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Operation Art 2020 Exhibition award selections
The award selections for the 2022 Operation Art Exhibition have been selected by a panel of judges including representatives from The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, The Art Gallery of NSW, The Office of the Children’s Guardian and the NSW Department of Education.
Congratulations to all participating students, including those selected in the following award categories:
- Touring 50: Artworks exhibited at the Art Gallery of NSW and selected regional galleries. After the tour, the artworks become part of the Children's Hospital at Westmead's permanent collection.
- Artbank: Works are donated to regional hospitals and healthcare services throughout NSW, including Bear Cottage in Manly.
- Office of the Children's Guardian: Artworks are given to NSW OCG to be exhibited in its offices for 12 months and later donated to regional hospitals.
- Paw Pick: Examples of Operation Art entries used to illustrate a wide variety of teaching strategies.
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Touring 50
Outstanding Student Award
Kevin Cunningham, Nigel Cunningham, Fatima El-Ibrahim – ‘Cockatoos On The Floodplain’
Year 5, Chullora Public School
Senior Curator’s Choice Award
Chloe Dam – ‘Ducks’
Year 8, Sefton High School
Junior Curator’s Choice Award
Grace McLean, Hope Job, Lily Plum, Dusty Plum – ‘We Are All In This Together’
Year 6, 6, 4, 2, Booligal Public School
| Name | Year | School | Region | Artwork title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annabelle Abrahamsen | 10 | St Philomena's School | Pure Joy | |
| Hajera Ali | 10 | Strathfield Girls High School | South Western Sydney | Local Stores |
| Austin Barker | 2 | Rozelle Public School | Sydney | Harbour |
| Alessia Bavaro | 10 | Baulkham Hills High School | Western Sydney | Freedom |
| Alice Booth | 6 | School of the Air - Hay Campus | Stacks On | |
| Tamaryn Chadban | 9 | St Ives High School | Northern Sydney | Fruit and Seeds |
| Koby Chandler | 3 | Turramurra Public School | Northern Sydney | Mushroom Sunset |
| Gabby Cooper | 10 | Northlakes High School | Hunter Central | My Dad |
| Olive Coulthard-Coves | 6 | Marrickville Public School | Sydney | Sunset at Currarong |
| Elle Cox | K | Rozelle Public School | Sydney | My Bee |
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Kevin Cunningham, Nigel Cunningham and Fatima El-Ibrahim |
5 | Chullora Public School | South Western Sydney | Cockatoos on the Floodplain |
| Chloe Dam | 9 | Sefton High School | South Western Sydney | Ducks |
| Logan Dutheil | 8 | Carenne School | Western NSW | Forest Birds |
| Annelise Everingham | 10 | Deniliquin Christian School | Hug time | |
| Abigail Farah | 6 | Danebank School | Abigail's Still Life with Fruit | |
| Cameron Farrar | 1 | School of the Air - Hay Campus | 'Clancy' the Cow | |
| Max Farrell | K | Mullion Creek Public School | Western NSW | Me Flying a Kite |
| Tahlia Gold | 10 | Dapto High School | Illawarra and South Coast | My World |
| Rhiannon Griffiths | 7 | Casula High School | South Western Sydney | Brave Souls |
| Joe Hinte | Winmalee Public School | Western Sydney | Emu | |
| Emily Keith | Kiama High School | Illawarra and South Coast | Origami Girl | |
| Saxon Lang | 1 | Hamilton North Public School | Hunter Central | Cheeky Bird |
| Christine Lee | 8 | Hornsby Girls High School | Northern Sydney | Me, Myself and I |
