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2021 FNQ Contemporaries is an exhibition that was initiated to support the Cairns Art Gallery Artists Fellowship Program which is proudly supported by the Cairns RSL Club.
In partnership with the Cairns RSL Club the Cairns Art Gallery offered three Fellowships of $7,500 each to provide financial support for the artists to develop a new body of work for a solo exhibition at the Gallery.
Fifteen artists were shortlisted for the 2021 Fellowships from over 100 submissions by the judging panel comprising of Janina Harding, Artistic Director, Cairns Indigenous Art Fair; José Da Silva, Director, UNSW Galleries; and Andrea May Churcher, Director, Cairns Art Gallery.
The 2021 FNQ Contemporaries exhibition presents work by the shortlisted artists.
The Fellowships were 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).
The three artists to receive the 2021 Fellowships were Janet Fieldhouse, Mahar Gorospe-Lockie and Francesca Rosa.
Artists
Lou Derry
Janet Fieldhouse
Maharlina Gorospe-Lockie
Naomi Hobson
Lenore Howard
Catherine (Kate) Hunter
Anastasia Klose
Walter R. Lui
Arone Meeks
Roland Nancarrow
Francesca Rosa
Johannes Schouten
Jimmy John Thaiday
Jason Wegger
Philomena Yeatman
Selected works
Arone Meeks, (L-R)Evidence, Evidence series I, Evidence series II, Evidence series III, Evidence series IV, 2021, monoprint, Collection of the artist
Walter R. Lui, Cultural Influence, 2020, pencil on paper, Collection of the artist
Janet Fieldhouse, (L) Colours of Land and Sea I (R) Colours of Land and Sea II, 2021, buff raku trachyte, chocolate brown, mid red, raffia, wire, foam, Collection of the artist,Courtesy of Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne
Naomi Hobson, High Tea, 2020, digital print, chandelier, Collection of the artist, Courtesy of Redot Fine Art Gallery, Singapore
Mahar Gorospe-Lockie, A Well Lit Path, 2021, mixed media on canvas, Collection of the artist
Roland Nancarrow In the Beginning - Sunrise Birds, 2020, acrylic on PVC and wood, Collection of the artist
Installation images
2021 FNQ Contemporaries install, Cairns Art Gallery 2021, Photography: Michael Marzik
2021 FNQ Contemporaries install, Cairns Art Gallery 2021, Photography: Michael Marzik
2021 FNQ Contemporaries install, Cairns Art Gallery 2021, Photography: Michael Marzik
2021 FNQ Contemporaries install, Cairns Art Gallery 2021, Photography: Michael Marzik
Proudly supported by the Cairns RSL Club
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