Drawing Prize Winner Announced

Congratulations to Lisa Stevenson, the Winner of the 2024 ANU School of Art & Design Drawing Prize! The Winner was announced at the public reception on Wednesday 28 August by guest judge Dr Emma Kindred, Ag Senior Curator at the National Portrait Gallery of Australia.

Lisa Stevenson is currently completing a Bachelor of Visual Arts at the School of Art & Design. Her winning work, That day when nothing was going right, was created during her studies this year. Using jute and monofilament to create the work, Stevenson describes her process:

Stitched together one length of jute fibre at a time, this twisted, knotted bulging form emerged. Using both hands to shape and manipulate the stitches, exploiting the inherent qualities of the jute fibre, the tension created from the random weave capturing the uncomfortable feelings I was experiencing.

Stevenson notes that she continues to explore possibilities of materials and techniques to better understand the world.

Drawing for me is about bodily experience and is another form of experimentation in making marks.

The value of the prize awarded is $1,500. Lisa Stevenson is currently completing her Bachelor of Visual Arts at the School.

Congratulations also to Jackson Taylor, the Winner of this year’s People’s Choice Prize. Taylor receives a selection of unique items from Harry Hartog Booksellers ANU and a voucher from Savoir French café. He is currently completing his Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours).

The ANU School of Art & Design Drawing Prize showcases and celebrates the breadth and depth of drawing practice within the ANU School of Art & Design. The Prize is an annual event open to all current students enrolled in one or more courses in Semester 2 at the ANU School of Art & Design.

Entrants were asked to consider more deeply what drawing means to them, 'Drawing is so much more than pencil on paper. To draw is to make a mark: you may scratch and stick, write and sew, extend and dissolve, be still and perform, provide and take, capture a moment and tell a story, maintain rules and push boundaries. Consider drawing to be an exercise in visualisation, as a process driven practice.'

Read full lists of finalists here.

This article was originally published by the School of Art & Design, here.