Judging Panel
2026 Finalist Exhibition
KASEY SEALY
Born in Forbes in 1961, Kasey began painting at the age of 17yrs in 1978, and has painted professionally since 1980.
He has had 6 solo exhibitions in London and has been represented at major London Art Fairs, such as ‘Olympia’ where a record price of 18,000 pounds was established for a major canvas in 2002.
He has been commissioned by the American Australian Association to provide works, painted and presented as awards to Greg Norman and Andrew Liveris, president of Dow Chemical Co USA, and Paul Anderson, ex CEO BHP and present CEO of Duke Energy in America.
Commissions for 2007 include Chip Goodyear, ex CEO BHP & James McInerney, Vice President of Boeing Air USA
Kasey was selected for the Ingles equestrian Prize 2012.
Kasey’s a Learn to Paint “Visions in Oils” was published in 2012
Kasey’s book “The Art of Kasey Sealy” was published in 1993.
PROFESSOR ELISABETH FINDLAY (SFHEA GAICD)
Elisabeth Findlay is a Professor of Art Theory at the Queensland College of Art and Design, Griffith University. She has held senior academic leadership positions at both Griffith University and The Australian National University. From 2020 to 2023 she was the first female Director of Queensland College of Art and Design and previously was an Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Social Sciences at ANU. Elisabeth is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Elisabeth lectures in the history of Australian art and theories of portraiture. She has received numerous teaching awards, including a national citation for her outstanding contribution to student learning and she is also a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her research focuses on issues of identity, race, gender, class and nationalism in Australian visual culture. She has curated several exhibitions on early Australian colonial art. Elisabeth is currently completing the book publication 'Portraiture in Colonial Australia: Picturing the Nation' (under contract with Routledge).