Art and Design Awards
AUT’s School of Art and Design annual awards recognise not only scholarly excellence, but also an extraordinary contribution to the school, and wider community. The awards demonstrate the School’s long-standing relationships with community and industry partners.
Head of School Dr Andrew Withell says seeing the graduating students’ work is always a highlight. “I am always so proud to see the high-quality work our students produce. This year has been tough, but the way our students and staff have adapted to a different teaching environment and changing levels of access to on campus facilities and still turned out such quality work gives me heart.
“Building a community is a central part of the work our students do, and we’re glad to have the ongoing support of our partners and sponsors. The art and design staff all look forward to seeing the mark our students will make on the world as they develop their careers.”
Head of School Awards
The Head of School awards recognise outstanding academic performance and commitment to craft across the art and design disciplines. They are the highest recognition in the student awards.
- Bachelor of Design
- Communication Design (City Campus) - Emma Melville
- Communication Design (South Campus) - Kiarna Michie
- Digital Design - Lilly Martin-Babin
- Fashion Design - Danica Sketchley
- Industrial Design - Jonathan Aquino
- Spatial Design - Eva Blok
- Textile Design - Nayesha Mulholland
- Bachelor of Visual Arts - Liam Mooney
- Marx Design Internship Award
For excellence in Branding and Communication Design
Lydia Harden Bull - Semi Permanent Award
For excellence in Publication and Typographic Design
Yamin Cook - Adam Tan Memorial Award
For resilience and creativity in Illustration
Janette Ng - BJBall Award
For Colour and Texture in Graphic Design
Liam Quang Long Nguyen - DNA Award
For excellence in UX/UI
Mia MacDonald - Adobe Creative Award
For Creative use of Software
Max Hurley
- Design Assembly Award
For excellence in Visual Communication
Lauren Blakeley - Semi Permanent Award
For resilience and creativity in Visual Communication
Holly Rigby - Manakau Studio Award
For contribution and leadership in Visual Communication
Casey Strickland - Adobe Creative Award
For Creative use of Software
Nicola Ziona Pfister - Te Ara Poutama Award
For contribution to Maori and Pasifika knowledge
Cyrus Nomani
- Digital Design Award
For outstanding achievement in Animation
Bree Greally - Digital Design Award
For outstanding achievement in Visual Effects
Paige Wilson - RocketWerkz Award
For outstanding achievement in Game Design
Brodee Scott Barlow - Digital Design Award
For outstanding achievement in Theory
Alice Wu - Adobe Creative Award
For creative use of Software
Katya Rasskazova - Staples & Loan Central Film Award
For an outstanding live action short film
Alice Wu
- Charles Parsons Award
For excellence in sustainable Fashion Design
Daria Anderson - Charles Parsons Award
For excellence in sustainable Fashion Design
Daria Anderson - Fabric Merchants Award
For excellence in Fashion Design
Caihong Jiang - Fabric Store Rookie Award
For an emerging Fashion Designer
Dawaei Guo - Eileen Keir Memorial Award
For Top Graduating Fashion Student
Mille McHardie - Adobe Creative Award
For Creative use of software
Fiona Bongartz
- Social innovation award
For excellence in social design
Phoebe Lee - Social innovation award
For excellence in social design
Alice Fisher - Sustainability award
For excellence in sustainable Industrial Design
Jonathan van Nes - Outstanding Y3 Project
For excellence in Industrial Design
Courteney Eccles - Adobe Creative Award
For Creative use of software
Hollie Riddell
- Artichoke Award
For outstanding Interior Design
Jay Choi - Outstanding Y3 Project
For excellence in Spatial Design
Allen Gao - Outstanding Y3 Project
For excellence in Spatial Design
Audry Yu - Yosop Ryoo Prize
For creative use of digital fabrication
Shehryar Memon - Adobe Creative Award
For Creative use of Software
Javani Govender
- The Ian Scrivener Award
For Excellence in Print
Aloisia Ngata - AUT Textile Design Laboratory Print Award
For outstanding graduating work in printed textiles
Ella McIntosh - AUT Textile Design Laboratory Knit Award
For outstanding graduating work in knitted textiles
Jess Hadwin - Adobe Creative Award
For Creative use of Software
Megan Hawke
- Auckland Art Gallery Award
For High Achievement
Dawn Lee - Auckland Art Gallery Award
For High Achievement
Jermaine Alhambra - Auckland Art Gallery Award
For High Achievement
Sarah Blue - Auckland Art Gallery Award
For High Achievement - Becks Ireland
- Auckland Art Gallery Award
For High Achievement
Ann-Marie Niap - Auckland Art Gallery Award
For High Achievement
Helena Tsang - Auckland Art Gallery Award
For High Achievement
Yakun Zhang - Auckland Art Gallery Award
For High Achievement
Emma Fromont - Gordon Harris Art Supplies Award
For Excellence in Art
Tony Guo - BC Collective Award
For a student working with Indigenous Aotearoa/Pasifika Contexts
Jahmeila Quarter - Adobe Creative Award
For Creative use of Software
Jennifer Sayasinh - Visual Arts Studio Award
For outstanding achievement Year 3 Studio
Aislyn Stevens - Visual Arts Studio Award
For outstanding achievement Year 3 Studio
Prudence Bowman - Visual Arts Studio Award
For outstanding achievement Year 3 Studio
Gavin Chai - Visual Arts Theory Award
For outstanding achievement in Year 3 Theory
Gabriel Ortiz - Manaakitanga Award
For an exemplary Visual Arts Year 3 student
Monique Hak
- Adobe Creative Award
For creative use of software
Monique Hyobin Park
- Master of Visual Arts
For creative use of software
Uhila Nai
See all the work by the award-winning students on the “best of” page of the virtual showcase.
https://artanddesign.aut.ac.nz/best-of
Thanks to the sponsors: Adobe, BJ Ball, Semi Permanent, Auckland Art Gallery, Design Assembly, Fabric Merchants, Rocket Werkz, The Fabric Store, Staples VR, Charles Parsons, Marx, Gordon Harris, DNA, BC Collective, Artichoke.