Artist Lori Pensini wins the Portia Geach Memorial Award 2024
Pensini says that her creative career began “as a young jillaroo painting landscapes and Animalia”. It is no surprise then, that many of her works depict animals in Australia’s semi-arid landscape. Pensini also paints portraits. Bringing these two subjects together has produced a portrait that feels both real and surreal – familiar but also unfamiliar. […]
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Portia Geach Memorial Award, portraiture by Australian female artists
Influential art critic, John McDonald, must have had tongue firmly in cheek when he questioned whether the 2023 Portia Geach Memorial Award at the S. H. Ervin Gallery had “gone political,” in his Sydney Morning Herald column last year. McDonald’s concern was in relation to Kate Stevens’ entry The Whistleblower, taking out the prize. David […]
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2017 Portia Geach Award Finalists
The 2017 shortlist for Australia’s most recognised portrait prize for women.
Celebrating the Portia Geach Memorial Award on its 50th Anniversary
As the Award reaches this milestone, Claire Dalgleish reflects back on the enduring significance of the Portia Geach Memorial Award.
2015 Portia Geach Memorial Finalists
Marking its 50th anniversary the Portia Geach Memorial Award announces its fifty-five finalists
