Past Awards
Below you will find an archive of past winners of SALA Awards. Click the year to expand.
City of Adelaide Incubator Award: Kaspar Schmidt Mumm
UnitCare Services Digital Media Award: Marian Sandberg
The Advertiser Contemporary Art Award: Susan Bruce
City Rural Emerging Artist Award: Stephanie Doddridge
Inspiring SA Science in Art Award: Kate Kurucz
City of Unley Active Ageing Award: Katrina Linn
Don Dunstan Foundation Award: Tyson Jay Brant
Hither & Yon Venue Award: Little Blue Wren Gifts & Art
SALA Solo Photographic Opportunity: Yasemin Sabuncu
City of Onkaparinga SALA Residency: Laura Wills & Jackie Saunders
Country Arts SA Breaking Ground Award: Gail Hocking
City of Adelaide Incubator Award: Emmaline Zanelli, Kurt Bosecke, & Eloise Holoubek
UnitCare Services Digital Media Award: Emmaline Zanelli, Kurt Bosecke, & Eloise Holoubek
The Advertiser Contemporary Art Award: Deborah Prior
City Rural Emerging Artist Award: Anna Révész
City of Unley Active Ageing Award: Saxon Rudduck
City of Onkaparinga Contemporary Curator Award: Sarah Northcott
Don Dunstan Foundation Award: Allison Chhorn
Hither & Yon Venue Award: Burra Regional Art Gallery
SALA Solo Photographic Opportunity: David Hume
Credit Union SA School Awards:
Winners:
Berri Regional Secondary College
Valley View Secondary School
Woodcroft College
Woodville Gardens Primary School
Commendations:
Christies Beach Primary School
Urrbrae Agricultural High School
City of Adelaide Incubator Award – Yoko Kajio
UnitCare Services Digital Media Award – Maddie Grammatopoulos
City Rural Emerging Artist Award – Jianzhen ‘Shirley’ Wu
City of Unley Active Aging Award – Rosie Field
The Advertiser Tertiary Student Art Award – Sam Burke
Don Dunstan Foundation Award – Tom Phillips
City of Onkaparinga Contemporary Curator Award – Christina Lauren
Hither & Yon Venue Awards: Bimbimbie Garden, The Garden Depot
Credit Union SA School Awards
Winners:
Christies Beach Primary
Littlehampton Primary School
Nuriootpa High School
St Aloysius College
Commendations:
Pinnacle College
Riverland Special School
The Country Arts Breaking Ground Award Winner – Juanella McKenzie
City of Adelaide Incubator Award Winner – Alyica Bennett
Hither & Yon Venue Award Winners – Collective Haunt Inc. & She Is Pop Up Gallery
UnitCare Services Digital Media Award Winner – Tom Borgas
City Rural Emerging Artist Award Winner – Amber Cronin
City of Unley Active Ageing Award Winner – John Freeman
Don Dunstan Foundation Award Winner – Makeda Duong
City of Onkaparinga Contemporary Curator Award Winner – Suzanne Close
Credit Union SA School Awards –
Winners
Adelaide High School
Adelaide High School SALA Exhibition 2020
Faith Lutheran College
Feels to Frames – Faith Lutheran College Year 6 Artists
St John’s Grammar School
à la carte
Wirreanda Secondary School
Classic Blue
Commendations
Nuriootpa High School
Nuriootpa High School Senior SALA Exhibition
Walkerville Primary School
Walk the Terrace with Walkerville Primary School
The Advertiser Contemporary Art Award Winner – Derek Sargent & Jess Miley
UnitCare Services Moving Image Award Winner – Grant Parke
Atkins Photographic Award Winner – Lee Walter
City Rural Emerging Artist Award Winner – Steven Bellosguardo
Don Dunstan Foundation Award Winner – Deborah Baldassi & Sue Webb
City of Unley Active Ageing Award Winner – Maggie Cecchin
Centre for Creative Photography Latent Image Award Winner – Joseph Haxan
4th Biennial RSASA / SALA Portrait Prize Winner – Kate Kurucz
City of Onkaparinga Contemporary Curator Award Winner – Steph Cibich
Credit Union SA School Awards –
Winners
St John’s Grammar
Conversations with Line
Riverland Special School
Sensory Stars
The Heights School
The Heights School Art Exhibition Competition
St Gabriel’s School
Gabriel’s Gallery
Commendations
Bridgewater Primary School
The Earth Beneath Our Feet
Woodside Primary School
We All Smile in the Same Language
Bowden Brompton Community School
Kill the Streets
The Advertiser Contemporary Art Prize Winner – Kaspar Schmidt Mumm
UnitCare Services Moving Image Award Winner – Cynthia Schwertsik
Atkins Technicolour Photographic Award Winner – Emmaline Zanelli
Centre for Creative Photography Latent Image Award Winner – Brett Hughes
