Australia's richest regional drawing prize, The Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award (JADA), will be on display at Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery from Saturday, June 5 to Sunday, July 25, 2021.
JADA exhibits range from photo realism and digital drawings to abstract works, making the exhibition an ideal way to see how artists are using drawing to speak about contemporary mark-making. JADA is organised and toured by the Grafton Regional Gallery.
Peter McKay, Curatorial Manager of Australian Art at Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art was invited to judge the finalists and select the winner and recommend works to acquire for the Grafton Regional Gallery collection of contemporary drawing.
The winner of the 2020 Award was selected from more than 650 entries received in 2020. Teo Treloar's work titled, This is Impermanence, was awarded the $35,000 prize.
In an essay written for the 2020 exhibition catalogue, arts writer and critic, Dr Andrew Frost observed: "The 2020 selection, and winner chosen by curator Peter McKay, is an example of both the breadth and quality of work produced by Australian artists."
