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Sebastian Perri wins 2007 Capital Chemist Brindabella Art Prize!

18 June 2007

Congratulations to Sebastian Perri, winner of this years Capital Chemist Brindabella Arts Prize held last week at the Tuggeranong Arts Centre.

Sebastian’s entry titled “Midweek Earlies at Weston”, a mixed medium landscape painted on a recycled skateboard, was selected from 80 entrants as the winner in the annual competition, which is now in its ninth year.

Sebastian and his piece "Midweek Earlies at Weston"

“It is a great honour and an overwhelming experience to have been chosen as this year’s winner and a credit to Capital Chemist and Tuggeranong Arts Centre, who continue to support arts in the ACT and have been catalysts for the best local exhibition this year. The standard of all works in the exhibition was fantastic and I hope the event continues well into the future" said Sebastian.

Sebastian, a digital art & 3D animation teacher with Canberra’s Academy of Interactive Entertainment, plans to put the prize money from the event back into his artwork, funding several new pieces of equipment and an exhibition of his digital and traditional artwork later in the year.

 

 

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