Jennifer Gabbay, 'Fragments of Myself', oil on board, 100cm x 80cm, 2011
Blue Mountains artist, and Diploma of Fine Art Year 2 student Jennifer Gabbay has been selected as one of 50 finalists in the prestigious Portia Geach Memorial Award for 2011.
The winner was announced at an official opening on Thursday 22nd September 2011 at the S.H.Ervin Gallery, Watson Road, Observatory Hill, The Rocks in Sydney and is open to the public from Friday 23 September until Saturday 6 November 2011. After the initial showing, the exhibition will tour to the Tweed River Art Gallery at Murwillumbah, Northern NSW from 3 February to 18 March 2012.
The Portia Geach Memorial Award was established 50 years ago and has become Australia’s leading prize for portraiture by female artists. Worth $18,000, its winners have included Jenny Sages, Wendy Sharpe, Jenny Watson and Nancy Borlase. Each year the award is held at the National Trust’s S.H. Ervin Gallery in Sydney.
Portia Geach (1873-1959) studied at the Melbourne National Gallery School and was a committed artist who had a talent for portraiture, which later became her specialty. In 1896 she was the first Australian to be awarded a tuition scholarship to London’s influential Royal Academy. Aside from her art, she was also zealous about feminism and spent much of her life fighting for the rights of women.
Congratulations to Jennifer on being included in this prestigious show.
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