CANBERRA glass artist Jennifer Kemarre Martiniello has taken out the first prize of $5000 in Hornsby’s “Remagine” art prize for her sculpture, “Not Wasted,” made from recycled television screens.

Martiniello, already a noted writer and textile artist, took up the study of glass-making late in her career and founded the Indigiglass movement, studying at Canberra Glassworks.

She came note nationally when in 2013 she won the $40,000 Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award and has won many awards and accolades since.

Of her “Remagine” entry she said: “This work illustrates my caretaker roles of taking care of Country and shattering silences around dominant culture taboo about speaking openly about death.

“This is a self-portrait illustrating my journey through lung cancer and subsequent metastatic brain tumours.

“It is also about taking care of Country despite being an urban-based First Nations artist who has used various forms of western technology which contemporary society discards, with no clue as to what harm it may cause to the ‘Mother’ who nurtures us.”

The annual Remagine Art Prize is hosted by Hornsby Shire Council in partnership with Hornsby Art Society.

Kyogle painter Ross Tamlin was named runner up, winning $3000 in prize money for his painting, “Scrap Metal”, while Hornsby photographer Orlando Luminere collected the Local Artist Award and a $1000 prize for his photograph, “Wasteful Photography”.

The 2023 Remagine Art Prize exhibition is at Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, 25 Edgeworth David Avenue, Hornsby, Tuesday to Sunday, 10am – 4pm until June 4.

Jennifer Kemarre Martiniello with “Not Wasted,” recycled glass, 2023.