6.15am Sunday 21 March 2010

Hutchins' Art Prize

The Hutchins Art Prize is an acquisitive award for works on paper. Artists throughout Australasia may enter. Total prize money in 2009 was AU$18,000.00, underwritten by The Hutchins Foundation.

2009 was the eleventh year of Hutchins Art Prize. Its continued growth from humble beginnings has been most rewarding. Since its inception in 1997, the Hutchins Art Prize has grown in stature and has become recognised as one of the leading awards of its genre in Australia. A dramatic increase in entries has occurred over the years.

The 2009 Hutchins Art Prize was the second to be staged as a biennial award.  The change to a two year format has allowed greater prize money to be offered whilst expanding the competition's national profile. The next Hutchins Art Prize year will be 2011 and information will be posted on this web page closer to the Hutchins Art Prize being launched for 2011.

From the numerous entries received, the judging panel of five, select approximately sixty works which are then presented in The Finalists’ Exhibition. From the Finalists, the Judges select a winner, who receives $15,000.00, and a runner-up who receives $2,000.00. There is an award of $500.00 for students enrolled in a recognised art school and a People's Choice Award of $500.00.

The Finalists’ Exhibition is held at The Long Gallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart.This is a show of national significance, giving art lovers and students a unique opportunity to view work by many of Australia’s leading established and emerging artists.

A prime objective of the Hutchins Art Prize is to highlight the commitment of The Hutchins School to fostering cultural activities for its students. Students are encouraged to take a close interest in the exhibition, and parents and the wider community are presented with a broader prospective of the School.

History

2009 Winner ($15,000, acquisitive)
The Hutchins Art Prize
Milan Milotevic (Tasmania)  
  Runners-up    
  Hillross Financial Services Award ($2,000) Fiona Cabassi (Victoria)  
  Artery Student Award ($500) Yvonne Rees-Pagh (Tasmania)  
       
2007 Winner ($15,000) Michael Schlitz  
  Runners-up    
  Hillross Financial Services Award ($2,000) Annita Furey  
  Artery Student Award ($500) Alexi Keywan  
       
2005 Winner ($8,000) Gosia Wlodarczak Subtitles
  Runners-up    
  Avery Partners Award ($1,000) Milan Milojevic Bird tree frieze
  Hutchins Foundation Award ($1,000) Helen Wright Nobody knows anything
  Artery Student Award ($500) Sanja Pahoki Self-portrait 2002
  Road Runners People’s Choice Award ($500) Cherry Hood Quillan 2004
       
2004 Winner Megan Keating Ride of the Valkyries
  Runners-up    
  The Luke Wagner Framemakers Award Yvonne Boag Aboji
  The Henry Jones Art Hotel Award Gosia Wlodarczak South East Corner
       
2003 Winner Daniel Moynihan Celtic Tool Tiger
  Judges’ Selections  Franz Ehmann Speech Grill
    Kerry Gregan Redbill
    Anna Hoyle Neojumbucks #6
    Ron McBurnie Kevin Connor's Studio
  Student Award Rebecca Stevens How to build a ferro-cement boat
  People’s Choice   Anna Hoyle Neojumbucks #6
       
2002 Winner Ian Friend For JHP #6
  Judges’ Selections Marion Borgelt Bloodlight Stack: 32 Leaves Figure B
    Meg Buchanan Night Prose (unique state)
    Milan Milojevic Portrait with a View
    Daniel Moynihan Wickerman (Men of Ireland)
    Stephen Spurrier B is for Barcelona
  Student Award Not awarded  
  People’s Choice   Simone Pfister Secret Garden of Insects
       
2001 Winner Christopher Hodges Zen
  Judges’ Selections Tim Burns Judd’s Creek
    Filomena Coppola Pulse
    Ian Friend Prone and speechless dialect #1
    Milan Milojevic Two worlds collide
    Geoffrey Ricardo Love Street
  Student Award Not awarded  
  People’s Choice Diane Perndt Maria island – a visual journal
       
2000 Winner Stephen Spurrier The book of first aid and how to use it
  Judges’ Selections Alexis Beckett Mute
    Wayne Crowthers The Sea of Quiescence
    Ian Friend  Metaphysics, Set #2
    Milan Milojevic Index of Possibilities
    Marzena Wasikowska Untitled (I left Poland)
  Student Award Justin Caleo Gravity
       
1999 Winner Glen Clarke Enigma and melancholy #7
  Judges’ Selections Marian Crawford Dear Mother Father / A gift for you
    Nick Devlin Untitled (Tableaux) 1999
    Lesley Duxbury Drift
    Anne Macdonald Petals
    Julia Powles Imagining the Sublime
  Student Award Stephen Cramb Into the Abyss and Back
       
1998 Winner Jaqui Stockdale The Handmaid’s Tale
  Judges’ Selections Gordon Bennett Notes to Basquiat
    Yvonne Boag Untitled
    Franz Ehmann Culture of forgetfulness
    Martin King Book of Lands
    Milan Milojevic Homage a Borges
       
1997 Winner Rod Stennard Laseman’s Sleep
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