The Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship is an Australian annual art award in honour of the painter Brett Whiteley. The scholarship is administered by the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Whiteley died in 1992. In 1999, his mother Beryl Whiteley (19172010) made funds available to establish a scholarship in his memory. The inspiration for the scholarship was the profound effect of international travel and study experienced by Brett as a result of winning the Italian Travelling Art Scholarship at the age of 20.
The Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship is open to Australian artists aged between 20 and 30. The winner receives A$25,000 and a three-month residency at the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris.
In 2004, Beryl Whiteley was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for her service as a benefactor to the visual arts through the creation and endowment of the scholarship. Brett Whiteley himself was appointed an Officer (AO) of the order a year before his death.
In recent years, Brett Whiteley's ex-wife Wendy Whiteley has presented the prizes.
Beryl Whiteley died on 1 April 2010, aged 93.
Winners of the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship 1999: Alice Byrne, Newtown shed 2000: Marcus Wills, Parable of the sowerArt Gallery of NSW: 2000 winner , Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship Education Kit 2001: Petrea Fellows, TreescapeArt Gallery of NSW: 2001 winner 2002: Ben Quilty, Elwood Park 2003: Karlee Rawkins, Bitch in IndiaArt Gallery of NSW: 2003 winner 2004: Alan Jones (artist), Figure # 11Art Gallery of NSW: 2004 winner 2005: Wayde Owen, Californian QuailArt Gallery of NSW: 2005 winner 2006: Samuel Wade, Grey Day at CentralArt Gallery of NSW: 2006 winner 2007: Nathan Hawkes, IcebergsArt Gallery of NSW: 2007 winner 2008: Amber Wallace, Untitled landscapeArt Gallery of NSW: 2008 winner 2009: Nicole Kelly, Figure in landscape 2010: Belem Lett 2011: Becky Gibson 2012: Mitch Cairns 2013: Tim Phillips 2014: James Francis Drinkwater 2015: Tom Polo 2016: Lucy O'Doherty 2017: Sally Anderson, Dilling's Bromeliads with Gullfoss Falls 2018: Natasha Walsh, Dear Frida 2020: Emily Grace Imeson, Home Amongst Giants Study 2021: Mia Boe, Mia and Eliza Fraser 2022: Bill Hawkins, Butterfly brut 2023: Mark Maurangi Carrol, Psalm (part-1)
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