National tour stops for local gallery show

• Author: Alyssa Smith
• Published date: 28 September 2022
• Publication title: Stratford Press

Last Friday the 2022 Adam Portraiture Awards exhibition opened at Percy Thomson Gallery. Gallery director Laura Campbell is delighted the gallery was able to be part of the tour

“We’re very pleased to be able to show this to the community.”

The Adam Portraiture Awards is a biennial competition for painted portraits of New Zealanders by New Zealanders. Judges Linda Tyler and Karl Maughan selected 45 finalists from over 350 entries for this year’s finalists exhibition.

A selection of those works are now on display at the gallery in Prospero Place, says Laura.

“We asked to have all the Taranaki finalists included in the exhibition as well. Having four finalists from Taranaki is such an achievement.”

One of the finalists was 26-year-old Hayley Elliott-Kernot. Laura says the Percy Thomson Gallery exhibition is the only chance to see Hayley’s piece.

“An Auckland buyer purchased it — as this exhibition is done, it will be sent to them. It’s a...