Tag Archives: William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize

2023 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize | Finalists announced

27 July 2023 | Art Almanac

"Artists are pushing the medium of photography . . . experimenting with cameraless works to conceiving of a photograph as a sculptural form that leaps off the walls and inhabits your space." – Anouska Phizacklea....

X-ray image wins 2022 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize

8 October 2022 | Art Almanac

"Amos Gebhardt's Wallaby sits at the boundaries of photography and taps into its inner core – refractions of light. It is an incredibly complex and poetic work."– Anouska Phizacklea, MGA Director....

William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize | shortlist

29 July 2022 | Art Almanac

The works created over the last twelve months display a diverse snapshot of photographic practice in Australia today....

2021 Bowness Photography Prize winner announced

12 November 2021 | Art Almanac

Lillian O'Neil's practice is founded in archival processes by amassing material that she scans, cuts and wields adeptly into compositions that bind history to the present, seen in her winning work Drawing to a close....

2021 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize

9 September 2021 | Art Almanac

The 2021 Bowness Photography Prize presents a myriad of themes and topics reflecting on the joys and challenges of our most recent times: isolation, protest, hope and celebration....

2021 Bowness Photography Prize | Shortlist announced

30 July 2021 | Art Almanac

MGA invited artists to submit still photo-based media, including analogue and digital photography, created over the last year for consideration. From 739 entries, these are the 52 finalists....

Christian Thompson | Bowness Photography Prize winner

22 January 2021 | Art Almanac

The William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize, a $30,000 acquisitive award was presented to artist Christian Thompson for his epic four-panel work 'Rule of three' (2020)....

William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize

21 December 2020 | Art Almanac

‘There is an intensity to these works, and one can read a pre- and post-COVID-19 lens – the shortlisted artists illustrate its impact and the change that we all feel,’ says Anouska Phizacklea, MGA Gallery Director....

2020 Bowness Photography Prize | 60 finalists

20 August 2020 | Art Almanac

'There is an intensity to these works, and one can read a pre- and post-COVID-19 lens – the shortlisted artists illustrate its impact and the change that we all feel.’ — Anouska Phizacklea, MGA Gallery Director...

Bowness Photography Prize | Sotheby’s Australia People’s Choice Award

19 November 2019 | Art Almanac

Shoufay Derz wins the 2019 Sotheby’s Australia People’s Choice Award for her work Under erasure, an image of the Turkmenistan 'fiery fortress', Yangykala....

2019 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize winner

11 October 2019 | Art Almanac

Katrin Koenning has won the William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize with her subtle and quiet triptych of the bushfire-ravaged landscape of Lake Mountain....

William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize shortlist announced

9 August 2019 | Art Almanac

The '2019 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize' shortlist reveals a continued fascination with exploring and pushing the boundaries of the photographic medium....