International Women's Day Art Exhibition 2021

Published Date
10/03/2021
News Topic
Exhibitions, Awards & Competitions
The 2021 winners of the International Women's Day Art Prize.

Each year, Randwick City Council hosts an art exhibition in honour of International Women's Day. The competition is open to female artists who live, work or study in Randwick City. This year, an amazing 168 artists entered the competition! The winners were announced this past Saturday 6 March 2021, at  Randwick Community Centre.

In the week prior to the launch of the exhibition and announcement of the winners, Council staff diligently hung and displayed all 168 beautiful artworks at Randwick Community Centre. Each artwork was judged by Tesha Malott, an arts professional with a passion for supporting experimental and contemporary art practice in Australia. Tesha is the current Director of Verge Gallery at University of Sydney. Tesha has worked alongside, and mentored many of Australia’s leading emerging artists and was recognised for her contribution to the NSW arts sector through a nomination for Museums and Galleries Individual Achievement Award in 2018.

The 2021 Prize winners are:

12-19 Years old category

1st - Gabrielle Collins, Brigidine College  Randwick, For "My Indigenous and Egyptian Identity"
2nd - Niamh Robb, Brigidine College Randwick, For "Emote"
3rd - Gabrielle Cheung, age 13, For "Now and Us"

20 Years and over category

1st prize -  Philipa Granwal, for "My Daughter's Bedside Table"
2nd prize - Lucy Deverall, for "Submerge"
3rd prize - Alana Best, for  "Somewhere 2"

Councillors' Commendation

Each year a Councillors' prize is awarded, which is judged by Councillor Kathy Neilson, Councillor Lindsay Shurey and Councillor Alexandra Luxford. For the first time in eight years of judging, the councillors couldn't come to a conclusion on who should be awarded their prize, so two joint winners were declared and awarded to:

Chelsea De Jong,  OLSH Kensington, for "Bondi Blues"
Patricia Maradno, Brigidine College, for "In Hand"

Visit the exhibition at Randwick Community Centre:

Or selected works at Lionel Bowen Library Gallery

Learn the stories behind the winners' artworks by watching this video:

2021 International Womens Day Art Competition Prize Winners

12-19 Years old category

1st prize Gabrielle Collins, 'My Indigenous and Egyptian Identity

2nd prize - Niamh Robb, Emote

3rd prize - Gabrielle Cheung,  Now and Us

20 Years and over category

1st prize -  Philipa Granwal, My Daughter's Bedside Table

2nd prize - Lucy Deverall, Submerge

3rd prize - Alana Best, Somewhere 2

Councillors' Commendation

Each year a Councillors' prize is awarded, which is judged by Councillor Kathy Neilson, Councillor Lindsay Shurey and Councillor Alexandra Luxford. For the first time in eight years of judging, the councillors couldn't come to a conclusion on who should be awarded their prize, so two joint winners were declared and awarded to:

Chelsea De Jong,  Bondi Blues

Patricia Maradno, In Hand

Last Updated: 1 March 2022
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