CHANGING PERSPECTIVES
CHANGING PERSPECTIVES
116TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION
Wednesday 24 September - Sunday 5 October 2025
Catalogue image, detail, 'Wine Vessel 5', Kate Howard
The Melbourne Society of Women Painters & Sculptors (MSWPS) acknowledges and respects the continuing spiritual connection with all women of good will who have come before us on this land.
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The Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors (MSWPS) is proud to present its 116th Annual Exhibition, Changing Perspectives 2025, celebrating the creativity and diversity of contemporary women artists.
Running from September 24 to October 5 at the Victorian Artists Society Galleries in East Melbourne (VAS), this highly anticipated exhibition showcases new works created over the past two years by MSWPS members. Disciplines include painting, printmaking, and sculpture, with mediums ranging from oil and acrylic to bronze, ceramic, timber, glass, and more.
An online catalogue will accompany the exhibition.
The MSWPS website also provides a platform to promote member profiles, artworks, and events throughout the year.
Founded in 1902 by former students of the National Gallery of Victoria Art School, MSWPS has a proud history of supporting women artists through exhibitions, community, and advocacy. Notable past members include Violet Teague, A.M.E. Bale,
Ethel Carrick Fox, Sybil Craig, and Valda Cuming OAM.
The Society remains grateful for the generous bequest of sculptor Ola Cohn, President of MSWPS for 15 years until her passing in 1964. Her East Melbourne home, the Ola Cohn House, continues to be a vibrant hub for life drawing sessions, committee meetings, and monthly gatherings. Its leafy sculpture garden also provides the perfect setting for the annual winter and Christmas luncheons.
Beyond exhibitions, members enjoy train and bus trips to regional galleries, paint-outs, and gallery visits—activities that foster lasting friendships and the exchange of ideas, so vital for artists who often work in solitude.
Through its exhibitions, events, and strong community, MSWPS continues to bring women artists together to share their work with audiences across Australia and beyond.
This year’s exhibition will be assessed by a distinguished judging panel.
Kelly Gellatly, chair of the Sheila Foundation, Kelly is passionate about encouraging broad access to the arts, particularly contemporary practice, and supporting women’s leadership in the sector.
Joanna Bosse, curator at Bayside Gallery since 2016, has also held curatorial roles at the Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne, and Queensland Art Gallery. In 2010, she was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to research the collaborative ways in which museums work with indigenous artists and their communities in the United States and Canada.
Kelly Gellatly and Joanna Bosse will and Joanna Bosse will award the following Prizes: award the Prizes:
Annie Davison Oliver Award
$2,000.00
Annie Davison Oliver was an active member of the Society for 67 years until her death at the age of 94 in 1997. Not only was she MSWPS treasurer for many years, but she was also a generous benefactor.
MSWPS established the Annie Davison Oliver award in her honour. The bequest from her estate guarantees the award in perpetuity.
Valda Cuming Sculpture Award
$1,000.00
Valda Cuming OAM served on the MSWPS Committee for many of her 25 years as a member of the Society. Valda was widely recognized for her proficiency in sculpture using a range of materials including wood, ceramic and stone. At the pinnacle of her career in 2019, she was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for services to the Arts.
The Valda Cuming Sculpture Award was established by MSWPS in recognition of her family's bequest and Valda’s impressive achievements.
Kelly Gellaty
Joanna Bosse
Judith Perrey Award
Oil/Acrylic $1,000.00
Judith was a stalwart of MSWPS, joining in1961. She was an esteemed life member holding every office including president, treasurer and secretary since the 1980s. For many years as Bulletin Editor, she contributed witty and insightful poems. She also prepared ‘The Jood Quiz’ for winter and Christmas luncheons and attended weekly Life Drawing sessions.
Jo Bennett Award
Works on Paper $1,000.00
Jo joined the Society in 1975 and was an esteemed life member. She worked in various capacities on the committee throughout the 1980s and 1990s and was life drawing monitor until late in the next decade. She was committed to fostering innovation and enquiry.
Highly Commended $250.00 each
Four Awards are selected at the Judge's discretion.
MSWPS Award $500.00
During the exhibition members vote for the MSWPS Award which will be presented at the Christmas luncheon.
In 2025 we have been honoured to have a further prize.
