Fleurieu Art Prize
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Fleurieu Art Prize was first awarded in 1998 and is the richest landscape award in the southern hemisphere, offering $50 000 first prize. It is held every two years in South Australia
and takes its name from the Fleurieu Peninsula
, the area that surrounds the venue where the exhibition
is held.
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
and takes its name from the Fleurieu Peninsula
Fleurieu Peninsula
The Fleurieu Peninsula is a peninsula located south of Adelaide in South Australia, Australia. It was named after the French explorer and hydrographer Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu by the French explorer Nicolas Baudin as he mapped the south coast of Australia in 1802.Towns of interest in the...
, the area that surrounds the venue where the exhibition
Art exhibition
Art exhibitions are traditionally the space in which art objects meet an audience. The exhibit is universally understood to be for some temporary period unless, as is rarely true, it is stated to be a "permanent exhibition". In American English, they may be called "exhibit", "exposition" or...
is held.
List of winners
- 1998 - Robert HannafordRobert HannafordRobert Lyall Hannaford , is an Australian realist artist.Known as Alfie, Hannaford was born and grew up on his family farm in Riverton, South Australia....
- 2000 - Elisabeth CummingsElisabeth CummingsElisabeth Cummings born in 1934 in Brisbane, is now one of Australia's most respected living artists and was listed in Australian Art Collector in 2002 as one of the 50 most collectable...
- 2002 - Joe Furlonger
- 2004 - Ian Grant
- 2006 - Ken Whisson
- 2008 - to be announced