Finalist - Olive Cotton Award for photographic portraiture
The 2019 Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture finalists have been selected by Guest Judge, renowned Australian photomedia artist Marian Drew. The $20,000 biennial national award will be announced at the exhibition opening to be held at Tweed Regional Gallery on Saturday 13 July at 5pm.
2019 Olive Cotton Award Finalists
Hoda Afshar
Melissa Anderson
Riste Andrievski
George Angelovski
Simon Bernhardt
Isaac Brown
Chris Budgeon
Margaret Ellen Burns
Steve Bush
Brett Canet-Gibson
Dave Carswell
Peter Cheng
Francis Cloake
Michael Corridore
Emilio Cresciani
Judith Nangala Crispin
Gerwyn Davies
Agnieszka Davis
Isaebella Doherty
Ella Dreyfus
Stephen Du Pont
Justin Ealand
Jacqueline Felstead
Steph Fuller
Douglas Gibson
Gary Grealy
Natalie Grono
Imogen Hall
Geoff Harvey
Petrina Hicks
Kalyanii Holden
Vanessa Howells
Shea Kirk
David Knight
Lisa Kurtz
Kellie Leczinksa
Jane Long
Robyn MacRae
Garrie Maguire
Paula Mahoney
Belinda Mason
Mia Mala McDonald
Andrew Merry
Mario Mirabile
Brett Moffatt
Fiona Morris
Cameron Neville
Tyrone Ormsby
Judith Parrott
Ilana Payes
Martine Perret
Viki Petherbridge
Clare Rae
Sissy Reyes
Renate Rienmueller
Allison Rose
Annette Ruzicka
Karl Schwerdtfeger
Robert Scott-Mitchell
Sam Scoufos
Krystal Seigerman
Russell Shakespeare
Damien Shen
Stephanie Simcox
Jeremy Simons
Chris Sinclair
Grant Smith
Lisa Sorgini
Marc STapelberg
David Stefanoff
Tristan Still
Jacqui Stockdale
Darren Tan
Nathan Stolz
Cyrus Tang
Craig Tuffin
Greg Weight
Tamara Whyte
Yiorgos Zafiriou
Anne Zahalka
Olive Cotton Award
The Olive Cotton Award for photographic portraiture is a $20,000 biennial national award for excellence in photographic portraiture dedicated to the memory of photographer Olive Cotton. The winning work is acquired for the Gallery’s Collection. The exhibition is selected from entrants across Australia and is a significant opportunity for photographers living and working in Australia. Entries are now open for the 2019 exhibition to be shown from Friday 12 July to Sunday 22 September.
The award was launched in 2005, and is funded by Olive Cotton’s family and dedicated to her memory as one of Australia’s leading twentieth century photographers. The Award has grown and gained national recognition attracting entries from well-known and emerging photographers across Australia. The award boasts a major acquisitive biennial prize of $20,000, selected by the Award judge. In addition, the Friends of the Tweed Regional Gallery and Margaret Olley Art Centre Inc. fund $4000 for the acquisition of portraits from the exhibition entries to be chosen by the Gallery Director. Visitors to the exhibition may also vote for their 'people’s choice', which awards $250 for to the most popular finalist.
The Gallery thanks art dealer Josef Lebovic and photographer Sally McInerney, Olive Cotton’s daughter, for their ongoing support of the Award and also the Friends of the Gallery committee for their contributions, both financial and practical, to the Award and public program events. We also thank the many volunteers who assist with the huge task of receiving and despatching artworks and many other facets of the Prize organisation.