'History Makers' Win at National Aboriginal Art Awards

'History makers' win at national Aboriginal art awards

The prestigious $100,000 Telstra Art Award has gone to Ryan Presley, while winning works include dilly bags made from maps taken from the British Museum.

Artwork riffing on Renaissance painting and George Orwell wins $100k

Ryan Presley has won the top prize at the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards for an oil painting riffing on Renaissance art.

A painting in which a man sleeps while the world burns has won a $100,000 art prize

Ryan Presley has won the $100,000 National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA) for 2026, which was awarded for the work Our Lifestyle of Tranquility Undisturbed. The NATSIAA 2026 show runs at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory