Sophie Hann is an Australian artist living on Kuarna Land, SA. She is a self taught artist although she studied on a scholarship for a semester at the New York Studio School. Hann received a Bachelor of Art from Flinders University. 

With a career spanning two decades, Sophie Hann’s accolades include the Dyason Bequest (AGNSW) and the Ruth Tuck Travelling Scholarship. She has been a finalist in major prizes such as the Heysen Prize for Landscape, the Lester Prize, the Portia Geach, Doug Moran, Brett Whitely Scholarship, Smallacombe Portrait Prize, Prospect Portrait Prize, the Fleurieu Prize, the John Fries Memorial Prize, the King’s School Art Prize, the Lloyd Rees Prize and the Alice Bale Memorial Award. Hann has been the received multiple grants and residencies including the Nancy Fairfax Artist Residency and the BigCi residency.

Sophie Hann’s primary interest is in human ecology- the relationship between humans and their environments and environmental ethics, which explores the moral relationship between humans and the natural world, including our responsibilities towards the environment and its resources. Animals, people and natural world features strongly in her work.

Awards / Residencies

2025
Finalist, The Lester Prize, WA
Finalist, Kennedy Prize, SA
Finalist, Gallery M Contemporary Art Prize, SA
Finalist, Gallery One Smallacombe Portrait Prize, SA
Recipient of the Nancy Fairfax Artist Residency, NSW
Recipient of the BigCi Artist Residency, Bilpin, NSW

2024
Finalist, Shirley Hannah National Portrait Award, NSW
Finalist, Heysen Prize for Landscape, SA
Finalist, Prospect Portrait Prize, SA
Finalist Gallery One Smallacombe Portrait Prize, SA

2023
Finalist, Portia Geach Portrait Prize, NSW
Finalist & Highly Commended, Gallery One Smallacombe Portrait Prize, SA
Catapult Mentorship, Guildhouse mentor for regional artist

2022
Semi Finalist, Doug Moran Portrait Prize, NSW
Winner, Hanger’s Choice Prize, Smallacombe Portrait Prize
Finalist, Gallery M Contemporary Art Prize, SA
Finalist, Smallacombe Portrait Prize, SA

2014
Finalist, Doug Moran Portrait Prize, NSW
Artist in Residence, Cleland Wildlife Park, SA

2013  
Awarded Arts SA Professional Development Grant
Selected ed to paint Celebrity Portrait for Loreto College Spring Art Show
Private commissions (Australia & UK) 

2011
Finalist (Top 50), John Fries Memorial Prize, NSW
Awarded Arts SA Professional Development Grant
Artist in Residence, Saint Peter’s College, SA
Artist in Residence, Xavier College, SA

2010
Finalist, Portia Geach Memorial Award, NSW  
Selected, Brunswick Street Small Painting Prize, VIC
Selected, Linden Postcard Prize, Linden Centre for
          Contemporary Art, VIC  
Awarded Arts SA Professional Development Grant 

2002 
Finalist, Steinhoff Scholarship, Fleurieu Biennale, SA

2000 
Finalist, Portia Geach Memorial Award, NSW
Finalist, Brett Whitely Scholarship, NSW
Finalist, Heysen Prize for Landscape, SA
Finalist, Fleurieu Prize exhibition, SA
Selected, Salon de Refuse, NSW

1999 
Finalist, Portia Geach Memorial Award

1998 
Finalist, King’s School Art Prize
Finalist, Lloyd Rees Prize
Finalist, Alice Bale Memorial Award

1996 
Winner of the Ruth Tuck Travelling Scholarship
Awarded $5,000 Dyason Bequest, AGNSW