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VAS George Hicks Foundation Contemporary Exhibition 2024

8 Mar 2024 – 25 Mar 2024

Opening Event Sunday 10 March from 4pm

Location: Frater, Hammond & McCubbin Galleries

In this exhibition VAS artists are asked to explore subjects from a 21st century perspective, challenging themselves creatively. This Exhibition is sponsored by the George Hicks Foundation.
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VAS George Hicks Foundation Contemporary Exhibition 2024

Location: Frater, Hammond & McCubbin Galleries

Opening Event Sunday 10 March from 4pm

In this exhibition VAS artists are asked to explore subjects from a 21st century perspective, challenging themselves creatively. This Exhibition is sponsored by the George Hicks Foundation.
Als 1.jpg
Bee SpokeM.jpg
20240220_102233.jpg
Connecting with unstable ground .jpg
'Delayed start' Oil on stretched canvas Margaret Picken 75 x 75cms.jpeg
VAS Contemporary_CARMEL O'CONNOR_Tilte ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES_70X90CM_FRAMED.jpeg
IMG_4987.JPG
Enigmas.jpg
DSC00469.jpg
Getting out of a rut .jpg
296 F L.jpg
GOOGLE GIRL, front.jpg
20240305_102320.jpg
Boundries.jpg
Artist - Joseph Luczynski Title - Industrial Structure Medium - Acrylic on Snowdon Paper Price - $60
IMG_1161.jpeg
'Lily Pond' by Berni Ayreart.jpg
Rodney Edelsten Lucky Storm.JPEG
Celia Moriarty_Milkmaids_2019_ 76.2 x 76.2cm_ Acrylic on Canvas, Image courtesy of the Artist.jpeg
Mother, Daughter and Child.jpg
1000006342.jpg
ON THE BEACH .JPG
3140AE45-D90B-4866-9CCD-CDA369245BE9.jpeg
Port Phillip Bay .jpg
inbound3605257911394640532.jpg
Reforestation.JPG
seashore.jpg
Template Assemblage 01.jpg
IMG_7661.jpeg
Textural Landscape with a Man and a Dog sm.jpg
29-01.jpg
IMG_0420.jpeg
Artist - Robyn Pridham TItle - The Sea, the Sea Medium - Collage and Mixed media Price - $1500.00.jp
26B786FD-9B41-42F6-8926-D128B8B01A95.jpeg
Tree grass.jpg
jmb_1C.jpg
jmb_2A.jpg
IMG_6384.jpeg
Nathalie Anne_Ziggi Flame

The Judge for the 2024 Contemporary Exhibition is Loïs Lanoix. Loïs is a French contemporary abstract painter and visual artist renowned for her avant-garde exploration. Read more about Loïs here.

