Lani Balzan wins 2016 National NAIDOC Poster Competition

Lani Balzan, a proud Wiradjuri Aboriginal woman from New South Wales, is this year’s winner of the prestigious National NAIDOC Poster Competition.

As the winner, Lani will have her artwork Songlines Tie All Aboriginal People Together displayed on the 2016 National NAIDOC Poster and receive a $5,000 cash prize.

The poster is distributed across the country to promote NAIDOC Week 2016, which runs from 3-10 July.

Artists entering the competition were asked to submit an artwork which represented this year’s NAIDOC theme - Songlines –The living narrative of our nation. 

More than 100 outstanding entries were received, but the Committee was unanimous in its selection of Ms Balzan’s artwork.

Ms Balzan felt proud, shocked and incredibly honoured to find out her artwork and been selected.

“I feel very humbled that I am able to share this with the Illawarra Indigenous community,” Lani said.

Lani’s artwork represents all of the Songlines coming together to create our nation. You can see how they criss-cross the land as they run East, West, North, South and diagonally across the country to track the journeys of our ancestors.  

Co-Chairs Anne Martin and Benjamin Mitchell congratulated Ms Balzan on her winning entry and thanked all the talented artists who submitted their artwork in this year’s competition.