The 2024 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA) features Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists from across Australia, sharing works reflecting the strength of cultures, responses to current affairs and unerring connections to Country.
Seventy-two finalists were selected, including Telstra Art Award winner Noli Rictor, whose painting Kamanti, 2023, illustrates the Country he was born into, reflecting the deep spiritual and cultural heritage that has shaped his life. The arid but sacred environment of Kamanti is brought to life through colour and form, capturing the enduring power and presence of its ancestral figures.
Noli Rictor, Kamanti, 2023, synthetic polymer paint on linen, 290 × 200cm. Photograph: Georgina Campbell. Courtesy the artist, Spinifex Arts Project, Western Australia and Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT), Darwin
Highly commended Telstra Multimedia Award: Dhukumul Wanambi, Gurka’wuy, 2024, rocks, earth pigment, digital projection, 01:20 minutes, 75 × 75 × 6cm: Photograph: Charlie Bliss
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT)
22 June 2024 to 27 January 2025
Darwin
