This annual prize is one of our favourites because of its unique curatorial model: one artist selects roughly 20 of their favourite artists; each of these then chooses one of their favourite emerging artists. The resulting 40-or-so-strong line-up is a great snapshot of the Australia-New Zealand art-scape.
This year – the 22nd anniversary of the Prize – Sydney artist Nike Savvas has curated a starry line-up, with Richard Bell, Jenny Watson and Agatha Gothe-Snape among the established artists.
This year's RKMAP exhibition features works by the following established artists (names in bold) and emerging artists (often with the works of paired artists presented in proximity to each other):
Richard Bell & Megan Cope
Vivienne Binns OAM & Jacob Potter
Vicente Butron & Gemma Avery
Richard Dunn & Adrian McDonald
Sarah Goffman & Connie Anthes
Agatha Gothe-Snape & Aodhan Madden
Gail Hastings & Dan McCabe
Tim Johnson & Hayley Megan French
Lindy Lee & Kath Fries
Stephen Little & Joe Wilson and Chanelle Collier
Jonny Niesche & Mason Kimber
John Nixon & Lucina Lane
Rose Nolan & Renee Cosgrave
Kerrie Poliness & Melissa Deerson
Elizabeth Pulie & Zoe Marni-Robertson
Huseyin Sami & Consuelo Cavaniglia
David Serisier & Oliver Wagner
Jenny Watson & Annie O’Rourke
Hilarie Mais & Conor O’Shea