The Mandorla Art Award is an Australian
religious art
Religious art is artistic imagery using religious inspiration and motifs and is often intended to uplift the mind to the spiritual. Sacred art involves the ritual and cultic practices and practical and operative aspects of the path of the spiritu ...
prize, where the artists are given a theme inspired by the
Christian scriptures akin to the historic requests by the church to create visual images that tell the stories of the Bible.
The award commenced in 1985 with finalists work exhibited at
New Norcia Monastery Museum and Art Gallery,
St John of God Hospitals in
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...
.
Past winners
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References
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Australian art awards
New Norcia, Western Australia