Natsiaa 2026: Ryan Presley wins $100,000 award for ‘monumental’ Renaissance-style painting
Ryan Presley's winning entry at the NATSIAA awards is described as a 'dreamscape' that challenges Western art canons. The painting incorporates anachronistic elements to comment on the intersection of past, present, and future in the context of Indigenous experience.
Marri Ngarr artist Ryan Presley, standing beside his painting Our lifestyle of tranquility undisturbed, is the winner of the $100,000 Natsiaa Telstra Art award. Photograph: Carl Warner Marri Ngarr artist Ryan Presley, standing beside his painting Our lifestyle of tranquility undisturbed, is the winner of the $100,000 Natsiaa Telstra Art award. Photograph: Carl Warner Indigenous art Natsiaa 2026: Ryan Presley wins $100,000 award for ‘monumental’ Renaissance-style painting Marri Ngarr artist takes home Australia’s most prestigious First Nations art prize for Our lifestyle of tranquillity undisturbed – a ‘dreamscape’ that challenges colonial modes of representation
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