Three of Australia’s major art prizes won by Copyright Agency members
June 5, 2018
Copyright Agency member Yvette Coppersmith has won the 2018 Archibald Prize for her painting Self-portrait, after George Lambert (pictured below).
This is the fifth painting Ms Coppersmith has exhibited in the Archibald and was selected from almost 800 entries for the $100,000 award. Of the 57 finalists in this year’s prize, 15 are Copyright Agency members (see the full list below) including Vincent Namatjira whose work Studio self-portrait was highly commended by the judges.
Both the Wynne and Sulman Prizes were also won by Copyright Agency members. Yukultji Napangati, represented by the Aboriginal Artists Agency, won the $50,000 Wynne Prize for her painting Untitled (pictured below), which was selected from 46 finalist’s paintings and 695 entries.
The $40,000 Sulman Prize, which is awarded for the best subject painting, genre painting or mural project by an Australian artist, has been awarded to Iwantja Arts and Crafts painter Kaylene Whiskey for Kaylene TV (pictured below).
The Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes will be exhibited at the Art Gallery of New South Wales until 9 September. The Archibald Prize then tours regional NSW and Victoria.
Copyright Agency members were represented in the following art prizes:
Archibald Finalists
Yvette Coppersmith – Winner
Vincent Namatjira – Highly Commended
Adam Hill (Blak Douglas)
Angela Tiatia
Ben Smith
Benjamin Aitken
Euan Macleod
Graeme Drendel
Mathew Lynn
Noel Thurgate
Robert Hannaford
Salvatore Zofrea
Wendy Sharpe
Yvonne East
Archibald Prize 2018 winner Yvette Coppersmith ‘Self-portrait, after George Lambert’ © the artist. Photo: AGNSW
Wynne Finalists
Yukultji Napangati – Winner
Aida Tomescu
Betty Pumani
Hiromi Tango
John Olsen
Maringka Baker
Mumu Mike Williams
Naomi Kantjuriny
Nawurapu Wunungmurra
Nellie Coulthard
Noel Mckenna
Peter Mungkuri
Phyllis Thomas
Ray Ken
Sonia Kurarra
Stephanie Monteith
Sylvia Ken
Tim Storrier
Tjimpayi Presleye
Wawiriya Burton
Yalanba Wanambi
Yaritji Young
Yurpiya Lionel
Wynne Prize 2018 winner Yukultji Napangati ‘Untitled’ © the artist. Photo: AGNSW
Sulman Finalists
Kaylene Whiskey – Winner
Abdul Abdullah
Catherine Clayton-Smith
George Raftopoulos
Jason Phu
Jaye Early
Karen Black
Phil James
Ramesh Nithyendran
Wendy Sharpe
Sulman Prize 2018 winner Kaylene Whiskey ‘Kaylene TV’ © the artist. Photo: AGNSW