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South Australian artist Ida Sophia has won the lucrative Ramsay Art Prize.
Key points:
- The $100,000 Ramsay Art Prize is awarded every two years
- South Australian artist Ida Sophia is the 2023 winner
- It is the biggest prize for artists under 40
The 33-year-old was picked by a panel of national and international judges for her performance-based video work Witness, which depicts her being repeatedly submerged in water.
The video was shot in a single take at The Pool of Siloam in Beachport, on South Australia’s Limestone Coast, and was influenced by her childhood experience of seeing her father’s…
