Gulgong Arts Council is excited to announce that Wendy Sharpe is guest judge for our une[art]hed competition in June 2023. 

Wendy Sharpe is one of Australia’s most acclaimed and awarded artists, who lives between Sydney and Paris. She has won an extensive list of prizes, residencies and scholarships; such examples include:  the Archibald Prize, the Sulman Prize, the Portia Geach Memorial Award, the Calleen Art Prize, the Adelaide Perry Art Prize and the Gold Award. She has also had residencies with the Australian Ballet, Opera Australia and Circus Oz. Sharpe was also the first woman since WWII commissioned by the Australian War Memorial as an Official War Artist, where she was posted to East Timor.  Sharpe has held over 70 solo exhibitions around Australia and internationally.

 

Full competition details and downloads here.