Thank you to the judges Megan Monte, curator and inaugural Director Ngununggulla and Dr. Sarina Noordhuis-Fairfax, Canberra-based artist, writer, curator and Curator, Australian Prints and Drawings at the National Gallery of Australia and M16 Artspace for choosing this work, and congratulations to all the other finalists and winners. What a lovely surprise! Posted @withrepost • @m16artspace Congratulations to all the finalists of the 2022 M16 Artspace Drawing Prize which opened this Thursday with fanfare! This years runner up award, sponsored by Delta Cleaning Services goes to Damon Kowarsky and his work 'Studenica'. During the covid lockdowns of 2021, Kowarsky reminisced on time spent in a 2019 residency in Studenica, a 12th century monastery in the Serbian mountains. With memories full of light, colour and lush vegetation, Studenica provided a welcome escape from reality. "The hills at Studenica rise steeply from the river valley, so it seems that more than half the sky is taken up by trees, and interspersed here and there with houses and small farms. It was truly a wonderful place to be.' - Damon Kowarsky Artist: @damonkowarsky Exhition runs from the 2 - 16 December Image: Damon Kowarsky, 'Studenica, 2021. Pen, ink, watercolour, and colour pencil on BFK Rives, 60 x 150 cm. Image courtesy of the artist. #contemporaryart #canberra #the_riotact #hercanberra #thiscanberranlife #canberraartscene #m16drawingprize2022 #australiancreatives #visitcanberra #artgallery #studenica #serbia #polychromos @fabercastellaustralia @fabercastellglobal @delta_cleaning_services (at M16 Artspace) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClrrioAB307/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
