07 Oct AWARDS and ACQUISITIONS

MARS is celebrating recent acquisitions of represented artists into major Australian collections, including:

Jenna Lee, White Grass Tree 3, 2021 – acquired by City of Kingston

Jenna Lee, Dilly Can, 2023 – acquired by Deakin University

Jenna Lee, Without Us, 2022 – acquired by Merri-bek City Council

Atong Atem, Nyanluak, 2022 – acquired by Merri-bek City Council

Atong Atem, Kohl and Veil, The Bride Wore Pearls 1 & The Bridesmaid 3, 2022, Acquired by Morgan Stanley Art Collection

Kenny Pittock, 52 ceramic replicas of shopping lists found while working in a Melbourne supermarket, 2022 – acquired by NGV

Congratulations to MARS artists currently included in major Australian art prizes:

Jenna Lee, Grass Tree (growing together), 2022 – WINNER Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award (Young & Early Career Artist)

Diego Ramierez, When I was a child, I used to dress like El Diablito, 2021 – FINALIST Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award

Scotty So, Sleeping Apnea Beauty, 2023 – FINALIST  Incinerator Art Award: Art for Social Change

Kenny Pittock, Koala Teddy, 2022 – FINALIST Deakin Small Sculpture Award

Jenna Lee, Dilly Can, 2023 – FINALIST Deakin Small Sculpture Award

Meagan Streader, Shadow (tower) – FINALIST Wyndham Art Prize

Penelope Davis Photoglyph (red/green), 2023 – FINALIST Wyndham Art Prize

Stephen Haley, Onboarding, 2022 – FINALIST Wyndham Art Prize

Meagan Streader, Ghost (tower), 2023 – FINALIST Fisher’s Ghost Art Award 2022