Raelene Sharp

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Raelene lives in Melbourne with her husband and four children and has been the recipient of many Art Prizes over the last ten years.  

  • Finalist in Australian Art Excellence Award 2002, 2003 and 2005.
  • Winner Australian Art Excellence Medallion Award 2003
  • Finalist in A.M.E. Bale Travel Grant 2003
  • Finalist in Shirley Hannan National Portrait Prize 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 & 2010
  • Winner 2006 Shirley Hannan $30,000.00 National Portrait Prize
  • Finalist Victorian Artists' Society Artist of the Year Exhibition 2005 & 2006
  • Recipient of the Victorian Artists' Society Norman Kaye Medal 2005
  • Included in Joint Exhibition of 30 artists chosen by the Portrait Artist Australia for Washington DC Exhibition 2005
  • Included in Salon International 2006 Texas USA
  • Finalist Mortimore Prize 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009 (Portrait)
  • Winner Kevin Taylor Award 2006
  • Finalist in Hidden Faces of the Archibald Exhibition 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2010
  • Member of Fusion6 “About Face” Touring Portrait Exhibition 2007 – 2010
  • Finalist in James Farrell Self Portrait Award – Castlemaine Art Gallery 2007
  • Participant in Chairs for Charity 2007
  • Finalist Black Swan Prize for Portraiture – Perth Western Australia – 2008, 2009 & 2010
  • Commissioned to paint Michael Robertson AO by Scotch College Melbourne 2007
  • Commissioned to paint Professor Fred Mendelsohn by The Florey Neuroscience Institute Melbourne University 2008 
  • Commissioned to paint Dr Deborah Siefert by the Melbourne University College 2009 Melbourne University
  • Commissioned to paint Professor Ruth Bishop AO by Melbourne University 2009
  • Archibald Entries 2006 Jennifer Kyete (Channel Seven Newsreader), 2007 Iain Hewitson, (Celebrity Cook), 2008 Mark Mitchell (Entertainer) 2009 Ben Mendelsohn (Actor). 2010 Wirginia Maixner & Alison Wray (Neurosurgeons Royal Children’s Hopsital (Melbourne) Separated Krishner & Trishner co-joined twins.
  • Published in Australian Artist Magazine: April 2002, February 2003, Eight page article April 2003, November 2003, a Five page article in June 2004, October 2004 and October 2006 and Fusion6 Article June 2007
  • Featured in International Artist Fusion6 article Aug/Sept 2007
  • Published in About Face  book on About Face Fusion6 Portrait Exhibition

View Raelene's work below and visit her web pages:  www.raelenesharp.com | www.raelenesharparttuition.com