The Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery’s National Works on Paper was established in 1998 and incorporated the former Spring Festival of Drawing and the Prints Acquisitive which began in 1973.
In 2020, as part of MPRG’s 50th-anniversary celebrations, MPRG is holding the prestigious biennial National Works on Paper (NWOP) acquisitive exhibition. With a long and rich history, NWOP attracts leading artists from across Australia working in the fields of drawing, printmaking, digital prints and paper sculpture.
NWOP supports and promotes contemporary Australian artists working on or with paper with up to $50,000 acquisitions and awards.
Wendy Sharpe is a finalist in the 2020 exhibition, which concludes February 21, 2021.
More information can be found here.
Featured image: 2020, Wendy Sharpe, Ladders to Fire (detail), gouache on concertina bound book, 30x71cm.
