This List of Australian art awards covers the main art awards given by organisations based in Australia. Most are for Australian art but some are open to artists from elsewhere.
| Award | Sponsor | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Archibald Prize | Art Gallery of New South Wales | First major prize for portraiture in Australian art |
| Australian Photographic Portrait Prize | Art Gallery of New South Wales | Discontinued in 2007 |
| Bald Archy Prize | Museum of the Riverina, Wagga Wagga | Parody of the Archibald Prize |
| Blake Prize | Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre | Focus on spiritual arts |
| Bowness Photography Prize | Monash Gallery of Art | |
| Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship | Art Gallery of New South Wales | Includes three-month residency at the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris |
| the churchie emerging art prize | Institute of Modern Art | Since 1987; formerly at Griffith University Art Gallery (now Museum) |
| Clemenger Contemporary Art Award | Art Gallery of New South Wales | 1993-2009 (no longer awarded) |
| Cornell Prize | Cornell family | South Australia, from 1951 to 1965 |
| Dobell Prize | Art Gallery of New South Wales | No longer awarded |
| Doug Moran National Portrait Prize | Doug Moran | Annual Australian portrait prize |
| Fleurieu Art Prize | South Australia wineries | Named for the Fleurieu Peninsula |
| Fremantle Print Award | Little Creatures Brewery | |
| Gallipoli Art Prize[1] | Gallipoli Memorial Club | Acquisitive art prize commemorating the Gallipoli campaign of the First World War, awarded annually. |
| Glover Prize | John Glover Society | For paintings of the landscape of Tasmania |
| Gold Coast Art Prize | Gold Coast City Art Gallery | |
| Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award | Helen Lempriere Bequest | Defunct since 2009 |
| Helena Rubinstein Portrait Prize | Helena Rubinstein Foundation) | no longer awarded |
| Helpmann Awards | Live Performance Australia | For live entertainment and performing arts |
| Impact Awards | Performing Arts Connections Australia | Presenter/venue & Producer Awards (Performing Arts) |
| John Fries Award | Copyright Agency | Emerging visual artists |
| Kennedy Prize[2] | Kennedy Arts Foundation | Annual Australian arts award of $25,000 |
| Kilgour Prize[3] | Newcastle Art Gallery[4] | $50,000 figurative and portrait art competition |
| The Ledger Awards | Named after pioneering Australian cartoonist Peter Ledger (1945–1994) | |
| Mandorla Art Award | New Norcia Monastery Museum and Art Gallery | Christian art |
| John McCaughey Prize | National Gallery of Victoria Art Gallery of New South Wales |
1957– |
| Melrose Prize | South Australian Society of Arts | Prize for portraiture instituted in 1921 |
| Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery Works on Paper Award | Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery | Contemporary art made on, or with, paper |
| Mosman Art Prize | Mosman Town Council | |
| Muswellbrook Art Prize | Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre | |
| National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award | Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory | |
| National Capital Art Prize | ACT | Prizes in four categories: Open, First Nations, Landscape and Student[5] |
| National New Media Art Award | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane | |
| National Photographic Portrait Prize | National Portrait Gallery (Canberra) | |
| Portia Geach Memorial Award | The Trust Company, Perpetual | Prize for Australian female portraitists |
| Ramsay Art Prize | Art Gallery of South Australia | $100,000 prize for contemporary artists under 40 years old |
| Ranamok Glass Prize | Andy Plummer and Maureen Cahill | Defunct from 2015 |
| Salon des Refusés (Archibald) | S.H. Ervin Gallery | Rejected submissions to the Archibald Prize |
| Sculpture by the Sea | Sculpture by the Sea | |
| Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards | Sidney Myer Fund | |
| Sir John Sulman Prize | Art Gallery of New South Wales | |
| Solar art prize | Royal Society of the Arts, South Australia | Climate change themes |
| South Australian Ruby Awards | Government of South Australia | Named for Dame Ruby Litchfield |
| Stanley Award | Australian Cartoonists' Association | Annual comics award |
| Stencil Art Prize | Marrickville Council etc. | Includes international stencil artists |
| Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize | South Australian Museum | For art with a science theme |
| Wynne Prize | Art Gallery of New South Wales | Landscape painting or figure sculpture art prize |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Musa, Helen (17 April 2024). "Canberra artists top the Gallipoli Art Prize". Canberra CityNews. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ Kennedy Prize
- ^ Kilgour Prize
- ^ "Home". nag.org.au.
- ^ Musa, Helen (3 August 2021). "Finalists announced in the 2021 National Capital Art Prize". Canberra CityNews. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
External links
edit- "Australian Art News & Competitions". Art Prizes. 14 July 2020.