JAQ GRANTFORD – CV
SELECTED GRANTS AND AWARDS
2023 Finalist Archibald Prize
2022 Winner Darling Portrait Prize
2022 Best in Show, American Art Awards
2021 Portrait, ‘Sisters’ acquired by the European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM) Barcelona Spain
2021 Winning place in portrait Society of America Member’s Competition
2021 Part of Luna Codex with work going up in a time capsule to the moon www. Lunarcodex.com
2021 Work part of first ever auction of Contemporary Realism at Sotheby’s NY
2021 Selected for Women Painting, European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM) Barcelona Spain
2021 Selected for ARC Salon, Sotheby’s NY, and European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM)
2021 Finalist Mod Portrait Prize, European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM) Barcelona Spain
2021 Highly Commended SBS Portrait Prize
2020 Finalist Portrait Society of America International Members Competition
2020 ARC Salon Finalist – Runner Up Best Nude
2020 Finalist Clayton Utz Award
2020 Finalist Brisbane Portrait Prize
2020 ARC Associate Living Artist status, Art Renewal Centre
2019 Winner Kennedy Art Prize
2019 Finalist 5th International Figure Painting Competition, New York
2019 Finalist Arc Salon International Art Prize, Art Renewal Centre
2018 Finalist Mod Portrait Prize Spain, MEAM European Museum of Modern Art
2018 Finalist Arc Salon International Art Prize, Art Renewal Centre
2018 Winner Best in Show, Gateway International Painting Competition
2018 Finalist Gateway International Painting Competition, February
2018 Finalist Gateway International Painting Competition, April
2018 Winner People’s Choice Black Swan Portrait Prize, Art Gallery Western Australia
2018 Winner 8th place, Portrait Society of America, International Members Prize
2017 Winner Hidden Faces People’s Choice
2017 Winner 3rd place, Portrait Society of America, International Members Prize
2017 Finalist Fomenar Art Prize, Rome, Italy
2017 Finalist Portia Geach Portrait Prize
2017 Semi-finalist Doug Moran Portrait Prize
2016 Finalist Hornsby Art Prize
2016 Winner Melbourne in Cliftons Art Prize
2016 Semi-finalist Doug Moran Portrait Prize
2016 Park Art Fair International, Germany, Honourable Mention
2016 Winner People’s Choice Shirley Hannan National Portrait Prize
2015 Finalist Black Swan Portrait Prize
2015 Winner Master of Art International exhibition, Architecture Award, London
2015 Scholarship to attend International Portrait Conference with Portrait Society of America
2015 Certificate of Excellence Artavita International Art Prize
2014 Finalist Toyota Community Spirit Gallery Sculpture Prize
2014 Winner People’s Choice Black Swan Heritage Prize, Perth
2014 The Archibald Salon de Refuses
2014 Third Place, International Artist Magazine, Landscape Prize
2014 Semi-finalist Doug Moran Portrait Prize
2014 Support Stipend, Can Serrat residency, Spain
2014 Finalist Shirley Hannon Portrait Prize for realism
2014 Semi-finalist in Arte Laguna Prize in Venice
2014 Certificate of Excellence in the Portrait Society of America open international competition
2013 Winner People’s Choice Lester Portrait Prize – portrait of Jacki Weaver
2013 Highly Commended Black Swan Heritage Prize
2013 Finalist Surrealism prize, Mortimore Art Prize
2013 Australian Guild of Realist Artists, Winner of the Presidents Challenge
2013 S.H. Ervin Gallery, Salon de Refuse with portrait of Jacki Weaver
2012 Winner Surrealism prize, Mortimore Art Prize
2012 Finalist, Black Swan Portrait Prize
2012 Finalist, Portia Geach Portrait Prize
2012 Finalist, Cricket Art Prize
2012 Finalist, Waverley Art Prize
2012 Finalist, Xstrata Percival Portrait Award
2011 Semi-finalist, Charlatan Ink Art Prize in New York. 100 chosen internationally
2011 Finalist, Corangamarah Art Prize
2011 Finalist, Black Swan Portrait Prize
2011 Finalist, Mortimore Art Prize
2010 Finalist, Waverley Art Prize
2009 Finalist Black Swan Portrait Prize with portrait of Jonathon Welch
