Montsalvat is proud to present the Rick Amor Self Portrait Prize 2019 sponsored by prominent Australian artist, Rick Amor.
Augury - Michelle Zuccolo
Opened on Thursday 14th of November, the prize of $20,000 (non-acquisitive) was awarded by judge Prudence Flint to Michelle Zuccolo’s self-portrait titled Augury.
Prudence noted of the work “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”.
Special mentions were also noted to Daniel Vukovljak’s work for its candid unrelenting stare and mesmerising completeness in painting application and Liz Gridley, Tom Parsons and Byron Copland.
Self Portrait - Daniel Vukovljak
Isolated Self - Liz Gridley
Self Portrait with 3D printed peeled orange - Tom Parsons
Studio by Door Light - Byron Copland
Montsalvat extends a huge congratulations to all of the finalists involved in the exhibition and thanks to Australian lawyer, author, human rights and refugee advocate Julian Burnside QC AO for opening the exhibition and announcing the winner and Prudence Flint for judging the award.
This year a record number of over 250 works were submitted from across Australia and overseas. From these entries, the following 35 finalists were selected.
Congratulations to:
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
Michelle Zuccolo
Yet to be awarded is the People’s Choice Award of $1000 sponsored by Montsalvat, which will be presented at the closing of the exhibition. Voting is open to all attendees throughout the duration of the exhibition.
Exhibition Dates: November 14 2019 - January 26 2020.
