Theme: Built to Expire, Closes 19 March
Partnership between Messums UK and Orange Regional Gallery. Valued at $33,000 this six-week residency in the UK must take place between 1 September and 30 November 2026 .
Closes 30 April
St Kevins OMNIA Art Prize Toorak, closes 13 March
Closes 18th May
Congratulations to Sydney Printmaker member Nathalie Gautier-Hartog on being selected finalist to the Alice Prize 2026, with her work Margaret River.
The Alice Prize is an acquisitive national contemporary prize that celebrates artists working in any medium or theme from across the nation.
A biennial prize at Araluen Cultural Precint, Alice Springs, March 27 to June 8 2026
submissions are open for International Art Prize for painting, printmaking and drawing
Works on paper need to be framed
entries close 11 February
ENTRY FEE £6.50
First Prize
£6,000 + £2,000 art materials
Jackson’s Choice Awards (x5)
£1,000 art materials each
Judge’s Choice Awards (x6)
£1,000 art materials each
People’s Choice Award
£1,000 art materials
Acquisitive Award $20,000
for the Burwood Council Collection. This year also marks an exciting new partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art.
THEME: I AM HERE
Celebrating Cultural Narratives and Perspectives.
The 2026 theme I AM HERE invites artists to consider ideas of presence, identity and place in their work. It acknowledges the role of cultural identity, lived experience and community in contemporary multicultural Australia and will guide the selection and presentation of works in the 2026 Burwood Art Prize exhibition.
Artists are encouraged to interpret this statement as an invitation to explore how art can facilitate dialogue and connect audiences with the different experiences that inform our sense of community.
Entries close 5pm Monday 16 March
exhibition dates 25 May-8 June
works on paper max size 100x100cm including frame
BIENNIAL NATIONAL PRINT & DRAWING
ACQUISITIVE AWARDS
$20,000
ENTRIES CLOSE 17 MAY 2026
for more information
https://www.swanhillregionalartgallery.com.au/Whats-on/Print-Drawing-Awards.aspx
Artists are invited to enter the St Columba’s Art Prize with over $16,000 in prizes, its a chance to showcase your work.
CLOSING DATE MARCH 3, 2026
EXHIBITION DATES 1-6 MAY 2026
All mediums are accepted including printmaking, and except digital.
Size limit of framed work is 150cm in any direction.
For more details see
ttps://www.artshub.com.au/opportunity/st-columbas-art-prize-2026-2829346/
Sydney Printmaker members Nathalie Gautier-Hartog and Ro Murray at the opening of WAMA Works on Paper Environment Prize 2025.
The major acquisitive prize was awarded to Kate Gorringe-Smith, and three awards of excellence were presented to Deanne Gilson, Delores Skowronski and Ro Murray by the Judges Dr Jacqueline Healy, Dr Vicki Couzens, Suzanne Davies and Anne Virgo.
NATHALIE GAUTIER-HARTOG Hawkesbury River 2025 letterpress and rizzo printing, 90x160cm
You can visit the exhibition in person at WAMA’s newly opened National Centre for Environmental Art 4000 Ararat-Halls Gap Rd, Halls Gap, Victoria.
Thursday – Sunday 10am – 5pm until 16 March 2026
View + Vote: https://artprize.wamafoundation.com.au/
entries close 2 February 2026
Exhibition dates 19 March -23 May 2026, Launch 21 March
PRIZES: Painting ($50,000 acquisitive), Works on Paper ($10,000 acquisitive), and Ceramics ($10,000 acquisitive)
Entries close 6 January 2026
Exhibition Opening event 5.30pm Friday 30 January and runs until 14 March 2026
https://www.eastgippslandartgallery.org.au/michael-beazer-2026
NATHALIE GAUTIER- HARTOG Hawkesbury River 2025, letter press on Rizzo 30x42cm
Wama Art Prize is a new acquisitive prize for works on paper about the environment,
to which Sydney Printmakers Nathalie Gautier-Hartog and Ro Murray have been selected finalists
Exhibition 28 Nov 2025-9 March 2026
Wama’s National Centre for the Environment is situated in the Grampians, Frid-Mon 10-5
at 4000 Ararat-Halls Gap Rd, Halls Gap Victoria 3381