Image: Lucy Fekete—My Loves, Acrylic on Canvas, Highly Commended 2024

2024 Winners

First Prize Winner

Lucy Wilde—Untitled, Acrylic on Plywood

Second Prize Winner

Julian Bruere—Textural Landscape with a Man and a Dog, Watercolour

Third Prize Winner

Nancye Davison—Night Works at Western Tunnel Project, Watercolour

Highly Commended Artworks

Zulu—Treegrass, French Acrylic on Canvas

Melissa Fraser—If I had Words, Oil on Canvas

Maree Holt—Koi Trout, Oil

David Chen—South Bank, Oil on Hessian

Samira Khadivizand—The Unlocked Door, Acrylic on Canvas

Lucy Fekete—My Loves, Acrylic on Canvas

Sculpture First Prize Winner

Jonathan Gerardo Mendez Baute—Untitled, Clay with Water Based Enamel

Sculpture SECOND Prize Winner

Karen Hopkins—Getting out of a Rut, Mixed Media

Sculpture THIRD Prize WinneR

Zoja Trofimiuk—Google Girl, Cast Glass, Mixed Media

Curator's Choice award

Bob Young—Mother, Daughter and Child, Lino cut

People's Choice award

Paris Kaye—Freedom, Acrylic on Canvas

Download the Exhibition Catalogue here

Browse Artworks

Als 1.jpg
Alzheimer!
Ursula Tursky
60cm (W) x 50cm (H) x 40cm (D)
Oil on Acrylic, on Canvas
$ 500.00
Bee SpokeM.jpg
Beespoke
Linda Weil
27cm (W) x 21cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Pencil on Aluminium Substrate
$ 950.00
20240220_102233.jpg
Chasing the Gods
Louis Sauzier
75cm (W) x 95cm (H)
Pastel
$ 1,000.00
Connecting with unstable ground .jpg
Connecting with Unstable Ground
Karen Hopkins
11cm (W) x 25cm (H) x 9cm (D)
Mixed media
$ 400.00
'Delayed start' Oil on stretched canvas Margaret Picken 75 x 75cms.jpeg
Delayed start
Margaret Picken
75cm (W) x 75cm (H)
Oil on stretched canvas
$ 750.00
VAS Contemporary_CARMEL O'CONNOR_Tilte ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES_70X90CM_FRAMED.jpeg
Electoral Boundaries
Carmel O'Connor
90cm (W) x 70cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Mixed Media Linocut
$ 550.00
IMG_4987.JPG
Endless Time #3
Mana Aghajary
30cm (W) x 42cm (H) x 1cm (D)
Mixed Media on Handmade Paper
$ 340.00
Enigmas.jpg
Enigmas
Malcolm Drysdale
105cm (W) x 90cm (H)
Oil on Canvas
$ 1,000.00
DSC00469.jpg
Freedom
Paris Kaye
120cm (W) x 180cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Acrylic on Canvas
People's Choice
$ 6,000.00
Getting out of a rut .jpg
Getting out of a Rut
Karen Hopkins
12cm (W) x 16cm (H) x 10cm (D)
Mixed media
Award Winner Banner2
$ 400.00
296 F L.jpg
Glowing Radiance–Orange Banksia and Eucalyptus Blossoms in A Vase
Hsin Lin
75cm (W) x 75cm (H) x 2.5cm (D)
Acrylic on Gesso primed canvas
$ 3,680.00
GOOGLE GIRL, front.jpg
Google Girl
Zoja Trofimiuk
20cm (W) x 65cm (H) x 15cm (D)
cast glass, lead crystal, diamond cut, assembled, recast, polished, sandblasted
Award Winner Banner3
Not for sale
20240305_102320.jpg
If I had Words
Melissa Fraser
101.5cm (W) x 81cm (H) x 1.5cm (D)
Oil on canvas
Award Winner Banner4
Not for sale
Boundries.jpg
Incandescent Boundaries
Sam Bruere
61cm (W) x 91cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Oils
$ 600.00
Artist - Joseph Luczynski Title - Industrial Structure Medium - Acrylic on Snowdon Paper Price - $60
Industrial Structure
Joseph Luczynski
29cm (W) x 23cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Acrylic on Snowdon Paper
$ 600.00
IMG_1161.jpeg
Judith and Holofernes
Ella Simpson
140cm (W) x 140cm (H)
An experimental piece Inspired by the story of Judith and Holofernes
