Very pleased that my painting ‘Traveller’ has been selected for the 2017 Mosman Art Prize. The exhibition is open to the public from the 23rd September until the 29th October. http://mosmanartgallery.org.au/exhibitions/2017-mosman-art-prize
2016 Salon des Refusés
My portrait of celebrated writer David Malouf has been selected for the Salon des Refusés at the S.H Ervin Gallery. Exhibition opens on the 16th July until September 18. The exhibition then travels to the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery until Late November. Thank you to David for being such a gracious sitter!
http://www.shervingallery.com.au/whats-on/calendar/item/133-salon-2015
Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Award
2016 Chippendale New World Art Prize
Finalist in the 2016 Chippendale New World Art Prize with this painting ‘Turning-point’
Exhibition of finalists opens June 2nd http://chippendalecreative.com/2016-chippendale-new-world-art-prize-finalists/
Semi Finalist in the 2015 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize

I’m very happy that my painting Rajlakshmi (Goddess #4) is a semi-finalist in this years Doug Moran National Portrait Prize.
2015 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
City of Ryde Women’s Art Prize 2015
Chippendale New World Art Prize 2015
My painting Observer has been selected as a finalist in the 2015 Chippendale New World Art Prize! www.chippendalecreative.com/
Artist statement
Phenomena – experienced through the mind of the Observer – intuited, glimpsed, felt, known or imagined. The use of the Ruckenfigur or back-figure is a nod to the Romantics and the Kantian notion of the Sublime. It is also a means to observe the body within space that is unaware of being watched. Within our selfie-obsessed visual culture, images of the unself-conscious body become rarefied and increasingly interesting both visually and ideologically. According to Kant phenomena refers to appearances or objects, which are perceived, observed or apprehended through experience, reliant upon our sensory intuition of things and offering glimpses into collective truths. The visual tension between form and formlessness, detail and incompleteness interest me as they align with our attempts to make sense of the metaphysical world.
Ann Arora 2015
New Series
International Women’s Day Art Prize 2014
My painting ‘Threshold’ is on display at See Street Gallery, Meadowbank as part of the International Women’s Day Art Prize. The exhibition is on until Saturday 22nd March.