Welcome to Sophie Hann Art

Hann is an Australian artist living on Kuarna Land, South Australia.

Education

1996        
Studied Art, New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, NY, USA. (Recipient of the AGNSW’s Dyason Bequest for international study).

1995   
Bachelor of Arts (Visual Art & History) Flinders University

1991-90    
Mentorship with Robert Hannaford

  
Awards / Residencies

2023

Finalist, Portia Geach Memorial Prize, Sydney

Finalist. Prospect Portrait Prize, SA

Finalist, Smallacombe Portrait Prize, SA

Highly Commended, Smallacombe Portrait Prize, SA

2022

Semi Finalist, Doug Moran Portrait Prize, NSW

Winner, Hanger’s Choice Prize, Smallacombe Portrait Prize

Finalist, Gallery M Contemporary Art Prize, SA

Finalist, Smallacombe Portrait Prize

2014

Finalist, Doug Moran Portrait Prize, Sydney
Artist in Residence, Cleland Wildlife Park, SA

2013  
           Invited to paint Celebrity Portrait of TV and Radio Presenter
           Dylan Lewis for Loreto College Spring Art Show.
           Awarded Arts SA Grant 
           Private commissions (Australia & UK) 

2011
          Finalist (Top 50), John Fries Memorial Prize, NSW
          Awarded Arts SA Professional Development Grant

Artist in Residence, Saint Peter’s College, SA

Artist in Residence, Xavier College, SA


2010
          Finalist, Portia Geach Memorial Award, NSW  
Selected, Brunswick Street Small Painting Prize, VIC
          Selected, Linden Postcard Prize, Linden Centre for
          Contemporary Art, VIC  
          Awarded Arts SA Professional Development Grant 

2002 
          Finalist, Steinhoff Scholarship, Fleurieu Biennale, SA

2000 
         Finalist, Portia Geach Memorial Award, NSW
         Finalist, Brett Whitely Scholarship, NSW
         Selected, Heysen Prize for Landscape, SA
         Selected, Fleurieu Prize exhibition, SA
         Selected, Salon de Refuse, NSW

1999  Finalist, Portia Geach Memorial Award

1998  Finalist, King’s School Art Prize
          Finalist, Lloyd Rees Prize
          Finalist, Alice Bale Memorial Award

1996  Winner of the Ruth Tuck Travelling Scholarship
          Awarded $5,000 Dyason Bequest, AGNSW