Past winners of the Meroogal Women’s Art Prize

Now in its 20th year, we look back at the past winners of the Meroogal Women’s Art Prize – a regional, non-acquisitive competition and exhibition.

Selection of images from past prizes

2022

1st prize – Ebony Russell Our manifold nature: loutrophoros for the new woman

2nd prize – Saskia Everingham Essentials

Highly Commended – Judy Panucci Making do – moth and panel for Elgin

People’s Choice – Sepideh Farzam Meroogal at night

2020

1st prize – Sarah Goffman Blue willow

2nd prize – Sassy Park Garden play set

Highly Commended – Julie Paterson A dozen modest fancies

People's Choice - Anna Lochtenberg Williams Shadows of the Day

2018

1st prize – Tamara Dean Transience, photograph

2nd prize – Kim Davies Carpet moth

Highly Commended and joint People’s Choice – Beth Norling Not all things are washed away, soap, ink

Joint People’s Choice – Kylie Douglass Womandala, cuttlefish bone

2016

1st prize – Linda Dening Hairbrush, cedar, horsehair

2nd prize – Vita Cochran Meroogal sampler, embroidered works

Highly Commended – Lisa Maris McDonell Women’s work, film

2014

1st prize – Sharnie Shield Collars in the morning

2nd prize – Linda Dening Let your hair down

Highly Commended – Nicolette Eisdell The drawing room of Meroogal

2011

1st prize – Tania Maria Mastroianni Ode to Gradisca

2nd prize – Arja Välimäki Hand made man made

Highly Commended – Tracey Mitchell Konteyner

Bundanon scholarship – Julie Pryor Yvonne

People’s Choice – Margot Curtis Handmaiden

Packers’ Prize – Brodie McAulay Stitching

2009

1st prize – Anna Glynn Verse Versus, AV

2nd prize – Arja Välimäki Shining in the shadow, weaving

Highly Commended – Caroline Sullivan Identification

Bundanon scholarship – Glenese Keavney A lamp for the library

Packers’ Prize – Rhonda Aliffe Farenheit 451

2008

1st prize – Alexandra Cody Peregrination

2nd prize – Johanna Weiss Teapot dreaming

2007

1st prize – Reiko Hashimoto Australian

2nd prize – Rhonda Aliffe Nexus

Highly Commended – Lisa Johnson The road well travelled

2006

1st prize – Sally Simpson Watering can, chicken, cow and sheep bones, twine, iron

Highly Commended and People’s Choice – Lisa Johnson Red blankets are warmer, wool blankets, beads, buttons, sequins wallhanging

Packers’ Prize – Janine Hilder Taking flight, mixed media

2005

1st prize – Jade Pegler Around the double bend, mixed media

2nd prize – Virginia Watson Put the kettle on, mixed media

Highly Commended – Cheryl Scowen Cradle

People’s Choice – Lisa Johnson Patterns of life – a piano runner for Meroogal, embroidered linen, buttons

2004

1st prize – Megan Sproats Tenants’ window, mixed media installation

2nd prize – Lynda Draper Untitled, acrylic on canvas

Highly Commended – Kim Williams Family tree of recipes – Bundanon Trust prize

People’s Choice – Lesley Prosser A moment shared, mixed textiles

Packers’ Prize – Doreen Shaw In the kitchen, Meroogal, gouache on paper

2003

1st prize – Anna Griffiths Garden coat, palm bark, hydrangea petals, wood

2nd prize – Regina Brewster Nature at Meroogal, graphite on paper

People’s Choice – Lisa Johnson Miss Kate’s garden apron, embroidered linen

2002

1st prize – Wendy O’Malley Work objects for [p]leisure, mixed media installation

2nd prize – Kaye Johnston Flying Meroogals, lino cut on paper

People’s Choice – Leanne Cassidy The fruits of leisure, oil on canvas

2001

1st prize – Elspeth McCombe Entry, gouache on paper

2nd prize – Linda Dening It’s about time, mixed media

People’s Choice – Edith Draper Forever there, watercolour on paper

2000

1st prize – Sue Westaway Morning story, silver gelatin photograph

Highly Commended – Leigh Hooker Matriarch

People’s Choice – Cheryl Scowen Memory pillows, calico, lavender, native grass, thread

1999

1st prize – Virginia Kaiser One of the garden’s secrets, jacaranda leaf stalks, palm fruit, date stalks and kiwi vine

People’s Choice – Kaye Johnston Flower dusting, gouache and pastel on paper

1998

1st prize – Jan Latta Twilight memories, Meroogal, oil on canvas

People’s Choice – Suzi Krawczyk Little things, photo collage