Portage Ceramic Awards

The annual Portage Ceramic Awards is New Zealand's premier ceramics event. Established in 2001, the awards are funded by The Trusts Charitable Foundation and administered by Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery (formerly Lopdell House Gallery). A national award, the Portage Ceramics Awards also acknowledge Waitakere City’s long history of ceramic practice, dating back to 1852.[1]

The competition

Entry is available to artists of New Zealand citizenship. The annual awards are judged each year by a different international judge, usually from the field of ceramics. An open call is made for entries, and since the third award onwards the judge has selected a group of finalists for exhibition. An exhibition is held at Te Uru and a publication produced.

Residencies

In 2013 two international residencies were announced as part of the awards: the Guldagergaard residency in Skaelskor, Denmark, awarded to Richard Stratton and a residency in Medalta, Medicine Hat, Canada, awarded to Melissa Ford.[2]

In 2014 a workshop scholarship to the Peters Valley School of Craft in New Jersey was awarded to Chris Weaver.[3]

Award winners
Judges and winners of the Portage Ceramic Awards
Year Judge Premier award Runner-up or residency award Merit or other award
2001Mitsuo ShojiTony Bond, QumbilicumsMerit award: Chris Weaver; Waitākere artist award: Ted Dutch
2002Michael KeigheryRichard Parker, SignalsMerit award: Kate Fitzharris; Waitākere artist award: Sanderson Kindleysides; Emergent artist award: Aidan Howse
2003Julie BartholomewPenny Ericson, Six Days in a Southern LandscapeMerit award: Ann Verdcourt; Waitākere artist award: Susannah Bridges; Emergent artist award: Amanda Shanley
2004Patsy HelyRaewyn Atkinson, Cape Evans 2Merit award: John Roy; Waitākere artist award: Danny Rowlandson; Emergent artist award: Aya Sato
2005Robert BellMerilyn Wiseman, Arctic RimMerit award: Helen Yau; Waitākere artist award: Claire Barton; Emergent artist award: Phillipa Durkin
2006Bill SamuelsPeter Lange, LiloMerit awards: Owen Bartlett, Mark Mitchell; Waitākere artist award: Danny Rowlandson
2007Jeff ShapiroDeAnne Lawford-Smith, Keeping Quiet and Heart of GlassMerit awards: Greg Barron, Tim Holman, Katherine Smyth, Onlie Ong; Waitākere artist award: John Parker
2008Grace CochraneMatt McLean, Scaled HeightsMerit awards: Madeleine Child, Philipa Durkin, Tim Holman, Michael Michaels, Richard Parker, Helen Yau; Waitākere artist award: Sang Sool Shim & Keum Sun Lee
2009Scott ChamberlinJoint winners: Madeleine Child & Philip Jarvis, Doodads & Doodahs and Widespread Occurrence of Possible Symbioses / Jim Cooper, Drug Jars and VendorMerit awards: Phillipa Durkin, Emily Siddell, Kristy Palleson; Waitākere artist awards: Sang Sool Shim & Keum Sun Lee, John Parker
2010Stephen BowersKirsty Gardiner, Secrets A JarMerit awards: Greg Barron, Georgina Caulton, Kate Fitzharris, Melissa Ford, Rhonda Jameson, Duncan Shearer
2011Janet MansfieldBridie Henderson, FeathersChris Weaver (second prize)Merit awards: Brendan Adams, Maureen Allison, Kirsty Gardiner, Cheryl Oliver
2012Paul ScottJim Cooper, Millbrook Holiday (the league for spiritual discovery)Merit awards: Kate McLean, Fran Maguire
2013Amy GogartyRobert Rapson, Himalaya Serves The World 1949 - Early 70sMel Ford, Richard StrattonMerit award: Marita Hewitt, Kim Henderson, Jane McCulla
2014Takeshi YasudaLouise Rive, The Space BetweenChris WeaverMerit awards: Kate Fitzharris, Madeleine Child, Duncan Shearer, Frank Checketts
2015Ingrid MurphyRaewyn Atkinson, Wasters III (Accumulate)John ParkerMerit awards: Virginia Leonard, Paul Maseyk
2016Janet DeBoosCaroline Earley, Clinch VIGreg BarronMerit awards: Susannah Bridges, Jim Cooper, Mark Goody & Emily Siddell
2017Emma BugdenRichard Stratton, Forced Turn TeapotAndrea du ChatenierMerit awards: Cheryl Lucas, John Parker, Amanda Shanley
2018 Bari Ziperstein Sang-Sool Shim and Keum-Sun Lee, In the Beautiful Dream Merit Awards: Jim Cooper, Andrea du Chatenier, and Rick Rudd; honourable mention: Brendan Adams, Jinho Jeong, Peter Lange, John Roy and Susan St Lawrence
2019 Merran Esson Mark Mitchell, Slice Merit awards: Blue Black, Kylie Matheson; honourable mention: Aaron Scythe, Sang-Sool Shim and Keum-Sun Lee

Further information

An annual publication is produced by Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery. National Library of New Zealand catalogue record.

References
  1. Portage Ceramic Awards 2001. Waitakere City, Auckland, New Zealand: Lopdell House Gallery. 2001. ISBN 9780958228404.
  2. "Portage Ceramic Awards". The Big Idea. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  3. "Premier Portage Award 2014". The Big Idea. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
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