Kim Lehman - finalist in the 2026 Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize
Congratulations to Kim Lehman as a finalist in the “The Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize”, which seeks artist entities that challenge the viewer via the illustration of a concept rather than being merely illustrative or representational.
The work must be primarily photographic but not to the exclusion of mixed media and three dimensional objects.
Exhibition Dates – 13 August-10 October 2026
Exhibition Launch Event and Announcement of Winners – 4-6pm, Sat 15 August 2026
Muswellbrook Art Gallery, 1-3 Bridge Street Muswellbrook NSW 2333
Entry:www.artgalleria.com/portal/mullins
First Prize $30,000
We wish Kim well in what is outstanding company with his other finalists! Adjudicator will be adjudicators Sally McInerney and Lisa Sharkey.
Kim’s selected work relates to a sequence of works from his show last year. This piece has not been shown before:-
Bloodlines (Kanamaluka), 2026
Pigment print on Hahnemühle mould-made watercolour paper
90 x 120 cm
Artist statement:
Bloodlines (Kanamaluka) is my attempt to understand my Aboriginal ancestry in relation to Tasmania’s colonial history. Using transformed satellite imagery*, I reworked the Kanamaluka estuary and Launceston into a darkened photographic field where black earth suggests settlement and sovereignty, while the red estuary evokes my Aboriginal bloodline, spilled blood, survival and connection. For me, this confluence is where personal and territorial histories meet and remain unsettled.
Here is the link, which provides detail on all finalists:
https://www.artgalleria.com/view-room/42357
This link is just to Kim’s work:
https://www.artgalleria.com/room-artwork/42357/2446388