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Jeska Valk is an Award Winning Contemporary Artist, building a strong national profile through a consistent record of prestigious awards, finalist placements, and media recognition.

Her practice is further distinguished by significant media exposure and publications, with features across leading art and design magazines such as, Grand Designs Australia, and appearances on major television programs such as, Channel 9’s MY WAY, cementing her reputation as a dynamic and influential voice in the Australian art landscape. Her work has been celebrated with major wins and multiple People’s Choice Awards, alongside painting category victories and national prizes in Brisbane and Sydney.

Jeska has repeatedly been selected as a finalist in some of Australia’s most respected competitions, such as the Portia Geach Memorial Portrait Prize, the Evelyn Chapman Art Award and Ravenswood Art Prize, reflecting both critical acclaim and sustained excellence. These sitters included prominent figures such as WA Senator, Fatima Payman, Activist and Lead Singer of Camp Cope, Georgia Maq, renowned Australian Fashion Designer, Megan Ziems, and First Nations leader Luther Cora and his daughter Tayvonne.

LACE

A woman with a lace veil covering her eyes against a patterned background.

Blind II

60 x 50Cm | Oil on canvas

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WINNER People’s Choice Award, Neumann Portrait Prize

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Delicate Breath

100 x 100cm | Oil on black gesso canvas

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The Blue Line

60 x 50Cm | Oil on canvas

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Composure Through Conduction

Size 91.5 x 123cm | Oil on canvas

A woman wearing intricate white lace covering her eyes and neck.

Royal

60 x 50Cm | Oil on canvas

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Reformation II

91.5 x 122cm | Oil on canvas

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Prizes

2026 Finalist Redland Art Prize, Redland Art Gallery, Qld

2026 Finalist Noosa Art Prize, The J Gallery, Noosa Heads

2026 Winner People's Choice Award, Caloundra Contemporary Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery.

2024 Finalist (1 of 6 in Australia) Evelyn Chapman Art Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney.

2022 Finalist Ravenswood Art Prize, NSW.

2022 Finalist BAM Art Prize, Northern NSW.

2020 Finalist Portia Geach Memorial Portrait Prize, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney.

2019 Winner The Art Lovers Australia Art Prize, National.

2019 Winner People’s Choice Award Neumann Portrait Prize.

2018 Finalist Portia Geach Memorial Portrait Prize, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney.

2017 Winner The Hornsby Art Prize.

2017 Winner People’s Choice Award Neumann Portrait Prize.

2017 Finalist Georges River Art Prize, Hurtsville Museum and Gallery, Hurtsville, NSW.

2017 Winner The Clifton’s Art Prize, Brisbane.

2017 Winner People’s Choice Award, The Clifton’s Art Prize, Brisbane.

Media

2023 Channel 9's MY WAY.

2020 Channel 7’s House Rules-High Stakes.

2019 Channel 9's The Block, The Oslo.

Publications

2022 Grand Design Australia, In Profile, Iss. 10.5.

2020 Cover Image, Portia Magazine, Victorian Women Lawyers.

2020 Epilepsy Queensland, Feature Article.

2020 Blank Magazine, ‘House Rules: High Stakes Features Local Artist Jeska Valk’.

2019 Feature article, Art/Edit Magazine, ‘Dream Living’, Vol.21 p32.

2018 Feature article and cover, Blank Magazine, ‘The Art Loving Journey of Jeska Valk’.

2018 Art/Edit Magazine, ‘Art Attack’, issue 18 p143.

2017 Semi-Permanent Book, Semi-Permanent, Sydney, NSW.