We congratulate Megan Cope on being awarded the inaugural Helen O’Sullivan Artist Fellowship by the Sheila Foundation. The $25,000 fellowship supports contemporary women artists at a critical stage in their careers, helping fund the development, presentation and documentation of new work at a contemporary art space within the Contemporary Art Organisations Australia (CAOA) network.
The fellowship will support Cope’s ambitious new project, Tides that Bind, which will be developed with and presented at Gertrude Contemporary in August 2027.
The project extends Cope’s ongoing exploration of Indigenous knowledge systems, ecological care and custodial responsibility. Focusing on the waterways of the Kulin Nation and native flat oyster (Ostrea angasi) reefs in Port Phillip Bay, the project will involve collaboration with local marine ecology groups.
More information is available here.
