Australia

Short Description To celebrate our 30th year, Defiance Gallery is excited to launch the inaugural Defiance Award for excellence in painting.Established in 1995, Defiance has built a reputation for uncompromising quality and cemented itself as one of Australia’s leading contemporary art galleries. A pioneer in the field of sculpture, the gallery represents a stable of […]

Short Description The 3rd Trades Hall Arts Prize is now open for entries – opening night 1st October. The Trades Hall Art Prize seeks to support the arts, workers, arts-workers, art by workers and art about working life. An annual Arts Prize, hosted in Paddy’s Gallery. This prize is intended to support artists as workers […]

Short Description Sponsored by the Mackley Family, this award is named for Mr Hylton Mackley AM (Hon) FVAS, who served as Treasurer from 2016-2023. Working alongside his wife, Eileen Mackley AM VAS FVAS, he oversaw the restoration of the Society’s heritage-listed galleries, preserving a building that has housed artists’ work since 1874. The winning artist […]

Short Description The 13th Prospect Portrait Prize is a juried exhibition. Members of the Prospect Arts Action Network (PAAN) will assess and select the finalists for the exhibition which opens on 5 December 2025. Finalists will be selected on the artistic merit of work and conformation to conditions of entry. The selection panel will consider […]

Short Description Australia’s most inclusive and exciting contemporary art prize is back, bigger and bolder than ever, running 19 January to 22 March 2026. Whether you’re an emerging or an established artist, the Wyndham Art Prize (WAP) 2026 invites practitioners across Australia to submit their most powerful, thought-provoking, or unexpected work. With a growing prize […]

Short Description Have you ever wanted to discover how to use your camera, phone, or tablet to create art? Or perhaps you want to master Procreate and other creative platforms to produce your own original pieces? If this sounds like you, the Bindi Digital Art Program may be right for you. Bindi is offering beginner-level […]

Short Description The Portia Geach Memorial Award was established by the will of the late Florence Kate Geach in memory of her sister, artist Portia Geach. It is awarded by the Trustee for the entry which is of the highest artistic merit, ‘…for the best portrait painted from life of some man or woman distinguished […]

Short Description Founded in 2021, the National Emerging Art Prize was established to provide a highly visible national platform to identify, promote andsupport Australia’s most promising emerging visual and ceramic artists. The prize exists not only to offer a robust and highly visible platform to showcase artists in the emerging stages of their careers but […]

Short Description Incinerator Gallery exhibits work by emerging and established artists in the Atrium. The space is best suited to sculptural and spatial practices that are site-specific. Applicants are encouraged to visit the exhibition space prior to submitting their proposal. The Atrium is best suited to spatial, and sculptural practice—ranging from physical, large-scale works, to […]