FNQ Contemporaries 2022

29 Jan –
6 Mar 2022

An exhibition that has been initiated to support the new Cairns Art Gallery Artists Fellowship Program which is proudly supported by the Cairns RSL Club.

In 2022 fifteen artists have been selected to participate in the exhibition and to be considered for one of the three Fellowship Awards being offered this year. The Fellowship Awards provide each artist with $7,500 to develop a new body of work for a solo exhibition at the Gallery.

The Fellowships are open to creative practitioners from all art, craft and design disciplines, at any stage of their career development and who reside in the region served by the Cairns Art Gallery (from Cardwell in the south, west to Normanton and Mornington Island and north to the Torres Strait Islands).

Resources

Artist Video: Simone Arnol
List of works
Artist showcase

Shop Artists

Dorothy Gabori

Artists
Simone Arnol
Andrew Bonneau
Madge Bowen, Gertie Deeral & Wanda Gibson
Rosey Cummings
Dorothy Gabori & Amanda Gabori
Naomi Hobson

Shaz Spannenburg
Rose Rigley
Yixy Ruan
Jimmy Kenny Thaiday
Daniel Wallwork
Jason Wegger

Selected Works

Rosie Cummings, Across Space and Time detail 2021, found wire and beach rope, twined. Courtesy of the artist.

Jimmy K Thaiday, Keriba Ares Lu 2021, synthetic polymer paint on canvas. Courtesy of the artist and Hope Vale Arts and Cultural Centre.

Jason Wegger, Dementia Study #1 Mental Funeral 2021, graphite on paper. Courtesy of the artist.

Jason Wegger, TSpeak like this from Truth be Told 2022, photographic images on cotton rag paper. Courtesy of the artist.

Andrew Bonneau, Study for self portrait in armour 2021, brown and white chalk on paper. Courtesy of the Artist

Yixuan Ruan, Those past years 2021, digital painting print on linen. Courtesy of the artist.

Amanda Gabori & Dorothy Gabori, Our Mother's Country 2021, synthetic polymer paint on plywood, Collection of the artist and Mornington Island Art Centre

Naomi Hobson, Where the Rain Fell 2021, synthetic polymer paint on linen. Courtesy of the artist and ReDot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore

Madge Bowen, Bulgunn Wallanga 2021, ceramics (woodfired) with shino glaze. Courtesy of the artist.

Shaz Spannenburg, Persian Palace from Surreal Estates of the Tropical North series 2021, digital composite print. Courtesy of the artist.

Shaz Spannenburg, Pink Wizard and the Garden Bar from Surreal Estates of the Tropical North series 2021, digital composite print. Courtesy of the artist.

Installation Images