Announcement of 2016 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize Judges

Geelong Gallery have announced that Victoria Lynn, Director of TarraWarra Museum of Art, will join Director of Geelong Gallery, Jason Smith and Curator at Geelong Gallery, Lisa Sullivan as a guest judge for the 2016 Geelong contemporary art prize. Their combined professional résumés attest to the knowledge and skills needed in selecting this year’s finalists and overall winner.

The $30,000 acquisitive prize showcases the best of contemporary Australian painting practice and is a signature event that assists with the development of Geelong Gallery’s permanent collection through the acquisition of a winning work.

Victoria LynnVictoria Lynn is the author of three books and over 70 articles and catalogues. Prior to her current role as Director of TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria was Director, Creative Development, Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), Melbourne and Curator, Contemporary Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), Sydney. From 2004-2012 Victoria was an independent curator taking on positions such as visual arts curator for the Adelaide Festival in 2010-12, where she curated ‘Adelaide International: Apart, we are together’ (2010) and ‘Adelaide International: Restless’ (2012). In 2010 Victoria curated ‘The Trickster’, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Korea, 2010. In 2009 she was curator of ‘Double Take’, the Anne Landa Award for Video and New Media Arts, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney. In 2007 she curated ‘turbulence’, 3rd Auckland Triennial; ‘Julie Rrap: Body Double’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney and ‘Regarding Fear and Jason SmithHope’ at Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne.

Jason Smith is an internationally recognised public art museum director and exhibitions and collections curator who has worked in the art museum sector for 25 years. His appointment as Director of Geelong Gallery builds the gallery’s commitment as Australia’s foremost regional gallery to presenting exhibitions of vision and national significance. Jason was most recently the Curatorial Manager of Australian Art at Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art. From 2008-2014 he was the Director and CEO of Heide Museum of Modern Art during which time he led the critically acclaimed reinvigoration of the Museum’s cultural programming and artistic direction. He has curated over 40 exhibitions and has written on the work of over 150 artists for a range of publications.Lisa Sullivan

Lisa Sullivan is Curator at Geelong Gallery where she manages the annual exhibition program and contributes to the development, research and interpretation of the collection. Since joining the Gallery in 2005, Lisa has managed over 200 exhibitions – including the annual painting and print prizes –and curated a number of contemporary and historical exhibitions addressing aspects of painting practice. Prior to joining Geelong Gallery, she was the Collections Curator at the Ian Potter Museum of Art at the University of Melbourne (2001-05), and in 2003, the Harold Wright Scholar at the British Museum’s Prints & Drawings Collection.

Entries to the 2016 Geelong contemporary art prize close online Friday 20 May, 5pm. Judging will commence in late June.

www.geelonggallery.org.au/prizes/geelong-contemporary-art-award

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