16 September – 6 November
First awarded in 1965, the Portia Geach Memorial Award was established by Florence Kate Geach in memory of her sister, artist Portia Geach. As per the direction of the will, the Award is annually presented to an Australian female artist for the best portrait painted from life of a man or woman distinguished in art, letters or the sciences. Geach was widely acclaimed as a leading artist and was a frequent commentator in the national media – making her an iconic figure in the Australian arts community. The $30,000 non-acquisitive Portia Geach Memorial Award is given by Perpetual as trustee, to the entry with the highest artistic merit.
The winner of the 2022 Portia Geach Memorial Award is Lynn Savery for her painting Kindred spirits, a portrait of Eloise de Silva.
Highly Commended was Jenny Rodgerson for her painting Tangled- self portrait.
Tania Wursig was announced as the People’s Choice.
Finalists
MARGARET ACKLAND Self Portrait the year my mother died watercolour on paper 140 x 120 cm
SALLY ANDERSON Guido holding, folding, moulding (Guy Maestri, artist) acrylic on polycotton 198 x 153 cm
MICHELLE BELGIORNO Juggling Act (self portrait) oil on linen 92 x 92 cm
JO BERTINI The way I see it (self portrait) oil on canvas on board 90 x 62 cm
CYNTHIA BREUSCH Self-Portrait acrylic on linen 122 x 121.5 cm
ASHLEE BUCHOLTZ Comedy = Tragedy + Time (Tim Ferguson, musician and performer) acrylic on canvas 121.9 x 101.6 cm
ANN CAPE My Friend Chick – portrait of Chick Gordon oil on canvas 100cm x 80 cm
YVETTE COPPERSMITH Self-portrait, yellow ochre oil on linen 61cm x 50.5 cm
DESIREE CROSSING The Storyteller (Wayne Nicholson, filmmaker and podcaster) oil on canvas 76 x 61 cm
DAGMAR CYRULLA Self portrait with yellow shirt oil on canvas paper on board 40 x 35 cm
ANTHEA DA SILVA Portia does Portia (Portia Turbo, drag queen) oil & acrylic on board 30 cm diameter
SINEAD DAVIES Gareth, Jennifer & Olivia with Mr Manchego (Garth Jolly, lawyer, Jennifer Jolly, home economist and Olivia Jolly, student) oil on canvas 103 x 137 cm
YVONNE EAST The day I told my truth (self portrait) oil on linen 102 x 77 cm
NICOLETTE EISDELL Campbell at home (Campbell Robertson-Swann, gallery owner) oil on mounted wood panel 46 x 61 cm
ESTHER ERLICH Atong (Atong Atem, artist) acrylic paint on canvas 153 x 107 cm
SOPHIE FRESHWATER Curtin Call – Kerri Simpson (musician and singer) oil on board 90 x 90 cm
TSERING HANNAFORD Justice Kelly (Patricia Kelly. President of South Australia Court of Appeal) oil on Belgian linen 120 x 90 cm
JACQUELINE HENNESSY The Judging (self portrait) oil on linen 102 x 102 cm
MICHELLE HISCOCK Sister of the Brush No. 1 (Stephanie Monteith, artist) oil 50 x 40 cm
SHANNON JOHNSON Diane Larter looking at the cranes in Redfern mixed media 60 x 80 cm
KIM LEUTWYLER Hella Tender oil on canvas 46 x 61 cm
BARBARA LICHA Rosanna and Mimi (Rosanna Barbero, manager) acrylic 66 x 66 cm
KATHRIN LONGHURST Naz (Nazanin Bagheri, designer) oil on linen 180 x 180 cm
