Updated August 30, 2017 21:03:21

A multimedia artwork based on family and sport has been awarded the major prize at the South Australian Living Artists Festival (SALA).

Adelaide-based Trent Parke and Narelle Autio were recognised at an event at Government House in Adelaide for their work The Summation of Force.

It can be viewed at the Samstag Art Gallery at the University of South Australia on North Terrace in the CBD.

Emerging photographer Alice Blanch won the Atkins Photographic Award for her ethereal landscape A Shifting Stillness.

Photo: This shows part of A Shifting Stillness, an artwork by Alice Blanch. (Supplied: SALA Festival)

In all, 20 emerging and established South Australian artists won prizes across nine categories recognising their achievements.

SALA Festival director Penny Griggs said it was hard work for the judges because of the very high standard of entries this year.

"We received nearly 300 entries from artists of all backgrounds and art forms from right across South Australia, showing the incredible breadth of art-making we have in this state," she said.

The month-long festival is heading into its final day, the 20th year local art has been celebrated and put on show at venues across SA.

Topics: visual-art, arts-and-entertainment, adelaide-5000, sa

First posted August 30, 2017 20:27:41