Exhibitions - 1951-2008
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Past winners of the Blake Prize for Religious Art:
| Year | Winner | Title | Media | Judges |
| 2008 | David Tucker | A Local Girl Comes Home | Ceramic, wood, linen and ink | Lachlan Warner Dr Kathleen McPhillips Nick Vickers |
| 2007 | Shirley Purdie | Stations of the Cross | Ochre and pigment on canvas | Rev. Dr. Jione Havea Jennifer Isaacs AM Lindy Lee |
| 2006 | Euan Macleod | Untitled Landscape with Figure | Oil on canvas | Bernard Ollis Rev’d Canon Ivan Head Richard Goodwin |
| 2005 | James Powditch Louise Rippert | God is in the Detail (Intelligent Design) Dance | Mixed media Glassine Paper, Nylon Thread, ALuminium | Wayne Tunnicliffe Rosemary Valadon Acharya Ram Sivan |
| 2004 | AñA Wojak | Pieta (Dafur) | Oils and gold leaf on galvanised iron | Associate Professor Margot Hillel OAM Henry Mulholland Reverend Douglas Purnell |
| 2003 | Shoufay Derz | Linking Back (Part 1) | Lamda Prints | Judith Carroll Jeffrey Kamins Hilarie Mais Nick Vickers |
| 2002 | Hilton McCormick | The Harvest | oil & mixed media | Julie Rrap Wendy Sharpe Con Gouriotis A/Prof Michael Griffith Dr Phillip Kent |
| 2001 | Lachlan Warner | 'Vitrine of lightweight (Sunyata), disposable (annica) Buddhas, in a range of festivecolours, postures and mudras | mixed media | Dr Betty Churcher Marion Borgelt Dr Ian Weeks |
| 2000 | Frances BelleParker | The Journey | acrylic oil oncanvas | Fr Anthony Kelly Ross Mellick Imants Tillers |
| 1998 | John Adair | One Dark Night(from St John of the Cross Poem Dark Night of the Soul') | auto enamel onaluminium | Sarah Mitchell Hetti Perkins Ken Unsworth |
| 1997 | Thomas Spence | Christmas Day1914 (God's Truce) | graphite onpaper | Dr Carole Cusack Margaret Olley Nick Waterlow |
| 1996 | Rachel Ellis | Woman at Jesus'feet | charcoal andacrylic | Lou Klepac Fr James Murray Peter Powditch |
| 1995 | George Gittoes | The Preacher- Kibeho Massacre Series, Rwanda | oil on canvas | Rabbi RaymondApple Dinah Dysart Ann Graham |
| 1994 | Hilarie Mais | Veiling Silence | wood and oilpaint | Dr Rosemary Crumlin Janet Laurence Anne Loxley |
| 1993 | John Davis | Some Thoughtson a Miracle | eucalyptus twigs,paper, calico, bondcrete, bituminous paint | Lou Klepac Alun Leach-Jones Rev Dr Dorothy McRae-McMahon |
| 1992 | George Gittoes | Ancient Prayer | oil on canvas | Rev Rod Pattenden Guy Warren Bill Wright |
| 1991 | Alan Oldfield Rosemary Valadon | Raft III Before the Fall | oil, acrylic,paintstick on canvas oil on wood | Elwyn Lynn Dr David Millikan Ursula Prunster |
| 1990 | Gillian Mann | The Chest | woodcut on paper | Eileen Chanin Rosemary Madigan Canon Albert McPherson |
| 1989 | Warren Breninger | Hail Mary | diptych mixedmedia on board | Anthony Bradley Patricia Brennan Alun Leach-Jones |
| 1988 | Lise Floistad | This sign isa hidden treasure which desires to be known | oil and goldleaf on canvas | John Coburn Patrician Bennan Joan Kerr |
| 1987 | lan Grant Alan Oldfield | The Monks Cloak A High and perpetualshewing of Christ's mother according to Julian of Norwich | acrylic on cottonduck | Alun Leach-Jones |
| 1986 | Roger Akinin | The Day of Atonement,Scapegoat and Apostate | Rev Peter Bennie Rev Anthony Corcoran Colin Lanceley Stephen Mori Joy Roggenkamp | |
| 1985 | John Gould | Votives to Passion | oil and mixedmedia | Rev David Binns Chris Gentle Elwynn Lynn Rev Julian Miller Ann Thomson |
| 1984 | Mary Hall | The Spirit ofGod hovered brooding over the face of the waters | mosaic | Tom Bass Rev Peter Bennie Rev Dr Hugh Cairns Barry Pearce Lloyd Rees |
| 1983 | Geoffrey Harvey Ann Taylor | The Offering | collage and mixedmedia natural materials | Colin Lanceley Rev Dr Graeme Ferguson Terence Maloon Stanislaus Rapotec Rev John Thorne |
| 1982 | Mary Anne CouttsSuzie Marston | In Mockery ofChrist Sunday School Work Books | acrylic on canvas | Sydney Ball Canon Ian George Joan Kerr Rev Julian Miller Treania Smith |
| 1981 | David Voigt | Easter in MyRoom | acrylic on canvas triptych, oil on hardboard | Clive Evatt Col Jordon Mother Evangeline Kendall Elwynn Lynn Professor Eric Sharpe |
| 1980 | Leonard French | Instruments fora Drama Meditation | enamel on jutecanvas mounted on hardboard | Rev Peter Bennie Charles Blackman Rev Dr David Coffey John Firth-Smith Barry Pearce |
