Athlete-turned-artist wins one of Australia’s most lucrative art awards worth $100k

Sophie Cape was once destined for the Olympics, but now she has brought that raw energy to her art – and it paid off, $100,000 to be exact.
Sophie Cape, an ex-athlete, wearing all black with a big smile, standing in front of abstract landscape painting in rusty colours.

Sophie Cape, a former professional athlete who turned to art after years of sport-related injuries, has won the $100,000 Hadley’s Art Prize.

With prize money on par with the Archibald, this Hobart-based annual acquisitive prize focuses on selecting the most outstanding portrayal of the Australian landscape.

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Celina Lei is ArtsHub's former Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs, and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram: @lleizy_