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South Australian artist Ida Sophia has won the lucrative Ramsay Art Prize.
Key points:
- The $100,000 Ramsay Art Prize is awarded every two years
- South Australian artist Ida Sophia is the 2023 winner
- It is the biggest prize for Australian artists under 40
The 33-year-old was picked by a panel of national and international judges for her performance-based video work Witness, which depicts her being repeatedly submerged in water.
The video was shot in a single take at The Pool of Siloam in Beachport, on South Australia’s Limestone Coast, and was influenced by her childhood experience of seeing her father’s baptism and how she felt her father loved Jesus more than herself.
The $100,000 Ramsay Art Prize is the biggest for Australian artists aged under 40 and is awarded every two years.
Sophia is a performance artist with a hybrid media, sculpture and installation practice that draws on the body to give performative works.
She is a former student at The Marina Abramovic Institute in Greece and has had shows tour internationally, while she also mentors artists around the world.
More to come.
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