The Mandorla Art Award is an Australian religious art prize, where the artists are given a theme inspired by the Christian scriptures akin to the historic requests by the church to create visual images that tell the stories of the Bible.[1]
The award commenced in 1985 with finalists work exhibited at New Norcia Monastery Museum and Art Gallery, St John of God Hospitals in Perth, Western Australia.[2] [3]
| Year | text-align:center;" | Artist | text-align:center;" | Work | text-align:center;" | Theme |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Re-creation | Creation (Revelations 15:3) | ||||
| 1986 | Logos | Christ – The Word of God (John 1:1–4) | ||||
| 1987 | Standing with light | The Glory of God is Man Fully Alive (John 10:10) | ||||
| 1988 | Trust in providence | Trust in Divine Providence (Matthew 6:26–34) | ||||
| 1989 | Samson, prepare the way | Prepare the Way of the Lord (Isaiah 40:3) | ||||
| 1990 | Ante lucem | The Annunciation (Luke 1:26–38) | ||||
| 1991 | Jurien — peace I leave with you | Peace I leave with you, My peace I give you (John 14:27) | ||||
| 1992 | Nigel Hewitt | Circumnavigation of the Soul | Glory as our Destiny (Romans 8:18–23) | |||
| 1994 | At the Gates | The Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11–31) | ||||
| 1996 | John Coburn | Blue for faith love and hope | The Greatest of these is Love (1 Corinthians:1–13) | |||
| 2000 | Julie Dowling[4] | Born for you | Incarnation – The Birth of Christ (John 1:14) | |||
| 2002 | Brian McKay | The enigma of Christ | Images of Christ (Matthew 4:18–22, Mark 1:40–45, John 15:12–17) | |||
| 2004 | Pedilavium | Whatsoever You Do for the Least of them, You Do for Me (Matthew 25:40) | ||||
| 2004 | Verse for the millions | Whatsoever You Do for the Least of them, You Do for Me (Matthew 25:40) | ||||
| 2007 | Without finding any motive for his death, they condemned him and asked Pilate to have him killed | The Passion, Death and Resurrection of Christ (Mark 14:43–15:41, John 20:1–21) | ||||
| 2010 | Caring in a competitive world | And Who Is My Neighbour? (Luke 10:29) | ||||
| 2012 | Annette Allman | Caring in a competitive world | And Who Is My Neighbour? (Luke 10:29) | |||
| 2014 | untitled | |||||
| 2016 | The Bread Basket at Emmaus – then Flesh returned to Word | |||||