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HSG congratulates its artists who have each been successfully nominated as Finalists in three prestigious national art prizes.
Thom Buchanan, Dan Withey, Laura Wills
The Whyalla Art Prize, established in 1972 by the Whyalla Arts Council, to promote regional emerging artists, the prize has flourished and developed into a significant award and is seen as an important exhibition of contemporary arts in Australia. The Whyalla Art Prize is a biennial prize open to all Australian residents for 2 dimensional artwork in any medium other than photography and for the first time in 2015 moving image works.
Josh Miels
Black Swan Prize, one of Australia's richest Portraiture prizes, featuring the $50,000 Lester Group 1st prize. Showcasing and promoting Australia's top artists.
Thom Buchanan
Sunshine Coast Art Prize celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2015. Council partnered with visual art awards across the Sunshine Coast, Queensland to promote a region-wide celebration of visual art with combined prizes valued at over $125,000 across a variety of mediums both traditional and contemporary. Mediums include painting, sculpture, public art, photography, new media (including projections, animation, street art, digital photography, videography and more).
'In-Flight'
(detail shown)
Oil on Board
40 cm x 80 cm
View Dan Withey's available works.
'Floodlands' 2015
(detail shown)
Pastel and digital print on archival paper
180 x 70 cm
'Monument'
oil and acrylic on canvas
106 cm x 90 cm
View Thom Buchanan's available works.
'Mr Big'
oil on canvas
160 x 130 cm
View Josh Miels' available works on HSG website.
'Encapsulate'
acrylic and oil on canvas
120 cm x 120 cm
View Thom Buchanan's available works.
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The 'alternative' selection from hundreds of entries to the Archibald and Wynne Prizes. Each year guest selectors go behind the scenes of the Art Gallery of New South Wales to select the exhibtion. The Salon has an excellent reputation and the criteria for works selected are quality, diversity, humour and experimentation and cover themes such as contemporary art practices, different approaches to portraiture and artist's responses to the landscape.
Adelaide artist Stephen Trebilcock has been selected this year to hang in the Salon de Refuses with his oil on canvas painting "Red Kangaroo Paw" (detail shown), 120 cm x 150 cm.
To enquire about or view other works by Stephen Trebilcock:
HSG stockroom: http://www.hillsmithgallery.com.au/artists/stephen-trebilcock
Stephen will also be participating in a Still Life Exhibition in the Main Gallery at HSG from 13 - 29 August 2015
Melbourne based Shannon Smiley, who has exhibited in 2011, 2012 (Melbourne Art Fair) & 2013 with HSG has also been selected to hang in the Salon de Refuses for his work titled "Backway, Heidelberg" (details shown) 148 cm x 196 cm, oil on canvas.