Digital Catalogue: 2024 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award
Zorica Purlija
b. 1964 Bačka Topola Serbia, lives Sydney NSW
Minyon Falls, 2023
dye-sublimation print, white gloss aluminium art panel
Image courtesy of the artist © Zorica Purlija
Artist Statement
Minyon Falls is from the series The Fall, photographed in the northern NSW waterfalls and scrubby bushland. The land’s psyche becomes a vehicle for spiritual connection, healing and a clarion call for environmental responsibility. As we immerse ourselves in the serenity of the rainforest waterfalls and the rejuvenation of the body, we are reminded of the interconnectedness of all living beings with the natural world.
I invite you to reflect, to act and to preserve the beauty and sanctity of our planet for future generations. Minyon Falls is a testament to the enduring power of nature.
About the Artist
Zorica Purlija is a contemporary visual artist based on Gadigal land. Working predominantly in photography, Purlija’s work is based on attachment and care for the primary relationships and landscape she finds herself in.
Informed by a background in graphic and digital media, her photographic practice draws on abstraction and collage to forge an ethereal, reflective visual language.
In 2020, Purlija completed a Master of Fine Arts in Photo Media at UNSW Art and Design. She has been a finalist in the Gosford Art Prize 2023, the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2010, 2009, 2008, Head On Portrait Prize 2022 and Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize 2020.
Chris Barry
Tarna Driffen, Rosalyn Boko, Leonard Driffen and Princess, Larapinta Town Camp, Alice Springs, from the series CRUISING: A Journey into Culture (2015-present)
Effy Alexakis
Ken Unsworth in triptych
Mika Nakamura-Mather
Those sacred days you gave me