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Flying Arts Alliance gratefully acknowledges The Booth Memorial Fund of Annie Tan (Yuh Siew), the Geoff Booth Foundation, David Crombie, Janet de Boer, private donors and the government, philanthropic and corporate supporters and Award sponsors who help make the Queensland Regional Art Awards possible.

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Abramo Papp is an artist who is passionate about changing how colour is taught to future generations of visual artists. His current PhD Thesis with the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) focuses on a new theoretical framework for the understanding and application of colour within visual arts. His research is inspired by the pioneering work on colour by Merv Moriarty, founder of the Flying Arts Alliance.

After a successful career in Architecture and IT, Abramo pursued an artistic practice by attending courses and holding group exhibitions with the ‘Friday 13 Group’ at the studios of Brisbane Institute of Art (BIA). Moving to Russell Island in Southern Moreton Bay to set up his studio and hold art classes, he also trained in Transpersonal Art Therapy, exploring more deeply the ‘psyche’ of art. In 2013, when he came upon Merv Moriarty’s ‘Colour, the Definitive Guide’, it completed an understanding of colour that began with his art and architecture training in the mid 60’s and 70’s. Abramo’s practice includes running courses at the BIA on colour; oil painting and his own ‘Releasing Your Inner Artist’, which introduces the art experience for people in a more intuitive and less formal or threatening way.

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Donna Davis is a multi-discipline artist intrigued with the idea of connection; her work explores intersections between art and science with a particular focus on natural and social ecosystems. Often collaborating with ecologists, botanists and mycologists, Donna explores new ways to creatively interpret ecological data.

Donna has undertaken a number of residencies with organisations such as the Australian Tropical Herbarium, Queensland State Archives, Queensland Herbarium, Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Tanks Art Centre and the Department of Environment and Science (DES). Currently Donna is artist-in-resident on an international project based in Cairns, working with scientists from Washington University and the Natural History Museum, London. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (ART) from Curtin University and has works held in both public and private collections. She has exhibited widely in both solo and selected group exhibitions; and had her work feature in state and national touring exhibitions.