NSW Visual Arts Emerging Fellowship finalists announced

Chloe Mandryk

Congratulations to Eddie Abd, Chun Yin Rainbow Chan, Cindy Yuen-Zhe Chen, Joe Wilson and Chanelle Collier, Emily Parsons-Lord, and Genevieve Felix Reynolds who have been announced as finalists in the NSW Visual Arts Emerging Fellowship award. 

Crown Up by Rainbow Chan

The prize has been ongoing for 100 years and celebrates contemporary emerging artistic practices. The winner will receive $30,000 for a program of self-directed professional development. Supported by Artspace and the National Art School with Create NSW, the contemporary artists’ work will be on show at NAS Gallery in 2022, because of our current covid restrictions.

Silkmoth no.2 by Eddie Abd

The curators said: ‘We share a commitment to supporting generations of emerging artists and we are thrilled to present this important award. The outstanding finalists represent the vibrant and diverse artistic community across NSW.’

Emily Parsons-Lord on her work ‘A raging event of continual noise (the Sun) v2’. The artist says ‘The “star” is potassium powder, basically, a smoke bomb. I get the unique colour signature from the star’s light and recreate it using potassium powder and colour into the ratio of colour elements in the star’s light. I have collaborated with some astronomers to apprehend the specific star’s light.’