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Auckland artist wins Tauranga Art Gallery prize
Ayesha Green. Photo: Supplied.
Auckland artist Ayesha Green has won the 2021 Rydal Art Prize.
As the second recipient of the bi-annual award run by Tauranga Art Gallery in partnership with Seeds Trust, Ayesha receives $25,000 and an opportunity to develop an exhibition in Tauranga Art Gallery’s 2022 programme.
The Rydal Art Prize was established in 2019 to acknowledge an artist who has made a substantial contribution to contemporary painting.
A non-acquisitive award, the Rydal Art Prize seeks to celebrate the vitality that painting continues to have within the diverse contemporary art field in New Zealand. ....

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