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Each year an external Judge is invited to evaluate all of the year's Art Awards entries. These are the previous Judges for the Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards.
2023 - Judge: Sarah Johnson, Senior Curator of QANTAS Founders Museum
2022 - Judge: Karina Devine, Director Warwick Art Gallery
2021 - Judge: Tracy Cooper-Lavery, Director Gallery & Visual Arts at HOTA Home of the Arts Gold Coast
2020 - Judge: Sue Smith, Art Collection Manager, CQUniversity Australia
2019 -Judge: Simon Elliott, Deputy Director, Curatorial and Exhibitions, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art
2018 - Judge: Kevin Wilson, Curator, QUT Art Museum
2017 - Judge: Patricia (Pat) Hoffie, Professor Emeritus, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University
2016 - Judge: Jason Smith, Director, Geelong Gallery
2015 - Judge: Simon Wright, Assistant Director (Learning + Public Engagement), Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAG|GOMA)
2014 - Judge: Marian Drew, Associate Professor, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University
2013 - Judge: Julie Ewington, Head of Australian Art, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAG|GOMA)
2012 - Judge: Dr Miranda Wallace, Curatorial Manager of International Art, Exhibitions and Research, Queensland Art Gallery (QAG)
2011 - Judge: Dr Campbell Gray, Director, University of Queensland (UQ) Art Museum
2010 - Judge: Michele Helmrich, Acting Director/Art Museum Curator, University of Queensland (UQ) Art Museum
2009 - Judge: David Williams, AM, Previous Emeritus Professor, Research School of Humanities, Australian National University (ANU)
2008 - Judge: Nick Mitzevich, Director, University of Queensland (UQ) Art Museum
2007 - Judge: Rebekah Butler, Executive Director, Museum and Gallery Services Queensland (M&GSQ)