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
Swan Hill Print +Drawing Awards
Sydney Printmakers at WAMA Art Prize in Victoria
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/
Muswellbrook Art Prize 2026
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)
The East Gippsland Art Gallery Works on Paper Prize
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
Finalists Announced for Wama National Award for Environmental Art
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
Sandi Rigby: Resonance
Please join Sandi Rigby in her solo exhibition
Resonance
of Paintings, Drawings & Prints
Drinks 3pm Saturday 11 October
Corner Gallery Stanmore, NSW
cnr Percival &Myrtle Streets, Stanmore
Thurs 9 – Tues 14 October, 11-6pm or by appt 0438 657 379 @sandi.rigby
HURRAY Wama Art Prize 2025 Is Open For Works on Paper
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
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.
FINALISTS ANNOUNCED FOR FISHERS GHOST ART AWARD
Watercolour on Saunders Waterford, 101 x 66cm
Congratulations to Sydney Printmakers Carolyn Craig, Danielle Creenaune and Jacqui Driver for being selected to the Fishers Ghost Art Award. The exhibition is open to the public Saturday 27 September – Friday 21 November at Campbelltown Arts Centre .
Northern Beaches Environmental Art Design Prize
Big congratulations to Sydney Printmakers Danielle Creenaune, Lea Kannar Lichtenberger and Gary Shinfield for being selected finalists for Northern Beaches Environmental Art and Design Prize. The annual Environmental Art & Design Prize showcases innovative and thought-provoking works that explore the theme of the environment, with an aim to inspire action toward a sustainable future.
The Art Category will be on exhibition 10am-5pm Tues-Sun 1 Aug – 14 Sept 2025 at Manly Art Gallery & Museum
