2005 Wallace Arts Awards

Sara Hughes

Paramount Award

Sara Hughes was the winner of the Paramount Award for her work "Download". Sara recieves $35,000 for a six-month residency in New York with the International Studio and Curatorial Program with included airfares, and a bronze trophy by leading New Zealand sculptor Terry Stringer.

Sara Hughes is an artist whose paintings and installations have an acute sense of ‘how painting interacts with the space in which it is located.’(1) Hughes’ painting is meticulous and controlled. Her work is largely abstract in which she directs clean lines, shapes and patterns of independent colours to create a sense of movement, illusion, and three dimensional depth. Hughes’ work explores the digital realm and the world of technology and computing. ‘Entering the territory of op art and even pop art, she creates work that is at once ethereal and sensual, transparent and dense, serious and light-hearted. She can be seen to belong to a category of artists’ critic William McAloon has described as the "blurry abstractionists".’(2)

"Her practice is described as painting but it is a long way removed from traditional paintbrush and easel. Through her use of new imagery and site-specific locations she seeks to show that painting has entered a new era with the digital age. As a contemporary artist, she sees it as her task to address what painting now is and how it can operate." (3)

(1) Alison Bartley, Bartley Nees Gallery (http://www.bartleyneesgallery.co.nz)
(2) Alison Bartley, Bartley Nees Gallery
(3) Linda Tyler, Curator of Pictorial Collections, Hocken Library, Dunedin, 2004

Rueben Paterson
Development Award

Reuben Paterson is the winner of the Development Award with his work Nemesis. This strong black and white work glitters with spectrum colours from diamond dust. The prize consists of $15,000 covering a New York residency with the International Studio Curatorial Program (ISCP) including airfares.

Glenn Burrell
Jury Prize

In 2005 the Jury chose Glenn Burrell's Office Space for special mention. 

	Robert McLeod Runner Up Robert McLeod received $1500 cash for his work Self Defence
	Richard Lewer Runner Up Richard Lewer received $1500 cash for his work At the Break of Day.
	People's Choice Award In 2005 the People’s Choice Award was a tie between three artists. The artists split $500 cash and received wine. Claire BEYNON Open Book - Travels Through the Alphabet Ink, lazer prints, and photos, on 100% cotton paper, with vylene backing 1446 x 2400 mm
	Matthew BROWNE Solace Pencil, charcoal, vinyl, tempera and oil stick on canvas 1675 x 1825 mm
	Martha LUNDMARK A Smile From Your Eyes is Paradise Wood and fiberglass 1200 x 695 mm