A $30,000 National acquisitive prize for a painting inspired by the Australian landscape, now in it’s 16th year. In addition, UNSW Art & Design will offer a selected artist the opportunity to create a limited edition print and a $3,000 prize sponsored by Chris Antico will be presented to the Honourable Mention recipient. Defiance Gallery will offer 2 artists the opportunity to exhibit at Mary Place Gallery in Sydney in 2019 along with a 3 week residency at the Nock Art Foundation, ‘Giverny’, in New Zealand in 2020. A $1,000 gift certificate will be presented to the Highly Commended recipient. Louisa Antico from Sofala Cottage will offer a selected artist a 1 week retreat at her beautiful guest house in Sofala NSW and we are continuing the People’s Choice Award with a $1,000 gift certificate sponsored by Fine Art Imaging.
IMPORTANT DATES FOR 2019
Submissions: OPEN
Entries Close: Sunday, 15th September, 6pm
Opening Night: 17th October, 6-8pm
WINNER PADDINGTON ART PRIZE 2018
Al Poulet, Untitled (Gully), acrylic on canvas, 174 x 150cm
EXHIBITION OF NATIONAL FINALISTS
VIEW ALL FINALIST’S WORKS HERE
HONOURABLE MENTION
Fiona Lowry, My mother’s far embrace, acrylic on canvas, 167 x 122cm $25,000
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Remnim Alexander Tayco, Evergreen, oil on board, 77 x 63cm, $2,700
UNSW ART & DESIGN PRIZE
Belem Lett, River Reflection (After Boyd), oil on aluminium composite panel, 122 x 183cm, $8,400
DEFIANCE GALLERY AWARD
Michelle Hungerford, Wood for the trees, acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 122 x 122cm, $7,500
Andre Bowen, The Grove, oil on linen, 101.5 x 136.5cm, $7,500
SOFALA COTTAGE PRIZE
Justine Muller, Dreaming of rain clouds, earth, pigments, ink, oil pastels, acrylic, oil paint on pressed cotton, 102 x 102cm, $3,800
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
Justine Muller, Dreaming of rain clouds, earth, pigments, ink, oil pastels, acrylic, oil paint on pressed cotton, 102 x 102cm, $3,800
VIEW PADDINGTON ART PRIZE FINALISTS 2018 HERE
Congratulations to the artists on being selected by the judges for the Exhibition of National Finalists. We thank the judges, Katrina Cashman, Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran and Tony Costa for giving their time and considerable expertise in judging the prize this year. The Paddington Art Prize would like to thank all the artists who participated in the prize this year.
Liam Ambrose
Sally Anderson
Susan Baird
Christian Bonett
Andre Bowen
Kate Briscoe
Annabel Butler
Susanne de Berenger
Kate Dorrough
Dongwang Fan
Aaron Fell-Fracasso
Annalisa Ferraris
Neil Frazer
Hayley Megan French
Ashley Frost
Nyaparu (William) Gardiner
Chick Gordon
Lorna Grear
Nick Hall
Belynda Henry
Michelle Hungerford
Eunjoo Jang
Nicole Kelly
Belem Lett
Steve Lopes
Cowboy Loy Pwerl
Fiona Lowry
Kiata Mason
Sian McNabney
Julian Meagher
Justine Muller
Esther Neate
Virge Nielsen
Katya Petetskaya
Charmaine Pike
Al Poulet
Bundit Puangthong
Marissa Purcel
Charmaine Pwerle
Kate Shaw
Patrick Shirvington
Dee Smart
Peter Stevens
Sally Stokes
Remnim Alexander Tayco
Rex Turnbull
Tony Twigg
Goompi Ugerabah
Ben Ward
Stuart Watters
Barbara Weir
Darren White
Robert Whitson
Alan Young
Yvonne Zago
For all enquiries please contact Marlene Antico OAM 0418 167 135.
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