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The '''Blake Prize''' is an Australian art prize which has been operating since 1951. It was awarded annually from 1951 to 2015, and from 2016 has been bi-annual.<ref>[http://www.casulapowerhouse.com/get-involved/prizes/prizes/blakeprize Casula Powerhouse: Blake Prize]. Retrieved 6 October 2019</ref><ref name="AAR">{{Cite web|url=http://www.artreview.com.au/art/collecting/feature-blake-prize.aspx|title=Feature: Blake Prize|accessdate=2 August 2007|work=Contemporary|publisher=[[Australian Art Review]]|date=November 2005|author=Rebecca Somerville|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830155656/http://www.artreview.com.au/art/collecting/feature-blake-prize.aspx|archivedate=30 August 2007}}</ref>
The '''Blake Prize''', formerly the '''Blake Prize for Religious Art''',<ref name=2007home>{{cite web | title=Home page | website=Blake Prize | date=17 November 2007 | url=http://blakeprize.com.au/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117230810/http://blakeprize.com.au/ | archive-date=17 November 2007 | url-status=unfit | access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref> is an [[List of Australian art awards|Australian art prize]] awarded for art that explores [[spirituality]]. Since the inaugural prize in 1951, the prize was awarded annually from 1951 to 2015, and since 2016 has been awarded biennially.<ref name=blake67>{{cite web | title=Call for Entries: The 67th Blake Prize | website=Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre | date=2021 | url=https://www.casulapowerhouse.com/whats-on/lcc-whats-on/call-for-entries-the-67th-blake-prize | access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref><ref name="AAR">{{Cite web|url=http://www.artreview.com.au/art/collecting/feature-blake-prize.aspx|title=Feature: Blake Prize|access-date=2 August 2007|work=Contemporary|publisher=[[Australian Art Review]]|date=November 2005|author=Rebecca Somerville|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830155656/http://www.artreview.com.au/art/collecting/feature-blake-prize.aspx|archive-date=30 August 2007}}</ref>
The prize was established in Sydney in 1949 as an incentive to raise the standard of [[religious art]]. Founded by R. Morley, the Reverend Michael Scott SJ (Headmaster of Campion Hall, Point Piper, and subsequently Rector of Aquinas College, University of Adelaide), and lawyer M. Tenison, it was named after the artist and poet [[William Blake]]. The first Blake Prize was won by [[Justin O'Brien]] in 1951.


{{as of|2021}}, the non-acquisitive prize, awarded since 2016 by the [[Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre]] (CPAC), is worth {{AUD|35,000}}. In addition, CPAC awards the Blake Emerging Artist Prize, an acquisitive prize of {{AUD|6,000}} (formerly the John Coburn Emerging Artist Award<ref name=wb>{{cite web | title=Awards | website=William Blake | url=http://williamblakeokay.weebly.com/awards-hes-won.html | access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref>), and the Blake Established Artist Residency, which includes a [[artist-in-residence|residency]] and [[solo exhibition]] hosted by CPAC.<ref name=blake67/>
The Blake Exhibitions have been a regular travelling exhibition around Australia, visiting various major cities and provincial galleries.


==History==
The award of the Blake Prize to [[Charles Bannon (artist)|Charles Bannon]] in 1954 for his "[[Judas Iscariot]]" was one of the most controversial in its history; this opened controversy over what constituted religious art and over "[[abstract expressionism]]" which threatened to overwhelm the exhibition.
The prize was established in [[Sydney]] in 1949 as an incentive to raise the standard of religious art<ref name=blake1/> and to find suitable work to decorate churches.<ref name=smh2014/> It was founded by [[Jewish]] businessman Richard Morley,<ref name=wb/> the Reverend Michael Scott [[Society of Jesus|SJ]], a headmaster of [[Campion Hall]], [[Point Piper]], and subsequently rector of [[Aquinas College, Adelaide|Aquinas College]] (a Catholic residential college for university students in [[North Adelaide#Design|North Adelaide]]<ref >{{cite web | title=Home page | website=Aquinas College | url=https://www.aquinas.edu.au/ | access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref>), and lawyer M. Tenison. The Blake Prize is named after the artist and poet, [[William Blake]]. The inaugural Blake Prize was awarded by the Blake Society in 1951 to [[Justin O'Brien]].<ref name=blake1/>


The Blake exhibitions have been a regular travelling exhibition around Australia, visiting various major cities and provincial galleries.{{cn|date=September 2021}}
In 2008 the Blake Society established the [[Blake Poetry Prize]] to link art and literature and to give Australian poets new possibilities to explore the nature of spirituality in the 21st century. The Blake Poetry Prize is presented in association with [[Writing NSW]].


The award of the Blake Prize to [[Charles Bannon (artist)|Charles Bannon]] in 1954 for his ''[[Judas Iscariot]]'' was one of the most controversial in its history; this opened controversy over what constituted religious art and over "[[abstract expressionism]]" which threatened to overwhelm the exhibition.{{cn|date=September 2021}}
The prize was administered by the Blake Society, in 2016 the Casula Powerhouse arts centre took over the prize now focuses on the broader spiritual arts rather than religious art.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Centre|first1=Casula Powerhouse Arts|title=The 64th Blake Prize|url=http://www.casulapowerhouse.com/whats-on/exhibitions2/the-64th-blake-prize|website=casulapowerhouse.com|accessdate=26 October 2017|date=1 January 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026163659/http://www.casulapowerhouse.com/whats-on/exhibitions2/the-64th-blake-prize|archive-date=26 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Casula Powerhouse also administer the Blake Poetry Prize.