City Rural Emerging Artist Award Winner – Hannah Vorrath-Pajak
Adelaide Review Outsider Art Award Winner – Alana Gregory
City of Unley Active Ageing Award Winner – Chris Webb
The Don Dunstan Foundation Award – Gerry Wedd
Country Arts SA Breaking Ground Award – Nellie Rankine
BlueThumb People’s Choice Award – Ellie Kammer
SALA Festival Patron’s Art Writer’s Award – Melinda Rackham
Credit Union SA Schools Award –
Primary School Award Winners
Woodside Primary
Plastic Oceans
St Brigid’s School
Identity Explorers
Runner Up
Elizabeth Grove Primary School
Square-eyed
Secondary School Award Winners
South Coast schools collective including Encounter Lutheran College, Investigator College and Victor Harbor High School
SALA School Art Show
Runners Up
Bowden Brompton Community School
Work Hard Dream Big
St John’s Grammar School
Current Practice
The Advertiser Contemporary Art Prize Winner – Julia McInerney
Atkins Technicolour Photographic Award Winner – Alice Blanch
Centre for Creative Photography Latent Image Award Winner – Lee Walter
City Rural Emerging Artist Award Winner – Jane Skeer
Adelaide Review Outsider Art Award Winner – Len Harvey
UnitCare Services Moving Image Award Winner – Trent Parke & Narelle Autio
City of Unley Active Ageing Award Winner – Andrea Malone
SALA Festival Patron’s Art Writer’s Award – Andrew Purvis
The Advertiser Contemporary Art Prize Winner – Julia Robinson
Highly Commended – Jess Taylor
Commendation – Tobias Staheli
Atkins Technicolour Photographic Award Winner – Nathan Stolz
Centre for Creative Photography Latent Image Award Winner – Nathan Stolz
OZ Minerals Copper Sculpture Award Winner – Mary Ann Santin
Adelaide Review Young Artist Award Winner – Emmaline Zanelli
City Rural Emerging Artist Award Winner – Tina Jade Panagaris
Adelaide Review Outsider Art Award Winner – Scott McCarten
UnitCare Services Moving Image Award Winner – Ray Harris
Country Arts SA Breaking Ground Award Winner – Chris De Rosa
Brighton Jetty Classic Sculptures Young Artist Award supporting Brighton Surf Life Saving Club Inc Joint Winners –
Jess Taylor and Joel Zimmermann
The Don Dunstan Foundation Award Winner – Andrea Malone
City of Unley Active Ageing Award Winner – Sheila Whittam
Centennial Park Environment Award Winner – Tobias Staheli
The Advertiser Business SA Contemporary Art Prize Winner – Jason Sims
Atkins Technicolour Photographic Award Winner – Gary Sauer-Thompson
Centre for Creative Photography latent Image Award Winner – Emmaline Zanelli
OZ Minerals Copper Sculpture Award Winner – Mark Ryan
Rip It Up Publishing Artist Award Winner – Jessica Clark
City Rural Emerging Artist Award Winner – Alise Hardy
Adelaide Review Outsider Art Award Winner – Michelle Willsmore
UnitCare Services Moving Image Award Winner – Fiona Gardner
Country Arts SA Breaking Ground Award Winner – Cindy Durant
Brighton Jetty Classic Sculptures Young Artist Award supporting Brighton Surf Life Saving Club Inc Joint Winners – Joel Zimmermann and Students of Trinity College Year 10 Art
The Don Dunstan Foundation Award Winner – Selina Wallace
The Advertiser Business SA Contemporary Art Prize Winner – Henry Jock Walker
Atkins Technicolour Photographic Award Winner – David Evans
Centre for Creative Photography Latent Image Award Winner – Bridgette Minuzzo
JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design Award Winner – Jennifer Ahrens
OZ Minerals Copper Sculpture Award Winner – Chris Ormerod
Rip It Up Publishing Artist Award Winner – Glenn Kestell
The Austral Hotel Emerging Artist Award Winner – Stuart Templeton
Adelaide Review Special Art Award Winner – Community Bridging Services
UnitCare Services Moving Image Award Winner – Madison Bycroft
Country Arts SA Breaking Ground Award Winner – Morgan Allender
The Advertiser Business SA Contemporary Art Prize Winner – Marc D Bowden
Adelaide Central School of Art Professional Development Award Winner – Therese Williams
Atkins Technicolour Photographic Award Winner – Wayne Griveli
Centre for Creative Photography Latent Image Award Winner – Gabriella Szondy
JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design Award Winner – Kim Thomson
OZ Minerals Copper Sculpture Award Winners – Warren Pickering and Anna Small
