We are so excited to share that Jo Bertini has been selected as a finalist for the Mosman Art Prize 2025 for her beautiful work Language without Wind.
The Mosman Art Prize is an acquisitive award of $70,000 with the artwork entering the Mosman Art Collection, a valuable historic collection that surveys Australian painting since 1947.
Jo Bertini’s paintings traverse well-worn landscapes in an exploration of the true nature of wilderness. Drawing from the traditions of artists on scientific and ecological survey expeditions into the most remote and inaccessible regions, Bertini celebrates her long and intimate engagement with the desert. Her work bears witness to natural and human histories of nomadism observing the seasonal rhythm of landscapes and the people connected to them. With loose yet refined brushwork, Bertini depicts the fragile beauty of the world's remote desert landscapes connecting to what is seen and felt within. An innate longing that she expresses through her visceral, emotive paintings that serve as an act of devotion to the natural world.
The exhibition of finalists will be on display at Mosman Art Gallery Friday 22 August 2025 – Sunday 2 November 2025
