Moreton Bay Art Prize awarded to Blair Garland

Blair Garland has been named as the Moreton Bay Art Prize 2025 winner for her deeply personal and thought-provoking artwork titled Flesh and Blood (2025). 

Garland’s winning work explores themes of identity, memory and transformation through the lens of menopause. In Flesh and Blood, she repurposes bed linen, scarves, dresses and her own hair collected during her transition through menopause. These symbolic materials offer a visceral and tangible connection to Garland’s past and present self, examining ageing and womanhood with raw honesty and artistic sophistication. 

Garland said the work was part of a long-term exploration of her lived experience. 

“Throughout the last five years I have been creating a series of artworks exploring my life as a menopausal woman, reflecting on 38 years of fertility coming to an end,” she said.  

Mayor Peter Flannery said this year’s 42 shortlisted artists highlighted the scope of creative talent across the City of Moreton Bay. 

“Our Moreton Bay Art Prize recognises the outstanding artistic abilities of our local community,” Mayor Flannery said. “We’re proud to support the artists that call City of Moreton Bay home by providing the opportunity to exhibit their work, connect with new audiences and take away $10,000 in prize money.” 

Second place was awarded to Michelle Spencer for Where Did She Go? (2025) and Rachel South took out third place for Basilea (2024).