2025 Pre-Selection Panellists | Youth Awards

Isabel Bereczky
ISABEL BERECZKY

Isabel Bereczky is an artist based in Boorloo. Interested in contemporary portraiture, forensic archives, and true crime, Bereczky engages with forensic aesthetics and methodologies through her drawing, painting and photography work. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Art from Curtin University and is a member of Gotham Studios.

In addition to her arts practice, Bereczky has worked in many roles within the art sector. She managed Exhibition and Community Engagement operations at The Lester Prize and is currently an Assistant Registrar at The Art Gallery of Western Australia, where she supports the collections team.

Jade Dolman
JADE DOLMAN

Jade Dolman (JD Penangke) is a First Nations mural artist with connections to Whadjuk, Ballardong, and Arrernte country. Her work highlights the cultural and environmental significance of waterways, using symbolism and colour to depict pre-colonisation landscapes and the movements of Noongar people, flora, and fauna.

With 8 years of mural painting experience, her notable projects include designing the 2025 Indigenous All Stars guernsey, the 2024 Hawthorn men’s and women’s AFL Indigenous guernseys, collaboration with Adnate and murals for Nespresso, Perth Airport, Metronet, and shopping centres across Perth.

RUBY SMEDLEY

Ruby Smedley is a multi-disciplinary, chronically ill, Boorloo based artist, predominantly working in painting. She graduated with an Advanced Diploma in Props and Scenery (2013) from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and a Bachelor of Contemporary Art (2019) from Edith Cowan University with her final year attending the Taipei National University of the Art as a recipient of the New Colombo Plan Scholarship.

Ruby is a member of the WA Portrait Artists association and has exhibited within Australia and internationally. She also works as a scenic artist in TV and Film, having painted sets for Disney+ and Stan. Most recently her work has been shown in group exhibitions with Western Australian based art collectives and was a 2024 Lester Prize finalist.

2025 Judges | Youth Awards

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