Nadine Christensen wins 2008 Fletcher Jones Art Prize

Nadine Christensen has been awarded Geelong Gallery’s 2008 Fletcher Jones acquisitive art prize valued at $30,000. The award winning entry, Untitled (Tiled floor) combines a number of disparate objects from the natural and constructed worlds. The painting is on exhibition alongside the 37 other finalists at the Geelong Gallery until 26 October.

Adam Cullen in the Blake Prize 2008

Adam Cullen's controversial painting, Corpus Christi (women only bleed)2008, has been selected as a finalist for the Blake Prize for Religious Art. Established in 1951 the Blake Prize is the oldest prize in Australia dedicated to spirituality, religion and cultural diversity. Held annually it is a $20,000 non-aquisitive prize. The finalist exhibition opens Thursday 4 September and runs until Saturday 4 October.

Ms & Mr in the ABN AMRO Emerging Artist Award 2008

Ms & Mr have been selected to exhibit as part of the ABN AMRO Emerging Artist Award 2008. Their work, Mystic Mnemonic (this film is forming crystals) 1989 / 2008, was part of the preliminary exhibition this month and the finalist exhibition will take place in September. The overall winner will receive an acquisitive award including a $10,000 cash prize, an around-the-world airline ticket and a residency at the Frank Mohr Institute in Groningen, the Netherlands.

Ms & Mr in Primavera 2008, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

Ms & Mr have been selected for the prestigious Primavera 2008 exhibition which opens next month at the MCA, Sydney. The collaborative duo will be presenting a large scale installation of new work as part of the annual exhibition. Curated by Hannah Mathews Primavera 2008 opens 19 September and runs until 30 November.

Julian Dashper at The Physics Room, Christchurch

Julian Dashper has been included in 'My eyes keep me in trouble' a touring group exhibition produced by TEAM CCNOA, CCNOA Brussels, Belgium. The exhibition premiered in April 2007 at Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem (NL) and will travel this August to The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand.

The exhibition is curated by the German artist and curator Tilman, and will feature the work of thirty artists whose practice revolves around the idea of non-representational, reductive or concrete art as the essential approach towards art-making.

The exhibition opens Tuesday 19 August at 5.30pm and runs until 13 September.