The Victorian Craft Awards, presented by Craft Victoria, is Victoria’s largest biennial exhibition of craft artists, showcasing excellence and innovation across all mediums.
Finalists
Akiko Nagino, Alan Constable, Amanda Dziedzic, Amy Kennedy, Amy Macdonald, Andrei Davidoff, Angela Nagel, Anna Forsyth, Anna Rowbury, Anna Davern, Anthony Kleine. Bin Dixon-Ward, Blanche Tilden, Bridget Foley, Cassie Leatham Harrap, Catherine Casey, Chela Edmunds, Christopher Plumridge, Claire McArdle, Daniella Zimmerman, Danielle Thiris, David Herbert, Dawn Tang, Ebony Addinsall, Elise Sheehan, Elizabeth Kennedy, Emma Blackmore, Emma Davies, Emma Greenwood, Esther Sandler, Eve Close, Fiona Hiscock, Fiona Murphy, Fleur Brett, Georgia Anson, Helen Dilkes, Helen Walsh, Irene Grishin Selzer, Irianna Kanellopoulou, Isabel Avendano Hazbun, Jane Reilly, Janet Beckhouse, Janetta Kerr-Grant, Jasmine Targett, Jessie Deane, Jia Jia Chen, Jill Symes, John Dermer, Judith Glover and James Dutton, Julia deVille, Karen Terrens, Kari Lee McInneny-McRae, Kate Jones, Kate Cotching, Kate Rohde, Kate Wischusen, Katherine Bowman, Katie Jacobs, Kenny Pittock, Kim Jaeger, Kirsten Perry, Kirsten Haydon, Kris Coad, Lene Kuhl Jakobsen, Linda Hughes, Lindy McSwan, Lisa Waup, Liv Boyle, Lori Kirk, Louise Meuwissen, Louiseann Zahra-King, Lucille Sciallano, Manon van Kouswijk, Marinos Drakopoulos, Mark Edgoose, Maureen Faye-Chauhan, Michael Wong, Minna Graham, Natalia Milosz-Piekarska, Neville French, Nick Bastin, Nicky Hepburn, Nyssa McCullough, Oriel Glennen, Pennie Jagiello, Peter Bollington, Polly van der Glas, Prue Venables, Robyn Phelan, Roseanne Bartley, Ruby Hoppen, Sangeeta Sandrasegar with Sue Batten, Sarah crowEST, Sarah Schembri, Sian Pascale, Sim Luttin, Simon Lloyd, Simon Lloyd, Stephen Ziguras, Sun-Woong Bang, Takahiko Sugawara, Terry Williams, Thomas O’Hara, Tiffany Parbs, Tonya Perini, Tracy Muirhead, Vanessa Lucas, Vicki Mason, Vito Bila, Wendy Jagger, Wendy Golden, and Yuko Fujita.
Awards
Lynne Kosky Jewellery Award $10,000
Honouring the legacy of Victorian Arts Minister, Lynne Kosky
Judges: JANET MARNELL BROWN, jeweller; SUSAN COHN jeweller / designer
WINNER: Natalia Milosz-Piekarska
Jewellery Encouragement Award $2,000
Judges: JANET MARNELL BROWN, jeweller; SUSAN COHN jeweller / designer
Supported by the Family of Lynne Kosky
WINNER: Sun-Woong Bang
Excellence Award $5,000
Judge: TONY ELLWOOD, Director, National Gallery of Victoria
This award will be presented to the most outstanding entry across all disciplines
Supported by the Bowness Family Foundation
WINNER: Manon van Kouswijk
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Lucile Sciallano
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Vanessa Lucas
Decal Ceramic Award $2,000
Judge: STEPHEN BENWELL, ceramicist
Supported by Decal Specialists
WINNER: Kate Jones
People’s Choice Award $1,000
Winner chosen by popular demand, with nearly 4,000 votes counted.
Supported by Crivelli Fine Coffee.
WINNER: Lucile Sciallano