Nominees 2023
Old Government House, Parramatta, The River: Burramatta to Cockatoo. Image by Katje Ford for Old Government House
Justin SHOULDER Titan Arum 2022 presented by Newcastle Art Gallery in partnership with New Annual, Photography courtesy Picture Cabinet
EXHIBITION PROJECTS
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| Art Space on The Concourse | Inner Edge Drifting |
| Bathurst Regional Art Gallery | Liam Benson: Virtue Without Stain |
| Bondi Pavilion Gallery | Emily and Rosie’s dramatic exhibition of Rainbow, Mermaid, Fireworks |
| Bondi Pavilion Gallery | Liquid Mountains |
| Bondi Pavilion Gallery | The Air is Electric – David McDiarmid in America |
| Bondi Pavilion Gallery | Bondi Story Room |
| DRAW Space | Locust Jones / MAGIC SAUCE |
| Fairfield City Museum & Gallery | We Eat This Bread |
| Goulburn Regional Art Gallery | All light, all air, all space |
| Hawkesbury Regional Gallery | Dyarubbin |
| Manly Art Gallery & Museum | Fair Play |
| Multi-Arts Pavilion, mima (MAP mima) | WildLife by James Price |
| Pari | Mixed Business |
| Pari | Open World |
| Shoalhaven Regional Gallery | Plant Your Feet |
| Singleton Arts + Cultural Centre | Spirit of Place |
| The Lock-Up | Loud Sky |
| The Lock-Up | The Bender |
| UNSW Galleries | The Party |
| UNSW Galleries | James Tylor: Turrangka…in the shadows |
| UNSW Galleries | Gordon Hookey: A MURRIALITY |
| UTS Gallery & Art Collection | She Speaks in Sculpture |
EXHIBITION PROJECTS
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| Australian Design Centre | GOOD NATURED: design art architecture |
| Australian Design Centre | Unravelling Queerly |
| Blue Mountains Cultural Centre | Vicky Browne work / play |
| Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre | FLIGHT |
| Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre | Artists in Volatile Landscapes |
| Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre & Tamworth Regional Gallery | Looking at Gold |
| Grafton Regional Gallery | InlandSee |
| Maitland Regional Art Gallery | Upriver Downriver |
| Museum of Art and Culture yapang | SEAM: Coming together for World Pride ’23 |
| National Art School | Captivate: The National Art School and Darlinghurst Gaol |
| New England Regional Art Museum | STRONG |
| New England Regional Art Museum | The Art of Nature |
| Newcastle Art Gallery | TITAN ARUM: Justin Shoulder |
| Ngununggula | Video Commission |
| Ngununggula | Spring Collection: Ken Done & Rosie Deacon |
| Orange Regional Gallery | Catherine O’Donnell : Beyond the Shadow |
EXHIBITION PROJECTS
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| Art Gallery of New South Wales | Yiribana: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collection exhibition |
| Art Gallery of New South Wales | Adrián Villar Rojas, The End of Imagination |
| Art Gallery of New South Wales | Dreamhome: Stories of Art and Shelter |
| Australian Museum | Burra Learning Place |
| Museums of History NSW | “Murmurations”: MHNSW Hyde Park Barrack’s Art Commission 2023 |
| State Library of NSW | Pride [R]evolution |
| State Library of NSW | Koori Knockout: 50 years |
| State Library of NSW | Imagine: The Wonder of Picture Books |
| State Library of NSW | Kill or Cure: A Taste of Medicine |
EXHIBITION PROJECTS
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| Miss Porter’s House | Audio Project – QR codes |
EXHIBITION PROJECTS
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| Fairfield City Museum & Gallery | Who are you wearing? |
| George Hanna Memorial Museum at Mascot Library, Bayside Council | Swimming in Botany and the Bay |
| Jervis Bay Maritime Museum | Gumara Barranargn, Possum Skin Cloak |
| La Perouse Museum | Talking Sport: members of the La Perouse Aboriginal Community share their sporting memories |
| NSW Hall of Champions | Champions of the Commonwealth Games |
| Old Government House, Parramatta | The River: Burramatta to Cockatoo |
| Orange Regional Museum | Mulaa Giilang: Wiradjuri stories of the night sky |
| Tweed Regional Museum | Cure All |
EXHIBITION PROJECTS
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| Hurstville Museum & Gallery | Guraban: where the saltwater meets the freshwater |
| Museum of the Riverina | Museum of the Riverina semi-permanent exhibition |
| Newcastle Museum | Shralp |
| Newcastle Museum | First |
| Sydney Jewish Museum | Reverberations: A Future for Memory |
| UNSW Library | Sonus Maris |
ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS
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| Bankstown Arts Centre | Jungle Jam: A festival celebrating trees |
| Fairfield City Museum & Gallery | Tick the Box |
| Grossmann & Brough Houses | Artist in Residence 2023: History Hides in Quiet Corners by Vicki Cornish |
| Hawkesbury Regional Museum | Bangadyi Nawi Making a Canoe |
| Orange Regional Museum | Sharing music of the ‘Dunera’ boys, Orange |
| Pari & Arab Theatre Studio | Lumbung will continue: practices and reflections from documenta fifteen |
| Port Macquarie Museum | Past Port Tool Kit |
| Ron Horan Museum | Fortunae Program – Once a Fortian |
| Singleton Arts + Cultural Centre | Spirit of Place |
| Sugar Valley Library Museum | Sugar Valley Saturday Series |
| The Lock-Up | CREATION |
| Tweed Regional Museum | Capturing Nature Street Party |
