skillsets, and help them prepare competitive applications for the Art Awards. Workshops included:
- How to write an Artist Statement with Mikaela Castledine
- Exhibitions for Artists: The art of exhibiting with Sandra Murray
- How to Document your Artwork with Robert Frith
- Social Media for Artists with Bo Wong
- Build a stretcher frame and stretch a canvas with JC
Exhibition events
The 2024 Art Awards were launched at the
opening events, and saw over 550 artists, special guests and art-lovers come together to celebrate and take a first look at the impressive works. The fun-filled Opening Night event was followed by a Youth Awards event, providing a special opportunity for our young artists and their families to enjoy.
DADAA delivered two Access Tours of the Exhibition designed to provide access for people with disability. The tour guides provided verbal descriptions of the artworks, with visitors able to touch selected artworks.
During the 2024 Exhibition, Art Awards sponsor,
Rocky Bay, delivered two sold out workshops on the craft of textured painting and sgraffito pottery.
Read the Art Awards 2024 Terms and Conditions
For more information on the Art Awards, please contact artsandplace@belmont.wa.gov.au or phone our Arts and Place team on 9477 7248.
The 2024 City of Belmont Art Awards are brought to you by City of Belmont and sponsored by Zenith Energy, The Event Mill, Rocky Bay, Rotary Club of Belmont and our Education Series partner Artsource.
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