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STEP ONE:

Download the entry form from the competition section on our website:  www. Rust-en-vrede.com or collect one at the gallery or your closest art shop. Read through the rules, complete your artwork ……and make sure the paint is dry.

 STEP TWO:

Get all of your Paperwork together. You will need a separate set of paperwork to accompany every entry that you submit. Here is what you need:

One FULLY completed entry form

One copy of your ID

One proof of payment

And if you are making use of our free depot delivery facility with Stuttafford van Lines, you will need to complete a depot form as well. The depot forms are also available on our website.

 STEP THREE:

Take your completed portrait – it must not be signed anywhere on the front or the back. Place all your paperwork in a plastic sleeve and adhere to the back of your portrait.”

“Use a staple gun or adhesive tape, but ensure that it will not come off during its trip to the gallery – NO paperwork – NO entry”

“Repeat step three for each portrait that you enter”

STEP FOUR:

Deliver your portraits UNWRAPPPED to Rust-en-Vrede Gallery in Durbanville.

“You can hand deliver your portraits to the Gallery or you can send it with your own courier or a friend

“Or make use of the FREE delivery by Stuttafford van Lines – by dropping your  unwrapped portraits off at one of the listed depots. See entry form for depot info.”

Good luck with your entry!

THE AWARD:

The overall winner:

• Will receive a cash prize of R100 000.
• If the winning work is painted in acrylic or oil on canvas or board, which is a pre-requisite of entry for the BP Portrait Award, the work will initially join the touring exhibition after the exhibition at the Rust-en-Vrede gallery, but will then be entered into the BP Portrait Award 2018 in London. The sponsor will help with some of the expenses.
• The winning painting will feature on the cover of the 2019 Catalogue and Entry Form.
• The winner will have the opportunity of a small solo exhibition at the Rust-en-Vrede Gallery in 2019.

The top 40 selected paintings:

• Will be exhibited at the Rust-en-Vrede Gallery from 24 August until 27 October 2017.
• The artists of the top 40 selected works will be invited to the gala event at Rust-en-Vrede, for the Award ceremony.
• The first 40 works will be published in the 2017 SANLAM Portrait Award catalogue.
• Under the auspices of Stefan Hundt, curator of the Sanlam Art Collection, the first 40 selected paintings will go on tour to various museums and galleries throughout South Africa after the exhibition at Rust-en-Vrede Gallery. Each venue will have an official opening sponsored by Sanlam.
• The artists of the top 40 selected works will have the opportunity to take part in a group exhibition at the Rust-en-Vrede Gallery in 2019.
• A  VIEWERS CHOICE award will be made to one of the top 40 artists towards the end of May/June 2018.
• The 60 other selected paintings:
• 60 more works will be selected to be exhibited at the Michaelis School of Fine Art in Gardens, Cape Town to form the PORTRAIT 100 exhibition.

MEET OUR JUDGES FOR 2017:

Peter Monkman

This celebrated artist and teacher has exhibited internationally at the BP Portrait Award in the UK, the Jerwood Drawing Prize, the Thread needle Prize and more. As an art teacher and director of art at Charterhouse he is passionate about developing creative potential. He creates works using his own children as starting points, to represent ethereal visions of transformation and change. He is also a regular art competition judge – just a few of the many reasons he is a valued panel list for the 2017 Sanlam Portrait Award.

Nkule Mabaso

As one of South Africa’s most highly respected curators, Mabaso’s fine eye knows what aesthetic balances are needed for an artwork to truly stand out. She graduated with a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Cape Town and completed her Masters in Curating at the Zurich University of Arts. Since 2013 she has been curating highly successful exhibitions and organising public talks in Switzerland, Malawi, Tanzania and South Africa, while her own artwork has been exhibited in both solo and group exhibitions.

 Carl Jeppe

Jeppe has spent more than 35 years sharing his intrinsic art fascination with students at the Tshwane University of Technology. He has been invited to present lectures and workshops at Michigan State University, and has had the privilege of visiting the Art Institute of Chicago and the Detroit Institute of Arts. His passion for teaching has not stopped him from creating his own masterpieces which have been showcased in several solo and group exhibitions.

THE JUDGING PANEL FOR 2015 WAS:

TANYA POOLE Artist and lecturer at Rhodes University

ERNESTINE WHITE Artist and curator of Contemporary Arts for Iziko South African National Gallery

CRAIG WYLIE Winner of the 2008 BP Portrait Award and professional artist living in London, UK.

SANLAM PORTRAIT AWARD TOP 40:

PORTRAIT 100:

SANLAM PORTRAIT AWARD WEBSITE

This will celebrate and showcase the best original portrait artwork in South Africa. Artists from all walks of life, 21 years and older, are challenged to enter works which exemplify their ability in the medium of their choice (excluding lens-based artwork, i.e. video, film, photography). All works were judged anonymously as artists were requested not to sign their work.

KwaZulu-Natal artist Heather Gourlay-Conyngham has won the first ever Sanlam Private Investments (SPI) National Portrait Award for her nude male portrait entitled “A Young Man” (177 x 80cm, oil on canvas). The award was announced at a ceremony at the Rust-en-Vrede Art Gallery in Durbanville in August 2013.
Gourlay-Conyngham’s winning portrait beat a staggering 1 783 adjudicated entries to the top prize of R100 000. It has joined 39 other selected entries in an exhibition at Rust-en-Vrede Gallery, whereafter the 40 works toured South Africa in an exhibition presented in collaboration with the Sanlam Art Collection.

Stefan Hundt, head of SPI’s art advisory service, commended the judges for their “exceptional dedication in making a very difficult decision, given the large number of entries received”. The independent panel consisted of Hayden Proud, curator for Historical Painting and Sculptures at the Iziko SA National Gallery in Cape Town, Vulindlela Nyoni, a lecturer in printmaking at the University of Stellenbosch, and artist and art teacher Susanne du Toit. Du Toit recently scooped the prestigious 2013 BP Portrait Award in the United Kingdom.

The 40 selected artists are: