QRAA 2024 ResolutionOnline Booklet

Connecting Regional Queensland to the Arts
QRAA
RESOLUTION
2024 QUEENSLAND REGIONAL ART AWARDS
PRINCIPAL SUPPORTER
AWARD SPONSORS
THE BOOTH MEMORIAL FUND OF ANNIE TAN (YUH SIEW) AND THE GEOFF BOOTH FOUNDATION
JOHN AND LYN REYNOLDS
MEDIA PARTNER

About Flying Arts Alliance Inc
Flying Arts Alliance (Flying Arts) is a not-for-profit arts and cultural development organisation.It has been
inspiring the appreciation, practice, and professional development of the visual and creative arts as a
lifetime interest or career throughout regional and remote Queensland. For over 50 years it has provided
visual arts services and opportunities to artists, artworkers and creative communities across Queensland.
We administer the Queensland Regional Arts Fund, an Australian Government program provided through
Regional Arts Australia. We are supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and
corporate partners and benefactors.
Flying Arts is honoured to acknowledge the Governor of Queensland, Her Excellency Dr Jeanette Young
AC PSM as our Patron.
Flying Arts gratefully acknowledges the support of Mr Tim Fairfax AC and Mrs Gina Fairfax AC as our
Cultural Patrons.
About the Queensland Regional Art Awards
The Queensland Regional Art Awards (QRAAs) is Flying Arts’ signature annual art awards for established
and emerging artists living in regional and remote Queensland. Since its inception in 2010, the QRAAs
have showcased artworks and have provided a platform for professional development.
The QRAAs are considered one of Australia ‘s pre-eminent regional arts awards, offering Australia ‘s largest
regional awards prize pool of over $140,000 of substantial non-acquisitive cash prizes and valuable in-kind
professional development opportunities. Flying Arts presents an annual touring exhibition of the QRAAs
finalists and prize-winners.
About the 2024 QRAA ‘Resolution’
In 2024, the QRAAs invited artists to explore the concept of . Artists and society as a
whole grapple and confront multiple viewpoints and concepts requiring resolution. Through the
creative process, artists take this voyage through differing personal, social and political lenses to
reach a meaningful resolution in their work. This reflects and is relevant to the broader journey of
society.
2024 QRAA Judges
Dr Bianca Beetson
Simon Wright
Assistant Director - Learning & Public Engagement,
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art
Dr Bianca Beetson
Renowned Kabi Kabi, Wiradhuri Artist, Curator,
Director, Lecturer, and Academic
Flying Arts Alliance acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands and seas on which we work, live and create. We pay our
respects to Elders, past, present and emerging. We acknowledge the unending connection of First Nations peoples to this country.
We value the contributions of First Nations artists, creatives, artisans, practitioners and communities to the work we do.

2024 QRAA Finalists
The Mervyn Moriarty Landscape Award
1. ALWYN FOURMILE, Budabadoo, 2024, Yarrabah, Acrylic on canvas
2. ROSELLA NAMOK, Young gals yarnin’ into the night I, 2024, Cairns, Acrylic on canvas
3. VICTORIA REICHELT, Focus 4, 2024, Tallai, Oil on linen
4. NATALIE WARD, Liontown, 2024, Townsville, Stoneware clay glazed with geological exploration waste
First Nations Artist Award
5. PAUL BONG, Beginning of Creation, 2024, Nanango, Acrylic on arches paper
6. LAUREN ROGERS, Guided by the Stars, 2024, Rothwell, Acrylic on canvas
7. SABRINA-ROSE TOBY, Recognition & Control, 2024, Cranbrook, Recycled copper from a hot water system
for the plates - Copper wire for the chain
8. BERNARD SINGLETON AND SIMONE ARNOL, Emanate – Yimbi (Basket – to leach out toxins, de-stress or
filter out noise), 2024, Westcourt, Photograph on cotton rag
Remote Artist Award
9. GLORIA GAVENOR, My Mother's Country, Gunamulla, 2024, Gununa, Mornington Island, Acrylic on canvas
10. THOMAS PEDRO, Evening star - Titui , 2024, Thursday Island, Feathers, cane, cotton, wire
11. KAREN STEPHENS, Looking for the Pink Opal (Above Ground), 2024, Winton, Acrylic on Belgian
linen
12. COLINA WYMARRA, A Safe House, 2024, Seisia, Acrylic on canvas
Emerging Artist Award
13. EDWIN HAMILL, Musical Chairs , 2024, Buderim, Oil on canvas
14. TEDDY HORTON, Stars Align, 2024, Kunda Park, Video
15. LAUREN JONES, Easy Breath, 2024, Mapleton, Oil on canvas
16. SERINAH WILLIAMS, Girlhood in Bathroom (1 & 2) , 2024, Beachmere, Photographic print on rag pearl
Environmental Art Award
17. KAREN CHARLEBOIS, Resilience, 2024, Cairns, Ceramic
18. DONNA DAVIS, IMplant_016, 2024, Raceview, Digital collage, Giclee print
19. LAUREN EDMONDS, Dark Forebodings, 2024, Petrie, Video Installation: 7:50 min animated video, TV,
button panel, headphones
20. MELISSA PEACOCK, Stim Drawing, March 2024, Tannum Sands, Second-hand Acrylic and Oil sticks on
recycled canvas, repurposed floor architraves
The Annie Tan Memorial Watercolour Award
21. LYN BARTOLO, Abandoned, 2024, Manunda, Watercolour on paper
22. COLLEEN HELMORE, Towards The Light, 2024, Burnett Heads, Watercolour
23. ROSIE LLOYD-GIBLETT, Painted Honey Eater pair dancing across the Spring Canopy – Bigambul country, 2024,
Noosaville, Ink, graphite, watercolour on paper
24. JADE STEVENS, Only the Bay Knows , 2024, Yeppoon, Watercolour on paper
Textile Art Award
25. LISA ASHCROFT, Don’t Follow Me, I’m Lost Too, 2024, Rosslea, Acrylic, handstitched sequins, kitsch, fabric
and fibre on framed canvas
26. MICHELLE KURTH, Adrift, 2024, Cooran, Cotton on Cotton warp
27. GLEN SMITH, My Weekend at Moogerah, 2024, Bundamba, Mixed Media
28. BARBARA STEPHENSON, Rock Country – Sand Country, 2024, Toowoomba, Textiles
All Artwork Photographs by Joe Ruckli

The Mervyn Moriarty
Landscape Award
First Nations Artist
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Remote Artist Award
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Environmental Art
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The Annie Tan
Memorial Watercolour
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Textile Art
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