ustralian Tennis star and Rado Ambassador Ash Barty joins forces with acclaimed Brisbane artist Ashvin Harrison to create a one-off artwork that will be auctioned for charity.

An exciting Australian painter and draftsman, Ashvin’s work has featured in exhibitions and publications nationally. His pieces are composed with an interesting balance of monochrome structures next to colorful details that represent the complexities of human emotion and connection. In this collaboration, Ash, under the guidance of Ashvin, contributes the colour and energy to the final work by hitting paint-laden tennis balls at the canvas to complement Ashvin’s monochrome structure.

The art-for-charity project is initiated by Swiss watchmaker Rado who, in partnership with internationally renowned online art gallery Singulart, will auction the vibrant final artwork, the tennis balls and racquet used in its creation and a limited edition Rado HyperChrome Ash Barty timepiece. All proceeds will be donated to the Make-A-Wish^® Australia to help grant wishes for children with critical illness. It is their mission to grant the wish of every eligible child – a quest sparked by the belief that a wish is integral to a child’s treatment.

Auctioning of the artwork for Make-A-Wish will take place until 31st January 2022 via renowned online auction house Singulart.

Ash’s tennis achievements include winning the 2019 French Open ladies singles title, the 2019 WTA Finals , two Miami Open titles, an Olympic Bronze Medal in Mixed Doubles and reaching a Fed Cup Final. Her most significant one was however achieved in 2021 when she became the Wimbledon ladies singles champion, fulfilling her childhood dream and becoming the first Australian woman to win the championship since her mentor Evonne Goolagong Cawley 41 years ago.

Ashvin Harrison is an exciting Australian painter and draftsman, whose work has featured in exhibitions and publications nationally. Primarily driven by interests in existentialism, absurdism and the major contrasts that exist within the human experience, he composes sensitive figurative pieces with interesting balances of monochrome structures next to colorful details.

Rado HyperChrome Ash Barty II

Strictly limited to 996 numbered pieces (Ash was born in 1996), the new watch is a three-hand quartz model. A curved sapphire crystal, anti-reflective on both faces, offers a clear view of an enchanting blue mother-of-pearl dial with three jubilé diamonds at 12 o’clock, rhodium-coloured dauphine hands and applied indexes, a date window at 3 o’clock and a moving rhodium-coloured tennis ball centred in the lower half at 6 o’clock. Both the monobloc case and 3-row bracelet are fashioned in Rado’s signature polished plasma high-tech ceramic. A special engraving on the titanium case back presents Ash’s signature on a tennis ball and the lettering Limited edition with the consecutive edition-number xxx/996 above the ball and Ash Barty below it.