Alana Hunt and Jacky Cheng Finalists in the 2022 National Works on Paper

Congratulations to Alana Hunt and Jacky Cheng for being included in the seventy-eight artists from across Australia shortlisted for the 2022 National Works on Paper (NWOP). Both Hunt and Cheng are part of Spaced’s current program, Rural Utopias.

In supporting and promoting contemporary Australian artists working on or with paper the NWOP includes one of the most prestigious acquisitive prizes and exhibitions of its type in Australia.

The accompanying exhibition will include traditional approaches to working with paper alongside works that incorporate new technologies and provides a survey of what’s happening in contemporary art across Australia today. The judges for this year’s award are Clothilde Bullen, Head of Indigenous Programs and Initiatives and Curator of Indigenous Art, AGWA, Max Delany, Artistic Director and CEO, ACCA, Jenna Lee, artist, NWOP finalist 2020 and Danny Lacy, Director Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery.

Location: Mornington Peninsula Regional Art Gallery.

Dates: 13 August to 27 November 2022.

The winner of the 2022 National Works on Paper prize will be announced at the exhibition launch on Saturday 13 August 2022.

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Image credits: Jacky Cheng, Honour and Love, detail (2021); Alana Hunt, Home / A very clear picture (2021-22), 3 A4 pages, edition of 967 photocopied sets.

Explore our current programs

Know Thy Neighbour #3 (2021-23). Know Thy Neighbour #3 investigates notions of place, sites of interest, networks, and social relationships with partner communities.

Rural Utopias (2019-23). Rural Utopias is a program of residencies, exhibitions and professional development activities organised in partnership with 12 Western Australian rural and remote towns.