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The 2011 Victorian Indigenous Art Awards is being presented and hosted by fortyfivedownstairs in partnership with Arts Victoria.
For the first time we have a resident Indigenous curator, Nicholas Boseley. The Victorian Indigenous Art Awards acknowledge and promote Indigenous artists in Victoria and aim to foster the production and exhibition of diverse, high quality art.

Finalist artists
PAOLA BALLA  EILEEN BALLANGARRY  BRADLEY BROWN  MEGAN CADD  VERA COOPER  MARILYN FENTON  GERALD FYSH  GWENDOLINE GARONI  EILEEN HARRISON  ROXANNE HILLS  KAMAHI-DJORDON KING  ROBYNE LATHAM  BRIAN MARTIN  BEN McKEOWN  BRIAN McKINNON  ADAM McLENNAN  DAWN MONGTA  STEAPHAN PATON  WAYNE QUILLIAM  REKO RENNIE (GWAYBILLA)  IRENE RIDGEWAY  YHONNIE SCARCE  THOMAS TOMMOCK (MOK MOK)  NARETHA WILLIAMS  JUDITH YOUNG

Award Recipients

Deadly Art Award Ben McKeown
Dawn Mongta (highly commended)
Koorie Heritage Trust Acquisition Award Naretha Williams
CAL Victorian Indigenous Art Award For Works On Paper Kamahi-Djordon King
Megan Cadd (highly commended)
CAL Victorian Indigenous Art Award For Three Dimensional Works Paola Balla
Robyne Latham (highly commended)
Arts Victoria People’s Choice Award Eileen Ballangarry

More information is available by emailing Nicholas Boseley at viaa@fortyfivedownstairs.com

The 2011 Victorian Art Awards are supported by Arts Victoria and have received sponsorship from the Copyright Agency Ltd and the Koorie Heritage Trust.

VICTORIAN INDIGENOUS ART AWARDS 2011 EXHIBITION CATALOGUE