NEXT SANLAM PORTRAIT AWARD 2019

NEXT SANLAM PORTRAIT AWARD COMPETITION: 2019
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!
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.
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: