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Archibald, Wynne, & Sulman Prizes
Art Gallery of NSW 6 May - 3 Sep 2023N.Smith Gallery is delighted to announce Danie Mellor, Natasha Walsh, & Joan Ross are finalists in the Archibald & Wynne prizes. Touring dates / venues: Bunjil Place, Melbourne; 3 Sep...Read more -
Natasha Walsh: Hysteria in the Studio
The National 4: Australian Art Now, Brett Whiteley Studio 24 Mar - 23 Jul 2023Dear Reader, I invite you to visit my studio and participate in the creation of my new body of work, Hysteria (2023), as a fly on the wall. I thought...Read more -
Archibald Prize 2022
Art Gallery of NSW 14 May - 27 Aug 2022In this self-portrait, Natasha Walsh celebrates the inner workings of the artist’s studio, while also subverting the historically limiting place of women within this space. ‘Referencing Brett Whiteley’s 1976 Archibald-winning...Read more -
Natasha Walsh:
N.Smith Gallery 12 - 28 May 2022
Dear...Dear... is a series of painted letters to artists who have influenced Natasha's practice. An expression of admiration, each work pays homage through both artists' aesthetics. 'Each work is created...Read more -
Archibald Prize 2019
Art Gallery of New South Wales 11 May - 7 Sep 2019‘Firstly, the painting itself shifts between the perception of a surface and an impossible “space” within. Secondly, the subject of the painting exists between an interior space with hard wooden...Read more -
Mosman Art Prize 2018
Mosman Art Gallery 26 Sep - 18 Nov 2018'The cicada, an insect long associated with immortality and re-birth, represents here a state of being. Her shell is an old mouldy dress and veil, which has become disappointing, constrictive...Read more -
Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship 2018
Brett Whiteley Studio 7 Sep - 7 Oct 2018Partially an expression of admiration for the work of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, this piece was created as a painted letter which I addressed to her. It felt appropriate to...Read more -
Kilgour Prize 2018
Newcastle Art Gallery 4 Aug - 21 Oct 2018'Beginning to feel quite trapped within this self-reflecting space, I conceived of this painting where my painted self is likewise trapped within the studio which has folded in on itself...Read more -
Archibald Prize 2018
Art Gallery of New South Wales 12 May - 9 Sep 2018‘The hand, which reaches out from an illusion of space to touch the painted support, serves as a reminder that the entire painting is, in fact, a surface. Particles of...Read more -
Natasha Walsh:
Dominik Mersch Gallery 21 Sep - 14 Oct 2017
Timepiece''In working from life the self-portrait allows me to intensely observe the passing of the present, as it coincides with my reflected face. The experience of time varied within the...Read more -
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 2017
1 - 30 Sep 2017‘We generally see women through the eyes of male artists. The way female artists represent themselves through their own eyes and hands contains a wonderful directness. This painting speaks about...Read more -
Archibald Prize 2017
Art Gallery of New South Wales 29 Jul - 22 Oct 2017‘Additionally, it enabled me to explore the relationship between the internal sense of self and the external appearance, which can define us in another’s eyes.’ ‘I am struck by the...Read more -
Archibald Prize 2016
Art Gallery of New South Wales 16 Jul - 9 Oct 2016‘This painting speaks about looking. I’m in the midst of capturing my own directly reflected gaze, while at the same time my painted self is in the midst of capturing...Read more