In 2000, the prize shifted its focus from strictly religious art to an exploration of spirituality, and some of the entries proved controversial. In 2007, former prime minister [[John Howard]] and former Catholic archbishop of Sydney [[George Pell]] expressed disapproval of art works showing the [[Virgin Mary]] in a [[burqa]], and a [[hologram]] of Christ morphing with [[Osama bin Laden]]. In 2008, ''[[The Australian]]'''s art critic [[Christopher Allen (critic)|Christopher Allen]] resigned from the judging panel over an entry by [[Adam Cullen]] showing the crucifixion of Christ.<ref name=smh2014>{{cite web | last=Taylor | first=Andrew | title=Blake Prize for religious art under threat | website=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=8 December 2014 | url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/blake-prize-for-religious-art-under-threat-20141208-122dfe.html | access-date=17 September 2021}}</ref>

The prize was known as the Blake Prize for Religious Art until its 56th edition in 2007, and was based at the [[National Art School]] in [[Darlinghurst]] at this time.<ref name=2007home/> For its 57th edition in 2008, it was rebranded the Blake Prize, subtitled "Exploring the spiritual and religious in art".<ref name=2008home>{{cite web | title=Home page | website=Blake Prize | date=2008 | url=http://blakeprize.com.au/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080303021818/http://www.blakeprize.com.au/ | archive-date=3 March 2008 | url-status=dead | access-date=16 September 2021 }}</ref>

In 2008 the Blake Society, in collaboration with the [[New South Wales Writers' Centre]] (now Writing NSW), established the [[Blake Poetry Prize]]<ref name=smh2014/> to link art and literature and to give Australian poets new possibilities to explore the nature of spirituality in the 21st century.{{cn|date=September 2021}}

In 2011, Australian art historian, educator and exhibition curator [[Rosemary Crumlin]] authored a book documenting 60 years of the Blake Prize.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Crumlin|first=Rosemary|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/795116754|title=The Blake book : art, religion and spirituality in Australia : celebrating 60 years of the Blake Prize|date=2011|others=Margaret Woodward|isbn=978-1-921394-51-5|location=Melbourne, Australia|oclc=795116754}}</ref>

In 2012, the National Art School was replaced as exhibition partner by the [[National Trust of Australia|National Trust]]'s [[S. H. Ervin Gallery]] in [[Observatory Park, Sydney|Observatory Park]], in [[Sydney CBD|Sydney's city centre]], for the 61st edition of the awards.<ref name=2012home>{{cite web | title=Home page | website=Blake Prize | date=2012 | url=http://blakeprize.com.au/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317040801/http://www.blakeprize.com.au/ | archive-date= 17 March 2012 | url-status=unfit | access-date=17 September 2021}}</ref><ref name=2011home>{{cite web | title=Home page | website=Blake Prize | date=2011 | url=http://blakeprize.com.au/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208070136/http://www.blakeprize.com.au/| archive-date= 8 Dec 2011 | url-status=unfit | access-date=17 September 2021}}</ref>

In 2014 there were new commercial sponsors, and the venue partner became [[UNSW College of Fine Arts]] (now UNSW School of Art & Design).<ref name=2014home>{{cite web | title=Home page | website=Blake Prize | date=2014 | url=http://blakeprize.com.au/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140126052753/http://www.blakeprize.com.au/ | archive-date= 26 Jan 2014| url-status=unfit | access-date=17 September 2021}}</ref>

The prize was administered by the Blake Society up till and including 2015. After the 63rd edition of the prize in January, chair Rod Pattenden said that it would not be able to continue owing to lack of sponsorship,<ref name=fairly2015/> suggesting that the prize was seen as "too open-minded" by religious organisations and "too religious" by secular people.<ref name=smh2014/> In July, the [[Casula Powerhouse Art Centre]] (CPAC) and [[City of Liverpool (New South Wales)|Liverpool City Council]] announced that they would be funding and managing the prize, with the exhibition and awards moving to [[Casula, New South Wales|Casula]] in [[Western Sydney]]. They promised that {{AUD|25,000}} would be available in perpetuity.<ref name=fairly2015>{{cite web | last=Fairley | first=Gina | title=Blake Prize for religious art resurrected | website=ArtsHub Australia | date=23 July 2015 | url=https://www.artshub.com.au/2015/07/23/blake-prize-for-religious-art-resurrected-248778/ | access-date=17 September 2021}}</ref>

In 2016 CPAC took over the prize for the 64th Blake Prize, and it became a biennial award.<ref name=2016home>{{cite web | title=Home page | website=Blake Prize | date=2016 | url=http://blakeprize.com.au/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324165219/http://www.blakeprize.com.au/ | archive-date= 24 March 2016 | url-status=unfit | access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref> It now focuses on the broader spiritual arts rather than religious art.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Centre|first1=Casula Powerhouse Arts|title=The 64th Blake Prize|url=http://www.casulapowerhouse.com/whats-on/exhibitions2/the-64th-blake-prize|website=casulapowerhouse.com|access-date=26 October 2017|date=1 January 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026163659/http://www.casulapowerhouse.com/whats-on/exhibitions2/the-64th-blake-prize|archive-date=26 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Casula Powerhouse took over the Blake Poetry Prize in the same year.<ref>{{cite web | title=About the Blake Poetry Prize | website=Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre | url=https://www.casulapowerhouse.com/get-involved/prizes/prizes/the-blake-poetry-prize/the-blake-poetry-prize-info/about-the-blake-poetry-prize | access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref>

=={{anchor|justice}}Blake Prize for Human Justice==<!---Redirects target this anchor.--->

From 2009<ref name=muaprize>{{cite web | title=Blake Art Award | website=Maritime Union of Australia | date=26 August 2009 | url=https://www.mua.org.au/news/human-justice-blake-art-award | access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref> until 2014, the Blake Prize for Human Justice, worth {{AUD|5,000}}, was sponsored by the [[Maritime Union of Australia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stelladownerfineart.com.au/sites/default/files/news/pdf/2017-10/StellaDownerFineArt-4750.pdf| date=10 October 2013 |title= Blake Prize finalists announced|access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref> The winners were:
*2009: [[Dianne Coulter]]<ref name="ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) 2009">{{cite web | title=Blake Prize awarded to video artwork - ABC News | website=ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) | date=3 September 2009 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-09-03/blake-prize-awarded-to-video-artwork/1416210 | access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref>
*2010: [[Fiona White (artist)|Fiona White]]<ref >{{cite web | title='An enormous spiritual presence' wins Blake Prize for artist | website=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=2 September 2010 | url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/an-enormous-spiritual-presence-wins-blake-prize-for-artist-20100902-14rlg.html | access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref>
*2011: [[Abdul Abdullah]]<ref name=firingline>{{cite web | last=Valentish | first=Jenny | title=Portrait of the artist in the firing line: Abdul Abdullah on controversy, threats and rightwing hate mail | website=[[The Guardian]] | date=15 January 2020 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jan/16/portrait-of-the-artist-in-the-firing-line-abdul-abdullah-on-controversy-threats-and-rightwing-hate-mail | access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref><ref name=tedx>{{cite web| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZmZSEjPonA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/7ZmZSEjPonA |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|via=YouTube| publisher= [[TedX]]|format= Video + text|title=Combating Prejudice with Art |first= Abdul |last=Abdullah |others= At TEDxYouth@Sydney| date=8 September 2015|access-date=16 September 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*2012: [[Saif Almurayati]], a former refugee<ref>{{cite web | title=2012 Blake Prize Winners Announced | website=Art Almanac | date=8 November 2012 | url=https://www.art-almanac.com.au/2012-blake-prize-winners-announced/ | access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref>
*2013: [[Franz Kempf]] {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}}<ref>{{cite web | title=Blake Prize for Human Justice awarded to Adelaide artist Franz Kempf | website=Travelling Rabbi | date=9 December 2013 | url=http://travelingrabbi.com/unique/blake-prize-for-human-justice-awarded-to-adelaide-artist-franz-kempf/index.html | access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref>
*2014: [[Hedy Ritterman]]<ref>{{cite web | title=The 63rd Blake Prize winners | website=UNSW | date=15 December 2014 | url=https://www.unsw.edu.au/news/2014/12/the-63rd-blake-prize-winners | access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref>

