Tsering Hannaford (born 19 March 1987) is a South Australian artist. In 2012 Tsering and her father

Robert Hannaford Robert Lyall "Alfie" Hannaford , (born 9 November 1944) is an Australian realist artist notable for his drawings, paintings, portraits and sculptures. He is a great-great-great-grandson of Susannah Hannaford. Family Hannaford was born a ...

were the "first father and daughter to show concurrently in ''Salon des Refusés'', an exhibition of Archibald entries", ''(Page includes a photo of the self-portrait hung in the Archibald 2012 ''Salon des Refusés''.)'' and in 2015 they were the first father and daughter selected as finalists for the

Archibald Prize The Archibald Prize is an Australian portraiture art prize for painting, generally seen as the most prestigious portrait prize in Australia. It was first awarded in 1921 after the receipt of a bequest from J. F. Archibald, J. F. Archib ...

. Tsering is a great-great-great-great-granddaughter of Susannah Hannaford.

Personal life

Tsering Hannaford was born in Adelaide in 1987 to shoemaker Shirley Andris and artist

who were living in West Hindmarsh. Also in 1987, Robert Hannaford bought a disused farmhouse and outbuildings at Peters Hill in the

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of South Australia near Riverton and converted them into a house and studio.John Neylon, "Chronology". pp154-160 in Sally Foster (2016) "Robert Hannaford", Art Gallery of South Australia, Tsering grew up in Riverton and West Hindmarsh, and was educated at the

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where she was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in 2008 and a Graduate Diploma in Art History in 2011.

Career

Tsering Hannaford has been painting since infancy; at age four her father set up a studio for her. However, she also has had many other interests. After finishing at University, Hannaford concentrated on painting. She specializes in portraiture, landscapes and still life painting. She became a full time artist in 2012. She has been a finalist in the

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three times (highly commended in 2014), a finalist in the A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize, a semi-finalist in the

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, and hung twice (2012 & 2013) in the Archibald ''Salon des Refusés''. ''(Page includes a photo of the portrait.)'' ''(Page includes a photo of the portrait.)'' She was an

finalist in

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Recognition

*2012 – Archibald Salon des Refusés – ''Self-portrait'' *2012 – A.M.E Bale Art Prize (finalist) *2013 – Archibald Prize Salon des Refusés – ''Self-portrait'' *2013 – Portia Geach Memorial Award (finalist) *2013 – Inaugural RSASA Portrait Prize (finalist) *2013 – Helpmann Academy Emerging Artist Award (Winner) *2014 – Eran Svigos Award for Best Visual Art Adelaide Fringe (Winner) *2014 – Inaugural Kennedy Art Prize (finalist) *2014 –

(finalist – Highly Commended) *2014 – A.M.E Bale Art Prize (finalist) *2014 – Doug Moran National Portrait Prize (Semi-finalist) *2015 – Lethbridge 10,000 Small Scale Art Award (finalist) *2015 – RSASA Biennial Portrait Prize (finalist) *2015 – Archibald Prize finalist – ''Objet démodé'' *2015 – Portia Geach Memorial Award finalist – ''Portrait of Julia Townsend'' *2016 – "Works from New York City" Exhibition – ''Kyle'' *2016 –

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– ''Self-portrait with magnolia'' *2017 – Archibald Prize finalist – ''Self-portrait''2017 finalist
Archibald Prize *2018 – Archibald Prize finalist – ''Self-portrait''2018 finalist
Archibald Prize *2019 – Archibald Prize finalist – ''Mrs Singh'' (Portrait of Anant Singh) *2020 – Archibald Prize finalist – ''Self-portrait after 'Allegory of Painting *2021 – Archibald Prize finalist – ''Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC QC'' *2022 – Archibald Prize finalist – ''Sally Scales''

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hannaford, Tsering 1987 births Living people 21st-century Australian women artists Australian painters People from Riverton, South Australia Archibald Prize finalists Archibald Prize Salon des Refusés