Encouragement Award
This award will be selected by Ron Smith OAM
Changing Perspectives Exhibiting Artists
Angela Abbott
01. Fashionista Corner, The Studio, Montsalvat Oil on Linen
51 x 40.5cm
$ 980.00
02. Smoky Wednesday. Pit Firing, Montsalvat Oil on Linen
30.5 x 35.5 NFS
Sarah Anthony
03. Bushfire haze over Seaspray
Oil paint on Arches 300gs oil paper
37 x 19cm
$ 2,250.00
04. Boy
Oil on canvas
101 x 81cm
$ 12,000.00
Lillyana Antoneavic
05. Honourable Siamese
Mixed medium on paper
42 x 29.7cm
$ 200.00
06. Honourable Cat
Acrylic on Canvas Paper
42 x 29.7cm
$ 200.00
Randa Baini
07. Retreat Oil on canvas
61 x 76cm
$ 1,500.00
08. Solemn Oil on canvas
40.5 x 30.5cm
$ 950.00
Lynn Banna
09. Cradle mountains Tasmania Watercolour
40 x 55cm
$ 750.00
10. Joyful dive Watercolour
55 x 40cm NFS
Angeline Bartholomeusz
11. Denied
Acrylic on Canvas Board
76 x 61.5cm
$ 950.00
12. Subsumed
Acrylic on Canvas Board
76 x 61.5cm
$ 950.00
Beryl Black
13. A Gentle Cheetah Gouache
21 x 38cm NFS
14. The Superb Fairy Wren Gouache
35 x 45cm NFS
Cynthia Boyle
15. Storm Damage
Acrylic on canvas
76 x 76cm
$ 900.00
16. And There Was No Birdsong
Acrylic on linen
76 x 76cm
$ 1,200.00
Lulu Clifton-Evans (bylulu)
17. The Magic of Gunnamatta Revisited Oil on Board
50 x 72cm
$ 2,500.00
Marion Chapman
18. Front Garden Path
Acrylic on board
60 x 50cm
$ 1,050.00
19. Backgarden, Autumn
Acrylic on board
60 x 60cm
$1,250.00
Margaret Christianson
20. Peacock's Perch
Corten Steel
155 x 74 x 30cm
$ 650.00
Charlotte Clemens
21. ‘Baby Trix’
Acrylic on canvas
43.5 x 33.5cm NFS
Katherine Cosgrove
22. Dreaming in The Night
Mixed media
62 x 44cm
$ 2,500.00
23. Sense of Creation
Mixed medium (acrylic on fibreboard, copper, stained glass)
93 x 63cm NFS
Ngaere Donald
24. Preparing to Sail Oil on stretched canvas
51 x 73cm
$ 500.00
Victoria Duggan
25. City of Ones and Zeros Mix media on canvas
50 x 70cm
$ 1,010.00
26. Cubby at Sunset Oil on canvas board
25 x 20cm
$ 450.00
Lucy Fekete
27. Dinosaurs Riding Random Things Oil on canvas
55 x 45cm NFS
28. Sloane Savage Pulp Fiction Oil on canvas
55 x 45cm
$ 1,600.00
Anne Finkelde
29. On Any Day Oil on Canvas
80 x 60cm
$ 1,600.00
30. Local Cafe Oil on Canvas
60 x 80cm
$ 1,600.00
Louise Foletta
31. Italian Memories
Acrylic on Board
15.5 x 78cm
$ 1,200
32. Transience of Spring Watercolour on Paper
66.5 x 80cm
$1,800.00
Elizabeth Moore Golding
33. Low Tide, Penzance, Cornwall Pens and watercolour on board
31 x 41cm
$ 950.00
34. Stood Up! Oil on board
51 x 41cm
$ 1,250.00
Janine Good
35. Sunrise Over Distant Uluru Oil on canvas
81 x 91cm
$ 2,200.00
36. Desert Dawn
Pastel on board
36 x 36cm
$ 660.00
Gillian Govan
37. Connection
Bronze
50 x 30 X 30cm
$ 5,300.00
38. Kiralee - Another Day
Bronze
45 x 40 x 30cm
$ 3,500.00
Karen Hopkins
39. Song of Peace on Earth
Mixed media
34 x 10 x 9cm
$ 400.00
40. There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in Mixed media on canvas
76 x 122cm
$ 2,500.00
Kate Howard
41. Debutantes