| Woodford Academy | Artist in Residence: Naomi Oliver |
ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM
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| 4A Centre for Asian Australian Art | Art in the Heart of Haymarket |
| Australian Design Centre | Sydney Craft Week 2022 |
| Australian Design Centre | Strategic Framework: First Nations Engagement |
| Blue Mountains Cultural Centre | WATER TRAIL |
| Gosford Regional Gallery | Drawn to the Core |
| Goulburn Regional Art Gallery | ‘The Window’ |
| Grafton Regional Gallery | Inland Seekers |
| Maitland Regional Art Gallery | The Maitland Archive |
| Museum of the Riverina | RETURN: Reconnecting objects and collections with people and places |
| New England Regional Art Museum | Winter Blooming Festival |
| Newcastle Art Gallery | ‘Conversations from the Collection’ Podcast Series |
| Ngununggula | MIDWINTER FESTIVAL 2023 |
| Orange Regional Gallery | ‘I Am Me’ 2023 SPARKE Project |
| Parramatta Artists’ Studios | Movers and Makers 2022 |
| Penrith Regional Gallery | Ancher Points Emerging Artist Intensive |
| Tamworth Regional Gallery | Trans Day of Visability |
| UNSW Galleries | Mixed Company |
ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS
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| Art Gallery of NSW | State Of The Art |
| Australian Museum | WorldPride at the Australian Museum |
| Blacktown Arts | Songlines & Sightlines |
| Campbelltown Arts Centre | COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE |
| Chau Chak Wing Museum | Museums, history and future careers |
| Chau Chak Wing Museum | The hidden is tantalising: cross-disciplinary learning tools |
| Museum of Contempoary Art | Ultra Unreal |
| Museum of Contemporary Art Australia & Parramatta Artists’ Studios | Being Together: Parramatta Yearbook |
| Museums of History NSW | Museums of History NSW website |
| Museums of History NSW | ‘Murmurations’: Public program to support Hyde Park Barracks Art Commission 2023 |
| Museums of History NSW | The Weaving Room |
| Powerhouse Museum | Powerhouse Late |
| Sydney Jewish Museum | Lotte Weiss Intercultural Day |
| Western Plains Cultural Centre | Dubbo Art Fair |
INNOVATION & RESILLIENCE
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| Maitland Regional Art Gallery | The Young Architects |
| Mudgee Arts Precinct | Ngayirr Ngurambang: Sacred Country Exhibition |
| Tamworth Regional Film and Sound Archive | Relocation Rush |
INNOVATION & RESILLIENCE
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| Albury LibraryMuseum | Murray Digitisation Hub Year 2 – building a sustainable model |
| Bankstown Arts Centre | Bankstown Biennale: Subterrains |
| Eugowra Historical Museum and Bushranger Centre | Eugowra Disaster Response Team & Project |
| Goulburn Regional Art Gallery | Jenny Bell ‘Life Forms’ (exhibition, publication and programs) |
| Hay Museums | Visit Hay – Application |
| Lismore Regional Gallery | Creative Program 2022 – 2023 |
| Mosman Art Gallery and Parramatta Artists’ Studios | Keeping Score/Tracing Time |
| New England Regional Art Museum | HOME – An integrated arts and cultural program for primary schools |
| Northern Rivers Community Gallery & Ignite Studios | Commemorative Flood Recovery Project |
| Orana Arts | enCounter |
| Tweed Regional Museum | Up Late at Tweed Regional Museum |
| Tweed Regional Museum | Museum on Wheels |
| Wagga Wagga Art Gallery | Grace + Ewington Residencies |
INNOVATION & RESILLIENCE
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| Bathurst Regional Council, Museums Bathurst | Central Tablelands Collections Facility |
| Museum of the Riverina | Museum of the Riverina Redevelopment |
| Sugar Valley Library Museum | Sugar Valley Library Museum |
| The Australian Museum | Future Now |
| Yarrila Arts and Museum | South Solitary Island Lighthouse Optic Relocation |
Volunteer Achievement Award |
| Myf Thompson, Batemans Bay Heritage Museum | Crossing The Clyde |
| Melinda Hunt, DRAW Space | Inaugural Exhibition: Locust Jones / MAGIC SAUCE |
| Ray Agustin, Eugowra Historical Museum and Bushranger Centre | Eugowra Disaster Response Team & Project |
| Annabel Margaret Senior, Miss Porter’s House | UNESCO Memory of the World (UNESCO MoW) |
| Kevin Wintle, Wollondilly Heritage Centre and Museum | Blacksmith Shop and Restoration of Bennet Wagon |
The ACHAA Award for Excellence by an Aboriginal Curator |
| Steven Ross, Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative | Baya-Ngara-Banga (Speak-Listen-Make) |
| Keith Munro, Museum of Contemporary Art | Kevin Gilbert Artist Room |
| Cherie Johnson, Newcastle Museum | 2023 Cultural Resurgence |
| Ronald Briggs, State Library of NSW | Koori Knockout 50 Years |
| Tess Allas and Alinta Maguire, Wollongong Art Gallery | Coomaditchie: The Art of Place |
The IMAGinE Awards are an initiative of Museums & Galleries of NSW, developed with support from the Australian Museums and Galleries Association NSW and Regional and Public Galleries of NSW.
The 2023 IMAGinE Awards is made possible through the generous support of our sponsors, including International Conservation Services as the Major Sponsor of the Awards. This year we welcome the Art Gallery of NSW as a Sponsor and Venue Partner for the IMAGinE Award’s night.
