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.
2024 Winner Laura Patterson
The 2024 judges were impressed by the way Laura Patterson captured the atmosphere of the place, saying:
“A beautiful painting which feels both familiar and haunting. With evocative filtered light, there is a sense of moisture and dampness that make you really feel like you’re in the place. We were impressed with how the artist articulated her proposal for this residency and what it would mean for her creative practice with the opportunity for plein-air studies in Tasmanian national parks and the chance to experiment with scale.”
Laura will take up her residency from 1 - 31 May 2025.
photo: Jessica King
2023 Winner Melissa Kenihan
The 2023 judges described being drawn to the beauty of Melbourne-based artist Melissa Kenihan’s painting and moved by the potent environmental message.
Melissa took up her residency in April 2024. She explored several of the Tasmanian Land Conservancy's reserves, and became particularly taken with Vale of Belvoir Reserve.
Intimate charcoal sketches share her early impressions of the landscape, while two large triptych paintings capture the magnificence of the Vale. The paintings chart the beginning and end of the same day looking in two directions.
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
