Meet the Artists | 2026 Invitation Art Prize

Meet the Artists | 2026 Invitation Art Prize

Hear from four artists featured in the 2026 Invitation Art Prize — David Attwood, David Brazier, Christophe Canato and Jacky Cheng — as they share the ideas, experiences and creative processes behind their new works.

About the Artists:

Jacky Cheng

Jacky Cheng is a Malaysian-born artist of Chinese heritage working across sculpture, installation, textiles and collaborative practice. Her work explores identity, cultural memory and belonging through material engagement with paper and fibre.

Cheng is the recipient of the WA Creative Fellowship (2025–26), the Fremantle Print Award (2023), the John Stringer Prize (2022) and The Jury Art Prize (2021). She has also been a finalist in the National Works on Paper (2026, 2024 and 2022), the Blake Prize (2022) and the Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award (2021).

David Attwood

David Attwood creates sculptural assemblages that explore the influence of consumer culture on contemporary subjectivity. He has exhibited widely throughout Australia and internationally across artist-run, commercial, institutional and off-site contexts.

Attwood was a finalist in the 2025 Ramsay Art Prize at the Art Gallery of South Australia and won the 2025 Roger Pailhas Prize at Art-o-rama in Marseille.

David Brazier

David Brazier works across sculpture, installation, video and research-led practice. His work investigates labour as a systemic and relational condition, examining how bodies and materials are organised, constrained and made productive, as well as how they resist or exceed those structures.

His work and writing have appeared in Kunstforum International, Unlikely: Journal for Creative Arts and What We Want Is Free: Critical Exchanges in Recent Art.

Christophe Canato

Christophe Canato grew up in France, where photography became his primary medium during the 12 years he spent in Paris. He moved to Perth in 2005 and has since exhibited his work internationally, with more than 60 exhibitions to his credit.

His work has been featured at venues including BBA Gallery in Berlin (2023), Espace Vallès in France (2018), Monash Gallery of Art in Melbourne (2021) and the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra (2018).

Getting there

You’ll find Joondalup Contemporary Art Gallery between the Joondalup Library and City of Joondalup Administration Building, next to the Council Chambers.Free public parking is available in the Library Car Park. 

Alternatively, the gallery is a 13-minute walk from Joondalup Train Station, or you can catch the Blue CAT bus, which departs every 15 minutes from the station.

We recommend arriving at 10am, when the Gallery opens, to enjoy complimentary morning tea before the talk begins at 10.30am. The talk will run for approximately 60 minutes.

Accessibility

Joondalup Contemporary Art Gallery features a flat, level floor surface and wide doorways. Accessible toilets are available in the gallery. The Joondalup Library Car Park includes accessible parking bays, with lift access to the main walkway from the underground car park.

This is an indoor standing event. If you require seating or have any accessibility requirements, please contact us at [email protected] or on 9400 4000 before the event.

Pictured: Jacky Cheng, photo by Michael Jalaru Torres. David Attwood, photo by ASGA. David Brazier, photo by Tristan McKenzie. Christophe Canato, portrait provided by artist. 

Image: David Attwood, Post New Robomaids, 2026. Image courtesy of artist. Photo by Aleph.