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 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. Notably, her portrait practice has included prominent figures such as WA Senator, Fatima Payman, Lead Singer of Camp Cope, Georgia Maq, renowned Australian Fashion Designer, Megan Ziems, and First Nations leader Luther Cora and his daughter Tayvonne.
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.
LACE SERIES
A THREAD OF HISTORY
110 x 100cm
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THE BLUE LINE
60 x 50Cm | OIL ON CANVAS
BLIND COLLECTION
60 x 50Cm | OIL ON CANVAS
DEEPER LOOK
60 x 50Cm | OIL ON CANVAS
UNVEILING no1
60 x 50Cm | OIL ON CANVAS
ROYAL
60 x 50Cm | OIL ON CANVAS
UNVEILING no2
60 x 50Cm | OIL ON CANVAS
REFORMATION
170 X 121cm
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COASTAL SERIES
GOLDEN JELLYFISH
155 x 103cm | OIL ON CANVAS
JELLYFISH
155 x 103cm | OIL ON CANVAS
TURTLE
200 x 103cm | OIL ON CANVAS
WHALE
200 x 103cm | OIL ON CANVAS
RED SERIES
LADY IN RED
123 x 91.5cm | OIL ON CANVAS
SCARLETT
123 x 91.5cm | OIL ON CANVAS
ADDITIONAL PORTRAITS
TAYVONNE CORA - GHEARRA (White Cockatoo)
90 x 140cm | OIL ON CANVAS
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Tayvonne Cora, daughter of Luther Cora, a prominent Aboriginal figure in the Gold Coast Yugambeh community.
TAYVONNE CORA - GHEARRA
110 x 72cm | OIL ON CANVAS
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LUTHER CORA - BULLAM
120 x 90cm
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Prizes
CURRENTLY ON EXHIBITION
2026 Finalist Caloundra Contemporary Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery.
2024 Evelyn Chapman Art Award Finalist (1 of 6 in Australia) S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney.
2022 Finalist Ravenswood Art Prize, NSW.
2022 Finalist BAM Art Prize, Northern NSW.
2020 Finalist for the Portia Geach Memorial Portrait Prize, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney.
2019 Winner of The Art Lovers Australia Art Prize, National.
2019 Winner, People’s Choice Award Neumann Portrait Prize.
2018 Finalist for the Portia Geach Memorial Portrait Prize, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney.
2017 Winner (painting category), The Hornsby Art Prize.
2017 Winner, People’s Choice Award Neumann Portrait Prize.
2017 Finalist for the Georges River Art Prize, Hurtsville Museum and Gallery, Hurtsville, NSW.
2017 Winner of The Clifton’s Art Prize, Brisbane.
2017 Winner of the People’s Choice Award, The Clifton’s Art Prize, Brisbane.
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.
Media
2023 Channel 9's MY WAY.
2020 Channel 7’s House Rules-High Stakes.
2019 Channel 9's The Block, The Oslo.