Artforce Brisbane Awards

The annual Artforce Brisbane Awards is an all ages celebration. The awards are held annually and showcase Artforce Brisbane artworks completed in the preceding 12 months.

The 2023 awards were held on 8 May 2024.

The awards recognise outstanding artwork in a range of categories.

2023 winners

The following categories were awarded in 2023. 

View the artworks, and find out more information about them, via the artwork title links below.

12 & under winner

Name: Stella Minotto
Title: Don’t Hurry, Be Happy
Location: Carindale

18 & under winner

Name: Brielle Dunkinson
Title: Paww-lice Dog
Location: Oxley

Best primary school, kindergarten or creche

Name: Brisbane Grammar School
Title: Under the Sea
Location: Spring Hill

Best high school 

Name: Mary MacKillop College
Title: Connections Underground
Location: Hendra

Highly commended 12 & under

Name: Olivia Shen
Title: Ant You Hungry?
Location: Upper Mt Gravatt

Best organisation

Name: Art From The Margins, Wesley Mission
TitleLeeches Day Out
Location: Indooroopilly

Best Energex box

Name: Bronte Mark
Title: Toot Toot Beep Beep Hoot Hoot Tweet Tweet
Location: Milton

Overall winner

Name: Tara Hooppell
Title: Our Ekka
Location: Windsor

People's choice

Name: Gabrielle Oliffe
Title: Roll with it
Location: Hamilton

Lord Mayor's Award

Name: Ally Douglas
Title: Arcade
Location: Woolloongabba

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