| 1979 | Ian Gentle Alex Trompf | Roadside AltarPiece Comas | Rev Dr GraemeFerguson Canon Ian George Frank Hinder Virginia Spate Guy Warren | |
| 1978 | Noel Tunks | The First FridayRetreat | Earle Backen Kevin Connor Rev Alan Dougan John Olsen Professor J A Young | |
| 1977 | John Coburn Rodney Milgate | Hozanna Tree | Bishop John Bayton Rev Dr Henry Davis Dr E Mignacca Lloyd Rees Carole Symons | |
| 1976 | David Voigt | Blue Requiem | Jean Bellette Bishop John Hazlewood John Baily Frank Hodgkinson Henry Salkauskas Rev John Thornhill | |
| 1975 | Rodney Milgate | Thoughts on HolyThursday | Earle Backen Rev Dr.Hugh Cairns Ray Crooke James Gleeson Rev William Pollak | |
| 1974 | Stuart Maxwell Ken Whisson | Christ at Emmaus Tobias and the Angel | acrylic on canvason hardboard oil on hardboard | Rev Peter Bennie Nancy Borlase Keith Looby Bishop Ian Shevill Bernard Smith |
| 1973 | Keith Looby | Your Motel CalvaryStill Life Flowers | oil on canvaswith mirrored glass | Tom Bass John Coburn Sir Eric Langker Rev Dr Crawford Miller Rev John Thornhill |
| 1972 | Joseph Szabo | Black Friday | acrylic on canvas | Peter Laverty Rev Julian Miller Stanislaus Rapotec Guy Warren Rev Norman Webb |
| 1971 | Desiderius Orban | Transition toChristianity | oil and felttipped pen on particle board | Rev Dr Henry Davis Rev Alan Dougan John Henshaw Rod Meagher Stan deTeliga |
| 1970 | Roger Kemp Eric Smith | Denial Christ's Flesh: Living, Suffering and Resurrected | oil on hardboard oil on hardboard | Rev Peter Bennie Lloyd Rees Ken Reinhard Laurie Thomas Rev John Thornhill |
| 1969 | Eric Smith | The ApostlesCreed | oil and collageon hardboard, twelve panels | Rev Dr John Barrie Rev John Burnheim Ray Crooke James 0 Fairfax Louis James |
| 1968 | Roger Kemp | The Cross | oil on hardboard | Charles Blackman Rev Peter Bennie Frank Hinder Mervyn Horton Rev William Pollak |
| 1967 | Desiderius Orban | Hosanna | Rev Alan Dougan Thomas Gleghorn Lloyd Rees Rev John Thornhill David Thomas | |
| 1966 | Rodney Milgate | Ascension | encaustic, oilon hardboard | Rev John Burnheim Alexander Cambitaglou John Coburn Rev Alan Dougan James Gleeson |
| 1965 | Asher Bilu | I Form Lightand Create Darkness-Isaiah 45:7 | oil, acrylic,resin on hardboard | Earle Backen Rev Peter Bennie Rev John Burnheim Elaine Haxton Elwynn Lynn |
| 1964 | Michael Kitching | Last Supper-Premonition | wood, metal,plastic, paint on board | Rev Peter Bennie Frank Hinder John Olsen Daniel Thomas Rev John Thornhill |
| 1963 | Leonard French | Ancient Fragments | enamel on hessiancovered hardboard | Rev Alan Dougan Desiderius Orban Lloyd Rees Rev Michael Scott Tony Tuckson |
| 1962 | Eric Smith | Eucharistic Landscape | oil on hardboard | Tom Bass Rev Dr Henry Davis Peter Dodd James Gleeson Rev Dr Crawford Miller |
| 1961 | Stanislaus Rapotec | Meditating onGood Friday | oil on hardboard | Rev John Burnheim George Molnar J Munro Roland Wakelin |
| 1960 | John Coburn | Triptych of thePassion | enamel on hardboard | Rev John Burnheim Peter Dodd J Munro Treania Smith Roland Wakelin |
| 1959 | Eric Smith | Christ is Risen | oil on board | Tom Bass Douglas Dundas Rev Michael Scott Bishop Ian Shevill Bernard Smith |
| 1958 | Eric Smith | The Moment ChristDied | oil on hardboard | Rev Alan Dougan Frank Hinder Hal Missingham Dora Sweetapple D Watson |
| 1957 | Elwynn Lynn | Betrayal | oil on hardboard | Rev Dr Felix Arnott James Gleeson Rev J V Keane John Passmore Eric Westbrook |
| 1956 | Eric Smith | The ScourgedChrist | Grace Crowley Rev Alan Dougan Russell Drysdale Rev Peter Kenny Alan McCulloch | |
| 1955 | Donald Friend | St John and Scenesfrom the Apocalypse | oil on canvas | Rev Alan Dougan Russell Drysdale James Gleeson R Haines Rev Peter Kenny |
| 1954 | Charles Bannon | Judas Iscariot | oil on canvas | Rev Dr Felix Arnott Lyndon Dadswell Peter Dodd Desiderius Orban Lloyd Rees Rev Michael Scott |
| 1953 | Michael Kmit | The EvangelistJohn Mark | oil on canvas | Information notavailable |
| 1952 | Frank Hinder | Flight into Egypt | oil on canvas | Rev Dr Felix Arnott Lyndon Dadswell John D Moore Lloyd Rees Rev Michael Scott |
| 1951 | Justin O'Brien | The Virgin Enthrone | oil on canvas | Donna Balzo Jean Bellette John D Moore Hon Justice Nicholas Rev Alan Tory Rev Michael Scott |
