Timo Hogan, winner of the 2021 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (Telstra NATSIAA), presented by the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) in Darwin. Photographed on country in Tjuntjuntjarra, Great Victorian Desert, Western Australia; 30th July 2021 by Philip Gostelow
Timo Hogan, a senior Pitjantjatjara man from Tjuntjuntjara – some five hours from the nearest town – has been named winner of the 2021 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA), Australia’s most prestigious award for an Indigenous artist.
On winning, Hogan said via video: ‘My heart has been opened … I’m happy doing the painting early morning coming here; happy doing painting for my land.’
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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