$ 500.00
'Lily Pond' by Berni Ayreart.jpg
Lilypond
Berni Ayreart
80cm (W) x 80cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Acrylic
$ 3,000.00
Rodney Edelsten Lucky Storm.JPEG
Lucky Storm
Rodney Edelsten
76cm (W) x 100cm (H)
Oil on canvas
$ 1,500.00
Celia Moriarty_Milkmaids_2019_ 76.2 x 76.2cm_ Acrylic on Canvas, Image courtesy of the Artist.jpeg
Milkmaids
Celia Moriarty
79.5cm (W) x 79.5cm (H) x 5cm (D)
Acrylic on canvas
$ 1,800.00
Mother, Daughter and Child.jpg
Mother, Daughter and Child
Bob Young
65.5cm (W) x 82cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Linoleum-cut. Waterproof ink on rice-paper
Award Winner Banner_Curator Choice
SOLD
1000006342.jpg
My Loves
Lucy Fekete
101cm (W) x 76cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Acrylic on canvas
Award Winner Banner4
$ 12,000.00
ON THE BEACH .JPG
On the Beach
George Eustice
51cm (W) x 41cm (H) x 1.5cm (D)
Oil on Canvas
$ 350.00
3140AE45-D90B-4866-9CCD-CDA369245BE9.jpeg
Out of the Blue
Glennis Jack
91cm (W) x 91cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Oil on Canvas
$ 1,250.00
Port Phillip Bay .jpg
Port Phillip Bay
Karen Hopkins
96cm (W) x 96cm (H) x 3.5cm (D)
Mixed media including handmade paints
$ 2,500.00
inbound3605257911394640532.jpg
Rebirth of the Banksia
Sandra Messner
76cm (W) x 76cm (H) x 2.5cm (D)
Oils
$ 880.00
Reforestation.JPG
Reforestation
Jane Flowers
100cm (W) x 100cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Oil on canvas
Not for sale
seashore.jpg
Seashore
Angeline Bartholomeusz
65cm (W) x 80cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Acrylic on Canvas Board
$ 850.00
Template Assemblage 01.jpg
Template Assemblage 01
Richard Impey
30.5cm (W) x 30.5cm (H) x 2cm (D)
mixedmedia assemblage layers
$ 250.00
IMG_7661.jpeg
Termite City
Susan Sambell
101.5cm (W) x 101.5cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Mixed medium
$ 1,500.00
Textural Landscape with a Man and a Dog sm.jpg
Textural Landscape with a Man and a Dog
Julian Bruere
95cm (W) x 75cm (H) x 5cm (D)
Watercolour
Award Winner Banner2
$ 2,500.00
29-01.jpg
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Ilona Herreiner
48cm (W) x 130cm (H)
Casuarina Tree, Oil Colour, Fabric
$ 13,200.00
IMG_0420.jpeg
The Royal Nubian Fleet Approaches
Maxine Wain
60cm (W) x 50cm (H) x 60cm (D)
Painted stone on glass board
$ 1,500.00
Artist - Robyn Pridham TItle - The Sea, the Sea Medium - Collage and Mixed media Price - $1500.00.jp
The Sea, the Sea
Robyn Pridham
95cm (W) x 74cm (H) x 1cm (D)
Collage & Mixed Media on Stonehenge Paper
$ 1,500.00
26B786FD-9B41-42F6-8926-D128B8B01A95.jpeg
The Unlocked Door
Samira Khadivizand
46cm (W) x 56cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Acrylic on canvas
Award Winner Banner4
$ 1,800.00
Tree grass.jpg
Treegrass
Zulu Towns
102cm (W) x 92cm (H) x 4cm (D)
French acrylic
Award Winner Banner4
$ 4,500.00
jmb_1C.jpg
Untitled
Jonathan Gerardo Mendez Baute
17cm (W) x 39.5cm (H) x 13cm (D)
Stoneware, water-based enamel
$ 1,200.00
jmb_2A.jpg
Untitled
Jonathan Gerardo Mendez Baute
21cm (W) x 26cm (H) x 23cm (D)
Stoneware, water-based enamel
Award Winner Banner
SOLD
IMG_6384.jpeg
Zelda D’Aprano for Equal pay
Lynn Banna
43cm (W) x 53cm (H) x 5cm (D)
Pen and wash water colour
$ 475.00
Nathalie Anne_Ziggi Flame
Ziggi Flame
Nathalie Anne
64.262cm (W) x 74.676cm (H)
Watercolour on Wood Panel (Natural Oak Frame)
$ 1,800.00

