Tag Archives: S.H. Ervin Gallery

Kate Stevens wins the inaugural Evelyn Chapman Art Award

25 October 2018 | Art Almanac

Kate Steven's winning work forms part of an ongoing series exploring how we process images of war from the domesticity of the home which the artist looks to develop using the Evelyn Chapman Art Award scholarship....

Finalists of the inaugural Evelyn Chapman Art Award

18 October 2018 | Art Almanac

The Evelyn Chapman Art Award provides a $50,000 scholarship for an Australian painter under the age of 45. The quality of the 2018 finalist works is testament to the vitality and experimentation present in the tradition today....

2018 Portia Geach Memorial Award｜Winner announced

11 October 2018 | Art Almanac

Zoe Young has been announced as the winner of the 2018 Portia Geach Memorial Award, the pre-eminent portraiture prize for women in Australia, receiving $30,000 prize for her portrait entitled Drawing Storyboards....

Portia Geach Memorial Award finalists for 2018

5 October 2018 | Art Almanac

Fifty finalists have been announced for Australia's most distinguished portrait prize for female artists, the 'Portia Geach Memorial Award'. ...

Intrepid Women: Australian women artists in Paris 1900-1950

6 February 2018 | Art Almanac

'Intrepid Women' showcases the stories and varied output of 30 tenacious female Australian artists, who made the arduous journey to pursue art often relying on meagre funds, but rewarded by the rich cultural and artistic environment of Paris....

$30,000 Portia Geach Memorial Award | 2017 winner announced

20 October 2017 | Art Almanac

Tasmanian-based artist Amanda Davies has been announced as the winner of the 2017 Portia Geach Memorial Award, the pre-eminent portraiture prize for women in Australia, for her painting of contemporary photographer Pat Brassington....

Coast: A Peter Powditch Retrospective

1 April 2017 | Art Almanac

The first retrospective exhibition of Peter Powditch who is recognised for his experimentation with air-brush spray painting....

Guy Warren at 95: Genesis of a painter

29 March 2016 | robin

To celebrate the milestone 95th birthday of artist Guy Warren in 2016, the S.H. Ervin Gallery is presenting an exhibition of works from the 1950s and 1960s, produced during his London years and soon after his return to Sydney. ...

Destination Sydney

30 November 2015 | Art Almanac

Take nine iconic Australian artists, over 140 artworks, add three major independent Sydney galleries and you get the impressive summer show ‘Destination Sydney’....

Painter in Paradise: William Dobell in New Guinea

24 May 2015 | Art Almanac

Through around 100 drawings, paintings, watercolours, and photographs from private and public collections, the exhibition explores the artist's engagement with the landscapes and people he encountered on his journeys....

Your Friend the Enemy: An artist odyssey to Gallipoli

30 March 2015 | John McDonald

In April last year I travelled to Gallipoli with a group of artists from Australia and New Zealand, following in Lambert’s footsteps. The landscape was still strikingly beautiful, even though its most severe features had mellowed over time. The Sphinx, for instance, which appears as a...

Sophie Cape wins the 2014 Portia Geach Memorial Award

7 November 2014 | Art Almanac

Last night at the S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney-based artist Sophie Cape was announced as the winner of the 2014 Portia Geach Memorial Award, the preeminent portraiture prize for women in Australia....