==Current prizes==

{{as of|2021}}, there are three prizes awarded by Casula Powerhouse:<ref name=blake67/>
* The Blake Prize, a non-acquisitive prize of {{AUD|35,000}}
* The Blake Emerging Artist Prize, an acquisitive prize of {{AUD|6,000}} (formerly the John Coburn Emerging Artist Award<ref name=wb/>)
* The Blake Established Artist Residency, a [[artist-in-residence|residency]] and [[solo exhibition]], hosted by Casula Powerhouse


== List of winners ==
== List of winners ==
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*1951 [[Justin O'Brien]] – The Virgin Enthroned<ref name=blake1>{{cite web | url=https://www.johnmcdonald.net.au/2011/the-60th-blake-prize-exhibition/ | title=The 60th Blake Prize Exhibition | first=John | last=McDonald |work=John McDonald |date=2011-10-01 |accessdate=2019-10-05}}</ref> (1st Blake Prize)
!Ordinal !! Year !! Winner(s) !! Name of work(s) !! Notes
*1952 [[Frank Hinder]] – Flight into Egypt
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*1953 [[Michael Kmit]] – The Evangelist John Mark
|align="center"|{{nts|1}} ||align=center| 1951 || [[Justin O'Brien]] || ''The Virgin Enthroned'' || <ref name=blake1>{{cite web | url=https://www.johnmcdonald.net.au/2011/the-60th-blake-prize-exhibition/ | title=The 60th Blake Prize Exhibition | first=John | last=McDonald |work=John McDonald |date=2011-10-01 |access-date=2019-10-05}}</ref>
*1954 [[Charles Bannon (artist)|Charles Bannon]] – Judas Iscariot
|-
*1955 [[Donald Friend]] – St John and Scenes from the Apocalypse
|align="center"|{{nts|2}} ||align=center| 1952 || [[Frank Hinder]] || ''Flight into Egypt'' ||
*1956 [[Eric Smith (artist)|Eric Smith]] – The Scourged Christ
|-
*1957 [[Elwyn Lynn]] – Betrayal
|align="center"|{{nts|3}} ||align=center| 1953 || [[Michael Kmit]] || ''The Evangelist John Mark'' ||
*1958 [[Eric Smith (artist)|Eric Smith]] – The Moment Christ Died
|-
*1959 [[Eric Smith (artist)|Eric Smith]] – Christ is Risen
|align="center"|{{nts|4}} ||align=center| 1954 || [[Charles Bannon (artist)|Charles Bannon]] || ''Judas Iscariot'' ||
*1960 [[John Coburn (painter)|John Coburn]] – Triptych of the Passion
|-
*1961 [[Stanislav Rapotec|Stanislaus Rapotec]] – Meditating on Good Friday<ref name=blake1></ref>
|align="center"|{{nts|5}} ||align=center| 1955 || [[Donald Friend]] || ''St John and Scenes from the Apocalypse'' ||
*1962 [[Eric Smith (artist)|Eric Smith]] – Eucharistic Landscape
|-
*1963 [[Leonard French]] – Ancient Fragments
|align="center"|{{nts|6}} ||align=center| 1956 || [[Eric Smith (artist)|Eric Smith]] || ''The Scourged Christ'' ||
*1964 [[Michael Kitching]] – Last Supper-Premonition<ref>{{Cite news
|-
| title = Blake Prize Winner – £500 Prize To Teacher
|align="center"|{{nts|7}} ||align=center| 1957 || [[Elwyn Lynn]] || ''Betrayal'' ||
| newspaper = The Sydney Morning Herald
|-
| page = 4
|align="center"|{{nts|8}} ||align=center| 1958 || Eric Smith || ''The Moment Christ Died'' ||
| date = 2 October 1964
|-
| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cfpjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CeYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5791,218417&dq=michael-kitching&hl=en
|align="center"|{{nts|9}} ||align=center| 1959 || Eric Smith || ''Christ is Risen'' ||
| accessdate = 16 April 2011}}
|-
</ref>
|align="center"|{{nts|10}} ||align=center| 1960 || [[John Coburn (painter)|John Coburn]] || ''Triptych of the Passion'' ||
*1965 [[Asher Bilu]] – I Form Light and Create Darkness-Isaiah 45:7
|-
*1966 [[Rodney Milgate]] – Ascension
|align="center"|{{nts|11}} ||align=center| 1961 || [[Stanislav Rapotec|Stanislaus Rapotec]] || ''Meditating on Good Friday'' ||<ref name=blake1 />
*1967 [[Desiderius Orban]] – Hosanna
|-
*1968 [[Roger Kemp]] – The Cross
|align="center"|{{nts|12}} ||align=center| 1962 || Eric Smith || ''Eucharistic Landscape'' ||
*1969 [[Eric Smith (artist)|Eric Smith]] – The Assassin's Creed
|-
*1970 [[Roger Kemp]] – Denial &
|align="center"|{{nts|13}} ||align=center| 1963 || [[Leonard French]] || ''Ancient Fragments'' ||
**[[Eric Smith (artist)|Eric Smith]] – Christ's Flesh: Living, Suffering and Resurrected
|-
*1971 [[Desiderius Orban]] – Transition to Christianity
|align="center"|{{nts|14}} ||align=center| 1964 || [[Michael Kitching]] || ''Last Supper-Premonition'' ||<ref>{{Cite news |title=Blake Prize Winner – £500 Prize To Teacher |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |page=4 |date=2 October 1964 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cfpjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CeYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5791,218417&dq=michael-kitching&hl=en |access-date=16 April 2011}}</ref>
*1972 [[Joseph Szabo (Australian artist)|Joseph Szabo]] – Black Friday
|-
*1973 [[Keith Looby]] – Your Motel Calvary Still Life Flowers
|align="center"|{{nts|15}} ||align=center| 1965 || [[Asher Bilu]] || ''I Form Light and Create Darkness-Isaiah 45:7'' ||
*1974 [[Stuart Maxwell]] – Christ at Emmaus &
|-
** [[Ken Whisson]] – Tobias and the Angel
*1975 [[Rodney Milgate]] – Thoughts on Holy Thursday