Rip It Up Publishing Artist Award Winner – Amy Joy Watson
The Austral Hotel Emerging Artist Award Winner – Jacky Murtaugh
The Advertiser Business SA Contemporary Art Prize Winner – Christine Cholewa
Adelaide Central School of Art Professional Development Award Winner – Madison Bycroft
Adelaide City Council Encouragement Award for Moving Image Winner – Patty Chehade
Atkins Technicolour Photographic Award for Artists Award Winner – Peter MacDonald
Centre for Creative Photography Latent Image Award Winner – Lee Hopkins
JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design Award Winner – Brenden Scott French
OZ Minerals Copper Sculpture Award Winner –Nicholas Uhlmann
Rip It Up Publishing Artist Award for Best Young Artist Winner – Wenjing (Cherica) Zhang
Statewide Super Artist Opportunity Winner – Donovan Christie
The Austral Hotel Emerging Artist Award Winner – David Frahm
The Advertiser Business SA Contemporary Art Prize Winner – Christine Cholewa
Atkins Technicolour Photographic Award Winner – Danica Gacesa McLean
Centre for Creative Photography Developing Artist Award Winner – Pantelli Pyromallis
Centre for Creative Photography Latent Image Award Winner – Nerissa Stanley
JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design Award Winner – Stephanie James Manttan
Statewide Super Artist Opportunity Winners – Swee Wah Yew and Peter Ahrens
Rip It Up Publishing and Adelaide Review Special Art Award Winner – Community Bridging Services
Rip It Up Publishing Young Artist Award Winner – Rebecca Prince
SA Life Emerging Artist Award Winner – Carly Snoswell
Adelaide City Council Encouragement Award Winner – Kyiaki Maragozidis
Gosia Schild Award for the Best New Work in the Moving Image Project Winner – Ryan Sims
Adelaide Central School of Art Professional Development Award Winner – Meaghan Coles
OZ Minerals Copper Sculpture Award Winner – Mie Sheong Wong
The Advertiser Business SA Contemporary Art Prize Winner – Jen Trantor – Dress 1
Atkins Technicolour Photographic Award Winner – Alex Frayne
Centre for Creative Photography Developing Artist Award Winner – Alison Woodward
Core Energy Group Sculpture Award Winner – Samantha Bell
Gosia Schild Award for Best New Work in the Moving Image Project Winner – Kyriaki Maragozdis
JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design Award Winner – Ilona Glastonbury
Rip It Up Special Art Award Winner – Tutti Visual Arts and Design
Rip It Up Young Artist Award for the Best Young Artist Winner – Kirsty Shadiac
SA Life Emerging Artist Award Winner – Nic Brown
The BigPond Adelaide Film Festival Partnership Award Winner – Susan Bruce
Adelaide City Council Encouragement Award Winner – Ryan Sims
Adelaide Central School of Art Professional Development Award Winner – Angela Black
OZ Minerals Copper Sculpture Award Winners – Chris Ormorod, Rachel Young, Victor Harbor High School
The Advertiser Business SA Contemporary Art Prize Winner – Heidi Karo
Atkins Technicolour Photographic Award Winner – Danica Gacesa McLean
Centre for Creative Photography Developing Artist Award Winner – Jamie Nuske
Centre for Creative Photography Latent Image Award Winner – Rebecca Whittemore
Core Energy Group Sculpture Award Winner – Amy Joy Watson
JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design Award Winner – Wesley Harron
Gosia Schild Moving Image Award Winner – Kyraki Maragozdis
Rip It Up Emerging Artist Award Winner – Shannon Poulton
SA Life Young Artist Award Winner – Amy Joy Watson
The Advertiser Business Contemporary Art Prize Winner – Peter Drew
Core Energy Sculpture Award Winner – Ariel Hassan
The Centre for Creative Photography Emerging Artist Award Winner – Tushar Wahab
Established Artist Award Winners – Emma Sterling and Dan Monceaux
Atkins Technicolour Awards Photo Based Winner – David Evans
Non Photographic Medium Winner – Claire Nielsen
JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design Award Winner – Sandy Elverd
SA Life Emerging Artist Award Winner – Tushar Wahab
Rip It Up Award Winner – Robin Eley
Bunka Moving Image Award Winners – Ryan Sims and Ray Meandering
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Banner image: Bait Fridge performer at the SALA Finissage 2019, photo Jack Fenby