3 September 2020
An interview with Juz Kitson has been featured in the Sept-Oct edition of Artguide. Writer Tiarney Miekus discusses Kitson’s installation-based works, how they are developed and the themes driving the artist’s practice. Touching on her current exhibition, Kitson notes, “My latest exhibition, The Future is your Ocean Oyster, reveals a…
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27 August 2020
Congratulations to Monica Rohan who is a finalist in the 2020 Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize in Landscape Painting with her work ‘A bit much’. This non-acquisitive prize celebrates excellence and innovation in the watercolour medium and boasts a major prize of $20,000. Shortlisted finalists will have their entries exhibited…
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20 August 2020
Congratulations to Heidi Yardley and Marina Strocchi who have been both announced as finalists in the 2020 National Works on Paper Prize. Heidi Yardley entered ‘Strangers to ourselves’ and Marina Strocchi ‘The Escarpment – Kangaroo Valley V’. With a long history, this prize attracts leading artists from across Australia working…
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30 June 2020
Monica Rohan’s 2016 work, ‘Head up shoulders back’, is featured in a new exhibition, Redland Art Awards: Works Acquired 2006 – 2018, at Redland Art Gallery. During the recent temporary closure of the Redland Art Gallery, this year’s awards were unfortunately cancelled. But with the gallery having now re-opened, Redland Art…
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30 June 2020
Jan Murphy Gallery is pleased to announce Jacqueline Hennessy as the newest addition to the protégé program. The Sydney-based artist references photographic images of her own body to create paintings of ghostly, female figures. Produced through a dedicated process of applying layer upon layer of sepia-toned paint, Hennessy creates a…
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30 June 2020
Juz Kitson recently participated in the NAS Art Forum series. Art Forum is a weekly lecture program where invited guests present talks on their curatorial, artistic and research projects to all members of the National Art School staff and student communities. Kitson’s work was also recently featured and profiled in…
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16 April 2020
Congratulations to Adam Pyett and A.J. Taylor who have been announced as finalists in the 2020 John Leslie Art Prize. The John Leslie Prize is a biennial award for landscape painting with a top prize of $20,000. The winning artwork will be acquired for the Gippsland Art Gallery’s permanent collection.
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1 April 2020
Congratulations to Heidi Yardley who has been shortlisted as a finalist in the 2020 Percival Portrait Painting Prize with her work Gareth Sansom – Grand Guignol. Yardley’s portrait of fellow artist, Gareth Sansom, was also a finalist in the 2019 Doug Moran National Prize. Established in 2007, The Percival Portrait…
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19 March 2020
Following on from the Gallery’s successful participation in the inaugural Art Basel Online Viewing Rooms we are proud to be showing an exhibition of new work by Tjala artists, Sylvia Kanytjupai Ken, Tjungkara Ken and the Ken Sisters Collaborative. This exhibition will be launched online on 21 April, with works…
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6 March 2020
Protégé artist Louise Tate was recently shortlisted for the Hopper Prize. The U.S. based Hopper Prize is an online-only award open to artists from around the world. Tate’s portfolio submission was shortlisted for the Fall 2020 round and is now viewable online. The Hopper Prize Fall 2020 To…
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6 March 2020
Gerwyn Davies and Marina Strocchi have been announced as finalists in the 2020 Alice Prize – National Contemporary Art Award with their works ‘Adonis’ and ‘Blue Drawing’. The Alice Prize is an acquisitive national contemporary art prize open to artists from around Australia working in any medium. Boasting a top prize…
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20 February 2020
Natasha Bieniek was recently featured in an article by Andrew Stephens in The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. The article explores Bieniek’s dedication to miniature painting and sheds light on the artist’s unique approach to bringing this tradition into the present. To read the article, please click here. …
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20 February 2020
We are excited to announce that Natasha Bieniek is a finalist in the inaugural 2020 Darling Portrait Prize, the National Portrait Gallery’s new annual prize for painting. The winner of the $75,000 Darling Portrait Prize will be announced on 5 March, with the finalists going on show to the public…
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13 February 2020
Jan Murphy Gallery is excited to present Phony Games, the new online exhibition by Melbourne-based artist, Claudia Greathead. In this new series of paintings, the artist continues her engagement with dreamlike imagery and ambiguous forms. Greathead makes work to process trauma and thought. Each painting is a product of trying…
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11 February 2020
Monica Rohan will be featured in the upcoming issue of Beautiful Bizarre Magazine. Rohan had a busy year in 2019, producing work for two sell-out exhibitions at Sydney Contemporary and Jan Murphy Gallery. Written by Kim Crowie, the article will be featured in issue 28 (March). For more information…
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