Post-consumer glass and crystal, paint, ,solder, metals (copper, zinc, brass), patina
22 x 24 x 14cm
$ 3,100.00
42. Lightvessel
Glass & crystal, copper, solder, timber, low V DC LED lights, brass
46 x 46 x 16cm
$ 2,780.00
Tricia Hunt
43. Hidden Thoughts
Acrylic on Board
65 x 50cm
$ 600.00
44. Headings Cliffs Reimagined
Acrylic on Board
58 x 90cm
$ 800.00
Christine Huntley-Harris
45. Katherine Gorge Oil on board
40 x 50cm
NFS
April-Kaye Ikinci
46. Endurance (the Red Lady)
Acrylic on canvas
92.5 x 69cm
$ 900.00
47. Maiden in a Grand and Mortal Manner
Acrylic on canvas
122 x 91cm
NFS
Sylvia Isaac
48. Crackenback Oil on canvas
30 x 36cm
$ 400.00
Sue Jarvis
49. Study Of Gulsen Ozer Oil on Canvas
76 x 51cm NFS
50. Still Life in Shadow and Light Oil on Canvas
91 x 66cm NFS
Glenda Fell Jones
51. Conifers on the Braidwood-Araluen Road Oil on Canvas
75 x 40cm
$ 1,200.00
Denise Keele-bedford
52. It's a Big Country Silkscreen print and collage on paper
76 x 56cm
$ 995.00
53. Another Manic Monday Wood, Resin, Thread, Found Object 20 x 30 x 20cm
$ 1,450.00
Annee Kelly
54. Perched Village, South of France Watercolour on Cotton paper 33 x 56cm
$ 1,500.00
Gwendoline Krumins
55. Olivia Graphite on Paper
45 x 38cm NFS
Maureen Loughran
56. High Country Trees - Dargo Watercolour on Arches watercolour paper
55 x 37.5cm
$ 850.00
57. Dusk - Inverloch Oil on Board
12.5 x 23cm
$ 400.00
Eileen Mackley AM
58. Apple Eye Oil on linen
40.5 x 30cm
$ 250.00
Beatrice Magalotti
59. Let's Dance Photogravure with Chine collé 20 x 16.5cm
$ 400.00
60. Detritus Mixed Media 33 x 179 x 30cm
$1,200.00
Anna Mandoki
61. Door to the City Oil, acrylic, image transfer and yarn on ,linen 107 x 152cm
$ 4,400.00
62. Childless Cat Lady Oil and acrylic on linen
137 x 107cm
$ 4,100.00
Jude Marganis
63. Floral with Gerberas Oil on stretched canvas
61 x 61cm
$ 850.00
64. Yarra Valley vineyard Oil on stretched canvas
65 x 96cm
$ 800.00
Jan Martin
65. First Snow, Falls Creek Watercolour
49 x 35cm
$ 1,200.00
66. Tread Lightly Watercolour
34 x 26cm
$ 850.00
Kath
McCann
67. Wind is stilled Watercolour on paper
18 x 54cm
$425.00
68. Thunder brews NE Tas Watercolour on canvas
30 x 150cm
$ 855.00
Linda McEwan
69. I'm A Lippy Tea Pot Watercolour
36 x 36cm
$ 350.00
70. Silken Innocence Watercolour and Textiles
87 x 63cm
$ 1,600.00
Vicki McInnes
71. Gumleaves with Shell Oil on Canvas
50 x 50cm
$ 1,600.00
72. Medlars with Grey Bowl Oil on Linen
60 x 60cm
$ 1,800.00
Margaret McLoughlin
73. Crimson Rosella Eucalypt branches, string, bitumen, calico, ,acrylic paint, picture hanging wire
104 x 88 x 20cm
$ 1,950.00
74. Lorikeet 2 Eucalypt branches, string, bitumen, calico, ,acrylic paint, picture hanging wire
120 x 96 x 26cm
$ 2,750.00
Anne Melloy
75. Vigilance Pastel on Board
71 x 53cm
$ 2,500.00
76. Eventide Watercolour on Paper
34 x 50cm
$ 1,250.00
Janice Lorraine Mills
77. Enlightenment-in Extollation of Ola Cohn
Mixed Media in oval frame
70 x 40cm
$ 900.00
78. Adoration-in Extollation of Ola Cohn
