The Omnia Art Prize and Exhibition is one of Australia’s premier awards for contemporary art. This prestigious annual prize is open to established and emerging Australian contemporary artists across all mediums. Bringing together communities and artists across a full weekend of exhibition and events, with all artwork available for purchase.
Artist Lori Pensini has been selected as a finalist with her painting - 'Floundering Woman', Oil on linen, 110 x 110 cm

Artist Statement:: Flounder- to struggle to move or obtain footing. A dull spotted bottom dwelling flatfish. This piece explores the apprehension and fear associated with the stigma of mental illness and highlights the self empowerment assertion of ‘its ok not to be ok’. Countering Ainslie’s attractive physical self, a gasping flounder fish drapes over her head as metaphor for her internal experiences of feeling bereft - ‘’like a boat smashed on the rocks in tumultuous sea , battered, floundering’’.AB