2023 Artists' Book Award
Exhibition dates: Friday 3 March to Sunday 16 April 2023 at Manly Art Gallery and Museum
2023 Acquisitions
The 2023 acquisitions were announced by judges Ben Brown and Katherine Roberts on Thursday 2nd March 2023 at the Manly Art Gallery and Museum.
Laura Castell (QLD) | 'WE ALL' | 2022 | $650 |
Viola Dominello (NSW) | ‘Sea Horses of Manly’ | 2022 | $1000 |
Caren Florance (ACT) | ‘C:/Ovid’ | 2022 | $500 |
Jeff Gardner (VIC) | ‘Lucy the Dragon’ | 2022 | $1750 |
Kim Herringe (QLD) | ‘Sky dancers’ | 2021 | $230 |
Jude Hungerford (NSW) | ‘[MIND]SCAPE’ | 2021 | $460 |
Fran Ifould (NSW) | ‘Homage to a New Dawn’ | 2022 | $1650 |
Roslyn Kean (NSW) | 'Crossings' | 2022 | $500 |
Margaret Manchee (VIC) | 'The Wheel' | 2022 | $396 |
Karen Neal (VIC) | 'Australian Magpie' | 2021 | $600 |
Glenda Orr and Kathy Boyle (AUS/NZ) | 'Exquisite Causes' | 2022 | $1990 |
Kat Parker (VIC) | 'The Tragic Tale of the Bramble Cay Melomys' | 2022 | $240 |
Selected works in the exhibition
Tara Axford - Stories from the Neighbourhood |
Elizabeth Banfield - an autobiography of sorts |
Susan Baran - Diamond Bay |
Lenore Bassan - Cornerstone |
Sara Bowen - Narrative Codes |
Darren Bryant - The Time Travellers Manual (here, not here) |
Laura Castell - Fragmented Memories |
Yvonne Cleave - Queen of the Night |
Jen Conde - Metaphor for Life |
Erica Covola - Holding |
Rachel Dun - Fieldnotes |
Johanna Ellersdorfer - lines of location |
Caren Florance - DisRemembering |
Wendy Ford and Trudy Goodwin - Rain and Fire |
Monica Goldstein - The Exit |
Geoff Harvey - Gallipoli Series |
Nicole Hayes - ‘Flow’ |
Joanna Kambourian - Ripples/Reflections |
Louis Lim - Rolling Clouds |
Adrian Lockhart - Monotypes in Blue |
Debbie Mackinnon - I Will Be Back (Outback Concertina) |
Gita Mammen - Transient |
Monica Oppen - Of Property, Of Nature |
Jacobus Oudyn - Points of Reference |
Dinesh Pasupathyrajan - Font Memories |
Sharon Peoples - Canary in the Coalmine |
Janice Riley - Within 5 Kilometres |
John Ryrie - Strangers on a Train |
Julia Sample - Precious |
Patrick Shirvington - Telluric |
Theo Strasser - Aqueous |
Ruth Thompson - Gurrundurrung |
Peter Ward - Corio Idyll |
Marama Warren - Overflow |
Kylie Watson - The Day of the Dead |
Sandra Williams - There’s No Place Like Home |
Trish Yates - Forest Glow |
Aliki Yiorkas - A Time for Mourning |
About the award
An artist’s book is a medium of artistic expression that uses the form or function of a 'book' as inspiration.
Every two years the Northern Beaches Library Service holds an Artists’ Book Award attracting entries from around the world. Books are selected from the entries to form an exhibition. From the exhibited books, judges then select books to be acquired and added to the 100 plus artist books the Northern Beaches Library Service holds in their collection. This collection is unique to our community and public library service.
All selected works in the 2023 award will be displayed at the Manly Art Gallery & Museum from 3 March to 16 April 2023. Works selected for acquisition will be purchased as part of the Northern Beaches Libraries’ collection.
Acquired Artists’ Books on display
A selection of our artists’ book collection is on display at our libraries until Sunday 30 April. Click here for more info.
More information
For further information contact: ArtistBookAward@northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au