A Brief History

The daughter of Robert Hannaford, one of Australia’s most eminent portrait painters, Tsering absorbed an attitude towards painting from life, not photographs, as a means of continual learning and discovery of the world around us. Tsering’s floral paintings capture the uniqueness of each bloom, not dissimilar to portraiture.

Selected Exhibition

2018
Finalist - Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney, NSW

2017
Finalist - Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney, NSW

2016
Finalist - Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney, NSW
Finalist - A.M.E. Bale Art Prize Exhibition & Scholarship - Glen Eira City Council Gallery, VIC
Finalist - Portia Geach Memorial Award - S.H. Ervin National Trust Gallery, NSW
Finalist - Glencore Percival Portrait Prize - Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, QLD
Finalist - Shirley Hannan Portrait Prize - Bega Valley Regional Gallery, QLD
Finalist - Lethbridge 10,000 Small Scale Art Award - Lethbridge Gallery, QLD

2015
Semi-finalist Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Online semi finalist DMNPP Sydney, NSW
Finalist - Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney, NSW
Finalist - Lethbridge 10,000 Small Scale Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery Brisbane, QLD
Finalist - Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin National Trust Gallery Sydney, NSW

2014
Semi-finalist Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Online semi finalist DMNPP Sydney, NSW
New Works- Adelaide Fringe, Artlab Australia Adelaide, SA
Finalist - Inaugural Kennedy Art Prize, Stomping Ground Studios Stepney, SA
Finalist - Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin National Trust Gallery Sydney, NSW
Finalist - A.M.E. Bale Art Prize Exhibition & Scholarship, Glen Eira City Council Gallery Glen Eira, VIC

2013
Finalist - Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin National Trust Gallery Sydney, NSW
Finalist - Inaugural Portrait Prize Exhibition, Royal South Australian Society of Arts Adelaide, SA
Finalist - Salon des Refuses Exhibition, S.H. Ervin National Trust Gallery Sydney, NSW

2012
Finalist - A.M.E. Bale Art Prize Exhibition & Scholarship, Glen Eira City Council Gallery Glen Eira, VIC
Finalist - Salon des Refuses Exhibition, S.H. Ervin National Trust Gallery Sydney, NSW

2004
Finalist - Salon des Refuses Exhibition, S.H. Ervin National Trust Gallery Sydney, NSW

2016
Fleurieu Food and Wine Art Prize Highly Commended
Mark Butler Art Prize

2015
Arts SA Professional Development grant

2014
Eran Svigos Award for Best Visual Art, Adelaide Fringe
Highly Commended - Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin National Trust Gallery Sydney, NSW

2013
Helpmann Academy Emerging Artist Award
Royal South Australian Society of Arts Merit Award

2010
Malcolm Campbell Award for Drawing

2004
Certificate of Merit for Visual Art Studies (SACE)

Education

2017 
Figure Drawing and Painting Summer Intensive, Studio Escalier, Argentonnay, France

2015
Cast Drawing, Portrait Painting, Grand Central Atelier New York, NY
Portrait Painting and Composition, Life Drawing and Anatomy, Art Students’ League of New York New York, NY

2011
Painting, Drawing, Adelaide Central School of Art Norwood, SA
Graduate Diploma (Art History), University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA

2008
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology), University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA

Awards

2017
Smith Fellowship, Studio Esclaier, France (Residency)

2016
Mark Butler Art Prize
Fleurieu Food and Wine Art Prize Highly Commended

2015
Arts SA Professional Development Grant

2014
Eran Svigos Award for Best Visual Art, Adelaide Fringe
Portia Geach Memorial Award Highly Commended

2013
Helpmann Academy Emerging Artist Award

2010
Malcolm Campbell Award for Drawing

2004
Certificate of Merit for Visual Art Studies (SACE)

Industry Roles

2018
Artist in Residence, Saint Peter’s College Saint Peters, SA
Plein Air and Still Life Painting Workshops, Colours of Impressionism, Art Gallery of South Australia Adelaide, SA


2017
Artist in Residence, Loreto College Marryatville. SA

2016
Committee Board Member, Youthscape Exhibition, Royal South Australian Society of Arts Adelaide, SA
Grant Assessment Panel Member, Arts South Australia Adelaide, SA

2015
Committee Board Member, Youthscape Exhibition, Royal South Australian Society of Arts Adelaide, SA

2014
Workshop Facilitator, Pom Pom Children’s Space, Carclew Youth Arts North Adelaide, SA
Sketch Group Facilitator, Dorrit Black Retrospective, Art Gallery of South Australia Adelaide, SA
Committee Board Member, Youthscape Exhibition, Royal South Australian Society of Arts Adelaide, SA

2013 - 2011
Conservation: paintings and frames, Artlab Australia Adelaide, SA

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