Mixed media on Board
30 x 40cm
$ 600.00
Carole Milton
79. Conversation Oil on stretched canvas
60 x 120cm
$ 2,250.00
Margaret Picken
80. Joffre Gorge at sunset Karijini NP Oil on stretched canvas 100 x 40cm
$ 1,100.00
81. First Snow Oil on stretched canvas
60 x 60cm
$ 690.00
Robyn Pridham
82. Untitled Acrylic on canvas
101 x 77cm
$ 1,800.00
83. Expanse
Acrylic on canvas
91 x 60cm
$ 2,000.00
Leigh
M Rees
84. The Jewel in the Crown Oil on canvas
76 x 60cm
$ 1,100.00
85. When Nobody is Looking Oil on canvas
46 x 60cm
$ 1,100.00
Jo Reitze
86. In Kamesburgh Gardens Pen on Paper
72 x 54cm
$ 2,000.00
87. Kamesburgh Gardens Oil on Linen 122 x 91.5cm
$ 5,500.00
Jennifer Scholes
88. Pink Salt Lake Acrylic/Ink 104 x 104cm
$ 2,500.00
89. Storm Approaching Acrylic/Ink 104 x 104cm
$ 2,500.00
Ying Tang
90. Backyard Watercolor on paper 32 x 45cm
$ 500.00
91. Dawn Watercolor on paper 22 x 32cm
$ 500.00
Peta Tranquille
92. All That is Forgotten Timber, wire, plastic, photographic film and artists pigment
35 x 30.5 x 30.5cm
$ 970.00
93. Misaligned Tasmanian oak, enamel, pigment
36 x 35 x 35cm
$ 1,450.00
94.
Pastel and ink on paper
62 x 53cm
$ 500.00
Pastel and ink on paper
60 x 40cm
$ 500.00
20 x 20 x 6cm
$ 600.00
20 x 20 x 6cm
$ 600.00
98.
51 x 51cm
$ 2,400.00
76 x 76cm
$ 4,000.00
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Kimberley Pride
95. Golden Girl
Leanne Vassallo
96. Lotus
Porcelain & Gold Leaf
97. Dahlia
Porcelain & Gold Leaf
Steffie Wallace
Morning Storm Oil on linen
99. Winter Sunrise Oil on linen
Tessa Wallis
100. Holiday Dreaming Glass
x 31 x 1.5cm NFS
101. Frozen Gargoyle Glass
5 x 13.5 x 13.5cm NFS
Past Winners Past
Annie Davison Oliver Award
2024: Anne Finkelde
2023: Marion Chapman
2022: Lucy Fekete
2021: Vicki Sullivan
2020: Gwendoline Krumins
2019: Sue Jarvis
2018: Susan Sambell
2017: Beatrice Magalotti
2016: Jo Reitze
2015: Anna Hamnes
2014: Mariette Perrinjaquet
2013: Fiona Bilborough
2012: Gillian Lodge & Roz McQuillan
2011: Annee Kelly
2010: Ev Hales
2009: Louise Foletta
2008: Zoe Amor
2007: Nell Frysteen
2006: Micheline Jones
2005: Angela Abbott
2004: Louise Foletta
2003: Lyndel Thomas
2002: Gwen Batiste
2001: Jo Hannan
2000: Margaret Cowling
1999: Nell Frysteen
Vada Cuming Sculpture Award
2024: Kate Howard
2023: Beatrice Magalotti
2022: Gillian Govan
Judith Perrey Award Oil/Acrylic
2024: Carole Milton
2023: Sarah Anthony
2022: Jenny Scholes
Jo Bennett Award Works on Paper
2024: Jo Reitze
2023: Carole Milton
2022: Ying Tang
MSWPS Award
2024: Janine Good
2023: Tessa Wallis
2022: Beatrice Magalotti
2021: Cynthia Boyle
2020: Erica Wagner, Margaret Picken, Elizabeth Moore Golding & Anne Melloy
2019: Elizabeth MooreGolding
2011: Annie Finkelde
2010: Ev Hales
2009: Betina Fauvel-Ogden
MSWPS Sculpture Award
2021: Suzanne Kaldor
2020: Beatrice Magalotti
Past Winners Past
Constance Wu Award
2018: Susan Sambell
2017: Elizabeth Moore Golding & Sue Jarvis
2016: Roz McQuillan
2015: Vicki Sullivan
2014: Margaret Gurney
