Wendy Sharpe

For the footballer, see Wendy Sharpe (footballer).
Wendy Sharpe
Born 1960
Sydney
Nationality Australian
Awards Sulman Prize, Archibald Prize
Website http://www.wendysharpe.com/

Wendy Sharpe (born 1960 in Sydney) is an Australian artist. Winner of the Sulman Prize in 1986 with Black Sun - Morning and Night[1] and the Archibald Prize in 1996 with Self Portrait - as Diana of Erskineville,[2] she has entered the Archibald Prize at least 6 times and been hung at least 3 times. She was interviewed in the 2005 Peter Berner documentary about the Archibald Prize called Loaded Brush.

She was one of Australia's official war artists sent to East Timor in 1999.[3]

Contents

Certificates

Selected awards

Solo exhibitions

References

  1. ^ "Sir John Sulman Prize winners (1936 - )". Art Gallery of New South Wales. http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/aboutus/faq/prizes/prizewinners/sir_john_sulman_prize. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 
  2. ^ Schmidt, Lucinda (20 September 2006). "Profile:Wendy Sharpe". The Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/news/money/profile-wendy-sharpe/2006/09/18/1158431644822.html. Retrieved 23 September 2010. 
  3. ^ Wilkins, Lola. "Wendy Sharpe". Australian War Memorial. http://www.awm.gov.au/people/artist_profiles/sharpe.asp. Retrieved 23 September 2010.