| Jun Lee | 3 | St Bernadette's Primary School | Colour Machine | |
| Finlay McCormack | 3 | Darlington Public School | Sydney | Mr Turtle |
| Tully McGrouther | 7 | Winmalee High School | Western Sydney | The Eye that See's |
| Grace McLean | 6 | Booligal Public School | Riverina | Wally and Dolly |
| Grace McLean, Hope Job, Lily Plum and Dusty Plum | 6, 6, 4 and 2 | Booligal Public School | Riverina | We are all in this Together |
| Sarah Mendes | 2 | Drummoyne Public School | Sydney | Flowers in Red |
| Fatima Mian | 10 | Malek Fahd Islamic School | The Secret Sky - Under the Sea | |
| Lexi Mulcahy | 3 | Hunters Hill Public School | Northern Sydney | Vase of Flowers |
| Hiria Murray | K | Oberon Public School | Western NSW | Owls On A Branch |
| Amara Newbury | 4 | Primbee Public School | Illawarra and South Coast | Splat the Dog |
| Bella Pham | 10 | North Sydney Girls High School | Northern Sydney | We Can Recover |
| Narelle Pillay | 6 | Ropes Crossing Public School | Western Sydney | Recycle! Our Kookas Care! |
| Alura Qolbie | 2 | Punchbowl Public School | South Western Sydney | My Blue Whale |
| Mackenzie Robertson | 1 | Portland Central School | Western NSW | The Happy Picture |
| Alessandra Rodriguez | K | Quakers Hill Public School | Western Sydney | Monster Party |
| Oliver Smith | 2 | Oxley Park Public School | Western Sydney | Kartse the Koala |
| Angela Soon | 7 | Glenwood High School | Western Sydney | Pina colorida |
| Siri Sparkes | 6 | Gunnedah South Public School | New England | The Carnival |
| Anna Suryantako | 9 | Bankstown Girls High School | South Western Sydney | Makeup |
| Ruby Tozi | 8 | Figtree High School | Illawarra and South Coast | Caring for the Endangered |
| Lillian Wang | 1 | Samuel Gilbert Public School | Northern Sydney | Quirky Emu |
| William Wang | 2 | Denistone East Public School | Northern Sydney | Owl of the Night |
| Lily Whitear and Joshua Heng | 2 | Tower Street Public School | South Western Sydney | Vegemite on Toast |
| Rhys Wilson | 6 | Moulamein Public School | Riverina | Patchwork Bull |
| Jazmyn Worboyes | 4 | Moulamein Public School | Riverina | Turtle Garden |
| Yoyo Xu | 8 | St Ives High School | Northern Sydney | Black and White Flamingo |
| Hafsa Zeeshan and Javeria Zeeshan | 4 and 3 | Chullora Public School | South Western Sydney | Girl Power |
ArtBank
| Name | Year | School | Region | Artwork title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitya Chanda | 6 | Carlingford Public School | Western Sydney | The Path |
| Eli Crossley, Dusty Plum and Lily Plum | K, 2 and 4 | Booligal Public School | Riverina | What a Hoot! |
| Jamie Edullantes | 1 | Moulamein Public School | Riverina | Jolly Giraffe |
| Olivia Evans | 4 | Portland Central School | Western NSW | Flying Balloons |
| Bless Lanaa Gunawan | 3 | Punchbowl Public School | South Western Sydney | Giggly Monsters |
| Sofia Hart | 6 | Hamilton North Public School | Hunter Central | Daffy Dalmatian |
| Ivy Kim | 6 | Strathfield South Public School | South Western Sydney | Mother's love |
| Rosie Mason | 2 | Beecroft Public School | Northern Sydney | Super Heroes |
| Evangeline McGrath | 4 | Rozelle Public School | Sydney | Daffodils |
| Danny Ng | 1 | St Martha's Catholic Primary School | Birthday | |
| Luca Norris | 2 | Drummoyne Public School | Sydney | There's a bear on my head |
| Amelia O'Hara, Lachlan Buckley Hill, Hector Blunsden and Navy Ellmers | 1, 1, 2 and 2 | Menai Public School | Sydney | Bears |
| Hyeon Park | 6 | Carlingford Public School | Western Sydney | Lean On Me |
