Artist residencies: how to apply & what it’s like when you get one!
Henrietta Manning is an award-winning contemporary realist painter. Currently living in Victoria, Henrietta has offered to share her experience of her artists residency at the Hill End Artist In Residence Program NSW. This is part one of a two-part feature all about the pros and cons of taking on an artist residency.
8 Nov 2004 12:00
Henrietta Manning
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Visual Arts
Henrietta Manning is an award-winning contemporary realist painter. Currently living in Victoria, Henrietta has offered to share her experience of her artists residency at the Hill End Artist In Residence Program NSW. This is part one of a two-part feature all about the pros and cons of taking on an artist residency. Part one is all about the nitty-gritty practicalities of residency research and the application process, followed by part two – Henrietta’s own experience of this and the final Hill End residency.
Henrietta Manning is an award-winning contemporary realist painter. She works predominantly from life, with her preferred medium being acrylic on board. Themes evolve as she develops the work, creating a series for regular solo exhibitions. Currently living in Victoria, Henrietta studied Art Foundation at Goldsmith’s College UK, English and Fine Art at Exeter University UK, and did her Postgraduate in Art at City Art Institute, University of NSW, Sydney, Australia. In 1992 – 94 she established ‘Cameron Street Studio’ in Sydney, which was an exhibition space for contemporary artists. Her work has been hung in numerous award exhibitions, including the landscape prize ‘The Wynne’ at The Art Gallery of NSW.