2009 Finalist in the ANL Mariners Art Prize
2008 Finalist, Black Swan Portrait Prize with portrait of Paul Mercurio
2008 Winner of the ‘Hidden Faces of the Archibald’ exhibition – portrait of Paul Mercurio
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Awarded TransCultural Exchange Art Residency Portugal. Cancelled due to COVID 19
2019 ‘People’, The Button Factory, Victoria
2015 ‘Eclectic Synergy, G3 Artspace, Parkdale
2012 ‘A Show of Hands’, Chapel off Chapel, Prahran, VIC
2010 ‘Nancy Bentleigh’, Dromkeen Museum of Children’s Literature, Riddell’s Creek, VIC
2008 ‘A True Person’, Dromkeen Museum of Children’s Literature, Riddell’s Creek, VIC
2005 Children’s illustrations, Dromkeen Museum of Children’s Literature, Riddell’s Creek
2004 ‘Shoes News’, Dromkeen Museum of Children’s Literature, Riddell’s Creek, VIC
2003 ‘Various Faerious’, Chisholm Institute, Dandenong, VIC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Women Painting, European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM) Barcelona Spain
2021 ARC Salon, Sotheby’s NY, and European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM)
2021 Women Painting Women, Burrinja Cultural Centre
2016 Women Painting Women, Burrinja Cultural Centre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_Painting_Women
2015 Outstanding Women Artists, Media House Gallery
2014 Can Serrat artists, El Bruc, Spain
2007 Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava Slovakia
2007 Ilustrarte Biennial International Exhibition of Children’s book Illustration Portugal
2007 Warnabool Art Gallery
2004 Frankston International Music Festival
2004 Warnabool Art Gallery
2003 Wyreena Community Arts Centre Exhibition
RESIDENCIES AWARDED:
Can Serrat, Spain, 2014
Nes Residency, Iceland, 2019
PUBLISHED WORK
SELECTED WORKS AS AN ILLUSTRATOR AND AUTHOR
- The Hush Treasure Book – picture book published by Allen and Unwin
- Simply Drawing – book and DVD demonstrating drawing techniques
- Shoes News – Listed in the NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge and the Chief Minister’s Reading Challenge.
- Various Faerious – Allbooks Editor’s Choice Award 2003
- Nancy Bentley – picture book written by Tracey Hawkins, shortlisted Speech Pathology Awards
- Molly’s Memory Jar – picture book written by Norma Spalding, recommended book Family therapists Award
- A True Person – one of the 250 outstanding new international books for children and young adults that have been selected for The White Ravens 2008, one of the recommended books with the Family therapists Award.
- Squeezy Cuddle Dangly Legs – Recommended book with the Family therapists Award, translated into 8 dialects for the African market.
- Pemberthy Bear – listed in the Victorian Premier’s Reading Challenge.
- Wishes For One more Day – Children’s Literature’s Recommended Books for Grandparents’ Day September 2006, NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Artists Magazine, May 2022
- The Guide Artists, Feb 2022, cover and feature
- Fine Art Connoisseur, Nov 2020
- Through the Artists’ Eyes, A History of the Black Swan Prize, 2019
- Art Renewal Center, International Realism
- International Artist, Feature, Master Artists of the World, Issue 113 Pg 94 to 97
- American Art Collector, January 2015, pg 125
- International Artist, Edition 97, pg 7
- Artist’s Palette, Edition 112, cover and pg 20 to 28
- The Art of the Portrait, Issue 60, pg 15
- American Art Collector, Issue 106, pg 83
- Black Swan Heritage and Portrait Prize, 2013, featured in catalogue and image used on the front of a bus
- 3 x 3 Illustration Directory, pg 250
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
- European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM) Barcelona Spain
- Kennedy Arts Foundation, South Australia
- National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
- Can Serrat, Spain
- Cliftons, Melbourne, Australia
- Dromkeen Museum Children’s Literature Trust Collection, Victoria, Australia