Browse Artworks

Als 1.jpg
Alzheimer!
Ursula Tursky
60cm (W) x 50cm (H) x 40cm (D)
Oil on Acrylic, on Canvas
$ 500.00
Bee SpokeM.jpg
Beespoke
Linda Weil
27cm (W) x 21cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Pencil on Aluminium Substrate
$ 950.00
20240220_102233.jpg
Chasing the Gods
Louis Sauzier
75cm (W) x 95cm (H)
Pastel
$ 1,000.00
Connecting with unstable ground .jpg
Connecting with Unstable Ground
Karen Hopkins
11cm (W) x 25cm (H) x 9cm (D)
Mixed media
$ 400.00
'Delayed start' Oil on stretched canvas Margaret Picken 75 x 75cms.jpeg
Delayed start
Margaret Picken
75cm (W) x 75cm (H)
Oil on stretched canvas
$ 750.00
VAS Contemporary_CARMEL O'CONNOR_Tilte ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES_70X90CM_FRAMED.jpeg
Electoral Boundaries
Carmel O'Connor
90cm (W) x 70cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Mixed Media Linocut
$ 550.00
IMG_4987.JPG
Endless Time #3
Mana Aghajary
30cm (W) x 42cm (H) x 1cm (D)
Mixed Media on Handmade Paper
$ 340.00
Enigmas.jpg
Enigmas
Malcolm Drysdale
105cm (W) x 90cm (H)
Oil on Canvas
$ 1,000.00
DSC00469.jpg
Freedom
Paris Kaye
120cm (W) x 180cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Acrylic on Canvas
People's Choice
$ 6,000.00
Getting out of a rut .jpg
Getting out of a Rut
Karen Hopkins
12cm (W) x 16cm (H) x 10cm (D)
Mixed media
Award Winner Banner2
$ 400.00
296 F L.jpg
Glowing Radiance–Orange Banksia and Eucalyptus Blossoms in A Vase
Hsin Lin
75cm (W) x 75cm (H) x 2.5cm (D)
Acrylic on Gesso primed canvas
$ 3,680.00
GOOGLE GIRL, front.jpg
Google Girl
Zoja Trofimiuk
20cm (W) x 65cm (H) x 15cm (D)
cast glass, lead crystal, diamond cut, assembled, recast, polished, sandblasted
Award Winner Banner3
Not for sale
20240305_102320.jpg
If I had Words
Melissa Fraser
101.5cm (W) x 81cm (H) x 1.5cm (D)
Oil on canvas
Award Winner Banner4
Not for sale
Boundries.jpg
Incandescent Boundaries
Sam Bruere
61cm (W) x 91cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Oils
$ 600.00
Artist - Joseph Luczynski Title - Industrial Structure Medium - Acrylic on Snowdon Paper Price - $60
Industrial Structure
Joseph Luczynski
29cm (W) x 23cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Acrylic on Snowdon Paper
$ 600.00
IMG_1161.jpeg
Judith and Holofernes
Ella Simpson
140cm (W) x 140cm (H)
An experimental piece Inspired by the story of Judith and Holofernes
$ 500.00
'Lily Pond' by Berni Ayreart.jpg
Lilypond
Berni Ayreart
80cm (W) x 80cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Acrylic
$ 3,000.00
Rodney Edelsten Lucky Storm.JPEG
Lucky Storm
Rodney Edelsten
76cm (W) x 100cm (H)
Oil on canvas
$ 1,500.00
Celia Moriarty_Milkmaids_2019_ 76.2 x 76.2cm_ Acrylic on Canvas, Image courtesy of the Artist.jpeg
Milkmaids
Celia Moriarty
79.5cm (W) x 79.5cm (H) x 5cm (D)
Acrylic on canvas
$ 1,800.00
Mother, Daughter and Child.jpg
Mother, Daughter and Child
