STILL: National Still Life Award 2017
2017-11-23 00:00 - 2018-01-20 23:59 (Australia/Sydney)
STILL: National Still Life Award 2017

14 February – 15 March 2026Exhibition

Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery presented the Inaugural STILL: National Still Life Award in 2017.

Sarah Goffman, Asian Table, 2017, PET plastics, other plastics, enamel paint, permanent marker. (Coffs Collections G2020.25.1)

Exhibition

Janet Besançon Monokini
When

14 February – 15 March 2026

Winners were selected by 2017 STILL Judge, Lisa Slade – Assistant Director, Artistic Programs, Art Gallery South Australia.

Winner: Sarah Goffman, Asain Table

Judge’s commendation:

Tiffany Cole

Sarah Edmondson

Guy Gilmour

Sam Leach

Prue Venables

2017 People’s Choice award: The prize was shared by Ben Fayle and Greg Weight.

63 Finalists were selected from 605 nation-wide entries by a selection panel.

The selection panel included:

Brett Adlington – Director Lismore Regional Gallery

Lisa Paulsen – Former MCA board member and Art Collector

Coffs Harbour Gallery Staff

The Still: National Still Life Award 2017 Finalists were:Tony Albert | Louise Allerton | Kelly Austin | Tanya Baily | Elie Begg | Annette Blair | Rene Bolten | Mechelle Bounpraseuth | Terri Butterworth | Fran Callen | Tom Carment | Angela Casey | Tiffany Cole | Karl de Waal | Trisha Dean | Mary Donnelly | Scott Duncan| Sarah Edmondson| Nicolette Eisdell| Merran Esson| Ben Fayle| Guy Gilmour| Sarah Goffman | Ronnie Grammatica | Linda Greedy | Colleen Greig-Canty | Vanessa Holle | Alana Hunt | Susan Jacobsen | Laura Jones | Helle Jorgensen | Paul Kalemba | Laura E. Kennedy | Myriam Kin-Yee | Zai Kuang | Michael Langley | Sam Leach | Kellie Leczinska | Alison Mackay | Josh Mackenzie | Kiata Mason | Julian Meagher | Robert Moore | Stephen Nothling | Susan O’Doherty | Sarah O’Sullivan | Sassy Park | Victoria Reichelt | Elvis Richardson | Damien Shen | Brendan Smith | Tim Snowdon | Richard Spoehr | Vipoo Srivilasa | Nathan Taylor | Samantha Thompson | Anselm van Rood | Prue Venables | Lilli Waters | Kati Watson | Greg Weight | Mirra Whale and Cleo Wilkinson.

Still Salon, a subsidiary exhibition of STILL that celebrates works by local artists that are not selected for the award was held at Sawtell Art Gallery.

Still 2017 major sponsor was Mercedes Benz Coffs Coast, with supporting sponsors Moving Art, saso.creative and Slater + Gordon Lawyers.

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7 Oct – 3 Dec 2023
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Now in its fourth iteration, STILL: National Still Life Award is a biennial, acquisitive award for still life artworks across all mediums.

STILL: National Still Life Award 2021

14 Aug – 23 Oct 2021
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Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery celebrated the STILL: National Still Life Award in 2021 as part of our 20th Anniversary Program.

STILL: National Still Life Award in 2019

21 Sep – 30 Nov 2019
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Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery presented the second STILL: National Still Life Award in 2019.
