Twenty-nine public art experiences have been recognised as the best in the country for art-loving visitors at the Australian Street Art Awards, the esteemed list of winners including iconic South Australian artwork.
These Awards started in 2018 as part of a vision to excite and entice Australians living in metropolitan cities and major centres to choose a domestic holiday to seek out the amazing street and public art that exists in every corner of Australia. From that humble beginning, it has grown into a national program of repute and a prestigious niche national tourism awards program.
Among the esteemed list of award winners, two fantastic South Australian artwork displays have taken gold at the prestigious awards show, taking out all other Australian competitions for the Best Mega Mural and Best Rural Art.
Honourable mentions the incredible displays that won awards Australia-wide and the two other South Australian artwork displays that won silver and bronze. Silver in Best Mega Mural went to the Brute Silo Art in Yorke SA and Bronze in Best Rural Art went to ‘The Golden Clydesdale’ in Coobowie SA.
Onto the big winners of the evening;
Gold for Best Mega Mural goes to the Quorn Silo Light Show:
Created by Illuminart, the stunning display, this is a free nightly spectacular which features animated stories about the surrounding Flinders Ranges’ history, wildlife and culture.
Gold for Best Rural Art section goes to Bute Silo Art in Yorke:
The incredible artists Scott Nagy & Krimsone created this beautiful piece bursting with a colourful representation of women in country areas, local orchids in flower, birdlife including a Rainbow Bee-eater and Blue Wren, and the Bute Railway Station.
Honourable mentions to the 2022 Gold winners:
- Best Entrance Art: ‘The Last Lion’, Sophi Odling and Christina Huynh (Burwood Chinatown Precinct Project, Sydney NSW)
- Best External Mural: ‘Sanctum’, Andrew Bourke and Jesse Bell (Darwin NT)
- Best Landmark Sculpture: ‘Dyipni–Da King of Da Road’, 14 Filipino metal workers (The Horsepower Highway, WA)
- Best Mega Mural: Quorn Silo Light Show, Illuminart (Southern Flinders Ranges SA)
- Best Monument or Memorial: Southern Aurora Memorial Violet Town, Tim Bowtell, Lach Cummings and Chris Mann (Violet Town VIC)
- Best Rural Art: Bute Silo Art, Scott Nagy and Krimsone (Top of the Yorke SA)
- Best Sculpture Park or Trail: Hello Koalas Sculpture Trail, various (Greater Port Macquarie NSW)
- Best Street Art Festival or Event: SWELL Sculpture Festival 2022, various (Gold Coast QLD)
- Best Street Art Laneway: Banna Lane, various (Griffith NSW)
- Best Street Art Tour: Frankston Street Art Walking Tours, various (Frankston VIC)
- Best Street Art Trail: Tongala Street Art Trail, Tongala volunteer artists (Goulburn Valley VIC)
For more information and to view the incredible art displays that won awards around Australia, click here for more.
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