Hadley’s Art Prize winner, artist Zoe Grey. Photo: Rosie Hastie.
There are only a handful of art prizes in Australia that tip into six-figure winnings – and only one of them is for the landscape genre.
Marrawah is six hours from Hobart. Here the swell of the Southern Ocean is high and is whipped by the wind, and Grey – a celebrated surfer – says she feels in sync with its energy when back home. In her artist statement she adds that this landscape, ‘hit(s) me in the chest with wonder’.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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