Tsering Hannaford
South Australian artist
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Tsering Hannaford is an Australian artist.[1][2][3][4][5] In 2012 Tsering and her father Robert Hannaford were the "first father and daughter to show concurrently in Salon des Refusés, an exhibition of Archibald entries",[6][7] and in 2015 they were the first father and daughter selected as finalists for the Archibald Prize.[8][9] Tsering is a great-great-great-great-granddaughter of Susannah Hannaford.
Tsering Hannaford | |
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| Alma mater | University of Adelaide |
| Known for | painting |
Early life and education
Tsering Hannaford was born to shoemaker Shirley Andris[10] and artist Robert Hannaford, who were living in West Hindmarsh. Also in 1987, Robert Hannaford bought a disused farmhouse and outbuildings at Peters Hill in the Mid North of South Australia near Riverton and converted them into a house and studio.[11]
Tsering grew up in Riverton and West Hindmarsh, and was educated at the University of Adelaide where she was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in 2008 and a Graduate Diploma in Art History in 2011.[6][12][13]
Career
Tsering Hannaford has been painting since infancy; at age four her father set up a studio for her. However, she also has had many other interests.
After finishing at University, Hannaford concentrated on painting. She specializes in portraiture, landscapes and still life painting.[14] She became a full time artist in 2012.[6]
She has been a finalist in the Portia Geach Memorial Award three times (highly commended in 2014), a finalist in the A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize, a semi-finalist in the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, and hung twice (2012 & 2013) in the Archibald Salon des Refusés.[12][15][9][16]
She was an Archibald Prize finalist in 2015,[9] 2016,[16] 2017,[17] 2018,[18] 2019, 2020 and 2021.[19]
Recognition
- 2012 – Archibald Salon des Refusés – Self-portrait[20][7]
- 2012 – A.M.E Bale Art Prize (finalist)
- 2013 – Archibald Prize Salon des Refusés – Self-portrait[21]
- 2013 – Portia Geach Memorial Award (finalist)
- 2013 – Inaugural RSASA Portrait Prize (finalist)
- 2013 – Helpmann Academy Emerging Artist Award (Winner)
- 2014 – Eran Svigos Award for Best Visual Art Adelaide Fringe (Winner)
- 2014 – Inaugural Kennedy Art Prize (finalist)
- 2014 – Portia Geach Memorial Award (finalist – Highly Commended)
- 2014 – A.M.E Bale Art Prize (finalist)
- 2014 – Doug Moran National Portrait Prize (Semi-finalist)
- 2015 – Lethbridge 10,000 Small Scale Art Award (finalist)
- 2015 – RSASA Biennial Portrait Prize (finalist)
- 2015 – Archibald Prize finalist – Objet démodé[22][9]
- 2015 – Portia Geach Memorial Award finalist – Portrait of Julia Townsend[23][24]
- 2016 – "Works from New York City" Exhibition – Kyle[25][26]
- 2016 – Archibald Prize finalist – Self-portrait with magnolia[27][16]
- 2017 – Archibald Prize finalist – Self-portrait[28][17]
- 2018 – Archibald Prize finalist – Self-portrait[29][18]
- 2019 – Archibald Prize finalist – Mrs Singh (Portrait of Anant Singh)
- 2020 – Archibald Prize finalist – Self-portrait after 'Allegory of Painting'
- 2021 – Archibald Prize finalist – Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC QC