|align="center"|{{nts|16}} ||align=center| 1966 || [[Rodney Milgate]] || ''Ascension'' ||
|-
*1976 [[David Voigt]] – Blue Requiem
|align="center"|{{nts|17}} ||align=center| 1967 || [[Desiderius Orban]] || ''Hosanna'' ||
*1977 [[John Coburn (painter)|John Coburn]] – Hozanna &
|-
**[[Rodney Milgate]] – Tree
|align="center"|{{nts|18}} ||align=center| 1968 || [[Roger Kemp]] || ''The Cross'' ||
*1978 [[Noel Tunks]] – The First Friday Retreat
|-
*1979 [[Ian Gentle]] [[Alex Trompf]] – Roadside Altar Piece Comas
|align="center"|{{nts|19}} ||align=center| 1969 || Eric Smith || ''The Assassin's Creed'' ||
*1980 [[Leonard French]] – Instruments for a Drama Meditation
|-
*1981 [[David Voigt]] – Meditation
|align="center" rowspan=2|{{nts|20}} ||align=center rowspan=2| 1970 || Roger Kemp || ''Denial'' ||
*1982 [[Mary Anne Coutts]] – In Mockery of Christ &
|-
**[[Suzie Marston]] Sunday School Work Books
| Eric Smith || ''Christ's Flesh: Living, Suffering and Resurrected'' ||
*1983 [[Geoffrey Harvey]] [[Ann Taylor (artist)|Ann Taylor]] – The Offering
|-
*1984 [[Mary Hall (artist)|Mary Hall]] – The Spirit of God hovered brooding over the face of the waters
|align="center"|{{nts|21}} ||align=center| 1971 || Desiderius Orban || ''Transition to Christianity'' ||
*1985 [[John Gould (artist)|John Gould]] – Votives to Passion
|-
*1986 [[Roger Akinin]] – The Day of Atonement, Scapegoat and Apostate
|align="center"|{{nts|22}} ||align=center| 1972 || [[Joseph Szabo (Australian artist)|Joseph Szabo]] || ''Black Friday'' ||
*1987 [[lan Grant]] – The Monks Cloak &
|-
**[[Alan Oldfield]] – A High and perpetual shewing of Christ's mother according to Julian of Norwich
|align="center"|{{nts|23}} ||align=center| 1973 || [[Keith Looby]] || ''Your Motel Calvary Still Life Flowers'' ||
*1988 [[Lise Floistad]] – This sign is a hidden treasure which desires to be known
|-
*1989 [[Warren Breninger]] – Hail Mary
|align="center" rowspan=2|{{nts|24}} ||align=center rowspan=2| 1974 || [[Stuart Maxwell]] || ''Christ at Emmaus'' ||
*1990 [[Gillian Mann]] – The Chest
|-
*1991 [[Alan Oldfield]] – Raft III & [[Rosemary Valadon]] – Before the Fall
| [[Ken Whisson]] || ''Tobias and the Angel'' ||
*1992 [[George Gittoes]] – Ancient Prayer
|-
*1993 [[John Davis (Australian artist)|John Davis]] – Some Thoughts on a Miracle
|align="center"|{{nts|25}} ||align=center| 1975 || Rodney Milgate || ''Thoughts on Holy Thursday'' ||
*1994 [[Hilarie Mais]] – Veiling Silence
|-
*1995 [[George Gittoes]] – The Preacher – Kibeho Massacre Series, Rwanda
|align="center"|{{nts|26}} ||align=center| 1976 || [[David Voigt]] || ''Blue Requiem'' ||
*1996 [[Rachel Ellis]] – Woman at Jesus' feet
|-
*1997 [[Thomas Spence (artist)|Thomas Spence]] – Christmas Day 1914 (God's Truce)
|align="center" rowspan=2|{{nts|27}} ||align=center rowspan=2| 1977 || |John Coburn || ''Hozanna'' ||
*1998 [[John Adair (artist)|John Adair]] – One Dark Night (from St John of the Cross Poem Dark Night of the Soul')
|-
*2000 [[Frances Belle Parker]] – The Journey
| Rodney Milgate || ''Tree'' ||
*2001 [[Lachlan Warner]] – 'Vitrine of lightweight (Sunyata), disposable (annica) Buddhas, in a range of festive colours, postures and mudras
|-
*2002 [[Hilton McCormick]] – The Harvest
|align="center"|{{nts|28}} ||align=center| 1978 || [[Noel Tunks]] || ''The First Friday Retreat'' ||
*2003 [[Shoufay Derz]] – Linking Back (Part 1)
|-
*2004 [[AñA Wojak]] – Pieta (Dafur)
|align="center"|{{nts|29}} ||align=center| 1979 || {{ubl|[[Ian Gentle]] and|[[Alex Trompf]]}} || ''Roadside Altar Piece Comas'' ||
*2005 [[James Powditch]] – God is in the Details (Intelligent Design)
|-
*2005 [[Louise Rippert]] – Dance
|align="center"|{{nts|30}} ||align=center| 1980 || Leonard French || ''Instruments for a Drama Meditation'' ||
*2006 [[Euan Macleod]] – Untitled Landscape with Figure
|-
*2007 [[Shirley Purdie]] – Stations of the Cross
|align="center"|{{nts|31}} ||align=center| 1981 || [[David Voigt]] || ''Meditation'' ||
*2008 David Tucker – A Local Girl Comes Home
|-
*2009 [[Angelica Mesiti]] – Rapture (silent anthem)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blakeprize.com.au/entries/2009-judges-comments |archive-url=https://archive.is/20090908010248/http://www.blakeprize.com.au/entries/2009-judges-comments |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-09-08 |title=2009 Judges Comments – Blake Prize }}</ref> (58th Blake Prize)
|align="center" rowspan=2|{{nts|32}} ||align=center rowspan=2| 1982 || [[Mary Anne Coutts]] || ''In Mockery of Christ'' ||
*2010 [[Leonard Brown]] – If you put your ear close, you’ll hear it breathing<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.johnmcdonald.net.au/2010/the-blake-prize/ | title=The Blake Prize | first=John | last=McDonald | work=John McDonald | date=2010-09-20 | accessdate=2019-10-05}}</ref> (59th Blake Prize)
|-
*2011 [[Khaled Sabsabi]] – Naqshbandi Greenacre Engagement<ref name=blake1></ref> (3 channel video) (60th Blake Prize)
| [[Suzie Marston]] || ''Sunday School Work Books'' ||
