Online art competition for people living with disability

Our National Online Art Competition was all about encouraging artists with a disability to showcase their work. 235 artists entered from across Australia, all working with the theme ‘behind the mask’.

Emily Crockford, an emerging, neuro-diverse artist was employed to be our guest judge and said of the calibre of entries: "So much beautiful artworks. So much talent. So difficult to pick, there are so many winners!"

Entrants were thrilled by the opportunity, such as Colin, who told us: “I have often thought of entering art into my local show but have been too shy. After the lovely experience I have had entering your virtual art competition I now have the confidence to enter some other art competitions.” The artworks are all displayed in our online gallery for longevity. View the full gallery now.

Thank you to everyone who entered our online art competition.

The quality of entries has been wonderful and showcases the range of artistic talent from people living with disability from all around Australia. 

A special Thank You to:

everyone who supported this competition and our Call for Entries
Studio A and Guest Judge Emily Crockford
our main sponsor of the People’s Choice Award ClassBento
all the artists who submitted an entry

The winners of the "Behind The Mask"
online art competition are

Best Overall Winner

I am both one of two by Lyn Treloar - Artwork description: An abstract image where two bodies merge into one..

Honorable mentions go to

In Pursuit of Simplicity by Chantelle Lacroix - Artwork description: An artwork with a butterfly mask in black and white.There is an eye on the wing of the butterfly. The rest of the picture is colourful with Australian native flowers and positive words like Joy, dream, happiness written amongst the flowers..

Mask of Courage by Chooi Fei - Artwork description: A painting of a lion. His mane is yellow and orange and red and purple.

Youth Category Winner

Me and Mine by Tuscan Hall - Artwork description: A picture of a face with one eye covered. There is aboriginal art on the chest of the person. The background is made up of different coloured squares..

Honorable mentions go to

How times change by Flora Hutton - Artwork description: A picture of a girl in a red dress. She has long brown hair. The background is dark blue and there are words like 'U r brave' and 'don't let anyone tell you otherwise' written on it.

My Magical Mask-arade by Sophie Weaver - Artwork description: A painting of a young girl wearing a mask. Her hair is all the colours of a rainbow. She is wearing a rainbow mask, a rainbow coloured top and a rainbow necklace..

Judge's comments

"So much beautiful artworks. So much talent. So difficult to pick, there are so many winners!" — Emily Crockford

People's Choice Winner

The Virtual Gallery is now open for viewing and showcases all entries received.

View Virtual Gallery

MEET OUR GUEST JUDGE – EMILY CROCKFORD

Emily Crockford is a neurodiverse artist whose artwork pops with her unique bold, punchy, pattern-based style. Her passion and energy comes through in the bright colours she uses and her attention to the finer details.

An emerging artist, Emily was a finalist in the 2020 Archibald Prize with her artwork ‘Self Portrait with Daddy in the Daisies watching the field of Planes’.She has a long exhibition history and is well known for her major public art commissions.

Emily is the guest judge for our Online Art Competition for people living with disability. She is represented by Studio A in Sydney.

Learn more about Emily here.