Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards
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The Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards is a non-acquisitive art award established by the Art Gallery of Western Australia
in 2008. It includes three prizes: an overall prize of A$50 000, as well as a A$10 000 prize for the top Western Australian artist, and a A$5 000 People's Choice Award. The winners are selected from a field of finalists, which includes 15 individuals and one collaborative group.
The 2009 winner of the main prize was Ricardo Idagi; the Western Australian prize winner was Wakartu Cory Surprise; while the People's Choice award was won by Shane Pickett
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Art Gallery of Western Australia
The Art Gallery of Western Australia is a public gallery that is part of the Perth Cultural Centre, in Perth, Western Australia. It is located near the Western Australian Museum and State Library of Western Australia...
in 2008. It includes three prizes: an overall prize of A$50 000, as well as a A$10 000 prize for the top Western Australian artist, and a A$5 000 People's Choice Award. The winners are selected from a field of finalists, which includes 15 individuals and one collaborative group.
The 2009 winner of the main prize was Ricardo Idagi; the Western Australian prize winner was Wakartu Cory Surprise; while the People's Choice award was won by Shane Pickett
Shane Pickett
Shane Pickett was one of the foremost Nyoongar artists. Combining his deep knowledge and concern for Nyoongar culture with a confident and individual style of gestural abstraction, Pickett created paintings that resonated with a profound but subtle immediacy...
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