*2012 [[Fabian Astore]] - The Threshold (61st Blake Prize joint winner)<ref name=prize61>{{cite web | url=https://www.art-almanac.com.au/2012-blake-prize-winners-announced/ |title=2012 Blake Prize Winners Announced |publisher=Art Almanac | date=2012-11-08 |accessdate=2019-10-05}}</ref>
|-
** [[Eveline Kotai]] - Writing on air (61st Blake Prize joint winner)<ref name=prize61></ref>
|align="center"|{{nts|33}} ||align=center| 1983 || {{ubl|[[Geoffrey Harvey (artist)|Geoffrey Harvey]] and|[[Ann Taylor (artist)|Ann Taylor]]}} || ''The Offering'' ||
*2013 [[Trevor Nickolls]] – Metamorphosis<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.art-almanac.com.au/2013-blake-prize-winners/ |title=2013 Blake Prize Winners | publisher=Art Almanac | date=2013-10-21 | |accessdate=2019-10-05 }}</ref> (62nd Blake Prize)
|-
*2014 [[Richard Lewer]] – Worse Luck I'm Still Here<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-13/blake-prize-winners-announced-in-sydney/5965490 |title=Artist Richard Lewer wins $25,000 Blake Prize for religious art as future of award in doubt | publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |first=Antoinette | last=Collins | date=2014-12-14 | accessdate=2019-10-05}}</ref> (63rd Blake Prize)
|align="center"|{{nts|34}} ||align=center| 1984 || [[Mary Hall (artist)|Mary Hall]] || ''The Spirit of God hovered brooding over the face of the waters'' ||
*2016 [[Yardena Kurulkar]] – Kenosis 2015<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/artist-yardena-kurulkar-named-blake-prize-2016-winner-20160212-gmshdo.html |title=Artist Yardena Kurulkar named Blake Prize 2016 winner | work=Sydney Morning Herald | date=2016-02-12 | first=Helen | last=Pitt |accessdate=2019-10-05}}</ref> (64th Blake Prize)
|-
*2018 [[Tina Havelock Stevens]] – Giant Rock<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/the-blake-prize-2018-missing-the-mysterium-tremendum-20180528-h10mdd.html | title=The Blake Prize 2018: Missing the mysterium tremendum |first=John |last=McDonald | work=Sydney Morning Herald | date=2018-06-01 | accessdate=2019-10-05}}</ref> (65th Blake Prize)
|align="center"|{{nts|35}} ||align=center| 1985 || [[John Gould (artist)|John Gould]] || ''Votives to Passion'' ||
|-
|align="center"|{{nts|36}} ||align=center| 1986 || [[Roger Akinin]] || ''The Day of Atonement, Scapegoat and Apostate'' ||
|-
|align="center" rowspan=2|{{nts|37}} ||align=center rowspan=2| 1987 || [[Ian Grant (artist)|Ian Grant]] || ''The Monks Cloak'' ||
|-
| [[Alan Oldfield]] || ''A High and perpetual shewing of Christ's mother according to Julian of Norwich'' ||
|-
|align="center"|{{nts|38}} ||align=center| 1988 || [[Lise Floistad]] || ''This sign is a hidden treasure which desires to be known'' ||
|-
|align="center"|{{nts|39}} ||align=center| 1989 || [[Warren Breninger]] || ''Hail Mary'' ||
|-
|align="center"|{{nts|40}} ||align=center| 1990 || [[Gillian Mann]] || ''The Chest'' ||
|-
|align="center" rowspan=2|{{nts|41}} ||align=center rowspan=2| 1991 || Alan Oldfield || ''Raft III'' ||
|-
| [[Rosemary Valadon]] || ''Before the Fall'' ||
|-
|align="center"|{{nts|42}} ||align=center| 1992 || [[George Gittoes]] || ''Ancient Prayer'' ||
|-
|align="center"|{{nts|43}} ||align=center| 1993 || [[John Davis (Australian artist)|John Davis]] || ''Some Thoughts on a Miracle'' ||
|-
|align="center"|{{nts|44}} ||align=center| 1994 || [[Hilarie Mais]] || ''Veiling Silence'' ||
|-
|align="center"|{{nts|45}} ||align=center| 1995 || [[George Gittoes]] || ''The Preacher – Kibeho Massacre Series, Rwanda'' ||
|-
|align="center"|{{nts|46}} ||align=center| 1996 || [[Rachel Ellis]] || ''Woman at Jesus' feet'' ||
|-
|align="center"|{{nts|47}} ||align=center| 1997 || [[Thomas Spence (artist)|Thomas Spence]] || ''Christmas Day 1914 (God's Truce)'' ||
|-
|align="center"|{{nts|48}} ||align=center| 1998 || [[John Adair (artist)|John Adair]] || ''One Dark Night (from St John of the Cross Poem Dark Night of the Soul)'' ||
|-
|align="center"|{{nts|-}} ||align=center| 1999 || colspan=2| ''not awarded'' ||
|-
|align="center"|{{nts|49}} ||align=center| 2000 || [[Frances Belle Parker]] || ''The Journey'' ||
|-
|align="center"|{{nts|50}} ||align=center| 2001 || [[Lachlan Warner]] || ''Vitrine of lightweight (Sunyata), disposable (annica) Buddhas, in a range of festive colours, postures and mudras'' ||
|-
|align="center"|{{nts|51}} ||align=center| 2002 || [[Hilton McCormick]] || ''The Harvest'' ||
|-
|align="center"|{{nts|52}} ||align=center| 2003 || [[Shoufay Derz]] || ''Linking Back (Part 1)'' ||
|-
|align="center"|{{nts|53}} ||align=center| 2004 || [[AñA Wojak]] || ''Pieta (Dafur)'' ||
|-
|align="center" rowspan=2|{{nts|54}} ||align=center rowspan=2| 2005 || [[James Powditch]] || ''God is in the Details (Intelligent Design)'' ||
|-
| [[Louise Rippert]] || ''Dance'' ||
|-
|align="center"|{{nts|55}} ||align=center| 2006 || [[Euan Macleod]] || ''Untitled Landscape with Figure'' ||
|-
|align="center"|{{nts|56}} ||align=center| 2007 || [[Shirley Purdie]] || ''Stations of the Cross'' ||
|-
|align="center"|{{nts|57}} ||align=center| 2008 || David Tucker || ''A Local Girl Comes Home'' ||
|-
