Invitation Art Prize
The Invitation Art Prize is a major acquisitive award for West Australian professional artists with winning artworks acquired into the City’s contemporary art collection.
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The 2023 Invitation Art Prize celebrated its 25-year milestone with a never-before-seen retrospective edition. Presented at Westfield Whitford City, it featured the winning artwork from each year of the award. Exploring diverse art forms and trends in Australian art practice, the 2023 Invitation Art Prize found connections across its 25-year history, proudly looking back at the evolution of this prestigious prize and contemporary art in WA.
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Inside Out Billboard Commission
Congratulations to Erin Coates, the winner of the Inside Out Billboard Commission, with her artwork Microeconomics (paradise spent). Using imagery from international coinage, including human figures, animals, plants and elements of landscape architecture, Coates recreated the centre panel of Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights, presenting a subversive take on nationalism, wealth and greed. Erin will be awarded $3,000 to create a new artwork that will be displayed outside the Joondalup Library in 2024.
Popular Choice Award
Congratulations to Richie Kuhaupt who has been awarded $500 after receiving the most votes in the Popular Choice Award for his eye-catching sculpture, Woman in Red.
Keep Up To Date
The Invitation Art Prize has impacted the careers of over 700 exhibiting artists in its history. It continues to support the agency of contemporary artists working across different practices, career stages and lived experiences. To be informed of upcoming artist callouts and information about future exhibitions, please subscribe to the City’s monthly Arts in Focus eNewsletter.
Acknowledgements
The City of Joondalup wishes to thank all the artists who contributed to the history of the Invitation Art Prize, as well as all those who have attended the exhibitions over the years.
Thank you to Westfield Whitford City, Exhibition Venue Partner for the Invitation Art Prize: 25 Year Retrospective.
