Perspective – 2023 Queensland Regional Art Awards Touring Exhibition by Flying Arts Alliance Inc.

I saw myself, in you, wondering, how did I get here, synthetic polymer paint on aluminium composite board, by Lincoln Austin. Photograph by Carl Warner

Exhibition: Friday 8 March – Saturday 27 April

Launch: 6pm, Friday 8 March

Perspective is the touring exhibition of Flying Arts Alliance’s signature art prize, the Queensland Regional Art Awards (QRAA). The exhibition features work from the 2023 QRAA which is touring regional Queensland throughout 2024.

In 2023, the QRAA invited artists to enter work which considers the concept of Perspective in its many facets, viewpoints, and nuances. The theme plays on a term known in the visual arts and relevant to our modern society.

Perspective features the winners’, highly commended and finalists’ works, selected by judges Jonathan McBurnie and Fiona Foley. The exhibition is comprised of 36 works, featuring a diverse range of mediums selected across nine award categories, showcasing the immense talent that exists throughout regional Queensland.

Accompanying Perspective is the Mervyn Moriarty Landscape Exhibition. The exhibition is comprised of a selection landscape artwork in any medium, in homage to Mervyn’s penchant for ‘en plein air’ landscape painting.