Congratulations to Sydney Printmaker member Anne Starling for being selected a finalist to the Muswellbrook Art Prize 2026. Exhibition dates 19 March-23 May
other finalists selected and their work https://www.artgalleria.com/view-room/42264
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
Sydney Printmakers exhibition Uncertain Sanctuary is to be opened Saturday 7 March, 2pm by Katherine Roberts, senior Curator, Exhibitions & Collections MAGM
4-15 March 2026
Hours 10am-4pm daily, The Garden Gallery, Royal Botanical Gardens, Entry via Reception Mrs Macquaries Road
The 2026 Remagine Art Prize, an environmental art competition run by Hornsby Shire Council, invites entries with the theme “Built to Expire,” focusing on sustainability and waste, with a $11,000 prize pool, for various mediums, including printmaking, painting, sculpture, and photography.
Theme: BUILT TO EXPIRE – exploring products designed with short lifespans and the resulting environmental impact.
Entries close on March 19 2026
SEONG CHO Contemplating the Void XVI, 2025 60x145cm, multi woodcut print handprinted on handmade Korean mulberry paper
Seong Cho’s exhibition Earth Myth
7-28 th February
Art Atrium 48, level1/48 Alfred Street Milsons Point.
Hours Wed-Fri 12-5pm, Sat 12-4pm
Art Atrium 48 is proud to present Earth Myth, a series of woodcut prints by Korean-born Australian artist Seong Cho, developed during and inspired by artist residencies in Italy and Greece in 2025. The works explore stories embedded in nature, which echo through time and intertwine with human creation. Surrounded by layers of archaeology, history, culture, tradition and modernity, Cho reflects on how earth’s elements shape landscapes and how human hands build civilisations. Drawing on ancient archaeology, Renaissance architecture, the contemporary world, and her own East Asian cultural heritage, the series examines cultural identity and our search for meaning through the stories of the past.
Cho combines contemporary abstraction with traditional East Asian materials and methods to create distinctive woodblock prints on paper. Her work emulates natural forces; wind-carved lines, shifting light, rippling water and twisting trees, using abstract forms that move beyond realism, narrative and language. Rather than illustrating specific myths or places, the prints suggest how memory and cultural knowledge feel, shift, evolve and erode, inviting viewers into a meditative space to reflect on identity, existence, time and emotion.
Cho’s practice begins in direct engagement with nature: she makes her own brushes from sticks and leaves, carves each woodblock by hand, and prints using natural pigments on traditional Korean handmade mulberry paper. By combining Renaissance rhythm with East Asian techniques, Earth Myth connects Cho’s cross-cultural lived experience with an abstract visual language grounded in material, memory and place.
SEONG CHO Earth Myth I, 2025 120x120cm, multi woodcut print handprinted on handmade Korean mulberry paper
Vale Steven Patterson
16th December 1966 – 28th December 2025
It is with sadness that we share the passing of Steven Patterson after a six month battle with non- Hodgkin lymphoma.
Steven was a much-loved supporter of Waverley Woollahra Art School and a respected member of the Sydney arts community. While many knew him as the owner of Matisse Derivan paint company, to us he was someone who quietly gave his time, energy, and generosity to ensure the school and its community continued to thrive. As Chair from 1998 to 2003, he helped guide the Centre during a difficult period which played a vital role in securing the schools future.
Steven’s support for the arts extended far beyond our school. He generously donated to many art prizes, Waverley Art Prize being just one of these and he encouraged emerging artists. He championed music both as a member and a participant of the Scots College Pipes and Drums Band, supporting their journey to the Edinburgh Festival.
He was an artist in his own right, his last show at the CBD Gallery October 2024, exhibiting drypoint etchings of his beloved Scotland and Glasgow.
On a personal level, I will miss our conversations and collaborations, especially during lockdown, when we worked closely on new etching ideas and shared many moments of creative connection.
Our thoughts are with his wife Justine, daughter Isobel , son David, and all his friends.Paddo’s kindness, creativity, and quiet dedication will be deeply missed.
Robert Ives
Waverley Woollahra Art School
Here are more memories and tributes to Paddo, see the links https://launcestonartcentre.com.au/blog/vale-paddo
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
The PCA Print Commission offers major promotional and professional development opportunities for commissioned artists. Many public galleries and institutions along with private collectors purchase PCA commissioned prints and build their collection of works on paper on a yearly basis. Commissioned prints are also included in the PCA Print Archive 1967-present; the Canson Australia and State Library Victoria collections. Judges to be confirmed soon.
KEY DATES 2026
28/2/26 – APPLICATIONS CLOSE
15/3/26 – SHORTLISTED ARTISTS NOTIFIED - up to
ten artists are shortlisted
1/5/26 – SHORTLISTED ARTISTS SUBMIT BON À TIRER (Proof print that would be commissioned)
1/9/26 – ARTIST EDITIONS DUE AT PCA
PCA pay an artist’s fee of $1000 to each selected artist (Ex GST).
for more information
https://www.printcouncil.org.au/print-commission-entries-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