|align="center"|{{nts|58}} ||align=center| 2009 || [[Angelica Mesiti]] || ''Rapture (silent anthem)'' ||<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blakeprize.com.au/entries/2009-judges-comments |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090908010248/http://www.blakeprize.com.au/entries/2009-judges-comments |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-09-08 |title=2009 Judges Comments – Blake Prize }}</ref>
|-
|align="center"|{{nts|59}} ||align=center| 2010 || [[Leonard Brown]] || ''If you put your ear close, you’ll hear it breathing'' ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.johnmcdonald.net.au/2010/the-blake-prize/ | title=The Blake Prize | first=John | last=McDonald | work=John McDonald | date=2010-09-20 | access-date=2019-10-05}}</ref>
|-
|align="center"|{{nts|60}} ||align=center| 2011 || [[Khaled Sabsabi]] || ''Naqshbandi Greenacre Engagement'' || <ref name=blake1 /> (3 channel video)
|-
|align="center" rowspan=2|{{nts|61}} ||align=center rowspan=2| 2012 || |[[Fabian Astore]] || ''The Threshold'' ||rowspan=2| <ref name=prize61>{{cite web | url=https://www.art-almanac.com.au/2012-blake-prize-winners-announced/ |title=2012 Blake Prize Winners Announced |publisher=Art Almanac | date=2012-11-08 |access-date=2019-10-05}}</ref>
|-
| [[Eveline Kotai]] || ''Writing on air''
|-
|align="center"|{{nts|62}} ||align=center| 2013 || [[Trevor Nickolls]] || ''Metamorphosis'' ||<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.art-almanac.com.au/2013-blake-prize-winners/ |title=2013 Blake Prize Winners | publisher=Art Almanac | date=2013-10-21 |access-date=2019-10-05 }}</ref>
|-
|align="center"|{{nts|63}} ||align=center| 2014 || [[Richard Lewer]] || ''Worse Luck I'm Still Here'' ||<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-13/blake-prize-winners-announced-in-sydney/5965490 |title=Artist Richard Lewer wins $25,000 Blake Prize for religious art as future of award in doubt | publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |first=Antoinette | last=Collins | date=2014-12-14 | access-date=2019-10-05}}</ref>
|-
!colspan=8 style="background: #cccccc;" | Changed to biennial award<ref name=cph>{{cite web | title=The 65th Blake Prize | website=Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre| date=11 February 2019 | url=http://www.casulapowerhouse.com/get-involved/prizes/prizes/blakeprize | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190211014105/http://www.casulapowerhouse.com/get-involved/prizes/prizes/blakeprize | archive-date=11 February 2019 | url-status=dead | access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref>
|-
|align="center"|{{nts|64}} ||align=center| 2016 || [[Yardena Kurulkar]] || ''Kenosis 2015'' ||<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/artist-yardena-kurulkar-named-blake-prize-2016-winner-20160212-gmshdo.html |title=Artist Yardena Kurulkar named Blake Prize 2016 winner | work=Sydney Morning Herald | date=2016-02-12 | first=Helen | last=Pitt |access-date=2019-10-05}}</ref>
|-
|align="center"|{{nts|65}} ||align=center| 2018 || [[Tina Havelock Stevens]] || ''Giant Rock'' || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/the-blake-prize-2018-missing-the-mysterium-tremendum-20180528-h10mdd.html | title=The Blake Prize 2018: Missing the mysterium tremendum |first=John |last=McDonald | work=Sydney Morning Herald | date=2018-06-01 | access-date=2019-10-05 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
|align="center"|{{nts|66}} ||align=center| 2020 (2021) || [[Leyla Stevens]] || ''Kidung'', a 3-channel video work ||Awarded 13 February 2021, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Australia|COVID-19 pandemic]]<ref>{{cite web | title=The 66th Blake Prize | website=Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre | date=March 2021| url=https://www.casulapowerhouse.com/visit/casula-powerhouse-exhibitions/2021-exhibitions/the-66th-blake-prize | access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|isbn=978-1-876418-12-0| url=https://www.casulapowerhouse.com/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/204848/BlakePrize66th_web_02.pdf| title=66th Blake Prize: 13 February - 11 April 2021 [Exhibition catalogue]| date=16 September 2023| publisher=Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre| access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref>
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|align="center"|{{nts|67}} ||align=center| 2022 || || ||
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== See also ==
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== References ==
== References ==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite web | title=Both Sides Now: The Blake Prize for Religious Art | website=[[Radio National]]|publisher= [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] | date=2 October 2011| url=https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/spiritofthings/both-sides-now-the-blake-prize-for-religious-art/3590172 |format= Transcript| others=Rachael Kohn talks to Chair of the Blake Prize, Rev. Rod Pattenden, and ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]'' art critic John McDonald, in the 60th year of the prize}}

