2020 HURFORD HARDWOOD PORTRAIT PRIZE
The 2020 Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize is a national portrait prize administered by Lismore Regional Gallery open to any media. 2020 judge Abdul Abdullah, named Antoinette O’Brien as the winner of the $10,000 acquisitive prize for her portrait of Helen Deravenchecko, saying: ‘The combination of ceramic elements in the work drew me into a story about memory, and how moments attach themselves to our experience.’ Abdullah also recognised Michelle Dawson with a highly commendation for her portrait of the late Vera Wasowski