IRIS AWARD 2024
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Congratulations to the Iris Award 2025 Winners and Finalists
Overall Winner
Su Cassiano, Sisterhood View
Judges Commendation Winner
Jacob Canet-Gibson, This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal View
Judges Commendation Winner
Mary-Lou Orliyarli Divilli , Lilly Pad Lauren View
Jeff Andersen Jnr, Liam Ayres, Henry Black, Tony Blackwell, Daniel Bugno, Cullen Butters, Jacob Canet-Gibson, Claudia Caporn, Brian Cassey, Su Cassiano, L. Abigail Chua, Tim Georgeson, Patricia Houghton Clarke, Emma Crook, Harry Cunningham, Sarah Cutbush, Mary-Lou Orliyarli Divilli, Renee Doropoulos, Madeleine Fogliani, Amy Grasso, Mike Gray, Jeremy Hall, Adam Kenna, David Lindesay, Sherry Quiambao, Fiona Rakimov, Tace Stevens, Ebony Talijancich, Hilary Wardhaugh, Mikaela Zuiderduyn View All
Presented by the Perth Centre for Photography, the Iris Award is Australia’s most distinctive and uninhibited portrait prize.
Embracing unrestrained approaches to portraiture, the Award celebrates works of nuance, raw emotion, and personal connection — revealing the essence of human relationships and lived experience, whether in love, joy, desire, distance, or disconnection. We are invited into the shifting constellations of human sentiment, a space for reflection and dialogue on intimacy and identity in contemporary life.
The Iris Award gives voice to both the personal and the universal, asking us to consider how we connect and where we fall short — with one another, with ourselves, and in our collective world.
Presented by Perth Centre for Photography
On view at Cheap Tongue Gallery, corner of James and Beach Street, Walyalup | Fremantle
4–18 October. Tuesday–Friday, 10am–3pm, or contact us to arrange an alternative time.
See online catalogue for Iris Award artwork details and pricing
Carine Thévenau
13 in the Anthropocene
What is it like to be 13 years old in 2024? A time period that can be described as the Anthropocene, an epoch that recognizes the overwhelming impact humanity has had on our planet. This is a world that includes the climate crisis, artificial intelligence, and social media. The tempo of life is fast and, at times, seems erratic and nonsensical.
In this series, photographer Carine Thevenau asks our future people about their experience in the world during a time of significant disruption and uncertainty.
Open Air Exhibition
7 August-17 September
Open Monday - Sunday 9 - 5pm
Presented by Perth Centre for Photography
at Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre
1 Finnerty Street, Walyalup | Fremantle, WA
