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Mikala Dwyer wins Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize 2015

Published on the 26 Mar 2015
Mikala Dwyer, Untitled (2014) (detail). Photo: Peter Morgan. Courtesy: National Art School Gallery

Master of Fine Arts graduate Mikala Dwyer has won the Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize 2015 for an established artist.

Dwyer will take home $25,000 for her work Untitled (2014), an “empty sculpture”. Coen Young was awarded a $10,000 prize in the emerging artists category for his work Study for a Mirror 1, Study for a Mirror 2 (2015). Both winning works will become part of Redlands’ permanent collection.

The finalists exhibition is on at NAS Gallery from 26 March – 23 May and features work by 22 artists including UNSW Art & Design staff and alumni such as Hany Armanious, Dennis del Favero, Shaun Gladwell, Claire Healy & Sean Cordiero and Fiona Lowry.