Fisher’s Ghost Art Award 2019

Fisher’s Ghost Art Award is an annual art prize inviting artists to submit works in a variety of artistic categories and mediums. With a total of $38,000 in prize money to be won, the Open section is acquisitive to the Campbelltown City Council collection and is valued at $25,000.

The Fisher’s Ghost Art Award coincides with Campbelltown’s annual Festival of Fisher’s Ghost. Held over 10 days, the Festival dates back to 1956 and celebrates Australia’s most famous ghost – Frederick Fisher.

In the past the Open Award has been awarded to some of Australia’s most respected contemporary artists including Elisabeth Cummings, Khaled Sabsabi, Justene Williams, David Bromley, Marion Borgelt, Raquel Ormella, Philip Wolfhagen, Tina Havelock Stevens and most recently Brian Fuata.

View Finalists(PDF, 281KB)

Congratulations to the 2019 Fisher’s Ghost Award Winners:

OPEN
Kuba Dorabialski, The Glasses on My Nosetip

CONTEMPORARY
Rhonda Banks, The Universe, Our Life Around Us

TRADITIONAL
Samuel Massey, The Master

ABORIGINAL ART AWARD
Dennis Golding, Redfern (The Block)

SCULPTURE
Min Wong, Karma is a bitch 

PHOTOGRAPHY
Kai Wasikowski, Garden #1

MACARTHUR AWARD
Peter Gregson, Tornado Series

MACABILITY AWARD
Xeni Kusumitra, Dawn of my Day and Darkness of my Dream

PRIMARY
Vanessa Biondi, Fisher’s Ghost
Emilia Wheatley, Birds of a Flutter
Thomas Willoughby, Bold Black Cockatoo

SECONDARY
Danny Awad, Le Bron James
Oboni Khan, Oranges Still Life
Omar Al-Zakholi,  Now you see me
Jessica Spicer,  I See You

Key Dates

Entries Open Monday 1 July
Entries Close Wednesday 4 September at 4pm
Finalists Announced Monday 30 September
Official Opening Night and Award Announcement Friday 1 November
Exhibition open to the public Saturday 26 October – Thursday 5 December 2019

When

Location

Campbelltown Arts Centre, 1 Art Gallery Road, 2560, View Map