Each year, four Auckland Art schools are asked to nominate their top Honours and Masters students for the Glaister Ennor Graduate Art Award, a non-acquisitional monetary award given to help launch emerging artists into successful careers in the arts.The winning artist will also be invited to mount a solo exhibition at Sanderson Contemporary in 2017.
The entries from all four schools (AUT, Elam, Unitec and Whitecliffe) will be shown in a group exhibition at Sanderson Contemporary Art from 21 – 24 July 2016. The announcement of the winner will be on Wednesday 20th July at a private reception in the gallery. Please contact us for to attend the reception as numbers are strictly limited.
The nominees for 2016 are:
Hiria Anderson (Whitecliffe)
Katrina Beekhuis (Elam)
Julia Holderness (AUT)
Ngaumutane Jones (Elam)
Vivienne Jung (AUT)
Jasmine Te Hira (Unitec)
Bobby Luke (AUT)
Mary MacGregor-Reid (Whitecliffe)
Rose Meyer (Whitecliffe)
Nicholas Pound (Elam)
Karen Sewell (Whitecliffe)
Christine Tizard (Unitec)
Theresa Waugh (AUT)
Jaimee Young (Elam)