Scott Duncan has been announced as a finalist in the Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize for 2026 for his brilliant work Choice Quality.
Duncan is a dynamic ceramicist whose work is a pastiche of mid-century design and antiquity where the traditional forms of ceramic practice are reconstructed through his whimsical work. Creating his own chalks and pencils, there is an alchemy at play where low and high fuse together creating forms reminiscent of Italian Bitossi Ceramiche and Scheurich Pottery with ceramic food labels delicately sculpted by Duncan resembling faces adhered across the surface in pareidolian amusement.
Now in its sixth year, the prize is the leading national environmental prize for artists and designers, platforming inspiring and critical works that engage with today’s environmental issues.
An exhibition of finalists will be on display at Manly Art Gallery & Museum from 7 August — 20 September.
