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JOHN STRINGER PRIZE 2023

 
The John Curtin Gallery is open from 3 November – 10 December.
Mon-Fri 11am-5pm, Sun 12-4pm.
Closed Saturdays and Public Holidays.

John Stringer Prize 2023, Little Treasures.
 
 
The John Stringer Prize is an annual, non-acquisitive prize for Western Australian contemporary artists,
initiated and run by the Collectors Club of Western Australia.
The prestigious John Stringer Prize, created in 2015 in honour of acclaimed curator,
the late John Stringer (1937–2007),
commissions six contemporary Western Australian artists to create new work
from which a winning artist, selected by the Collectors Club will receive $12,500.
 

JOHN STRINGER PRIZE 2023 SELECTED ARTISTS

Angelina Karadada Boona

Angelina Karadada Boona

Angelina is from Kalumburu, the daughter of artist Lily Karadada and medicine man Jack Karadada.
Not only an excellent painter, Angelina is employed as a Senior Arts Worker at Kira Kiro Artists. She graduated from the ANKA Arts Worker Foundation Training Program and the National Gallery of Australia Wesfarmers Indigenous Leadership Fellowship in 2019.
Her commitment to her people, the Wunambal Gaambera, involved her in a collaboration developing a substantial dictionary of their language, and she sits on the boards of ANKA and Wanambal Gaambera.

Ilona McGuire

Ilona McGuire

Ilona McGuire is a Noongar and Kungarakan interdisciplinary artist working primarily in printmaking, drawing and installation. Through use of cultural and western techniques, Ilona creates sacred sanctuaries within western institutional spaces.
After her 2021 drone light show, MOOMBAKI with the Fremantle Biennale, Ilona was awarded the Schenberg Art Fellowship for Hatched: National Graduate Show 2022 at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA). She is a Curtin Graduate, and is currently working as and Assistant Producer for Fremantle Biennale on Nation-wide, First Lights project (2023).

Amy Perejuan-Capone

Amy Perejuan-Capone

Amy Perejuan-Capone works between Fremantle, the Perth hills, the Western Australian wheatbelt, and international residencies. With a background in art, design, and aviation, Perejuan-Capone continually returns to objects and the networks of agency held within them and, increasingly, the roles the environment, anxiety, personal history, and optimism play in this system.
Amy is also a Curtin Graduate, and has completed international residencies including the prestigious Shigaraki Ceramic Culture Park, 2019, the Asialink Fremantle – Taipei Artist Village exchange in 2020, and the Upernavik Museum residency, Greenland, in 2017.

Stewart Scambler

Stewart Scambler

Stewart was born in Scotland, arriving in Australia with his family in mid-50s. His early education focussed on science-based subjects and he subsequently worked in an oil industry laboratory. During this time he spent time in the army reserve and studied ceramics at Fremantle TAFE eventually abandoning the laboratory for a full time ceramics career in the early eighties.
Stewart has exhibited regularly within WA, interstate and overseas.
Environmental concerns drive much of Stewarts practice and he grows the wood used in the kiln from seedlings, and the clay used is blended using local clays so that the work is very much of the place.

Corban Clause Williams

Corban Clause Williams

Corban Clause Williams is Manyjilyjarra and a Martumili Artist, from Newman, the Pilbara region.
His artwork is informed by the time he has spent on country at Kaapla; a desert water site that is the ngurra, the Country of his two grandfathers who maintained traditional lifestyles in this region.
He has exhibited nation-wide (including, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Fremantle Art Centre, Perth Centre of Photography, Art Gallery of South Australia and Sydney Contemporary). He has received several awards including the inaugural MA Art Prize at Sydney Contemporary, Cossack Art Award (2020), Midwest Art Award (2019) and the Hedland Art Award (2018).

LIVE EVENT

PAST EVENT |
THURSDAY 16 NOVEMBER 6:30-8pm
AUSTRALIAN BAROQUE
LITTLE TREASURES

Join us for this special anniversary event at John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University. You will receive a glass of Faber Blanc de Blanc on arrival whilst you peruse the Little Treasures exhibition. Performers Prudence Sanders soprano, Helen Kruger violin and James Huntingford harpsichord and curator Dr Duncan McKay present a program of Little (and some little known) Treasures from the 17th and 18th centuries.

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SPEAKER SERIES

PAST EVENT |
FRIDAY 3 NOVEMBER -12:30-1:30pm
John Stringer Prize 2023
Stewart Scambler and Corban Williams

Join finalists Stewart Scambler and Corban Williams for the first Artist Floor Talk for the John Stringer Prize 2023 and an opportunity to hear about their artworks on exhibition in the Gallery, and what it is that inspires and sustains their practice.

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PAST EVENT |
SUNDAY 12 NOVEMBER -2-3pm
John Stringer Prize 2023
Ilona McGuire and Amy Perejuan-Capone

Join us for an exciting afternoon of art and conversation at the Artist Floor Talk with Ilona McGuire and Amy Perejuan-Capone. This in-person event will take place on Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 2:00 – 3:00pm in Building 200A, Bentley, WA 6102. Discover the stories behind captivating artworks as Ilona and Amy share their inspirations, techniques, and personal journeys. Engage in discussions and gain insights into the artistic process. Whether you’re an art enthusiast, a budding artist, or simply curious, this event promises to be an enriching experience for everyone. John Curtin Gallery and the Collectors Club proudly present the John Stringer Prize 2023. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity. Mark your calendars and join us for the Artist Floor Talk!

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