Bob Young
65.5cm (W) x 82cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Linoleum-cut. Waterproof ink on rice-paper
Award Winner Banner_Curator Choice
SOLD
1000006342.jpg
My Loves
Lucy Fekete
101cm (W) x 76cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Acrylic on canvas
Award Winner Banner4
$ 12,000.00
ON THE BEACH .JPG
On the Beach
George Eustice
51cm (W) x 41cm (H) x 1.5cm (D)
Oil on Canvas
$ 350.00
3140AE45-D90B-4866-9CCD-CDA369245BE9.jpeg
Out of the Blue
Glennis Jack
91cm (W) x 91cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Oil on Canvas
$ 1,250.00
Port Phillip Bay .jpg
Port Phillip Bay
Karen Hopkins
96cm (W) x 96cm (H) x 3.5cm (D)
Mixed media including handmade paints
$ 2,500.00
inbound3605257911394640532.jpg
Rebirth of the Banksia
Sandra Messner
76cm (W) x 76cm (H) x 2.5cm (D)
Oils
$ 880.00
Reforestation.JPG
Reforestation
Jane Flowers
100cm (W) x 100cm (H) x 3cm (D)
Oil on canvas
Not for sale
seashore.jpg
Seashore
Angeline Bartholomeusz
65cm (W) x 80cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Acrylic on Canvas Board
$ 850.00
Template Assemblage 01.jpg
Template Assemblage 01
Richard Impey
30.5cm (W) x 30.5cm (H) x 2cm (D)
mixedmedia assemblage layers
$ 250.00
IMG_7661.jpeg
Termite City
Susan Sambell
101.5cm (W) x 101.5cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Mixed medium
$ 1,500.00
Textural Landscape with a Man and a Dog sm.jpg
Textural Landscape with a Man and a Dog
Julian Bruere
95cm (W) x 75cm (H) x 5cm (D)
Watercolour
Award Winner Banner2
$ 2,500.00
29-01.jpg
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Ilona Herreiner
48cm (W) x 130cm (H)
Casuarina Tree, Oil Colour, Fabric
$ 13,200.00
IMG_0420.jpeg
The Royal Nubian Fleet Approaches
Maxine Wain
60cm (W) x 50cm (H) x 60cm (D)
Painted stone on glass board
$ 1,500.00
Artist - Robyn Pridham TItle - The Sea, the Sea Medium - Collage and Mixed media Price - $1500.00.jp
The Sea, the Sea
Robyn Pridham
95cm (W) x 74cm (H) x 1cm (D)
Collage & Mixed Media on Stonehenge Paper
$ 1,500.00
26B786FD-9B41-42F6-8926-D128B8B01A95.jpeg
The Unlocked Door
Samira Khadivizand
46cm (W) x 56cm (H) x 2cm (D)
Acrylic on canvas
Award Winner Banner4
$ 1,800.00
Tree grass.jpg
Treegrass
Zulu Towns
102cm (W) x 92cm (H) x 4cm (D)
French acrylic
Award Winner Banner4
$ 4,500.00
jmb_1C.jpg
Untitled
Jonathan Gerardo Mendez Baute
17cm (W) x 39.5cm (H) x 13cm (D)
Stoneware, water-based enamel
$ 1,200.00
jmb_2A.jpg
Untitled
Jonathan Gerardo Mendez Baute
21cm (W) x 26cm (H) x 23cm (D)
Stoneware, water-based enamel
Award Winner Banner
SOLD
IMG_6384.jpeg
Zelda D’Aprano for Equal pay
Lynn Banna
43cm (W) x 53cm (H) x 5cm (D)
Pen and wash water colour
$ 475.00
Nathalie Anne_Ziggi Flame
Ziggi Flame
Nathalie Anne
64.262cm (W) x 74.676cm (H)
Watercolour on Wood Panel (Natural Oak Frame)
$ 1,800.00

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