The Mandorla Art Award is an Australian religious art prize, where the artists are given a theme inspired by the Christian scriptures akin to the historic requests by the church to create visual images that tell the stories of the Bible. [1]
The award commenced in 1985 with finalists work exhibited at New Norcia Monastery Museum and Art Gallery, St John of God Hospitals in Perth, Western Australia. [2] [3]
Year | Artist | Work | Theme |
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1985 | Theo Koning | Re-creation | Creation (Revelations 15:3) |
1986 | Brian McKay | Logos | Christ – The Word of God (John 1:1–4) |
1987 | Michael Iwanoff | Standing with light | The Glory of God is Man Fully Alive (John 10:10) |
1988 | Allan Barker | Trust in providence | Trust in Divine Providence (Matthew 6:26–34) |
1989 | Ivan Bray | Samson, prepare the way | Prepare the Way of the Lord (Isaiah 40:3) |
1990 | John Paul | Ante lucem | The Annunciation (Luke 1:26–38) |
1991 | Nigel Hewitt | Jurien — peace I leave with you | Peace I leave with you, My peace I give you (John 14:27) |
1992 | Nigel Hewitt | Circumnavigation of the Soul | Glory as our Destiny (Romans 8:18–23) |
1994 | Ron Gomboc | At the Gates | The Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11–31) |
1996 | John Coburn | Blue for faith love and hope | The Greatest of these is Love (1 Corinthians:1–13) |
2000 | Julie Dowling [5] | Born for you | Incarnation – The Birth of Christ (John 1:14) |
2002 | Brian McKay | The enigma of Christ | Images of Christ (Matthew 4:18–22, Mark 1:40–45, John 15:12–17) |
2004 [note 1] | Michael Kane Taylor | Pedilavium | Whatsoever You Do for the Least of them, You Do for Me (Matthew 25:40) |
2004 [note 2] | Lea Kuhaupt | Verse for the millions | Whatsoever You Do for the Least of them, You Do for Me (Matthew 25:40) |
2007 | Concetta Petrillo | Without finding any motive for his death, they condemned him and asked Pilate to have him killed | The Passion, Death and Resurrection of Christ (Mark 14:43–15:41, John 20:1–21) |
2010 | Annette Allman | Caring in a competitive world | And Who Is My Neighbour? (Luke 10:29) |
2012 [note 3] | Annette Allman | Caring in a competitive world | And Who Is My Neighbour? (Luke 10:29) |
2014 | Paul Kaptein | untitled | [note 4] |
2016 | Megan Robert | The Bread Basket at Emmaus – then Flesh returned to Word | [note 5] |
2018 | Mikaela Castledone | God is in the House, | Rev 21:1-2 “And then I saw a new heaven and a new earth….” |
2020/2021 | Britt Mikkelsen | 8200 Souls, | “He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah: Chapter 6, Verse 8) |
2022 | Claire Beausein | Chalice | Metamorphosis. “I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?” (Isaiah 43:19) |
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