MAP Portrait Prize 2022

16 December 2022 – 12 March 2023

A Biennial Celebration of Portraiture

Mudgee Arts Precinct's very first MAP Portrait Prize, a biennial celebration of portraiture that reflected the remarkable talent within our local arts community. The exhibition was held in partnership with the Next Gen Portrait Prize and showcased portraits created by students from the region.

Portrait prizes hold a special place in Australian art, with the Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW renowned as much for its ability to catapult an artist’s celebrity and career opportunities, as the many controversies it has generated over the years. The most accessible and relatable of all art forms, portrait prizes give us a glimpse into not just the artist’s skill but more importantly their ability to capture the essence of the person they are portraying. Furthermore, it affords our local community the opportunity to see the depth of artistic skills on display from artists both young and old, working in a wide variety of media.

The MAP Portrait Prize was open to submissions in all media to artists at any level of their artistic practice with beginners right through to arts professionals submitting works for the exhibition.

The inaugural MAP Portrait Prize exhibited from 16 December 2022 – 12 March 2023 at Mudgee Arts Precinct.

2022 Winners

PRIZES

Mid-Western Regional Council Best Portrait Prize: $10,000

Gora & Ellie Singh Mann Prize - Best Portrait from the Mid-Western Region: $2,500

Simon Staines Best Emerging Portrait Prize: $3,000 plus professional development towards a future exhibition

SPS Solar People's Choice Prize: $2,000

The Mudgee Art House Courageous Award: $500

2022 WINNERS

Mid-Western Regional Council Best Portrait Prize: Gus Armstrong High waters on the shoulders of giants 2022
4k Video
Duration: 54 seconds

Gora and Ellie Singh Mann Prize (Mid-Western Region residents only): Anna Robards Self portrait (always ourselves) 2022
Digital print on archival cotton rag

Simon Staines Best Emerging Portrait Prize: Jessica Hodge
Author, historian, daughter of Kandos, my great aunt, Colleen O’Sullivan 2022
Black BIC pen on paper

The Mudgee Art House Courageous Award: Blake Griffiths Someone Winning Somewhere 2022
Woven oil painting

SPS Solar People's Choice Prize: Stephanie Galloway Brown Mignon Parker 2022
Oil on canvas

Commendation: Richard Maude Clare Brokenshire (1994) 2021
Oil and acrylic paint on plywood panel

2022 LIST OF FINALISTS

MAP PORTRAIT PRIZE FINALIST'S 2022

Julianne Ross Allcorn
Gus Armstrong
Toni Behrens
Michael Bourke
Agnes Bruck
Ashlee Bucholtz
Laandi Buckland
Reginald Buckland
Jenni Buckley
Wayne Budge
Merilyn Burch Carney
Felicity Cavanough
Gem Clipsham
Jess Coldrey
Rey Colley
Eleanor Cook
Sandra Cooksey-Nott
Frank Denis
Denise Faulkner
Elizabeth Firth
Stephanie Galloway Brown
Maddison Gibbs
Ronnie Grammatica
Blake Griffiths
Amala Groom
Amber Hammad
Kim Harding
Tina Havelock Stevens
David Hill
Jessica Hodge
Amanda Holman
Jude Hotchkiss
Jennifer Jones
Millie Jones
Anna Kruk
Christopher Kunko
Ross Kurtz
Judy Kurtz
Kellie Leczinska
Fleur MacDonald
Sarah Mackay
Jenny Maloney
Peter Marshall
Richard Maude
Rachel Melchers
Cathy Meyers
Deborah Michell-Smith
Bette Mifsud
Ludwig Mlcek
Kay Norton Knight
Nicole O'Regan
Sam Paine
Justin Pearson
Sammaneh Pourshafighi
Nadine Prentice
Andrew Robards
Anna Robards
Jennifer Rosnell
Alex Scheibner
Phyllis Setchell
Michael Simms
Elke Simpson
Rod Spicer
Michelle Steven
Sandra Stroud
Catherine Sykes
Michael Thomson
WARBEHR
Phil Went
Teresina White
Jude Williams
Jasmine Williams
Louise Windyer
Gary Wood
Zoe Young

Thank you to our sponsors who generously contributed to the prize pool and helped foster the artistic careers of artists living and working in our local community.

MAP PRIZE WINNERS 2022

NEXT GEN PRIZE 2022

NEXT GEN WINNERS 2022

EXHIBITIONS