Meet the Judging Panel for the 67th Blake Prize!

Abdul Abdullah

Abdul Abdullah is an Australian multi-disciplinary artist. As a self-described ‘outsider amongst outsiders’ with a post 9/11 mindset, his practice is primarily concerned with the experience of the ‘other’. Abdullah’s projects have engaged with different marginalised minority groups and he is particularly interested in the disjuncture between perception/projection of identity and the reality of lived experience. Identifying as a Muslim and having both Malay/Indonesian and convict/settler Australian heritage, Abdullah occupies a precarious space in the political discourse that puts him at odds with popular definitions. He sees himself as an artist working in the peripheries of a peripheral city, in a peripheral country, orbiting a world on the brink. His work has been censored by politicians who have accused him of attacking Australian culture, and once a member of the Christian Democratic party wrote that Abdullah wants to “convert young Australians” and that he “worships a moon god”.

Megan Monte

Megan Monte is the inaugural Director of Ngununggula, and her previous roles include Director of Cement Fondu and Curator of Contemporary Art at Campbelltown Arts Centre. Megan’s expertise extends to curation and arts management. She has been the recipient of competitive grants, including the Australia Council for the Arts Venice Biennale Emerging Curators Program 2015 and Basel Hong Kong Curator’s Program 2017. Megan has a BVA (Sydney College of the Arts), Diploma Secondary Education (New England University) and Masters in Curating and Cultural Leadership (UNSW Art & Design).

Rosemary Crumlin OAM

Rosemary Crumlin OAM is a Sister of Mercy, art historian, educator and exhibition curator with a special interest in art and spirituality. She was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2001 Queen's Birthday Honours for service to the visual arts, particularly the promotion and understanding of contemporary and religious art, to education, and to the community. Key exhibitions projects she has curated include ‘Beyond Belief: Modern Art and the Religious Imagination’ (1998) at the National Gallery of Victoria, and 'The Blake prize for religious art: the first 25 years' (1984) at Monash University Gallery. Rosemary also published ‘The Blake Book’ exploring the first 60 years of the Blake Prize, she has a deep knowledge of the prize and its history.

There are 2 steps to enter the 67^th Blake Prize:

Step 1: Pay the entry fee(s).

Once you have finished paying you will be sent a payment confirmation email. The email will have a link to the online entry form in it. It will also have a tax invoice that lists your booking number (located at the top right of your tax invoice). This booking number is essential to successfully complete and submit your entry form.

Step 2: Complete the online entry form.

Once you have finished paying and received your payment confirmation email, click the link in the email to open the online entry form. The entry form includes all the information you need to enter, including the terms and conditions. You will be asked to enter your booking number in the required field, along with everything else we will need from you to enter the Prize. Once you have completed the entry form and hit submit you will receive a confirmation email thanking you for entering the 67^th Blake Prize.

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Entries for the 67th Blake Prize close on 15 November (5PM AEDT). No extensions will be provided.

Since 1951, The Blake Prize has engaged artists, nationally and internationally, with ideas of spirituality and religion. The prize takes its name from William Blake, the world-famous 18th Century artist, and poet who threaded the religious and artistic throughout his practice. Building on this history, The 67th Blake Prize continues to encourage contemporary artists of varied styles and religious and spiritual allegiances to create significant works of art, which engage in conversations and negotiations concerning spirituality, religion and/or belief.

Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre has proudly presented The Blake Prize as a biennial event since 2016, ensuring the future of this landmark prize. Casula Powerhouse is ideally positioned in Liverpool, a community of people from over 150 different birthplaces, speaking over 140 languages with an equally diverse range of faith backgrounds. We are committed to supporting emerging and established artists to create work that reflect Australian communities.

CPAC will maintain the guiding principles of The Blake Prize, continuing to engage contemporary artists, both nationally and internationally, in conversations concerning faith, spirituality, religion, hope, humanity, social justice, belief and non – belief. The Blake Prize presents an aesthetic means of exploring the wider experience of spirituality and all this may entail through the visionary imagining of contemporary artists.

Image Gallery: Featuring finalists from The 65th Blake Prize (2018)

Image credits: Wade Marynowsky, Yesterday’s Futurist (Self Portrait with Lightsaber)., 2017, High definition video and audio. | Chris O'Doherty aka Reg Mombassa, Stations of the Cross No.10  - Australian Jesus stripped bare, 2016, charcoal, coloured pencils and glitter | Jacqui Stockdale, The Offering, 2017, Type C photograph | Pamela Leung, SORRY I NO UNDERSTAND, 2018, neon | Winner of The 65th Blake Prize: Tina Havelock Stevens, Giant Rock, 2017, Video still-photo Daniel S Perry and courtesy, copyright of the artist | Winner of the 2018 Blake Established Artist Award: Tracey Clement, Metropolis Experiment, 2017, Sculpture mild steel, salt, laboratory glass, cotton.

Click here to listen to The Art Show (ABC Radio) featuring the winner of The 65th Blake Prize, Tina Havelock Stevens