2020 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award (JADA)

The Gallery's flagship biennial art prize graciously sponsored by the Friends of Grafton Gallery.

Supported by The Friends of the Gallery, the JADA is Grafton Regional Gallery's flagship art prize. Established in 1988 the JADA celebrates drawing in all its splendour from hyper-realism that is beyond belief to the expressive and abstract, evoking the poetic and emotional response to the human condition and our environment. Many of the works question and challenge the notion of the traditional drawing; while others provide a contemporary perspective and reinvigorate those traditions. 

The 2020 JADA received a record 659 entries from 521 artists throughout Australia with 56 finalists  being selected for the exhibition and susequent tour.

The Gallery will launch the exhibition on Friday 2 October with special guest presenter Rove McManus, Gallery Direcor Niomi Sands and Judge, Peter McKay who  will announce the winner of the $35,000 acquisitive prize. Peter is Curatorial Manager of Australian Art at Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art.
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The exhibition will be on view in Prentice House until 22 November 2020 between 10:00 am and 3:00 pm daily, admission is by donation.

The 2020 JADA selection panel comprised of:
Brett Addlington - Director: Lismore Regional Gallery
Heather Brown - President: Friends of the Grafton Gallery and Gallery Advisory Committee member
Michael Zavros - Artist, winner and acquired artist of past JADA exhibitions
Niomi Sands - Director: Grafton Regional Gallery
Peter Wood - CEO: Arts Northern Rivers 

Artists selected as finalists:

Katka Adams	Tim Allen	Kim Anderson
Oliver Ashworth-Martin	Matt Baker	Marjan Bakhtiarikish
Penny Bennett	Cher Breeze	Darren Bryant
Jude Crawford	Michael Cusack	Jan Davis
Christine Druitt-Preston	Mark Dustin	Yvonne East
David Fairbairn	Philip Faulks	Matt Foley
Todd Fuller	Joanna Gambotto	Damian Gascoigne
Julianna Gosper	Jody Graham	Elizabeth Green
Alexander Hamilton	Beric Henderson	Dave Hickson
Debbie Hill	Catherine Hockey	Jim Howe
Julie Hutchings	Cedar Jeffs	Jennifer Keeler-Milne
Caroline Kennedy	Elena Kolotusha	James Iain McKellar
Noel McKenna	Robert Moore	Celia Morgan
Jule Nash	Kellie O'Dempsey	Catherine O'Donnell
William Platz	Lyn Raymer	Alessia Sakoff
Tim Spellman	Tulli Stevens	Hiromi Tango
Luke Thurgate	Sarah Tomasetti	Teo Treloar
Leonardo Uribe	Craig Waddell	Emma Walker
Christina Waterson	Christine Willcocks

       
Image credit: Todd Fuller Ode to Clarence series - untitled 9 (detail), 2016/17,  mixed media on paper. (winner 2018 JADA). Courtesy of the artist and MAYSPACE.

 

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