Credit: Toby Scott
Queensland College of Art student Michael Phillips has won a $25,000 commission to create an epic 90 metre floor to ceiling art work for the expansion of Brisbane Airport’s International Terminal.
Believed to be the most lucrative student art prize ever offered in Australia, Brisbane Airport’s competition was open to QCA students across all disciplines, with applicants invited to submit concepts for the vast space that explored themes of adventure, discovery, connection and flight.
More than 100 entries were received, with five finalists considered for the major prize. The four runners-up each received $5000 prize money and the winner received $25,000.
This significant piece of public art will be seen by millions of travellers each year.
The Master of Visual Arts student created his striking work in the QCA workshops at South Bank, making a series of wood block prints that were blown up and digitally printed onto vinyl panels.
Michael said the