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The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize 2016

Science + Art @ at the South Australia Museum

The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize 2016 at the South Australia Museum. Image features prizewinning artworks Julia deVille’s Neapolitan Bonbonaparte and Dan Power’s G(RAZED), including the competition judges: Barry Keldoulis, Eleanor Gates-Stuart, Klaus Rohde and Brian Oldman.

Congratulations to all applicants who entered this year’s Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize and for providing a challenging and exciting opportunity for the judging panel to select works for the prizes and also for the exhibition. The world of natural science is truly amazing, as shown through the works of all the contributing artists and confirmed by the diversity of the artworks entered. The intellect and intensity of Natural Science as an influential content is counterbalanced with works that resonate of personal and passionate conviction for natural science, close up, in our lives and of the wider planet.

If you have a chance to visit the Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize 2016 at the South Australia Museum it will certainly be worthwhile. The exhibition showcases the finalist’s artworks drawn from the Open and Emerging Artist categories exploring the theme of Natural Science within their artwork. This year’s winner of the Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize is artist, Julia deVille, for her stunning artwork, Neapolitan Bonbonaparte and artist, Dan Power as winner for the Emerging Artist category for his intriguing artwork, G(RAZED).

This year video works were included in the Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, entries in any form of visual fine art were eligible with the exception of photography.

Winners receive:

Open Prize $30,000, sponsored by Fisher Jeffries, Barristers & Solicitors
Emerging Artist Prize $10,000, sponsored by the Hill Smith Gallery

Competition Judges

Barry Keldoulis, CEO and Group Fairs Director of Art Fairs Australia

Prof Eleanor Gates-Stuart, Professor in Techno Art at National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Prof Klaus Rohde, Emeritus Professor at the University of New England

Brian Oldman, Director South Australian Museum

More information:

South Australian Museum

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