PORTAGE 2022
Te Uru is delighted to present the Portage Ceramic Awards 2022. This annual award provides a vital platform to showcase the diversity of contemporary clay practices in Aotearoa.
ENTRIES ARE NOW CLOSED
KEY DATES
Entries close: 22 August 2022, 12noon
Shortlisted entries notified: 7 October 2022
Shortlisted works received: 18 October 2022
Finalists announced: 27 October 2022
Awards event: 25 November 2022 | Book tickets
Exhibition at Te Uru: 26 November 2022 – 5 March 2023
SELECTION OF WORKS
The 2022 awards will have a two-stage process overseen by this year’s judge. An initial shortlist of works will be selected by the judge from submitted images. Those artists will be invited to send their works to Te Uru for the final selection, where the judge will select the exhibiting works and award winners.
Read the 2022 terms and conditions here
WINNERS & FINALISTS
Congratulations to this year’s winners. The Premier Portage Ceramic Award for 2022 was awarded to Richard Penn for Artefacts. Second prize was presented to Helen Perrett for No space in my head, and Merit awards went to Evelyn Hodowany for 12 pack #1 “I can’t spare a square”, Elena Renker for Three tea bowls and Dorothy Waetford for AO and HR.
Congratulations to this year’s finalists: Stephen Aitken, Leigh Anderton-Hall, Greg Barron, Heath Bell, Maak Bow, Annette Bull, Oliver Cain, Peter Collis, Anna Crichton, Rosie Parsonson & Richard Darbyshire, Rod Davies, Peter Derksen, Mel Ford, Mandy Gargiulo, Evelyn Hodowany, Tracy Keith, Yueh Luo, Paul Maseyk, Kylie Matheson, John Parker, Richard Penn, Helen Perrett, Teresa Peters, Elena Renker, Rick Rudd, Takaaki Sakaguchi, Sylvia Sinel, Janna van Hasselt, Dorothy Waetford and Pip Woods.
THIS YEAR’S JUDGE
Te Uru is delighted to announce that Karl Chitham is the judge for the 2022 Portage Ceramic Awards.
Karl Chitham (Ngā Puhi, Te Uriroroi) is Director of The Dowse Art Museum in Lower Hutt. He is interested in interdisciplinary practice across toi Māori, contemporary art and craft. His ongoing association with craft practice includes projects such as A Mua: New Lineages of Making co-curated with Kolokesa Māhina-Tuai, Whenua Hou: New Māori Ceramics co-curated with Objectspace and Silk Web curated in partnership with Shangri La, Honolulu. Chitham was a judge for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards and The National Contemporary Art Awards, and was on the selection panel for the New Zealand Pavilion at the 2022 Venice Biennale. Chitham co-authored the major publication Crafting Aotearoa: A Cultural History of Making in New Zealand and Wider Moana Oceania.
UPDATES
For the latest updates and ongoing Portage news, keep an eye on this page via teuru.org.nz/portage or the Portage Ceramic Awards Facebook page.
Image: Portage 2021 photo: Sam Hartnett