The Doug Moran National Portrait Prize is an annual Australian portrait prize founded by Doug Moran in 1988, the year of Australia's Bicentenary. It is the richest portrait prize in the world with A$150,000 awarded to the winner. The prize is acquisitive; "the winning portrait immediately becomes the property of the Moran Arts Foundation, to be exhibited permanently as part of the Moran Arts Foundation Collection".
The aim of the competition is to promote contemporary Australian portraiture and, as such, entry conditions stipulate that both the artist and their subject be an Australian citizen or resident for at least one year prior to the closing date for entries, however it is not required that the artist or the subject be well known.
There was a court case in 2002–2004 involving the Moran family and the Tweed Shire Council, which ended with an out of court settlement. Following this, there was no longer a $1,000 prize paid to the 30 finalists who did not win, and no longer an international judge. This has now changed back and finalists again receive $1,000.
As of 2024 the prize has been put on hold, with no awards being run in 2023 or 2024.
List of winners
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- 1988 – Penny Dowie – Caitlin
- 1990 – Robert Hannaford – Bill
- 1992 – Siv Grava – Self portrait
- 1994 – Josonia Palaitis – John Mills
- 1996 – Greg Creek – Picture of Carolyn Eskdale, 1996
- 1998 – Esther Erlich – Gaunt and glorious – Steve Moneghetti
- 2000 – Kristin Headlam – Self-portrait in bed with the animals
- 2002 – David Fairbairn – Red Portrait Suzanne
- 2004 – Prudence Flint – A Fine Romance #9
- 2006 – Peter Wegner – Wounded Poet 2006
- 2007 – Leslie Rice – Self Portrait 2007
- 2008 – Fiona Lowry – What I Assume You Shall Assume (Self-portrait)
- 2009 – Ben Quilty – There but for the Grace of God Go I, no.2
- 2010 – Michael Zavros – Phoebe is dead
- 2011 – Vincent Fantauzzo – Off Screen portrait of Baz Luhrmann
- 2012 – Leslie Rice – Self Portrait (with the Muses of Painting and Poetry)
- 2013 – Nigel Milsom – Uncle Paddy
- 2014 – Louise Hearman – Bill-1383
- 2015 – Warren Crossett – Self Portrait after St Jerome Flanders
- 2016 – Megan Seres – Scarlett as Colonial Girl
- 2017 – Tim Storrier – The Lunar Savant, a portrait of McLean Edwards.
- 2018 – Lynn Savery – Lynn Savery: self-portrait
- 2019 – what – Robert Forster
- 2020 – no award
- 2021
- Vincent Fantauzzo – Muse
- Andrew Greensmith – Two lives one soul
- Michael Vale – Our ghostly crew
- 2022 - Graeme Drendel - Portrait of Lewis Miller
Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize
The Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize was set in motion in 2007 by the Moran Arts Foundation. This Prize is exhibited at the same time as the Portrait Prize and consists of three sections; Open, Secondary Schools and Primary Schools. Entrants are asked to interpret ‘Contemporary life in Australia’, with an emphasis on Australian's going about their day-to-day lives.
There is a total prize pool of A$100,000, with $50,000 awarded to the winner of the Open division and $1,000 awarded to each of the 30 Finalists. The Secondary division is split into three sections; 7–8 (winner receives $2,000), 9–10 (winner receives $3,000) and 11–12 (winner receives $5,000). Each winner's school wins the same amount for the development of the arts at the school. The 30 finalists of the Primary division each receive a digital camera.
Photography Workshop Program
The Moran Arts Foundation Photography Workshop Program commenced in 2007 and is part of the Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize.
The free workshops are run by professional photographers at schools Australia wide. Each student is given a digital camera to work with for the day along with guidance from the professional photographer. Basic photography skills are taught along the theme of ‘Visual Storytelling’ and the student's print their favourite shots of the day. In 2015 there were 112 digital photography workshops across Australia in urban, rural and remote areas. Out of the 112 workshops 21 were held in remote areas.
Photographic Prize winners
Open Section
- 2007 – Ben Searcy – Waiting for News on David -Terry and Bev Hicks on the five-year anniversary of David's detainment
- 2008 – Belinda Mason – Four Generations
- 2009 – Dean Sewell – A Dry Argument
- 2010 – Dean Sewell – Cockatoo Island Ferry
- 2011 – Jack Atley – Steve Waugh and Sarah Walker
- 2012 – Ashleigh Bradley – Marti, Surfer, Jacqui Stockdale, Rama-Jaara Royal Shepherdess, Kelsey Austin Walsh, The World Inside My Mind, Tobias Titz, Noel Charlie
- 2013 – John Janson-Moore – Nyrripi girl with finger
- 2014 – Suzanne McCorkell – Time out from training
- 2015 – Trent Mitchell – Boy in Boat, Hervey Bay, QLD 2015
- 2016 – Johannes Reinhart – "Mermaid Show"
- 2018 - James Bugg - "Zach"
- 2019 - Tamara Dean - "Endangered"
Schools Section (Secondary, Years 11 and 12)
- 2007 – Ronnie Ling The Usual Suspects
- 2008 – Alex Case Where You've Been Hiding
Schools Section (Secondary, Years 9 and 10)
- 2007 – Ronald Au Otamop
- 2008 – Larissa Enright Sinking
Schools Section (Secondary, Years 7 and 8)
- 2007 – Vonny Chui Constant Change
- 2008 – Alden Leong Pollution
References
- ^ Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, moranprizes.com.au
- Sharon Verghis (2 June 2004). "How divorce was raised to a high art". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- Burke, Kelly (24 May 2024). "Doug Moran prize: Australia's richest portrait award quietly 'put on hold'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- 1988 Finalists, moranprizes.com.au via web.archive.org
- 1990 Finalists, moranprizes.com.au via web.archive.org
- Bill Archived 20 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine, www.roberthannaford.com.au
- 1992 Finalists, moranprizes.com.au via web.archive.org
- 1994 Finalists, moranprizes.com.au via web.archive.org
- Picture of Carolyn Eskdale Archived 19 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- 1996 Finalists, moranprizes.com.au via web.archive.org
- Gaunt and glorious Archived 19 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- 1998 Finalists, moranprizes.com.au via web.archive.org
- "Self-portrait in bed with the animals". webarchive.nla.gov.au. 23 August 2006. Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
- 2000 Finalists, moranprizes.com.au via web.archive.org
- Red Portrait Suzanne (his wife, Suzanne Archer)
- 2002 Finalists, moranprizes.com.au via web.archive.org
- "A Fine Romance No. 9". webarchive.nla.gov.au. 23 August 2006. Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
- 2004 Finalists, moranprizes.com.au via web.archive.org
- Wounded Poet (of the poet, Graham Doyle)
- 2006 Finalists, moranprizes.com.au via web.archive.org
- Self Portrait 2007 Archived 17 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- 2007 Finalists, moranprizes.com.au via web.archive.org
- What I Assume You Shall Assume (Self-portrait) Archived 22 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- 2009 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize – winner, moranprizes.com.au
- "Jimmy Barnes, There but for the Grace of God Go I, no.2". Moranprizes.com.au. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
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- 2016 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize – finalists Archived 28 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine, moranprizes.com.au
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- Jefferson, Dee (1 November 2018). "Australia's richest art prize goes to 'first-time' portrait painter". ABC News. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- "Doug Moran prize 2019: Mysterious artist 'What' wins $150,000 for Robert Forster portrait". TheGuardian.com. 29 October 2019.
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