2022
Acknowledgement of Country
We gather on land on which Dhurga and Dharawal peoples have lived and been custodians for at least 20,000 years. Kangaroo Valley was a place of meeting and hunting through which many First Nations peoples travelled from the Highlands, Illawarra and Shoalhaven following the dreaming tracks. We acknowledge them as the traditional owners and custodians of this land, never ceded, always was, always will be Aboriginal land. We thank them for helping us appreciate the connection to land, culture and community. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We are privileged to gather on this Country to share art and culture.
Curatorial Team
Professor Gary Moore Former Dean of Architecture, University of Sydney; Director of Visual Arts, Arts in the Valley since 2017
Megan Monte Curator And Director of Ngununggula, National Trust and State Government Gallery at Retford Park, NSW
Jane Watters Director and noted art prize judge, National Trust of Australia (NSW) Galleries and SH Ervin Gallery Sydney
Sophie O'Brien Curator, Bundanon Trust and Gallery and education director of the artist-in-residency program at Bundanon
Rex Irwin International art dealer and local resident who has nurtured many artists including Fred Williams, Cressida Campbell and Nicholas Harding
Events and Prizes
Main Gallery – Kangaroo Valley Hall
Kangaroo Valley Art Prize – open nationally
Tony White Memorial Art Prize – young emerging artist – open nationally
Salon of Local Artists Prize – local artists only
Curated by Megan Monte, Curator & Director, Ngununggula
Judged by Sophia O’Brien, Artistic Director, Bundanon &
Jane Watters, Director, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
also
People’s Choice Prize
Packing Room Prize
across all three categories
Kangaroo Valley Art Prize
Tony White Memorial Art Prize
Salon of Local Artists Prize
People’s Choice Prize & Packing Room Prize
Satellite Gallery
Always Was and Always Will Be
Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Artists
from the Stock Rooms of Utopia Art Sydney
The Hive KV, Kangaroo Valley
Curated by Christopher Hodges, Director, Utopia Art Sydney