Exhibition opening - Ellen José Art Award for young women
His Worship the Mayor, Cr Hanna El Mouallem and Councillors of Bayside City Council invite you to the opening and announcement of the 2025 Ellen José Art Award for young women.
Opening remarks by Dr Joseph Toscano, Director of the Ellen José Memorial Foundation.
Join us to celebrate the second iteration of the Ellen José Art Award for young women, a $15,000 non-acquisitive triennial award designed to support young female artists in the early stages of their career. The award is held in honour of Ellen José, a pioneering Indigenous artist, radical activist and social justice campaigner and is a partnership between the Ellen José Memorial Foundation and Bayside City Council.
Finalists: MeiMei Hodgkinson, Clare Jaque Vasquez, Casey Jeffery, Jenna Lee, Amalia Lindo, Jacqui Shelton
Judges: Kelly Gellatly, independent curator and Chair of the Sheila Foundation and Sophie Gerhard, Curator, Australian and First Nations, National Gallery of Victoria.
RSVP by Friday 24 October
Ellen José Art Award for young women is on display at Bayside Gallery from 25 October – 14 December 2025.
Location
Bayside Gallery
Brighton Town Hall, Corner Wilson and Carpenter Streets, Brighton, Victoria 3186
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Image: Clare Jacque Vasquez, Silent weapons for quiet ambitions (detail) 2025, acrylic and impasto on stretched canvas, 200 x 200 cm. Image courtesy the artist and Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne.
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Exhibition opening - Ellen José Art Award for young women
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