Tsering Hannaford

South Australian artist

Tsering Hannaford

Alma mater| University of Adelaide
Known for| painting

Tsering Hannaford is an Australian artist.[1][2][3][4][5] In 2012 Tsering and her father Robert Hannaford were the "first father and daughter to show concurrently in Salon des Refusés, an exhibition of Archibald entries",[6][7] and in 2015 they were the first father and daughter selected as finalists for the Archibald Prize.[8][9] Tsering is a great-great-great-great-granddaughter of Susannah Hannaford.

## Early life and education

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Tsering Hannaford was born to shoemaker Shirley Andris[10] and artist Robert Hannaford, who were living in West Hindmarsh. Also in 1987, Robert Hannaford bought a disused farmhouse and outbuildings at Peters Hill in the Mid North of South Australia near Riverton and converted them into a house and studio.[11]

Tsering grew up in Riverton and West Hindmarsh, and was educated at the University of Adelaide where she was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in 2008 and a Graduate Diploma in Art History in 2011.[6][12][13]

## Career

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Tsering Hannaford has been painting since infancy; at age four her father set up a studio for her. However, she also has had many other interests.

After finishing at University, Hannaford concentrated on painting. She specializes in portraiture, landscapes and still life painting.[14] She became a full time artist in 2012.[6]

She has been a finalist in the Portia Geach Memorial Award three times (highly commended in 2014), a finalist in the A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize, a semi-finalist in the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, and hung twice (2012 & 2013) in the Archibald Salon des Refusés.[12][15][9][16]

She was an Archibald Prize finalist in 2015,[9] 2016,[16] 2017,[17] 2018,[18] 2019, 2020 and 2021.[19]

## Recognition

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* 2012 – Archibald Salon des Refusés – Self-portrait[20][7]
* 2012 – A.M.E Bale Art Prize (finalist)
* 2013 – Archibald Prize Salon des Refusés – Self-portrait[21]
* 2013 – Portia Geach Memorial Award (finalist)
* 2013 – Inaugural RSASA Portrait Prize (finalist)
* 2013 – Helpmann Academy Emerging Artist Award (Winner)
* 2014 – Eran Svigos Award for Best Visual Art Adelaide Fringe (Winner)
* 2014 – Inaugural Kennedy Art Prize (finalist)
* 2014 – Portia Geach Memorial Award (finalist – Highly Commended)
* 2014 – A.M.E Bale Art Prize (finalist)
* 2014 – Doug Moran National Portrait Prize (Semi-finalist)
* 2015 – Lethbridge 10,000 Small Scale Art Award (finalist)
* 2015 – RSASA Biennial Portrait Prize (finalist)
* 2015 – Archibald Prize finalist – Objet démodé[22][9]
* 2015 – Portia Geach Memorial Award finalist – Portrait of Julia Townsend[23][24]
* 2016 – "Works from New York City" Exhibition – Kyle[25][26]
* 2016 – Archibald Prize finalist – Self-portrait with magnolia[27][16]
* 2017 – Archibald Prize finalist – Self-portrait[28][17]
* 2018 – Archibald Prize finalist – Self-portrait[29][18]
* 2019 – Archibald Prize finalist – Mrs Singh (Portrait of Anant Singh)
* 2020 – Archibald Prize finalist – Self-portrait after 'Allegory of Painting'
* 2021 – Archibald Prize finalist – Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC QC

* 2022 – Archibald Prize finalist – Sally Scales[30]
* 2024 – Archibald Prize finalists – Meditation on seeing (portrait of Dad)[31]

## References

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1. ^ John McDonald (18 April 2013). "More than face value". smh.com.au. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
2. ^ "Tsering Hannaford Archives". Kennedyprize.com.au. 16 September 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
3. ^ "Finalists of the 2014 Kennedy Prize". Kennedyprize.com.au.
4. ^ "Tsering Hannaford". ARTLIB.com.au. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
5. ^ "Gallery @ Pikes". Vapaa.org.au. Archived from the original on 4 March 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
6. ^ a b c Nunn, Loise (6 April 2012). "Archibald art runs in the family". Adelaidenow.com.au. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
7. ^ a b Cassandra Feltrin (26 May 2015). "Young artist dreams of top prize". newsbytes. (Page includes a photo of the self-portrait hung in the Archibald 2012 Salon des Refusés.)
8. ^ Patrick McDonald (10 July 2015). "Father-daughter duo Robert and Tsering Hannaford face off in Archibald portrait contest". The Advertiser.
9. ^ a b c d "Objet démodé by Tsering Hannaford". Archibald Prize 2015 Finalists. Art Gallery of NSW. (Page includes a photo of the portrait.)
10. ^ Jessica Dames (1999). The Little Black Book. Wakefield Press. p. 20\. ISBN 1-86254-469-7.
11. ^ John Neylon, "Chronology". pp154-160 in Sally Foster (2016) "Robert Hannaford", Art Gallery of South Australia, ISBN 978-1-921668-27-2
12. ^ a b "T.HANNAFORD". tseringhannaford.com.au. Archived from the original on 15 March 2013.
13. ^ New Works by Tsering Hannaford, Adelaide Fringe 2014 Exhibition at Artlab Australia
14. ^ Llewellyn, Jane. "Profile: Tsering Hannaford". Adelaidereview.com.au. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
15. ^ "Archibald 2013 Salon des Refusés". Shervingallery.com.au. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
16. ^ a b c "Self-portrait with magnolia by Tsering Hannaford". Archibald Prize 2016 Finalists. Art Gallery of NSW. (Page includes a photo of the portrait.)
17. ^ a b 2017 finalist, Archibald Prize
18. ^ a b 2018 finalist, Archibald Prize
19. ^ "Archibald prize 2021: Grace Tame, Ben Quilty, Eryn Jean Norvill and more – in pictures". The Guardian. 27 May 2021. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
20. ^ Image
21. ^ 2013 Salon des Refusés, www.shervingallery.com.au
22. ^ Image
23. ^ Image
24. ^ Brushed with success, 9 September 2015, Northern Argus
25. ^ Image
26. ^ Works from New York City, Exhibition at Chancery Lane Gallery, February–March 2016
27. ^ Image
28. ^ Image
29. ^ Image
30. ^ Llewellyn, Jane (18 May 2022). "Why the Archibald is about more than just winning". InDaily. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
31. ^ "Archibald Prize Archibald 2024 work: Meditation on seeing (portrait of Dad) by Tsering Hannaford". Art Gallery of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 June 2024.

## External links

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* Official website
* John Dexter (17 February 2016). "Tsering Hannaford – Works from New York City". The Adelaide Review.
* The interview with Tsering Hannaford on the Art in Adelaide YouTube channel