Portage Ceramic Awards

The Portage Ceramic Awards are New Zealand premier ceramics prize. Established in 2001, the awards are funded by The Trusts Charitable Foundation and administered by Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery (formerly Lopdell House Gallery). A national award, the Portage Ceramics Awards also acknowledge Waitakere City’s long history of ceramic practice, dating back to 1852.[1]

The competition

Entry is available to artists of New Zealand citizenship.The annual awards are judged each year by a different international judge, usually from the field of ceramics. An open call is made for entries, and since the third award onwards the judge has selected a group of finalists for exhibition. An exhibition is held at Te Uru and a publication produced.

Residencies

In 2013 two international residencies were announced as part of the awards: the Guldagergaard residency in Skaelskor, Denmark, awarded to Richard Stratton and a residency in Medalta, Medicine Hat, Canada, awarded to Melissa Ford.[2]

In 2014 a workshop scholarship to the Peters Valley School of Craft in New Jersey was awarded to Chris Weaver.[3]

Award winners

Judges and winners of the Portage Ceramic Awards
Year Judge Premier award Runner-up award Merit awards
2001Mitsuo ShojiTony BondTed Dutch, Chris Weaver, Lauren Winstone
2002Michael KeigheryRichard Parker
2003Julie BartholomewPenny Ericson
2004Patsy HelyRaewyn Atkinson
2005Robert BellMerilyn Wiseman, Artic Rim
2006Bill SamuelsPeter Lange, LiloOwen Bartlett, Mark Mitchell
2007Jeff ShapiroDeAnne Lawford-Smith, Keeping Quiet and Heart of GlassGreg Barron, Tim Holman, Katherine Smyth, Onlie Ong
2008Grace CochraneMatt McLean, Scaled HeightsMadeleine Child, Philipa Durkin, Tim Holman, Michael Michaels, Richard Parker, Helen Yau
2009Scott ChamberlinJoint winners: Madeleine Child & Philip Jarvis, Doodads & Doodahs and Widespread Occurrence of Possible Symbioses / Jim Cooper, Drug Jars and VendorPhillipa Durkin, Emily Siddell, Kristy Palleson
2010Stephen BowersKirsty Gardiner, Secrets A JarChris WeaverGreg Barron, Georgina Caulton, Melissa Ford, Rhonda Jameson, Duncan Shearer
2011Janet MansfieldBridie Henderson, FeathersBrendan Adams, Maureen Allison, Kirsty Gardiner, Cheryl Oliver
2012Paul ScottJim Cooper, Millbrook Holiday (the league for spiritual discovery)Kate McLean, Fran Maguire,
2013Amy GogartyRobert Rapson, Himalaya Serves The World 1949 - Early 70sMaria Hewitt, Kim Henderson, Jane McCulla
2014Takeshi YasudaLouise Rive, The Space BetweenKate Fitzharris, Madeleine Child, Duncan Shearer, Frank Checketts
2015Ingrid MurphyRaewyn Atkinson, Wasters III (Accumulate)Virginia Leonard, Paul Maseyk
2016Janet DeBoosCaroline Earley, Clinch VISusannah Bridges, Jim Cooper, Mark Goody & Emily Siddell

Further information

An annual publication is produced by Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery. National Library of New Zealand catalogue record.

References

  1. ↑ Portage Ceramic Awards 2001. Waitakere City, Auckland, New Zealand: Lopdell House Gallery. 2001. ISBN 9780958228404.
  2. ↑ "Portage Ceramic Awards". The Big Idea. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Premier Portage Award 2014". The Big Idea. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
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