ALISON MACKAY Dear Ancestor (Andrew Barnum, singer-songwriter, educator and designer) oil on wood panel 50 x 37 cm
HELLIE MAHONY Vignette (self portrait) watercolour on Arches paper 38 x 38 cm
SYMONE MALE My Seeding Heart (self portrait) oil on canvas 91 x 91 cm
MARIE MANSFIELD Michael in the studio (Michael Simms, artist) oil on board 60 x 50 cm
GABRIELLE MARTIN The Ecologist (Dr Cassia Read, ecologist) oil on linen 91.5 x 61 cm
FRANKIE MORGAN Pilgrim (self portrait) acrylic on paper 50 x 35 cm
VR MORRISON Last Flight from Eden (Corrine Lewis, artist) oil on canvas 102 x 76 cm
KIRSTY NEILSON Judith – the modern woman (Judith Neilson, philanthropist) oil on polycotton 105 x 80 cm
ELIZABETH NELSON Self-portrait oil on board 50 x 50 cm
SUSAN O’DOHERTY Fiona Lowry with red cushion (Fiona Lowry, artist) acrylic on canvas 152 x 102 cm
SASSY PARK Ebony and the angels (Ebony Russell, artist) unglazed ceramic 53 x 33 cm
LORI PENSINI Nourish (self portrait) oil on linen 120 x 150 cm
ROBYN RICH Reflection – Self portrait oil on copper Australian Penny, set into painted timber panel 20 x 20 cm
JENNY RODGERSON Tangled – Self Portrait oil on linen 62 x 72 cm
SUSAN ROTHWELL Gaz (Gary Rothwell, architect) oil on Belgian canvas 90 x 120 cm
SALLY RYAN Natalie Tran (actress, writer and comedian) oil on linen 53 x 50.4 cm
LYNN SAVERY Kindred Spirits (Eloise da Silva) oil on linen 210 x 180 cm
KIRTHANA SELVARAJ Ramesh and the Guardian (Mario Ramesh Nithiyendran, artist) oil on canvas 152.4 x 121.92 cm
WENDY SHARPE Self Portrait Vanitas (after Pereda) oil on linen 122 x 152 cm
DEBORAH SINGLETON Patsy Payne oil on canvas 66 x 54 cm
NICOLA SMITH Julie Rrap with Cirrus, at Marta, Rushcutters Bay (Julie Rrap, artist) oil on Belgian linen 48 x 89 cm
KATE STEVENS Witness (Dusty, Afghanistan, 2012) (Daryll ‘Dusty’ Miller, ex-SAS combat medic) oil on canvas 175 x 125 cm
LIZ STUTE Bird in the hand, Fox in the bush (self portrait) oil on cotton 121 x 91 cm
TRISH TAIT Self portrait with Rosalba oil on board 30 cm diameter
JILL TALBOT Darren and Ray (Darren McDonald, artist) acrylic on birch ply 61 x 50 cm
ALEX THORBY Besties (Eric Lobbecke and Vicki White, artists) oil on board 32 x 26.5 cm
SEABASTION TOAST Big Fun (self portrait) oil on canvas 76 x 61 cm
CARLA TUCKER Reflection with homage to Dorrit Black (self-portrait) oil on canvas 90 x 80 cm
DEBORAH WALKER Writing I (Judith) (Judith Lucy, comedian) oil on linen 51 x 65 cm
ANDREA WILSON Nicola Pain (Nicola Pain, Justice of the NSW Land and Environment Court) oil on board 40 x 40 cm
TANIA WURSIG Unnamed Midori Goto (mother, artist/sculptor and studio assistant) acrylic on cotton on canvas 185 x 100 cm
ZOE YOUNG Frank Prihoda, The world’s longest living sportsman at Thredbo Intercontinental Resort acrylic and oil on Belgian linen 90 x 120 cm
CAROLINE ZILINSKY Words are Silverton (Fiona Lucas, comedian and front line worker) oil on linen 138 x 122 cm
ZUZA ZOCHOWSKI I protested today, Self portrait with still life 2021 oil on board 30 x 30 cm
MICHELLE ZUCCOLO Dr Janet Davey, the Forensic Egyptologist with Thoth oil on Italian canvas 70 x 80 cm