Artificial
21 June - 21 July 2024
Artificial
2024 Umbrella Members' Exhibition
Artificial: 2024 Umbrella Members’ Exhibition, Digital composite image including manipulated AI-prompted images, courtesy Daniel Qualischefski of Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts.
Umbrella’s annual Members’ exhibition is back with the thought-provoking theme of 'Artificial'. Our members have been inspired by artificial materials, artificial intelligence, and less literal interpretations of the theme – the artificial division of people, our declining natural environment, and the inevitable change of employment due to ever-evolving technology.
Awards
Artificial opened 6pm Friday 21 June alongside Compact Prints, Young Indigenous Printmakers and Compact Prints Jnr. The speeches from the judges included the announcement of the winners for the following prizes. See here for artwork images.
$1,000 Art Prize
Generously sponsored by Bamford Community Care
Judges: Krys Bickley (Bamford Community Care) and Dr Holly Arden (Galleries Director, Townsville City Galleries)
Winner: Rob Douma
Highly Commended: Lisa Ashcroft, Kerrie Everett Horrocks, Jodie Campbell and Theodore Kennett-Raj
$500 Light Through a Lens Photomedia Prize*
Proudly sponsored by Garrick's Camera House
Judges: Kesheena Sullivan (Garrick's Camera House) and Dr Holly Arden (Galleries Director, Townsville City Galleries)
Winner: Ann Vardanega
Highly Commended: Marc Roth
88 exhibiting artists:
Hannah Aiello | Meg Allford | Robert Andrews | Lisa Ashcroft | Ann Bartholomeusz | Neil Binnie | Justin Bishop | Jenny Bowmer | Phoebe Bowmer-Cozzutto | Graeme Buckley | Jodie Campbell | Alan Carpenter | Barbara Cheshire | Daniel Clark | Ingrid Dahlström | Maria de los Angeles Pena | Sylvia Ditchburn | dOM | Rob Douma | Therese Duff | Helen Ellacott | Kerrie Everett Horrocks | Bridget Ferguson | Sandy Fisher | Tony Fitzsimmons | Monica (mon) Foley | Marion Gaemers | Amanda Galea | Lisa Gianni | Richard Gillespie | Ciaran Glasheen | Elaine Harrison | Seppo Hautaniemi | Jeananne Hawthorn | Paint Head | Kit Holloway | Wing Hong Leung | Sandi Hook | Wendy Hume | Jan Hynes | Ashleigh Jane | Samantha Jane | Vicki Katthagen | Theodore Kennett-Raj | Sheree Kinlyside | Karen Landt-Isley | Uli Liessmann | Anne Lord | William Loveday | Ali Macdiarmid | Jan Malkin | Kevin Mayo | Jim McArthur | Alison McDonald | Charlotte McDonnell | mttromi | mujurono | Aldona Nunez | Sue O'Malley | Lyn Onton | Jill O'Sullivan | Barbara Pierce | Michael Pope | Stacey Prince | Danish Quapoor | Nenet Ramos | André Reynaud | Margaret Robertson | Lucy Robinson-Tillett | Marc Roth | David Rowe | Sam Rundle | ASads Amanda Sadler | Samuel Scott | Lynn Scott-Cumming | Rhonda Stevens | Sarah Treadwell | Jenny Tyack | Anika Tucker | Marionne van Katwijk | Ann Vardanega | Natalie Ward | Sonia Ward | Catherine Watt | Michelle Weaver | Dahé Wie | Jack Wilkie-Jans | Fay Withers
*To qualify for the Light Through a Lens Photomedia Prize, artworks must have been captured through a lens of any type (i.e. video or photography camera, analogue or digital), however the medium, materials, and method are otherwise up to the artist.
Also on display during this period
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Acknowledgement of Country
Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts respectfully acknowledges the Wulgurukaba of Gurambilbarra and Yunbenun and the surrounding groups of our region - Bindal, Gugu Badhan, Nywaigi, Warrgamay, Bandjin and Gudjal - as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather, share and celebrate local creative practice. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the first people of Australia. They have never ceded sovereignty and remain strong in their enduring connection to land and Culture.
Umbrella is a Dealer Member of the Indigenous Art Code. This means we are committed to fair and ethical trade with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, and transparency in the promotion and sale of artwork. As a Dealer Member and signatory to the Code we must act fairly, honestly, professionally and in good conscience in all direct or indirect dealings with artists.
Acknowledgements
Umbrella is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, part of the Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy, and by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, state and territory governments. | Umbrella is supported by the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation and receives funding from Creative Australia through the Australian Cultural Fund. | Townsville City Council is a funding partner of Umbrella's program.