2013: Annie Finkelde
2012: Heather Ellis
Danks Trust Award
2018: Jan Martin
2017 Jo Reitze
2016: Barbara McManus
2015: Nell Frysteen
2014: Celia Beeton
2013: Heather Ellis
Mabel Pryde Prize
2008: Betina Fauvel-Ogden
2007: Mariette Perrinjaquet & Jean Carson Gray
2006: Maureen Slatter
2005: Maureen Slatter
2004: Jean Carson Gray
2003: Heather Ellis
2002: Mariette Perrinjaquet
2001: Judith Perrey
2000: Joan Richard
1999: Rosemarie Curry
1998: Janet Matthews
1997: Joanne Miles
1996: Valda Cuming
1995: Judith Perrey
1994: Nell Frysteen
1993: Nada Hunter
1992: Jo Hannan
1991: Judith Perrey
1990: Josephine Bennett & Mariette Perrinjaquet
Award Winners 2024
2024 Judges: Anna Maas & Christine Johnson
Annie Davison Oliver Award
Valda Cuming Sculpture Award
Anne Finkelde, Silver Ladies Nocturne
Kate Howard, Wine Vessel 5
Award Winners 2024
Judith Perrey Award Oil/Acrylic
MSWPS Award
Janine Good, Walk in the Wetland Oil on Canvas
Highly Commended
Sarah Anthony, Untitled
Angeline Bartholemeusz, Deconstructed
Jo Bennett Award Works on Paper
Sue Jarvis, Servicing An R.A.A.F Hudson Bomber 1942
Lisa O'Keefe, Window Wish
Carole Milton, TemptationJo Reitze, Wetlands
A special Tribute Section of this year’s exhibition will honour the life and work of Susan O’Brien (1947–2025), a talented painter and cherished member of MSWPS since 2005.
Eileen Mackley AM will be interviewed by Ron Smith OAM about the restoration of the Victorian Artists Society Heritage Building on Wednesday 1st October.
In addition to the exhibition, visitors can attend live artist demonstrations on:
• Sunday 28th September – Kate Howard, 1.30 - 3.30pm
• Saturday 4th October – Jan Martin, 1.30 - 3.30pm
We acknowledge our Sponsors and their generous support: Ron Smith OAM & Senior Art Supplies
2025 Participating Artists
Angela Abbott
Sarah Anthony
Lillyana Antoneavic
Randa Baini
Lynn Banna
Angeline Bartholomeusz
Beryl Black
Cynthia Boyle
Lulu Clifton-Evans (bylulu)
Marion Chapman
Margaret Christianson
Charlotte Clemens
Katherine Cosgrove
Ngaere Donald
Victoria Duggan
Lucy Fekete
Anne Finkelde
Louise Foletta
Elizabeth Moore Golding
Janine Good
Gillian Govan
Karen Hopkins
Kate Howard
Tricia Hunt
Christine Huntley-Harris
April-Kaye Ikinci
Sylvia Isaac
Sue Jarvis
Glenda Fell Jones
Denise Keele-bedford
Annee Kelly
Gwendoline Krumins
Maureen Loughran
Eileen Mackley AM
Beatrice Magalotti
Anna Mandoki
Jude Marganis
Jan Martin
Kath McCann
Linda McEwan
Vicki McInnes
Margaret McLoughlin
Anne Melloy
Janice Lorraine Mills
Carole Milton
Margaret Picken
Robyn Pridham
Leigh M Rees
Jo Reitze
Jennifer Scholes
Ying Tang
Peta Tranquille
Liz Turner
Leanne Vassallo
Steffie Wallace
Tessa Wallis
President Denise Keele-bedford
Vice-President Eileen Mackley AM
Hon. Treasurer Linda McEwan
Secretary Beatrice Mgalotti
Committee
Annie Finkelde
Jo Reitze
Jude Marganis
Leigh Rees
Louise Foletta
Marion Chapman
Tessa Wallis
Tori Duggan
Archivist Robyn Pridham
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