Linden Postcard
Show 2020-21
5 December 2020 > 31 January 2021
We are celebrating 30 years of the Linden Postcard Show! With over 1,000 mini masterpieces to see - every work measuring exactly 8x
10” - this exhibition includes work by artists at all stages of their career, from across Australia. As an open-entry art prize, the iconic Linden
Postcard Show continues
to support living artists by presenting and selling their work, as well as acknowledging their wonderfully diverse and inspiring practices.
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IMAGE > Linden Postcard Show 2010-21.
Photograph: Mathieu Vendeville.
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IMAGE > Linden Postcard Show 2010-21.
Photograph: Mathieu Vendeville.
Be brave
Replay our VIRTUAL OPENING
Replay the virtual opening live on YouTube & Facebook for the announcement of this year’s prize winners.
Replay on Youtube
Replay on Facebook
E-catalogue
prize winners
Artist Encouragement Award
Supported by Elwood Community Bank
$2,000 cash prize
Jenny-Anne Jett
At Night She’s Dreaming of a Plastic Love, 2020
photographic print, 20.32 x 25.4cm
Member for Albert Park Award
$1,000 cash prize
& image reproduced on a greeting card
Michael Kluge
Pause, 2020
photographic print, 20.32 x 25.4cm
The Henry Award - Best Abstract Award
$1,000 cash prize
Gabrielle Bates
Talisman 2, 2020
mixed media, 25.4 x 20.32cm
Best Portrait Award
Supported by Rotary Melbourne South
$1,000 cash prize
Mark Hopper
The Ascent to the Fortress of Sigiriya, 2020
photographic print on laminate, 20.32 x 25.4cm
Best Artwork by an Indigenous Artist
Supported by Port Phillip Citizens for Reconciliation
$500 cash prize
Kent Morris
Never Alone, 2020
digital print on aluminium, 20.32 x 25.4cm
Best Still Life in Show
Supported by Scout
$500 gift voucher
Susan Morris
Little Banksia, 2020
oil on canvas, 20.32 x 25.4cm
Best of St Kilda Award
Supported by TWISK
$400 cash prize
Ruth Hellema
Coexistence (St Kilda, Melbourne), 2020 photographic print, 25.4 x 20.32cm
Abstract Art Encouragement Award
$200 cash prize
Bryce Aston
20-87, 2020
mixed media, 20.32 x 25.4cm
Best Landscape in Show
Supported by Eckersley's Art and Craft
$200 voucher
Ashleigh Pugh
Family, 2020
mixed media on wood, 25.4 x 20.32cm
Best Work on Paper in Show
Supported by Frames NOW
$200 voucher
Rebecca Scibilia
Anna from Disney’s Frozen I, 2020
paint pen on paper, 20.32 x 25.4cm
Judges
This year’s judges will be
Charlotte Day, Director, Monash University Museum of Art
Simon Gregg, Director, Gippsland Art Gallery.
Related events
Meet the Artists > Linden Postcard Show Prize Winners
Wednesday 20 January 2021, 6PM - Available on Replay
Join this years Linden Postcard Show 2020-21 winning artists Gabrielle Bates, Jenny-Anne Jett, Ruth Hellema, Mark Hopper, Michael
Kluge and Susan Morris in conversation with curator, Juliette Hanson.
Learn about their practice, artistic process and their connection with the iconic Linden Postcard Show.
Crafternoon for Kids > Time Capsule
Make a time capsule to discover in the future!
This year has been a big year! We have done so many new things and overcome so many different obstacles. The world is always changing and so
are we. This might be a special year to remember in a time capsule.
A time capsule stores objects and letters from a moment in time that is hidden away or buried for discovery in the future.
Kids Activities > Linden Postcard Show
USE YOUR IMAGINATION
Continue exploring the artists work at home with three creative activities, What is in the room? with Prudence Flint, Build your
memory place with Michael Kluge and Imagine you are in the sky with Steffie Wallace.
On Holidays at Linden > NGV Kids on Tour
Saturday 9 to Sunday 17 January 2021, FREE
ART IS FOR EVERYONE
In partnership with NGV Kids on Tour, Linden is excited to continue our school holiday activities with a TAKE-HOME ART PACK for all ages.
Also showing
Linden Postcard Show 30th Birthday Celebration
16 October 2020 > 31 January 2021
Let's celebrate the 30th Birthday of the Linden Postcard Show. Unlike any Postcard Show birthday you’ve seen before, we’ve invited
back some of the past winners, from 30 years of the show’s history, to exhibit their current work.