June 18, 2024
Congratulations to Keith Burt and Mark Tweedie who have been announced as finalists in the National Portrait Gallery’s Darling Portrait Prize 2024. The Darling Portrait Prize is awarded every two years to an Australian portrait painter, in tribute to Mr L Gordon Darling AC CMG. The prize offers a platform…
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July 1, 2022
Congratulations to Gerwyn Davies and Mark Tweedie who are finalists in the Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2022. Now in its 17th year, this acquisitive award attracts entries from around Australia with this year’s prize including 40 shortlisted finalists. The winner will be announced at 7 October. Sunshine Coast Art Prize…
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July 17, 2021
Congratulations to Mark Tweedie who has been announced as a finalist in the 2021 Kilgour Prize with his beautiful work ‘For now that I am old’. The Kilgour Prize champions innovation in the field of portrait and figurative painting and awards a major prize of $50,000. The winner will be…
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November 12, 2020
Protégé artist, Mark Tweedie, is a finalist in the 2020 John Stringer Prize with his work ‘One is the loneliest number (Misery Beach)’. Established in 2015 in honour of the late John Stringer, this award commissions six artists to create new work from which the winning artist will be determined by…
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November 14, 2019
An interview with Protégé artist Mark Tweedie has been featured in issue 28 of Vault Magazine. Writer Jane O’Sullivan’s article discusses Tweedie’s studio process and focus on themes connected to memory, nostalgia and personal experience. The artist also delves into his recent achievements being awarded Highly Commended for his haunting work, ‘A…
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August 30, 2019
Congratulations to Mark Tweedie who has been awarded a Highly Commended at the Sunshine Coast Art Prize with his work ‘A dream like this is hard to wake from’. The artist has had a busy few months having recently presented his work in the online show, ‘I Remember You’ at…
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June 22, 2019
I Remember You is a new online exhibition by Protégé artist, Mark Tweedie. Presenting a series of meticulously rendered small-scale oil paintings, the artist has focused on capturing childhood as an inimitable period of innocence and freedom. As described by Tweedie, “the works celebrate this precious and carefree initial stage…
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May 15, 2019
Congratulations to Protégé artists, Mark Tweedie and Gerwyn Davies, who have been announced as finalists in this year’s Sunshine Coast Art Prize. Tweedie entered a painting, ‘A dream like this is hard to wake from #2′ and Davies is a finalist with his photographic work ‘Sir Joh Heslop’. This year’s…
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March 20, 2019
Protégé artist, Mark Tweedie, is included in Marriage, Love + Law at Penrith Regional Gallery. Marriage, Love + Law is a group exhibition developed from the NSW State Archives and explores the laws and attitudes that have shaped marriage in Australia. Marriage, Love + Law 30 March – 16…
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February 20, 2018
We are excited to announce the launch of the Protégé Page on our website. Protégé extends representation to a selected number of young and emerging artists on the basis of their achievements and the potential in their developing practices. The Protégé list is fluid, so please visit…
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