Awards - Rick Amor Self Portrait Prize 2019

Montsalvat congratulates the winner of the Rick Amor Self Portrait Prize 2019, MICHELLE ZUCCOLO for her painting titled Augury.

The prize of $20,000 (non-acquisitive), sponsored by Rick Amor, was judged and awarded by Prudence Flint, who commented that “Michelle Zuccolo’s Augury has a striking delicacy in regard to its narrative, rendering of ‘self’ and it’s painterly space. The profile offers the viewer room to swing and move and think about the implied tensions and intensities throughout the work”.

Augury - Michelle Zuccolo

Special mentions were also given to DANIEL VUKOVLJAK for his work Self Portrait, which Prudence Flint complimented for “its candid unrelenting stare and mesmerising completeness in painting application”, along with LIZ GRIDLEY for Isolated Self, TOM PARSONS for Self Portrait with 3D printed peeled orange and BYRON COPLAND for Studio by Door Light.

The People’s Choice Award of $1000, sponsored by Montsalvat, was awarded to JENNIFER FYFE for her work Self in Studio Landscape. The prize was judged by attendees of the exhibition throughout its duration.

Self in Studio Landscape - Jennifer Fyfe

Montsalvat once again congratulates all of the 35 finalists on a wonderful exhibition:

Tom Alberts, Gregory Alexander, Tyler Arnold, Kate Beynon, Paul Borg, Max Bowden, Isobel Clement, Byron Copland, Yvette Coppersmith, Archer Davies, Mark Dober, Lisa Dottore, Graeme Drendel, Jennifer Fyfe, Liz Gridley, Tsering Hannaford, Shane Jones, Kate Kurucz, Kevin Lincoln, Terry Matassoni, Joshua McPherson, Matilda Michell, Michelle Molinari, Jim Moody, Surya Murali, Elizabeth Nelson, Anh Nguyen, Tom Parsons, Petra Reece, Peter Roccella, Jenny Rodgerson, Damien Skipper, Daniel Vukovljak, Li Zhou, and Michelle Zuccolo.