==External links==
*{{official|https://www.casulapowerhouse.com/get-involved/prizes/prizes/the-blake-art-prize}}


{{Australianartawards}}
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Not to be confused with Blake Poetry Prize.

Blake Prize
Date1951; 73 years ago (1951)
CountryAustralia
Hosted by
Reward(s)A$35,000
Highlights
Most awardsEric Smith (six times)
Inaugural winnerJustin O'Brien (1951)
WebsiteBlake Prize

The Blake Prize, formerly the Blake Prize for Religious Art,[1] is an Australian art prize awarded for art that explores spirituality. Since the inaugural prize in 1951, the prize was awarded annually from 1951 to 2015, and since 2016 has been awarded biennially.[2][3]

As of 2021, the non-acquisitive prize, awarded since 2016 by the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre (CPAC), is worth A$35,000. In addition, CPAC awards the Blake Emerging Artist Prize, an acquisitive prize of A$6,000 (formerly the John Coburn Emerging Artist Award[4]), and the Blake Established Artist Residency, which includes a residency and solo exhibition hosted by CPAC.[2]

History

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The prize was established in Sydney in 1949 as an incentive to raise the standard of religious art[5] and to find suitable work to decorate churches.[6] It was founded by Jewish businessman Richard Morley,[4] the Reverend Michael Scott SJ, a headmaster of Campion Hall, Point Piper, and subsequently rector of Aquinas College (a Catholic residential college for university students in North Adelaide[7]), and lawyer M. Tenison. The Blake Prize is named after the artist and poet, William Blake. The inaugural Blake Prize was awarded by the Blake Society in 1951 to Justin O'Brien.[5]

The Blake exhibitions have been a regular travelling exhibition around Australia, visiting various major cities and provincial galleries.[citation needed]

The award of the Blake Prize to Charles Bannon in 1954 for his Judas Iscariot was one of the most controversial in its history; this opened controversy over what constituted religious art and over "abstract expressionism" which threatened to overwhelm the exhibition.[citation needed]

In 2000, the prize shifted its focus from strictly religious art to an exploration of spirituality, and some of the entries proved controversial. In 2007, former prime minister John Howard and former Catholic archbishop of Sydney George Pell expressed disapproval of art works showing the Virgin Mary in a burqa, and a hologram of Christ morphing with Osama bin Laden. In 2008, The Australian's art critic Christopher Allen resigned from the judging panel over an entry by Adam Cullen showing the crucifixion of Christ.[6]

The prize was known as the Blake Prize for Religious Art until its 56th edition in 2007, and was based at the National Art School in Darlinghurst at this time.[1] For its 57th edition in 2008, it was rebranded the Blake Prize, subtitled "Exploring the spiritual and religious in art".[8]

In 2008 the Blake Society, in collaboration with the New South Wales Writers' Centre (now Writing NSW), established the Blake Poetry Prize[6] to link art and literature and to give Australian poets new possibilities to explore the nature of spirituality in the 21st century.[citation needed]

In 2011, Australian art historian, educator and exhibition curator Rosemary Crumlin authored a book documenting 60 years of the Blake Prize.[9]

In 2012, the National Art School was replaced as exhibition partner by the National Trust's S. H. Ervin Gallery in Observatory Park, in Sydney's city centre, for the 61st edition of the awards.[10][11]

In 2014 there were new commercial sponsors, and the venue partner became UNSW College of Fine Arts (now UNSW School of Art & Design).[12]

The prize was administered by the Blake Society up till and including 2015. After the 63rd edition of the prize in January, chair Rod Pattenden said that it would not be able to continue owing to lack of sponsorship,[13] suggesting that the prize was seen as "too open-minded" by religious organisations and "too religious" by secular people.[6] In July, the Casula Powerhouse Art Centre (CPAC) and Liverpool City Council announced that they would be funding and managing the prize, with the exhibition and awards moving to Casula in Western Sydney. They promised that A$25,000 would be available in perpetuity.[13]

In 2016 CPAC took over the prize for the 64th Blake Prize, and it became a biennial award.[14] It now focuses on the broader spiritual arts rather than religious art.[15] The Casula Powerhouse took over the Blake Poetry Prize in the same year.[16]

Blake Prize for Human Justice

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From 2009[17] until 2014, the Blake Prize for Human Justice, worth A$5,000, was sponsored by the Maritime Union of Australia.[18] The winners were:

Current prizes

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As of 2021, there are three prizes awarded by Casula Powerhouse:[2]

  • The Blake Prize, a non-acquisitive prize of A$35,000
  • The Blake Emerging Artist Prize, an acquisitive prize of A$6,000 (formerly the John Coburn Emerging Artist Award[4])
  • The Blake Established Artist Residency, a residency and solo exhibition, hosted by Casula Powerhouse