| Jayden Park | 6 | Castle Hill Public School | Northern Sydney | Home |
| Bella Pham | 10 | Chester Hill High School | South Western Sydney | End of the Day |
| Chaniya-Rose Roberts | 2 | Tahmoor Public School | South Western Sydney | Crab |
| Amelia Thornton | 10 | Macquarie Fields High School | South Western Sydney | Back in the Day |
| Bree Trethowan | 6 | Pitt Town Public School | Western Sydney | Sunset Butterfly |
Office of the Children's Guardian
| Name | Year | School | Region | Artwork title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janavika Hingorani | 7 | Tara Anglican School for Girls | Sydney | Peace |
| Paulinka Karell | 8 | Macquarie Fields High School | South Western Sydney | Person with Red Mask |
| Sophie Nolan | 3 | Griffith East Public School | Riverina | Curiouser and Curiouser |
| Monty Ryan | 6 | Quandialla Public School | Western NSW | Autumn Leaves |
| Arabella Tarrant | K | Queenwood School for Girls Ltd | Sydney | Koala and Gum Leaves |
| Alana Willey | 6 | Katoomba Public School | Western Sydney | Trapezing Chicks |
Paw Pick
| Name | Year | School | Region | Artwork title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Booth | 6 | School of the Air - Hay Campus | Stacks On | |
| Riley Brown | 1 | Mount Riverview Public School | Western Sydney | A Bees's Life |
| Jake Cicolini | 2 | Pitt Town Public School | Western Sydney | Creepy Crawly |
| Olive Coulthard-Coves | 6 | Marrickville Public School | Sydney | Sunset at Currarong |
| Elle Cox | K | Rozelle Public School | Sydney | My Bee |
| Kevin Cunningham, Nigel Cunningham and Fatima El-Ibrahim | 5 | Chullora Public School | South Western Sydney | Cockatoos on the Floodplain |
| Yue Gu | 10 | Cabramatta High School | South Western Sydney | The Beauty of Spring |
| Jake Guntley-Todd | 2 | Carenne School | Western NSW | Beehive |
| Maya Hackney, Amelia O'Neill | 6 | Cambewarra Public School | Illawarra and South Coast | The Lighthouse of Hope |
| Chloe Hawkins | 4 | Katoomba Public School | Western Sydney | Gold-Tipped Leafcutter Bee |
| Maxie Hayes | 6 | Arncliffe Public School | Sydney | Breaking the Drought |
| Tristal Hoare | 6 | Rouse Hill Public School | Western Sydney | Tsunami |
| Ivy Horrigan-Hopson | 4 | Gosford East Public School | Hunter Central | The Lost Cactus |
| Urban Horrigan-Hopson | 2 | Gosford East Public School | Hunter Central | Uluru |
| Corey Hoven | 6 | Winston Heights Public School | Western Sydney | The Wave |
| Aiden Lee | 4 | Neutral Bay Public School | Northern Sydney | The Australian Landscape |
| Juliet Oliver | 5 | Balgowlah North Public School | Northern Sydney | A Land Of Flames |
| Chloe Otazu | 1 | St John Vianney's Primary School | Flutter, Flutter | |
| Aydan Riddington | 4 | Broken Hill Public School | Western NSW | Native Grounds |
| James Roberts | 6 | Canowindra Public School | Western NSW | Landscape |
| Elissar Sabih | 6 | Nuwarra Public School | South Western Sydney | Roses |
| Kalki Sehgal | K | Schofields Public School | Western Sydney | Bug On A Flower |
| Fatima Shehzad | 4 | Yennora Public School | South Western Sydney | Ocean Life |
| Bree Trethowan | 6 | Pitt Town Public School | Western Sydney | Sunset Butterfly |
| Stephanie Truong | 10 | Cabramatta High School | South Western Sydney | Flower |
| Miriam U'Ren | 5 | Timbumburi Public School | New England | Beautiful Wildflowers |
| Coco Worobiej | 4 | Cambridge Gardens Public School | Western Sydney | Lost Thongs |
