Showcasing the very best contemporary art from around the country, from emerging and established artists. The Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (Telstra NATSIAA) exhibition is the longest running and most prestigious Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award.
Experience artworks that reflect the strength of culture, responses to current affairs and deep connections to Country.
Join us in celebrating the 41st year of the Telstra NATSIAA, a career-changing event for many artists.
Australia’s longest running and most prestigious Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards.
Artists share in a total of $190,000 with the impressive prize money for the major Telstra Art Award sitting at $100,000 and each of the categories awarding $15,000.
2024 Telstra Art Award Winner
Noli Rictor
Pitjantjatjara language, Tjuntjuntjara, WA
Kamanti 2023
Noli Rictor, a Pitjantjatjara man and artist from Tjuntjuntjara in Western Australia, is the winner of the prestigious 2024 Telstra Art Award valued at $100,000 for his synthetic polymer paint on linen piece titled Kamanti.
This remarkable painting depicts the significant site of Kamanti, situated in the north of traditional Spinifex Lands. This site is home to the Wati Kutjara Tjukurpa (Two Men Creation Line), an epic narrative that follows the journey of a father and son water serpent across the Spinifex Lands on ceremonial business.
Noli’s painting vividly illustrates the Country he was born into, reflecting the deep spiritual and cultural heritage that has shaped his life. The arid but sacred environment of Kamanti, the birthplace of the Creation Beings, is brought to life through Noli’s masterful use of colour and form, capturing the enduring power and presence of the ancestral figures who sculpted the landscape as they moved through it.
Category Winners
Telstra General Painting Award
Lydia Balbal
Keeping up with the Balbals 2023
Mangala language, lives Bidyadanga/Broome, WA
Telstra Bark Painting Award
Wurrandan Marawili
Rumbal, the body/the truth 2023
Yolŋu Matha language, lives Yirrkala, NT
Telstra Work on Paper Award
Shannon Brett
An Australian Landscape 2024
Wakka Wakka, Butchulla and Gooreng Gooreng languages, lives Brisbane, QLD
Wandjuk Marika Memorial 3D Award (Sponsored by Telstra)
Obed Namirrkki
Kunkurra 2024
Kuninjku language, lives Maningrida, NT
Telstra Multimedia Award
Natalie Davey
River report 2024
Walmajarri and Bunuba languages, lives Fitzroy Crossing, WA
Telstra Emerging Artist Award
Josina Pumani
Maralinga 2024
Pitjantjatjara language, lives Adelaide, SA