List of winners

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Ordinal Year Winner(s) Name of work(s) Notes
1 1951 Justin O'Brien The Virgin Enthroned [5]
2 1952 Frank Hinder Flight into Egypt
3 1953 Michael Kmit The Evangelist John Mark
4 1954 Charles Bannon Judas Iscariot
5 1955 Donald Friend St John and Scenes from the Apocalypse
6 1956 Eric Smith The Scourged Christ
7 1957 Elwyn Lynn Betrayal
8 1958 Eric Smith The Moment Christ Died
9 1959 Eric Smith Christ is Risen
10 1960 John Coburn Triptych of the Passion
11 1961 Stanislaus Rapotec Meditating on Good Friday [5]
12 1962 Eric Smith Eucharistic Landscape
13 1963 Leonard French Ancient Fragments
14 1964 Michael Kitching Last Supper-Premonition [26]
15 1965 Asher Bilu I Form Light and Create Darkness-Isaiah 45:7
16 1966 Rodney Milgate Ascension
17 1967 Desiderius Orban Hosanna
18 1968 Roger Kemp The Cross
19 1969 Eric Smith The Assassin's Creed
20 1970 Roger Kemp Denial
Eric Smith Christ's Flesh: Living, Suffering and Resurrected
21 1971 Desiderius Orban Transition to Christianity
22 1972 Joseph Szabo Black Friday
23 1973 Keith Looby Your Motel Calvary Still Life Flowers
24 1974 Stuart Maxwell Christ at Emmaus
Ken Whisson Tobias and the Angel
25 1975 Rodney Milgate Thoughts on Holy Thursday
26 1976 David Voigt Blue Requiem
27 1977 John Coburn Hozanna
Rodney Milgate Tree
28 1978 Noel Tunks The First Friday Retreat
29 1979
Roadside Altar Piece Comas
30 1980 Leonard French Instruments for a Drama Meditation
31 1981 David Voigt Meditation
32 1982 Mary Anne Coutts In Mockery of Christ
Suzie Marston Sunday School Work Books
33 1983
The Offering
34 1984 Mary Hall The Spirit of God hovered brooding over the face of the waters
35 1985 John Gould Votives to Passion
36 1986 Roger Akinin The Day of Atonement, Scapegoat and Apostate
37 1987 Ian Grant The Monks Cloak
Alan Oldfield A High and perpetual shewing of Christ's mother according to Julian of Norwich
38 1988 Lise Floistad This sign is a hidden treasure which desires to be known
39 1989 Warren Breninger Hail Mary
40 1990 Gillian Mann The Chest
41 1991 Alan Oldfield Raft III
Rosemary Valadon Before the Fall
42 1992 George Gittoes Ancient Prayer
43 1993 John Davis Some Thoughts on a Miracle
44 1994 Hilarie Mais Veiling Silence
45 1995 George Gittoes The Preacher – Kibeho Massacre Series, Rwanda
46 1996 Rachel Ellis Woman at Jesus' feet
47 1997 Thomas Spence Christmas Day 1914 (God's Truce)
48 1998 John Adair One Dark Night (from St John of the Cross Poem Dark Night of the Soul)
− 1999 not awarded
49 2000 Frances Belle Parker The Journey
50 2001 Lachlan Warner Vitrine of lightweight (Sunyata), disposable (annica) Buddhas, in a range of festive colours, postures and mudras
51 2002 Hilton McCormick The Harvest
52 2003 Shoufay Derz Linking Back (Part 1)
53 2004 AñA Wojak Pieta (Dafur)
54 2005 James Powditch God is in the Details (Intelligent Design)
Louise Rippert Dance
55 2006 Euan Macleod Untitled Landscape with Figure
56 2007 Shirley Purdie Stations of the Cross
57 2008 David Tucker A Local Girl Comes Home
58 2009 Angelica Mesiti Rapture (silent anthem) [27]
59 2010 Leonard Brown If you put your ear close, you’ll hear it breathing [28]
60 2011 Khaled Sabsabi Naqshbandi Greenacre Engagement [5] (3 channel video)
61 2012 Fabian Astore The Threshold [29]
Eveline Kotai Writing on air
62 2013 Trevor Nickolls Metamorphosis [30]
63 2014 Richard Lewer Worse Luck I'm Still Here [31]
Changed to biennial award[32]
64 2016 Yardena Kurulkar Kenosis 2015 [33]
65 2018 Tina Havelock Stevens Giant Rock [34]
66 2020 (2021) Leyla Stevens Kidung, a 3-channel video work Awarded 13 February 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic[35][36]
67 2022

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Home page". Blake Prize. 17 November 2007. Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b c "Call for Entries: The 67th Blake Prize". Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre. 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  3. ^ Rebecca Somerville (November 2005). "Feature: Blake Prize". Contemporary. Australian Art Review. Archived from the original on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2007.
  4. ^ a b c "Awards". William Blake. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e McDonald, John (1 October 2011). "The 60th Blake Prize Exhibition". John McDonald. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d Taylor, Andrew (8 December 2014). "Blake Prize for religious art under threat". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Home page". Aquinas College. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Home page". Blake Prize. 2008. Archived from the original on 3 March 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  9. ^ Crumlin, Rosemary (2011). The Blake book : art, religion and spirituality in Australia : celebrating 60 years of the Blake Prize. Margaret Woodward. Melbourne, Australia. ISBN 978-1-921394-51-5. OCLC 795116754.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  10. ^ "Home page". Blake Prize. 2012. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. ^ "Home page". Blake Prize. 2011. Archived from the original on 8 December 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  12. ^ "Home page". Blake Prize. 2014. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  13. ^ a b Fairley, Gina (23 July 2015). "Blake Prize for religious art resurrected". ArtsHub Australia. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  14. ^ "Home page". Blake Prize. 2016. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  15. ^ Centre, Casula Powerhouse Arts (1 January 2003). "The 64th Blake Prize". casulapowerhouse.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  16. ^ "About the Blake Poetry Prize". Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  17. ^ "Blake Art Award". Maritime Union of Australia. 26 August 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  18. ^ "Blake Prize finalists announced" (PDF). 10 October 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  19. ^ "Blake Prize awarded to video artwork - ABC News". ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). 3 September 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  20. ^ "'An enormous spiritual presence' wins Blake Prize for artist". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 September 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  21. ^ Valentish, Jenny (15 January 2020). "Portrait of the artist in the firing line: Abdul Abdullah on controversy, threats and rightwing hate mail". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  22. ^ Abdullah, Abdul (8 September 2015). "Combating Prejudice with Art" (Video + text). At TEDxYouth@Sydney. TedX. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021 – via YouTube.
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  24. ^ "Blake Prize for Human Justice awarded to Adelaide artist Franz Kempf". Travelling Rabbi. 9 December 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  25. ^ "The 63rd Blake Prize winners". UNSW. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  26. ^ "Blake Prize Winner – £500 Prize To Teacher". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 October 1964. p. 4. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  27. ^ "2009 Judges Comments – Blake Prize". Archived from the original on 8 September 2009.
  28. ^ McDonald, John (20 September 2010). "The Blake Prize". John McDonald. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  29. ^ "2012 Blake Prize Winners Announced". Art Almanac. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  30. ^ "2013 Blake Prize Winners". Art Almanac. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  31. ^ Collins, Antoinette (14 December 2014). "Artist Richard Lewer wins $25,000 Blake Prize for religious art as future of award in doubt". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  32. ^ "The 65th Blake Prize". Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre. 11 February 2019. Archived from the original on 11 February 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  33. ^ Pitt, Helen (12 February 2016). "Artist Yardena Kurulkar named Blake Prize 2016 winner". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  34. ^ McDonald, John (1 June 2018). "The Blake Prize 2018: Missing the mysterium tremendum". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  35. ^ "The 66th Blake Prize". Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre. March 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  36. ^ 66th Blake Prize: 13 February - 11 April 2021 [Exhibition catalogue] (PDF). Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre. 16 September 2023. ISBN 978-1-876418-12-0. Retrieved 16 September 2021.

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