Previous competition winners

Winning artworks 2020

In 2020, the Board launched the third annual competition in mid-June and announced the winners in the final week of September. The competition continued despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, as part of the organisation’s commitment to support Indigenous youth, and a meaningful pathway towards inclusion of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

The competition—based on the theme of ‘Regeneration’ – life before, during, and after coronavirus, complemented the NAIDOC theme of ‘Always Was, Always Will Be,’ and Reconciliation Week’s theme of ‘In this together’— saw a record number of incredible artworks submitted by young and upcoming local Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander artists between the ages of 13–21 years.

The top three winners received an Apple iPad Pro 11” 128GB Wi-Fi and Apple Pencil, valued at $1,548, a $500 gift voucher for art supplies, and a $250 gift voucher for art supplies, respectively.

Among the many entrants, the well-deserving 2020 winners were:

First place: Varni Nona
Second place: Alkira Geia
Third place: Stacey Edwards

Indigenous Youth Art Competition winners 2020

Winning artworks 2019

The 2019 theme of ‘mental health’—saw some inspirational artwork submitted by young and upcoming local Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander artists between the ages of 13–21 years.

The top four winners received an Apple iPad Pro 10.5” 64GB Wi-Fi and Apple Pencil, valued at $1,000, a $500 gift voucher for art supplies, a $250 gift voucher for art supplies, and a $100 gift voucher for art supplies, respectively.

Among the many entrants, the well-deserving 2019 winners were:

First place: Moniesha Wallace
Second place: Tanisha Vincent
Third place: Kashana Wallace
Fourth place: Ronald Creek

Winning artworks 2018

The 2018 theme was ‘health care and wellbeing in our communities’ and there were two artwork categories: Aboriginal artist and Torres Strait Islander artist.

There were a range of incredible submissions from gifted young artists, resulting in three first place winners. The winners each received an Apple iPad Pro 10.5” 64GB Wi-Fi and Apple Pencil, valued at $1,000 each.

Among the many entrants, the well-deserving 2018 winners were:

Aboriginal artwork:

Joint winners: Jasmine Grogan (Mareeba State High School) and Wudarabin Snider (Cooktown State High School)
Second place: Danae Hastie (Mareeba State High School)
Third place: Jalene Gordon (Innisfail)

Torres Strait Islander artwork: