Jess Scully is an elected Councillor for the City of Sydney, part of the Clover Moore Independent Team. In her day job, she is a curator who uses creativity to engage communities in the knowledge economy. She was the founding curator of Vivid Ideas, Australia’s largest creative industries event, and has previously worked as a policy advisor, public art curator, radio host and magazine editor.

Tristan is a Sydney-based printmaker, curator and arts manager. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts majoring in Printmaking from the National Arts School and a Masters of Arts Administration from UNSW Art & Design. Tristan has worked as a printmaker for leading Australian artists at Whaling Road Studio and currently holds the title of Visual Artist Manager & John Fries Award Producer at Copyright Agency|Viscopy

Beginning his artist career as a stencil artist in the early 2000’s in Melbourne, Australia, before expanding into other styles of painting. Rone is one of Australia’s most prolific muralists and street artists. Previous judges of the Stencil Art Prize have included Ha Ha, Vexta, Phibs and E.L.K to name a few. Check out Rone here.

Ralph has been involved in the art world for 25 years as a dealer, artist, teacher and writer. He is a founding owner of Nanda\Hobbs Contemporary (formally Art Equity) which represents some of Australia’s most dynamic mid-career artists. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Art, a Diploma of Education and a Masters in Fine Art and Design and is a licensed fine art valuer.

Phibs is one of the most respected and renowned names in Australian Graffiti/Street Art. His public artworks are prolific in Melbourne & Sydney and are far-flung across the globe. He has painted so many walls around Fitzroy, an inner suburb of Melbourne, that it has affectionately become known by locals as ‘Phibsroy’. Now based in Sydney, Phibs continues to exhibit interstate and internationally in galleries, on walls and at various festivals.

Simone graduated with Fine Arts at the University of Newcastle (Australia), majoring in Printmaking. As well as pursuing her own practice, Simone founded Street Art Walking in 2011. The project has roots in creative placemaking and has seen over 20 site-specific street art interventions across the city, ranging from traditional murals to legal flypostering. This work has been written about worldwide and has seen Simone invited to join the Project for Public Spaces Placemaking Leadership Council.

Poncho Army has been a Stencil Art Prize finalist for the past 5 years. Her current work combines illustration, stencil art and water-based screen prints. Â As well as creating and exhibiting her own artworks, she books regular art shows for Bitter Phew in Sydney. Poncho Army owns and operates Anchors Aweigh Art Studio, an urban and contemporary workshop space, design house and art/graff supply store in Wollongong, Australia.

Eddie Zammit is the founder of T-World which is the only printed journal dedicated to T-shirt culture globally. He carries with him almost twenty years of education and experience in the creative industry. Having presided as a partner and Creative Director of his own former design agency for thirteen years, Eddie estimates the number of magazines he has art directed to be 500+.

Penelope is an artist, curator and arts manager. She holds a BA in Visual Arts, MArtAdmin, Grad Dip in Arts Mgmt and is a current MFA candidate at COFA, she also currently manages the COFA Dept of UNSW’s student organisation, Penelope completed a two-year directorship at Firstdraft Gallery, is one of the founders and co-owner/Directors of The Red Rattler Theatre, Sydney’s first legally licensed non-profit, volunteer-run warehouse for artists and activists. Penelope was joint Artistic Director for Art Month Sydney in 2013.

Miss Link is an Australian stencil artist who won the inaugural 2009 Australian Stencil Art Prize. She has a background in graphic design and a lifetime of visual expression in various media. Stencil work has become her favoured choice; she enjoys the reference to pre-digital graphic reproduction in which she apprenticed after leaving school. Miss link has exhibited in various galleries and group shows across Australia.

Julian Edwards is an art consultant, he directs JE Art Consultants which is a fine art sales and consultancy service. Over the last ten years, Julian has been selling art and providing consultancy advice to both private and commercial clients. He has a deep knowledge of Contemporary, Modern, Abstract, Photography, Landscape and Aboriginal Art and works with Australian and international artists.