National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award
or Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award ; or NATSIAA
Subcategory of Awards — Australian Awards
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History

The Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award is the country’s longest running and most illustrious Indigenous art awards. There are eight categories in this award:

  • Telstra Bark Painting Award
  • Telstra General Painting Award
  • Telstra Works on paper Award
  • Wandjuk Marika Memorial Three-Dimensional Award (sponsored by Telstra)
  • Telstra Works on Paper Award
  • Telstra Multimedia Award
  • Telstra Emerging Artist Award

(Source: https://exchange.telstra.com.au/telstra-natsiaa-2019-celebrating-first-nations-art-and-artists/) 

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2018

winner Gunybi Ganambarr

Year: 2017

winner Frank Young

with Anwar Young and Unrupa Rhonda Dick for Kulata Tjuta - Wati kulunypa tjukurpa (Many spears - Young fella story)
winner (Emerging Artist Award) Betty Nyangala Muffler
winner (Bark painting) Nyapanyapa Yunupingu

Year: 2015

winner Jukuja Dolly Snell
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Works About this Award

Golding Puts His Feeling for Home on Show for National Telstra Art Awards Jillian Mundy , 2021 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 14 July no. 755 2021; (p. 6) 'DENNIS Golding is one of only four out of 65 finalists from the south-eastern states in this year's Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA). '
 
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards Dominated by Yolngu Artists Felicia James , 2018 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , August 2018;
Art Shows Life History 2018 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 2 May no. 675 2018; (p. 22)

'Betty Muffler survived the nuclear testing at Maralinga and became a talented healer, helping many sick friends and family' 
Crowd Packs Opening Jillian Mundy , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 23 August no. 658 2017; (p. 37)

'Hundreds flocked to the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards awards ceremony under the stars and exhibition opening at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory in Darwin.' (Introduction)
High Praise for NATSIAA Artworks 2016 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 10 August no. 632 2016; (p. 3, 36 and 37) 'Harold Thomas's heart-breaking poignant painting Tribal Abduction of authorities prying a baby from the breast of a tribal Aboriginal mother, surrounded by her family, while a nun stands by waiting to 'clean' the baby, has won Australia's most prestigious Indigenous art prize, ...'
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