2023 Central Desert Digital Art Prize
September 23 – October 8
RAFT Artspace
2023 Artists
Oliver Poppert | Sara Maiorino | Christopher Allery | Liam Hern | Seraphina Newberry | Tong Wu | Margaret Campbell | Cassie Campbell | Jonathan Puc | Katherine Boland | Fabian Miller| Alyssa Mason | Michael Wallace | Kailum Graves | Edwina Green | Anindita Banerjee | Serwah Attafuah | Elizabeth Trew | Rukaya Springle | Brandon Williams | Rubyanna Edwards | Eugenie Gullifer-Laurie | Christopher Day | Hayden Fletcher | Keshav Keerthi Chandrasekaran | Ellie Kenneth | Aaliyah Anderson | Ambrosia Jones | Darwin Boada | Anna (Yuqing) Xiang | Ruby Syme | Incite Arts |
2023 Winner :
Fabian Miller
Fabian Miller ‘Miller’ is an Arrernte and Warlpiri artist creating performance and digital art works in Mparntwe/Alice Springs. Miller attends Bindi’s Digital Art Program weekly where he uses the Procreate program to create painterly, gestural compositions. Over the two-year period that Miller has been attending, he has developed a strong abstract visual language through his artistic sensitivities.
Miller lives with disability and is supported in realising his artistic intentions. At Miller’s direction, the iPad features and screen are navigated alongside occasional assistance to explore greater access to his desired paths through the digital platform. He engages assistants to explore brush types, achieving desired textures and patterns, as he fills his pixel canvases with emotive gestures and harmonious colour. Fabian Miller has been involved in multiple projects within Mparntwe for many years. He has been collaborating with Incite Arts since 2016 and is a member of the ‘Starts With D’ ensemble with his fellow artists and friends. In 2023, he was the first recipient of the Central Desert Digital Art Prize and has new projects in the works.
“Fabian’s works show how expressive the digital medium can be. They are full of gesture and movement, with a clear and deliberate understanding of harmony, balance, and colour palette. His work openly invites the viewer into his inner world.”
- Sally Mumford, Central Desert Digital Art Prize judging panel
2023 People's Choice Winner :
Michael Wallace
Mickey Wallace is a First Nations artist practicing in digital drawing and performance. He began attending Bindi’s Digital Art Program regularly in 2022 where he was quick to show his representative drawing skills on the iPads. His infectious charisma and sharp humour translate to his artworks that depict a collection of animated and still images of animals, friends, familiar places and activities that he enjoys.
2023 People's Choice Winner :
Incite Arts
Telling the varied and thought-provoking stories of a group of artists with disability living in Mparntwe/Alice Springs, Strong Feelings shares their unique life journeys through a mixture of portraiture and storytelling; using costume, digital art, song, soundscapes, video and photography. Offering powerful immersive and sensory experiences, the diverse communities of Mparntwe/Alice Springs came together in celebration of the lives of people with disability as an equal and valued part of our cultural identity; building community pride about place and belonging.
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