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Lantern Vaults
Lantern Vaults
Lantern Vaults
Lantern Vaults was a sold-out immersive installation presented in the BMI Basement during the Ballarat Heritage Festival. The project featured on WIN TV Ballarat and generated more than 50,000 social media views, connecting hundreds of visitors with Ballarat’s overlooked stories through light, projection, printmaking and performance.
Glover Prize
Lantern Vaults
Lantern Vaults
From the Glover Prize 2026 exhibition catalogue
"Underlying many of this year’s works is a quiet attentiveness to change. Some artists address this directly, others approach it obliquely, allowing subtle shifts in colour, form or material to suggest transformation over time.
Amanda Western’s Twice Seen, Never Held embodies this sensibility;
From the Glover Prize 2026 exhibition catalogue
"Underlying many of this year’s works is a quiet attentiveness to change. Some artists address this directly, others approach it obliquely, allowing subtle shifts in colour, form or material to suggest transformation over time.
Amanda Western’s Twice Seen, Never Held embodies this sensibility; rather than presenting a resolved view, the work holds the landscape as provisional and vulnerable, shaped by ecological pressure and continual change..”
— Megan Dick
Curator, Glover Prize 2026
India!
Lantern Vaults
Podcast
My linocut print "Ghosts of three capes" is one of 204 finalists from across the world selected for the 2026 International 3rd Print Biennale India at the National Academy of Art, New Delhi.
Podcast
Lantern Vaults
Podcast
Ballarat Arts Foundation recorded 25 artists for its 25 years anniversary.
People's Choice Award
My linocut print "Endure" was voted the People's Choice Award at the 2025 Pro Hart Outback Art Prize. AND.. I got to meet legendary printmaker Uncle Badger Bates. How's that!
Triple R Podcast
Hear my first Melbourne radio chat with Richard Watts on RRR on monochrome, colour, process, and the stories behind each piece.
"Moment Shared" a Finalist!
"Moment Shared" a Finalist!
My linocut print "Moment shared" is one of 65 finalists for the Hornsby Art Prize from a pool of 565! How exciting that I will be exhibiting in Sydney- opening Oct 25!
Highly Commended
"Moment Shared" a Finalist!
My linocut print "Grazing the Creek Bed" was awarded Highly Commended at the 2025 Milburn Art Show organised by the Brisbane Institute of TAFE.
Best in Class
Sunshine Coast National Art Prize Finalist
Man on the Ladder Reborn
My linocut print "Grazing the Creek Bed" won best in class at the 2025 Bendigo Art Show. 750 entries exhibited over the Easter weekend.
Man on the Ladder Reborn
Sunshine Coast National Art Prize Finalist
Man on the Ladder Reborn
The third-instalment of a Ballarat-based icon's signature mural has been revealed. The Haymes Paint "Man on the Ladder"" figure has been added to the business' Creswick Rd Showroom, reimagined by lino printmaker Amanda Western.
Sunshine Coast National Art Prize Finalist
Sunshine Coast National Art Prize Finalist
Sunshine Coast National Art Prize Finalist
"Country Lane" is selected as one of forty finalists for the 2024 Sunshine Coast National Art Prize!
The forty artworks selected as finalists will be exhibited at the Caloundra Regional Gallery from 24 August until 13 October 2024. Winner to be announced on 3rd October 2024.