The 2024 Community Art Exhibition is a beloved annual exhibition that has been running for the past 25 years. It features artwork by City of Joondalup residents and members of locally based art associations.
This year saw a record-breaking number of incredible artworks competing for a share of over $8,000 in prize money.
2024 Award winners
This year’s Community Art Exhibition was judged by a panel made up of three arts industry professionals: curator and arts manager Ashley Yihsin Chang, Ballardong Noongar artist Rohin Kickett, and scientist, artist and recipient of the City’s most recent Visual Arts Commission, Dr. Perdita Phillips.
Most Outstanding Artwork ($4,000)
Artist: Katie Gordon
Artwork title: Ghost(s)
Medium: Oil on incised plywood
Judges’ comments: “A technically sophisticated work combining incised wood and oil paint in a very dynamic way. Its composition and restrained palette come together to create a moment of contemplation. Capturing an ordinary object, this work draws the audience in and reflects on loss, time and looking within.“
Highly Commended ($1,500)
Artist: Olivia Barnett
Artwork title: Family Portrait
Medium: Oil on canvas
Judges’ comments: “Energetic and cheeky, this work’s boldness is matched with technical execution. The artist’s exploration of the “family portrait” has been handled in an unconventional way, both in its treatment and display, offering a different approach to exploring family lineage and connection.”
Celebrating Joondalup ($1,500)
Artist: Jaryd Brazier
Artwork title: Parting Ways – Edgewater Train Station
Medium: Photography
Judges’ comments: “This work is colourful yet stark and with a sharp sense of beauty. Whilst Joondalup is known for many of its natural areas, this work takes the viewer to a forgotten corner – an outside urban location caught within our never-ending summer.”
Student Award ($750)
Artist: Alexandra Browne
Artwork title: Barnacles in the Blue
Medium: Glasswork
Judges’ comments: “The artist demonstrates a strong handle of the medium and translating the 3-D form of barnacles into a compelling 2-D surface. In a medium that is hard to control – glass work using the boiling technique – the artist’s decisions towards colour and composition refine and amplify its meaning.”
Popular Choice Award ($500)
Artist: Lynette Kinnear
Artwork title: Walking through Boranup Forest
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
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