Source: IHC
14 August 2024 – Hamilton artist Julian Godfery says it felt great to win the 2025 IHC Art Awards Forté Recruitment People’s Choice Award with his striking work The Jaguar.
The Jaguar was a clear crowd favourite, earning 3,085 votes out of a total 9,480 cast by the public for this year’s 30 finalists.
It’s not Julian’s first win. He also claimed the same award in 2017 with his piece Invisible Magic.
Julian says his mother, artist Jane Galloway, is an inspiration to him and this particular work was sparked by a nature documentary he saw on TV.
He does his detailed pen-and-ink creations at home, the Enrich+ day base and at Jane’s Raglan studio.
His work has been exhibited at galleries around the North Island.
Art isn’t his only creative outlet and he’s also part of a band. “I play drums in Robert Mullen Junior and Fri
