Looking for a likeness
22 February 2019
Olive Cotton Award for photographic portraiture open for entries
Entries are open for the prestigious Olive Cotton Award for photographic portraiture, held biennially at Tweed Regional Gallery.
Entries are welcomed from photographers resident in Australia, and seeks new portraits by professional and emerging artists.
Gallery Director Susi Muddiman OAM said the prestigious Award is acquisitive, and allows some striking and memorable portraits to enter Tweed Regional Gallery's collection of Australian portraits.
“The major award of $20,000 is generously funded by the family of the late Olive Cotton, one of Australia's leading 20th Century photographers,” Ms Muddiiman said.
The Friends of Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre Inc. sponsor additional acquisitions through the Directors' Choice awards to the value of $4,000.
The 2019 Award judge is Marian Drew, an Adjunct Associate Professor at Queensland College of Art. Marian is one of Australia's most influential and significant photo-media artists with a practice spanning more than 20 years.
Marian Drew has held over 40 solo shows and numerous group shows in Australia and internationally. Her work is held in collections that include the John Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Museum of Photographic Art, San Diego, National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of South Australia, Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland, Murdoch University and University of Queensland.
Visitors to the exhibition can cast their own vote in the People's Choice Award for the duration of the exhibition. The exhibitor with the most votes receives $250, donated by the Friends of the Gallery.
Entries for the Olive Cotton Award close at midnight on Friday 3 May. The finalists will be on exhibition from 12 July to 22 September 2019.
Entry and further information is online at www.trybooking.com/BAKBQ
Downloads
Photo 1(JPG, 94KB)
Caption: A finalist in the 2017 Olive Cotton Award, James Brickwood British Comedian Bill Bailey 2016 type C print.
Photo 2(JPG, 185KB)
Caption: A finalist in the 2017 Olive Cotton Award, Brett Canet-Gibson Trevor Jamieson 2016 digital print.