Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize 2016

Overview

In 1996, when the Redlands Art Prize started out, it was just an unassuming show held in the school gym. Fast-forward two decades and it's now a fancy national exhibition, waving about $35,000 in prize money and held at the National Art School.

Opened on March 14 and running for two months, this year's incarnation features works by 22 artists, curated by celebrated Australian artist and 2015 winner Mikala Dwyer. Among them are Daniel Boyd, Pat Brassington, Sarah Goffman, Elizabeth Pulie, Koji Ryui and more.

So who cleaned up this year? The mega $25,000 first prize has gone to Brassington for Pair Bonding (2015), while the $10,000 kitty for an emerging artist was won by Jack Lanagan Dunbar, for Vase #04, #09, #10 and Kinetic Profile #04, #09, #10, both from Studies in Light, Movement and Time (2015).

"Together, these artists exhibit the diversity in approach and technique, revealing the broad spectrum of work and ideas being produced in Australia at present," said Dwyer.

Image: Pat Brassington, Pair Bonding (2015).