9 August - 9 November 2014
Art for your attention
Art has evolved from wall-flower to party animal and offers the spectator the experience of phenomenon. Anything from solace and grief, expulsion and invitation, to secrecy and full disclosure - art requires us to have our wits about us. The 2014 National Contemporary Art Award remains ever part of this broader conversation of ‘art’, requiring of you only a moment of your consideration. This year’s award is judged by Simon Rees and managed by Waikato Museum.
View the award announcement media release.
View the 2014 National Contemporary Art Award exhibtion catalogue.
The 2014 National Contemporary Art Award
Winner - Deanna Dowling, Wellington - Tell Someone if Something Happens
Merit Awards:
• Elsa Lye, Hamilton - The Cardinals
• Madeleine Child, Dunedin - Pretty Boys
• Natalie Guy, Auckland - Form for Interior
• Ina Johann, Christchurch - Lost Lines #2
• Frances Hansen, Auckland - A Drawing Activity
The 2014 National Contemporary Art Award finalists:
- Mia Hamilton - Wellington
- Janna van Hasselt - Auckland
- Edwards + Johann - Christchurch
- Frances Hansen - Auckland
- Ina Johann - Christchurch
- Tao Wells - Wakefield
- Mark Purdom (two entries) - Hamilton
- Karyn Taylor - Auckland
- Sophia Smolenski - New Plymouth
- Simon Esling - Auckland
- Caryline Boreham (two entries) – Auckland
- Peter McLaren (two entries) - Dunedin
- Anna Maxwell - Auckland
- Natalie Guy - Auckland
- Virginia Leonard - Auckland
- Anton Maurer - Auckland
- Paul Handley - Christchurch
- Paul Maseyk – New Plymouth
- Samantha Matthews - Port Chalmers
- Paul V Johnston (two entries) - Auckland
- Deanna Dowling - Wellington
- Emil McAvoy - Auckland
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- James R Ford - Wellington
- Sang Sool Shim and Keum Sun Lee - Auckland
- Marie E. Potter - Auckland
- Catherine Fookes - Auckland
- Lorraine Rastorfer - Wellington
- Henrietta Harris - Auckland
- Sophie Bannan - Christchurch
- Rachel Brooks - Whangaparaoa
- Jonathan Lovering - Hataitai
- Leanne Jackson - Kerikeri
- Elsa Lye (two entries) - Hamilton
- Talia Smith - Sunnyvale
- Nell Nutsford - Auckland
- Elke Finkenauer - Auckland
- Kate Hill - Hamilton
- Fiona Lenore - Auckland
- Larissa Goodwin - Auckland
- Laura Marsh - Tuakau
- Karl Bayly - Hamilton
- Kirsty Lillico - Wellington
- Jennifer Mason - Auckland
- Emilie Truscott - Wellington
- Yoon Tae Kim - Auckland
- Greg Chaston – Kapiti Coast
- Michael Prosee - Auckland
- Madeleine Child - Dunedin
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The 52 artworks nominated as finalists will make up the 2014 award exhibition.
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Image: Tell Someone if Something Happens, Deanna Dowling, winner 2014
