16 September 2023 to 12 November 2023

Two large stacks of plain brown cardboard boxes in a gallery space. There is a man dressed in dark clothing bending slightly to look into a small window at the top of the stack closest to the camera.

Image: David Lawrey & Jaki Middleton Eternal Return 2023 sculpture (with kinetic model components). Winner of the Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award 2023. Image courtesy the artists.

With awards totalling $26,000 the biennial Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award showcases outstanding art created with, on or about paper. Awards include the:

  • Major award | $15,000
  • Young and Early Career Artist Award | $5,000
  • Friends of Hazelhurst Local Artist Award | $5,000
  • $1,000 People's Choice Award | $1,000
  • The Preparators Residency Award | a 4-week studio residency chosen by Hazelhurst's installation crew

In 2023 Hazelhurst received entries from 890 artists from across Australia, and from these a selection panel chose 82 finalists. The exhibition presented a diverse range of works including drawing, printmaking, collage, photography, sculpture, paper cuts and video.

Leading Australian artist Deborah Kelly judged the Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award 2023 and said of the winning works:

"My criteria was I wanted works that thought about paper itself as a medium, that didn't just use it as a vehicle, that really engaged with the material, the stuff of paper, and thought about its weight in culture and its use. The three works that I chose were so outstanding, I thought, to their attention to this stuff, the weight of this stuff in culture and in history."

HAZELHURST ART ON PAPER AWARD 2023 RECIPIENTS

Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award
David Lawrey & Jaki Middleton
Eternal Return, 2023

Sculpture (with kinetic model components)

Young & Early Career Artist Award
Jenna Lee
Grass tree - growing together, 2022
Pages of Aboriginal words and place names, book binding thread, book cover board, florist wire
Friends of Hazelhurst Local Artist Award
Christopher Lawrie
WHITE HISTORY _'An introduction to Australian History' by A. G. L. Shaw and H. D. Nicholson), 2023
Salted book on copper plate
Preparator's Residency Award
Oliver Fontany
Oli at Lane Cove River 1, 2022
Pen on artist paper
People's Choice Award
Margaret Ackland
Toile De Jouy with Poppies, 2022
Watercolour on paper

Image: Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award 2023, installation view. Photograph by Silversalt Photography.

Image: Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award 2023, installation view. Photograph by Silversalt Photography.

Image: Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award 2023, installation view. Photograph by Silversalt Photography.

Image: Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award 2023, installation view. Photograph by Silversalt Photography.

Image: Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award 2023, installation view. Photograph by Silversalt Photography.

Image: Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award 2023, installation view. Photograph by Silversalt Photography.

Image: Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award 2023, installation view. Photograph by Silversalt Photography.

Image: Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award 2023, installation view. Photograph by Silversalt Photography.

Image: Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award 2023, installation view. Photograph by Silversalt Photography.

Image: Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award 2023, installation view. Photograph by Silversalt Photography.

HAZELHURST ART ON PAPER AWARD 2023 FINALISTS

Margaret Ackland

Carlos Almenar Diaz

Suzanne Archer

Tony Ameneiro

Kim Anderson

Sharna Barker

Lee Bethel

Patrizia Biondi

Amber Boardman

M Bozzec

Jennifer Buntine

Peter Burke

Michelle Cawthorn

Armando Chant

Cindy Chen

Ning Chen

Louisa Chircop

Matthew Clarke

Adrienne Doig

Kelly Doley

Jacqui Driver

Christine Druitt-Preston

David Eastwood

Julia Flanagan

Oliver Fontany

Freya Fristad

Todd Fuller

Aidan Gageler

Angus Gardner

Phillip George

Amala Groom

Yvette Hamilton

Tina Havelock Stevens

Nicci Haynes | Bridget Hillebrand

Anna Hoyle

Amber-rose Hulme

Kirrily Humphries

Phil James

Freya Jobbins

Joya Kang

Nicole Kelly

Barbie Kjar

David Lawrey & Jaki Middleton

Christopher Lawrie

Hyun Hee Lee

Jenna Lee

Belem Lett

Brenda Livermore

Roman Longginou

Alanna Lorenzon

Kasane Low

Kevin McKay

Stephanie Monteith

Mylyn Nguyen

Adam Norton

Toshiko Oiyama

Liz Payne

Lori Pensini

Izabela Pluta

Jasmine Poole & Chris Sewell

Diego Ramírez

Brian Robinson

Douglas Schofield

Liz Shreeve

Benedict Sibley

Chanel Sohier

Peter Solness

Mignon Steele

Ali Tahayori

Sherna Teperson

Teo Treloar

Garry Trinh

Kate Vassallo

Sylvie Veness

Hilary Warren

Peta West

Paul White

Amanda Williams

Belinda Yee

Mei Zhao

Tianli Zu

View the finalist and winning works in the digital catalogue below.