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OUR MOB

Art by South Australian Aboriginal Artists.

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Welcome to OUR MOB, Adelaide Festival Centre’s much loved annual art exhibition.

Over the past eighteen years, hundreds of First Nations artists have exhibited and shared their stories while building and growing their careers. We are immensely privileged to provide a platform for contemporary First Nations visual artists and recognise the ongoing importance of OUR MOB and OUR YOUNG MOB for us all. 

In the spirit of reconciliation, and with Adelaide Festival Centre’s Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan now endorsed and active, we are delighted to welcome artists, partners, and audiences to this exceptional exhibition.

2023 Exhibition Dates
OUR MOB 19 Aug — 7 Oct '23 The Galleries, Festival Theatre foyer
OUR YOUNG MOB 19 Aug — 7 Oct '23 The Galleries, Festival Theatre foyer


OUR MOB 2023 - Expressions of Interest

Expressions of interest are now open for OUR MOB 2023. 

The OUR MOB exhibition, alongside OUR YOUNG MOB, is the culmination of artistic activities throughout the state that bring Aboriginal artists together in a unique and outstanding exhibition of Aboriginal art across a diverse range of media.

OUR MOB Artist Prizes

  • $5000 Don Dunstan Foundation OUR MOB Emerging Artist Prize (artists must be over 18 to enter)
  • $2000 Trevor Nickolls Art Prize for OUR MOB (artists must be over 18 to enter)
  • $1500 Country Arts SA Regional OUR MOB Professional Development Opportunity (artists must be over 18 to enter)
  • OUR YOUNG MOB Award: art materials donated by Ku Arts (artists must be under 18 to enter)
  • Trevor Nickolls Art Prize for OUR YOUNG MOB (artists must be under 18 to enter)

Closing date to enter Friday 1 July '23, 5pm

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2022 Award Winners

  • $5000 Don Dunstan Foundation OUR MOB Emerging Artist Prize (artists must be over 18 to enter)
  • $2000 Trevor Nickolls Art Prize for OUR MOB (artists must be over 18 to enter)
  • $1500 Country Arts SA Regional OUR MOB Professional Development Opportunity (artists must be over 18 to enter)
  • OUR YOUNG MOB Award: art materials donated by The Ku Arts Award (artists must be under 18 to enter)
  • Trevor Nickolls Art Prize for OUR YOUNG MOB (artists must be under 18 to enter)

Don Dunstan Foundation OUR MOB Emerging Artist Prize

Supported by the Don Dunstan Foundation

Winner: Temaana Sanderson-Bromley

Trevor Nickolls Art Prize for OUR MOB

Supported by the Adelaide Festival Centre Foundation

Winner: Kat Bell

Country Arts SA Regional OUR MOB Professional Development Opportunity 

Supported by Country Arts

Winner: Sherrie Jones

OUR YOUNG MOB Award

Supported by Ku Arts

Winner: Zachary O’Donnell

Trevor Nickolls Art Prize for OUR YOUNG MOB 

Winner: Macinta Fowler

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Our Mob/Our Young Mob 2022 Award Winners: Temaana Sanderson-Bromley, Kat Bell, Zachary O’Donnell (left to right)

Image: Naomi Jellicoe

Although being driven by Adelaide Festival Centre, Our Mob is dependent on key arts organisations across the state who collaborate with First Nations artists far and wide, as well as partners in the arts industry and regional and remote arts organisations that bring First Nations artists together in a professionally presented annual exhibition and celebrations. Through Our Mob we can track the emergence and development of new and exciting arts activities and come to know the work of individual artists.


Partners

Government of South Australia
Country Arts SA
SICAD
Don Dunstan Foundation
Tarnanthi
Ku Arts


Our Mob 2021

Don Dunstan Foundation PrizeSupported by the Don Dunstan Foundation

Winner: Janet (Jay) Milera, Land Meets Sea, acrylic on canvas.Highly Commended: Kath Moore, Sister's Story, acrylic on canvas & Weaving (Lakun), acrylic on canvas.

Trevor Nickolls OUR MOB AwardSupported by the Adelaide Festival Centre Foundation

Winner: Maude Parker, Australian Natives, acrylic on canvas & Birds and Butterflies, acrylic on canvas.

Highly Commended: Mali Isabel, Spirituality, acrylic on canvas.

Trevor Nickolls Our Young Mob AwardSupported by the Adelaide Festival Centre Foundation

Winner: Mia Makuch, My Journey, acrylic on canvas.

Country Arts SA Regional Emerging Artist Professional Development AwardSupported by Country Arts SA

Winner: Kat Bell, The Birthing Pod, acrylic on canvas & Gathering on the Mighty Murray River, hand stitched & embroidered yarn, threaded onto bamboo stick.

Ku Arts Our Young Mob AwardSupported by Ku Arts

Winner: Ulani Williams-Psorakis, Knowledge Handed Down from the Dreamtime, acrylic on canvas.

Highly Commended: Mia Makuch, My Journey, acrylic on canvas.

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