Tsering Hannaford

Tsering Hannaford is an Australian artist. In 2012 Tsering and her father Robert Hannaford were the "first father and daughter to show concurrently in Salon des Refusés, an exhibition of Archibald entries", and in 2015 they were the first father and daughter selected as finalists for the Archibald Prize.
Tsering is a great-great-great-great-granddaughter of Susannah Hannaford.

Early life and education

Tsering Hannaford was born to shoemaker Shirley Andris and artist Robert Hannaford, who were living in West Hindmarsh. Also in 1987, Robert Hannaford bought a disused farmhouse and outbuildings at Peters Hill in the Mid North of South Australia near Riverton and converted them into a house and studio.
Tsering grew up in Riverton and West Hindmarsh, and was educated at the University of Adelaide where she was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in 2008 and a Graduate Diploma in Art History in 2011.

Career

Tsering Hannaford has been painting since infancy; at age four her father set up a studio for her. However, she also has had many other interests.
After finishing at University, Hannaford concentrated on painting. She specializes in portraiture, landscapes and still life painting. She became a full time artist in 2012.
She has been a finalist in the Portia Geach Memorial Award three times, a finalist in the A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize, a semi-finalist in the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, and hung twice in the Archibald Salon des Refusés.
She was an Archibald Prize finalist in 2015, [List of Archibald Prize List of Archibald Prize 2016 finalists|2016 finalists|2016], [List of Archibald Prize List of Archibald Prize 2017 finalists|2017 finalists|2017], [List of Archibald Prize List of Archibald Prize 2018 finalists|2018 finalists|2018], [List of Archibald Prize List of Archibald Prize 2019 finalists|2019 finalists|2019], [List of Archibald Prize List of Archibald Prize 2020 finalists|2020 finalists|2020] and [List of Archibald Prize List of Archibald Prize 2021 finalists|2021 finalists|2021].

Recognition

2012 – Archibald Salon des Refusés – Self-portrait
2012 – A.M.E Bale Art Prize
2013 – Archibald Prize Salon des Refusés – Self-portrait
2013 – Portia Geach Memorial Award
2013 – Inaugural RSASA Portrait Prize
2013 – Helpmann Academy Emerging Artist Award
2014 – Eran Svigos Award for Best Visual Art Adelaide Fringe
2014 – Inaugural Kennedy Art Prize
2014 – Portia Geach Memorial Award
2014 – A.M.E Bale Art Prize
2014 – Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
2015 – Lethbridge 10,000 Small Scale Art Award
2015 – RSASA Biennial Portrait Prize
2015 – Archibald Prize finalist – Objet démodé
2015 – Portia Geach Memorial Award finalist – Portrait of Julia Townsend
2016 – "Works from New York City" Exhibition – Kyle
2016 – Archibald Prize finalist – Self-portrait with magnolia
2017 – Archibald Prize finalist – Self-portrait
2018 – Archibald Prize finalist – Self-portrait
2019 – Archibald Prize finalist – Mrs Singh
2020 – Archibald Prize finalist – Self-portrait after 'Allegory of Painting'
2021 – Archibald Prize finalist – Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC QC
2022 – Archibald Prize finalist – Sally Scales
2024 – Archibald Prize finalists – Meditation on seeing
2025 – Archibald Prize finalist – ''Meditation on time ''