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Pre-selected artists announced for $25,000 Whyalla Art Prize
21st September 2009
Eyre Peninsula
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Whyalla Art Prize 2009
From over 400 entries entered in this year’s $25,000 Whyalla Art Prize, 52 works have been shortlisted to win one of the richest awards for contemporary art in any theme in Australia.
Artist from around Australia entered the prestigious award including Paul Ryan from New South Wales, Mark McCarthy from Victoria, Lucy Ward and Geoff Overheu from Western Australia and South Australian artists Pamela Kouwenhoven and Lise Temple.
This year’s works were judged by a panel of three judges, Peter Walker, Elizabeth Raupach and Steven Carson. Peter Walker specializes in the sale of early Australian paintings and items of historical interest as well as contemporary art, with clients including major regional and state galleries, libraries and private collectors from around Australia and overseas.
Elizabeth Raupach OAM has worked for many years in arts training and was Executive Director of the Helpmann Academy, an organization that supports the activities of the tertiary visual and performing arts schools of South Australia. In 2008 she was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for services to arts education, administration and training.
Steven Carson won 2007 City of Whyalla Art Prize with his work I Never Learned to Paint – Matchstick Version. He is the Studio Head – Sculpture and Installation at the School of Art at the University of South Australia and has exhibited in galleries in Adelaide, Melbourne, Queensland and Tasmania.
City of Whyalla Art Prize Coordinator, Ms Merilyn Cox says the calibre of this year’s entries has been outstanding.
“This year’s City of Whyalla Art Prize features a fantastic mix of works from indigenous and abstract to landscape and contemporary works. I look forward to seeing who will be announced as this year’s winner. If you have a chance to see the exhibition, I encourage you to take the time and see the superb works on offer from artists around the country,” she said.
Long established as a major regional art award, attracting entries from artists nationwide, the winner of the $25,000 City of Whyalla Art Prize will be announced on Friday 16 October 2009 at the Middleback Theatre in Whyalla.
Also announced on the night will be the 2009 Country Arts SA Most Promising Young SA Artist 18-26 years of age, with a prize of $1500 and the 2009 OneSteel Most Promising Young SA Artist 17 years of age and under with prize of $500.
In 1972, the Whyalla Art Prize was established by the Whyalla Arts Council. Originally designed to promote regional emerging artists, the prize has flourished and developed into a significant award and is seen as an important exhibition of contemporary art in Australia.
The shortlisted artworks for the City of Whyalla Art Prize will be exhibited at the Middleback Theatre Foyer Gallery in Whyalla until 13 November 2009. Whyalla is one of the largest regional centres in South Australia. With a proud industrial history, the community enjoys its unique location, a place where the ‘Outback meets the Sea’.
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Media enquires contact Country Arts SA’s Marketing Officer, Simone Hawkins 8444 0417 or 0423 828 035 or simone.hawkins@countryarts.org.au
Images: Joe Felber, Lise Temple and Josie Kunoth.
Pre-selected artists for 2009 City of Whyalla Art Prize
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Joe Felber, Mile End
Michelle Kelly, Mile End
Andrew Baines, Grange
Trena Everuss, Heathfield
Prudence Little, North Adelaide
Richard Maurovic, Hyde Park
Michael Linscott, Parkside
Sum Woon Chow, St Agnes
Chelsea Lehmann, North Adelaide
Robert Habel, North Adelaide
Gavan Chard, Largs Bay
Todd Romanowycz, Elliston
Ian Abdulla, Magill
Thomas Buchanan, Mitchell Park
Lise Temple, Riverton
James Dodd, Mile End
Morgan Allender, Oakbank
Chris De Rosa, Port Elliott
Pamela Kouwenhoven, Mount Barker
Ilona Glastonbury, Tanunda
Joanna Matchrowska, Nailsworth
Jenny Watson, Kent Town
VICTORIA
Wendy Stavrianos, Ravenswood South
Amanda Van Gils, Doncaster East
Matthew Quick, Collingwood
Ashlee Laing, Brunswick West
Carolyn Goldberg, Cowes
Magda Cebokli, West Melbourne
Lachlan Petras, Elwood
Mateja Simenko, Thornbury
Mark McCarthy, Balwyn North
Lianne Gough, Geelong West
Kristin McIver, Abbotsford
Glen Clarke, Toongabbie
Susan Wirth, Greensborough
Kate Bergin, Bendigo
NEW SOUTH WALES
Craig Waddell, Redfern
Marc Standing, Potts Point
Phillip Drummond, Laguna
Paul Ryan, Thirroul
William Lungas, Kings Cross
Mitchell Kelly, Ryde
Megan Seres, Hazelbrook
QUEENSLAND
Anthony Lister, Mitchelton
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Felicity Sivewright, Beaconsfield
Lucy Ward, Subiaco
Gladdy Kemarre, Subiaco
Josie Kunoth, Subiaco
Geoff Overhue, Gingin
Tony Windberg, Northcliffe
ACT
Stephanie Haygarth, Ainslie
TASMANIA
Neil Haddon, West Hobart
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