Indian Australian visual artist Sid Pattni has been awarded the 2023 Kennedy Prize with a thought-provoking portrait of Kurdish refugee, Mostafa ‘Moz’ Azimitabar, who fled war and was held in detention at Manus Island for over six years.
The celebrated national visual arts competition, which called for entries under the theme of ‘Beauty’, has attracted a record-breaking number of entries this year from Australia’s finest visual artists for the $25,000 prize.
West Australian based artist Sid Pattni created the award-winning portrait - entitled Portrait of Moz - using oil, synthetic polymer, and cotton thread on canvas for his first solo exhibition The Story of Us, which explores the stories of refugees and asylum seeker communities in Australia. @kennedyartfoundation
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