Residency Prize
One month residency prize presented by Hadley’s sister property, the Old Woolstore Apartment Hotel, Salamanca Arts Centre and Artery. This Prize includes a month’s accommodation in a comfortable, self-contained apartment at the Old Woolstore Apartment Hotel, an art studio in the Salamanca Arts Centre (a short walk away), and $500 of art supplies from Artery (also just down the road).
Awarded for the first time in 2021, the Residency Prize is now an exciting part of the Hadley’s Art Prize. The Prize is judged by the Hadley’s Art Prize judges and taken up in the following year.
2023 Winner Melissa Kenihan
Judges’ comments
A unique and beautifully done painting with a potent environmental message. Melissa intends to use this residency to explore Tasmania’s rugged and wild landscapes and draw inspiration from the Tasmanian arts scene. We look forward to seeing the work that eventuates from her Tasmanian experience.
photo: Jessica King
2022 Winner Max Bowden
Max's oil on linen artwork that won the Residency Prize is titled And a really nice day was had by all. At 30x40cm, the 2022 judges noted that “the small scale belies the power of the work” and that the artwork feels “wonderfully atmospheric”, with every stroke being powerful, meaningful, and considered. Max has shown a sensitivity to place. We can't wait to see what she creates during her residency in Hobart.”
The judges continued: “Coming from Darwin, Max Bowden will experience a different climate here in Hobart and is sure to be inspired by the different collections of artworks in Tasmania. It will be of great benefit to her career.”
Bowden, who has never visited Tasmania before, says she is looking forward to exploring and finding new places to paint: “It’s very exciting to observe the energy of a city and its people. Painting in Hobart will challenge myself to capture it not as a local like I do in Darwin but as a tourist.”
Bowden’s exhibited the work created during her residency En plein air Hobart, in the Howard Hadley Gallery in June and July 2023.
photos: Jessica King
2021 Residency Winner Peta Kruger
Adelaide artist Peta Kruger enjoyed her month-long stay at the Old Woolstore as the first artist in residence, having won the residency prize as part of the 2021 Hadley’s Art Prize. Peta spent her time here collecting discarded soft plastics from around Hobart to transform into artworks. The 2021 judges described the artwork which won Kruger the Residency Prize in the 2021 Hadley’s Art Prize exhibition as “jewel-like”, with vivid thin strips of recycled plastics woven together as a contemporary take on finely woven historic tapestries.
photos: Jessica King
