Recipients and finalists
Scholarship recipients
Five artists have been awarded the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship 2021: Mia Boe, age 24 from Melbourne, Victoria; Emma Rani Hodges, age 25 from Belconnen, ACT; Shannon McCulloch, age 26 from Brunswick, Victoria; Jacquie Meng, age 23 from Watson, ACT; and Thea Anamara Perkins, age 29 from Marrickville, NSW.
Browse these image galleries to see the winning body of work from each artist, beginning with the painting on which they were judged.
Mia Boe
Mia Boe Mia and Eliza Fraser 2021, acrylic on linen, 70 x 50 cm
Mia Boe Call to arms 2020, acrylic on linen, 122 x 91 cm
Mia Boe Notes to Goya 2021, acrylic on linen, 122 x 152 cm
Mia Boe K’hari means paradise in Butchulla 2020, acrylic on linen, 122 x 91 cm
Mia Boe Stripes 2021, acrylic on timber, 130 x 41 cm
Mia Boe The wretched of the Earth 2021, acrylic on linen, 122 x 91 cm
Mia Boe Man with sardines 2020, acrylic on linen, 60 x 45 cm
Mia Boe Blue 2020, acrylic on linen, 50 x 40 cm
Mia Boe Notes on grief 2021, acrylic on linen, 75 x 100 cm
Mia Boe Cultural disinheritance 2021, acrylic on linen, 91 x 122 cm
Emma Rani Hodges
Emma Rani Hodges Learning you’re here to maybe lean on 2021, oil on canvas, 30 x 25 cm
Emma Rani Hodges I’m halfway home now 2021, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 cm
Emma Rani Hodges Namadgi after the climate fires 2021, oil on canvas, 41 x 31 cm
Emma Rani Hodges Near to the sound of your heart 2021, oil on canvas, 30 x 25 cm
Emma Rani Hodges Round the corner from my grandma’s house 2021, oil on canvas, 30 x 25 cm
Emma Rani Hodges She dropped an egg on the ground 2020, glitter, magazine cut-out, oil on canvas, 40 x 30 cm
Emma Rani Hodges Where my mother tongue can kiss the soil she stands upon 2021, fabric, glitter, sequins, acrylic paint on wooden stretcher, 150 x 100 cm
Emma Rani Hodges Under the red moon 2021, spray paint, oil on canvas, 130 x 100 cm
Emma Rani Hodges I learnt to tread more lightly 2021, clay, cardboard, oil, photographic print, sequins, glitter, 120 x 90 cm
Emma Rani Hodges Found on Yuin country 2021, banksia cones, wattle, soil, clay, scrap metal, glitter, sequins, cardboard, resin, stones, oil on wood, 130 x 95 cm
Shannon McCulloch
Shannon McCulloch That moment when accidental front cam 2021, oil on marine ply, 40 x 30 cm
Shannon McCulloch Shit scrolling 2021, oil on marine ply, 60 x 41 cm
Shannon McCulloch 2 Blue 2020, oil on marine ply, 30 x 40 cm
Shannon McCulloch Blue 1 2021, oil on marine ply, 23.5 x 18 cm
Shannon McCulloch Mirror image 2020, oil on marine ply, 39 x 53 cm
Shannon McCulloch Bathroom scene 2020, oil on marine ply, 30 x 40 cm
Shannon McCulloch Safety through impotence 2021, oil on marine ply, 35 x 37cm
Shannon McCulloch A kind of appeal 2021, blue tape, oil on paper on marine ply, 35 x 37 cm
Shannon McCulloch Knife in hand 2021, oil on marine ply, 17.5 x 20 cm
Shannon McCulloch Jeremy 2020, oil on marine ply, 11 x 16 cm
Jacquie Meng
Jacquie Meng In my room there are no rules, the window breathe fire and the floor dreams of water 2021, oil on canvas, 75 x 122 cm
Jacquie Meng Horse ride across Lake George 2021, oil on canvas, 122 x 91 cm
Jacquie Meng I know a place, everyone zooms through 2021, oil on canvas, diptych: 75 x 121 cm overall
Jacquie Meng 天天做梦 (Dreaming everyday) 2021, oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm
Jacquie Meng Not you, like you 2021, oil on canvas, 90 x 75 cm
Jacquie Meng In my dreams I am riding night-shining white 2021, coloured pencil on paper, 30 x 42 cm
Jacquie Meng My world, your world 2021, wool, beads, wire, oven-bake clay, resin, string, fabric, dimensions variable
Jacquie Meng Don’t cry for me I’m brace 2021, polyurethane foam, paper pulp, resin, spray paint, wire, beads, plastic flowers, dimensions variable
Jacquie Meng i-ching love story 2021, oil on canvas, 30 x 25 cm
Jacquie Meng Sunnai eating a ram 2021, oil on canvas, 30 x 25 cm
Thea Anamara Perkins
Thea Anamara Perkins Azlan 2021, acrylic on board, 30.5 x 40.5 cm
Thea Anamara Perkins The bungalow 2021, acrylic on board, 23 x 30.5 cm
Thea Anamara Perkins Grace 2021, acrylic on board, 30.5 x 40.5 cm
Thea Anamara Perkins Two sisters 2021, acrylic on board, diptych: 40.5 x 30.5 cm each
Thea Anamara Perkins Shimmer 1 2021, acrylic on board, 40.5 x 30.5 cm
Thea Anamara Perkins Shimmer 2 2021, acrylic on board, 30.5 x 40.5 cm
Thea Anamara Perkins Station 3 2021, acrylic on clay board, 46 x 61 cm
Thea Anamara Perkins Hetti 2021, acrylic on board, 30.5 x 40.5 cm
Thea Anamara Perkins Lille Madden 2020, acrylic on board, 30.5 x 40.5 cm
Thea Anamara Perkins Uncle Allen Madden 2020, acrylic on board, 30.5 x 40.5 cm
Other finalists
The five scholarship recipients were chosen from among the other finalists in the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship 2021: Ashlee Becks, age 23 from Stafford Heights, Queensland; Henry Curchod, age 29 from Surry Hills, NSW; Sarah Drinan, age 27 from Fitzroy, Victoria; Rosemary Lee, age 28 from Ashfield, NSW; Owen Moyo, age 25 from Erskinville, NSW; Julia Trybala, age 29 from Northcote, NSW; and Alex Xerri, age 28 from Enmore, NSW.
You can browse an image gallery of the major works submitted by these artists.
Ashlee Becks Ashlee in Tasmania 2021, oil on canvas, 120 x 90 cm
Henry Curchod Cold self-portrait with colander 2021, oil and oil stick on linen, 112 x 84 cm
Sarah Drinan Mummy and runny 2021, acrylic, oil, soft pastel on canvas, 80 x 80 cm
Rosemary Lee 21-6 (A plastic bag on the red flag) 2021, wax and oil based pigment on paper, 120 x 72 cm
Owen Moyo How we travelling 2021, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm
Julia Trybala Gut gloss 2021, oil on canvas, 120 x 90 cm
Alex Xerri Gradient flight at golden hour 2021, acrylic and stone on canvas, 90 x 56 cm
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