TIDAL 08

Friday 5 December - Monday 26 January 2008

$10,000 Major Award Recipient:             Marian Drew
$3,000 Tasmanian Art Award Recipient:  Catherine Woo
$1,000 Peoples Choice Award Recipient: David Keeling

Judges: Robert Leonard, Director, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane 
             Peter Timms, Curator, Critic & Author living in Hobart
             Zara Stanhope, Senior Curator and Deputy Director of Heide Museum of Modern Art, Victoria

Artists:  Peter Alwast, Zoe Ali & Christos Tsiolkas, Simon Cuthbert, Marian Drew, Isaac Fergusson, Nicholas Folland, Lisa Garland, David Hawley, David Keeling, Jonathan Kimberley, Mish Meijers, Vera Möller, Michael Muruste, Harry Nankin, Sally Rees, Troy Ruffels, Michael Schlitz, Lucia Usmiani, Megan Walch, Matt Warren, Catherine Woo

The Tidal 08: City of Devonport Art Award is a non-acquisitive biennial award is hosted by the Devonport Regional Gallery and funded through the Devonport City Council. The award is open to artists whose 2D work in any medium, represents a response to our contemporary relationship and connection to the sea, coastal regions and communities.

The major award is valued at $10,000 and the Tasmanian award is $3,000. The $1,000 Peoples Choice Award is funded by the Friends of the Gallery Committee and was announced on January 30th 2009.

Tidal.08 Catalogue

Marian Drew, The Creek that leads to the Sea (detail), 2008 Archival pigment on cotton paper 100 cm x 200 cm, Edition 1 of 5	Catherine Woo, Residue (detail), 2008 Mixed media on canvas 194 cm x 133 cm
TIDAL 08 Winners (L-R) Marian Drew and Catherine Woo	TIDAL 08 Opening Night
Charlotte Petts, Katherine Whitley and Danny Smith	TIDAL Opening Night
Liam Cooper and Kim Prunster	Peter Timms announcing the winners Behind Peter: (L-R) Mayor Lyn Laycock, Director Ellie Ray
Hayley Crawford and Kevin Mullins	Devonport City Council General Manager Ian McCallum and Foks Westerbeek
Peter Lord and friend	TIDAL 08 Opening Night