National Works on Paper Entries Open at MPRG

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Jacky Cheng, …that awaits at the end of life, 2022, Kozo papers, joss papers, organic fibres, natural and synthetic paper fibres, National Works on Paper 2024 install, photo: Kinfolk Imagery

National Works on Paper (NWOP) is one of Australia’s most prestigious acquisitive awards. A biennial exhibition, its role is to support and promote contemporary Australian artists working on or with paper.

With a long and rich history, National Works on Paper attracts leading contemporary artists from across Australia working in the fields of drawing, printmaking, digital prints and paper sculpture.  

Recent winners include d Harding, Anna Hoyle, Annika Romeyn, James Tylor & Laura Wills, Daniel O’Shane, Jess Johnson, Laith McGregor, Richard Lewer, Danie Mellor, Gareth Sansom, Paul Boston, Lisa Roet and eX de Medici.

Mornington Penisular Regional Gallery

National Works on Paper 2026
Up to $50,000 acquisitions and awards
Entries closed Friday 20 March

Exhibition dates Saturday 5 Sept – Sunday 22 Nov 2026

Framed works will be displayed using D-rings. No other hanging devices are to be attached to the works. Unframed works will be displayed using pins or magnetic ‘pins’. Artists should supply instructions with their work where appropriate.

There is no size restrictions for entry, but note that display wall height is 3.8 metres.

more info https://mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au/Exhibitions/National-Works-on-Paper/National-Works-on-Paper-2026

Murray+Burgess at DrawSpace Newtown

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Murray and Burgess, POTENCY 2026 charcoal, ink 1.5x20m

Sydney Printmakers member Ro Murray is part of the collaboration Murray and Burgess.

They have a pop-up show POTENCY this weekend at Drawspace, 31A Enmore Road, Newtown.

Open 11-5pm Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 January

33 charcoal portraits older Australian woman artists

Murray + Burgess claim back the power of age. They declare the value and presence of women artists late in their lives.

Sydney Printmakers at WAMA Art Prize in Victoria

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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

Peoples Choice Award

View + Vote: https://artprize.wamafoundation.com.au/ 

Finalists Announced for Wama National Award for Environmental Art

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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

RO MURRAY Against the Tide I,II,III 2025 lino print on pianola rolls 410cm long

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

HURRAY Wama Art Prize 2025 Is Open For Works on Paper

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MARTIN KING tree of life, diary of lost souls in twenty volumes No2, 2023

The Wama Art Prize, 2025 Works on Paper is now open for submissions

Australia’s National Award for Environmental Art

entries close 15 October

Now in its third edition, Wama’s biennial art prize has established itself as Australia’s leading award dedicated to environmental art, recognising artists deeply engaged with the natural world.

The Wama Art Prize finalists will be exhibited at the newly open National Centre for Environmental Art near Halls Gap, Victoria.

Aquisitive Prize, and works for sale

https://www.wamafoundation.com.au/experience/wama-art-prize-2025

Nathalie Gautier-Hartog: Paper Universe at the State Library of NSW

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NATHALIE GAUTIER_HARTOG Looking for Paradise , 2019
Acquire by the State Library NSW 2024

Nathalie Gautier-Hartog, a Sydney Printmakers member, has her work Looking for Paradise on display in the exhibition Paper Universe: the Book as Art, State Library NSW.

The exhibition runs until Sunday 3 May 2026

https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/paper-universe-book-art

Artist Statement: The work creates a parallel between Australian government policies and their consequences on refugees’ quest in looking for a better place to live, a search for paradise and their dreams to find a refuge. Central to the theme of the work, I am bringing the stories of these immigrants, relegated to the margin of society, to the centre page. The 12 books look into how past and present policies instigated to help or denied entry to people in need of a “safe heaven”. The books are presented in a barb wire cage alluding to the restrictive movements imposed on refugees.