Natasha Walsh has won the 2018 Mosman Art Prize Major Prize, Australia’s oldest and most recognised local government art award, for her self-portrait The cicada (2018).
Walsh is best known for her small-scale self portraits, having previously won the Mosman Youth Art Prize and featuring as a regular finalist in the Archibald. This win will be the 24-year-old artist’s most prestigious achievement, receiving $50,000 and her work entering the celebrated Mosman Art Collection.