Janne Kearney
Australia
CV - Janne Kearney
27 Preston St, Geelong West. Australia. 3218 Ph: 0407 809 660
, MELBOURNE. AUST. PH: 03 96543332
Janne Kearney, Geelong, Australia: Proudly represented by Flinders Lane Gallery Melbourne, and is an internationally recognised realist artist, winning international and national art awards. She has been a finalist in over 80 prestigious International and National Art Prizes, exhibiting in National Portrait Gallery, London, Italy, Spain, USA, and throughout the UK. She was a finalist in the important BP Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London, they received over 2,700 entries from 93 countries, only selecting the world’s top 50, the award is regarded as the worlds ‘Portraiture Oscars’. In addition, was awarded the prestigious San Diego, FWSD Fashion Week San Diego ARC Award, an international traveling award, visiting significant galleries in LA, New York, San Diego, Sotheby’s, the MEAM, (European Museum of Modern Art), Barcelona, only 7 artists chosen from 3750 worldwide entries from 69 countries. The ARC is the most important realist painting prize in the US and the Americas.
And most recently winner of National Capital Art Prize and the Lethbridge 20000
2022 FINALIST: Lethbridge 20000 Art Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane.
2021 WINNER: NATIONAL CAPITAL ART PRIZE, AARWUN GALLERY, CANBERRA. $15000 prize money
FINALIST: Portia Geach Portrait Prize. S.H. Ervin Gallery Sydney
FINALIST: Lethbridge 20000 Art Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane.
FINALIST: Kennedy Art Prize, Adelaide. SA
2020 WINNER: LETHBRIDGE 20000 ART PRIZE, LETHBRIDGE GALLERY, BRISBANE $20000 prize money
FINALIST: The Lester Prize, Western Aust Art Gallery
FINALIST: Portia Geach Portrait Prize. S.H. Ervin Gallery Sydney
FINALIST: Semi-finalist in the 15th ARC Salon
FINALIST: Shirley Hannan Art Prize
2019 FINALIST: Clayton UTZ Art Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane.
FINALIST: Lethbridge 10000 Art Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane.
FINALIST: Calleen Art Prize, Calleen, NSW.
2018 FWSA ARC AWARD WINNER.
Major International Art Prize, Traveling award, LA, New York, San Diego, & MEAM, European Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona.
FINALIST: ARC Salon 13th International Art Prize, New York.
FINALIST: Black Swan Art Prize, Western Aust Art Gallery.
FINALIST: American Portrait Society Members Only Competition.
FINALIST: Clayton UTZ Art Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane.
FINALIST: Wyndham Art Prize, Wyndham.
FINALIST: Percival Tucker Portrait Prize. Townsville.
EXHIBITION INVITATION: Painting the Figure Now. Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wisconsin. USA
COMPETITION INVITATION: Brisbane 2018 Rotary Art Spectacular.
2017 FINALIST: BP Portrait Award, London Portrait Gallery, London
WINNER: CORANGAMARAH ART PRIZE SMALL SCALE ART PRIZE, COLAC.
Finalist: QAPA: Queer Art Prize Australia, Melbourne.
Finalist: Clayton Utz Art Prize, Queensland.
Semi-finalist: Moran Portrait Prize, Sydney.
* This statement has been provided directly by the artist in association to their 16th International ARC Salon entries. This content has not been edited for typos or grammatical errors and has not been vetted for accuracy.
