Burwood Art Prize 2026

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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

Burwood Art Prize 2025 Call for Entries

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Entries close Friday 14 March 2025 at 5:00pm AEST.

I AM HERE

Celebrating Cultural Narratives and Perspectives

The Burwood Art Prize invites artists from across Sydney to engage with the theme I AM HERE, exploring the importance of diverse cultural stories and community identity.

The Burwood Art Prize offers a platform for artists to delve into the significance of personal and shared cultural experiences, celebrating the many voices that shape contemporary multicultural Australia.

The theme I AM HERE encourages artists to reflect on and express their unique perspectives, using their work to build awareness, inspire celebration, and evoke joy. We invite artists to interpret this statement as a call to explore how art can spark meaningful dialogues, connecting audiences with the vibrant experiences that enrich our collective understanding.

We welcome you to be part of this vibrant celebration of culture, where diverse expressions come together to deepen our sense of appreciation for the stories that make us who we are.

  • Entries open: Friday 29 November 2024
  • Entries close: 5.00PM AEST Friday 14 March 2025
  • Finalist notified for Artwork collection for the 2025 Burwood Art Prize Exhibition: April 2025
  • Finalist physical artworks collected: Burwood Library and Hub (2 Conder Street, Burwood): Tuesday 13 May 2025 3.00PM – 7.00PM OR Thursday 15 May 2025 3.00PM- 7.00PM OR Saturday 17 May 2025 11.00AM – 4.00PM
  • 2025 Burwood Art Prize finalists and winners exhibition: Monday 26 May 2025 – Sunday 22 June 2025
  • 2025 Burwood Art Prize Opening night: Thursday 29 May 2025 6.00PM – 8.00PM 
  • Finalists and Winning Artwork collection period post exhibition: Burwood Library and Hub (2 Conder Street, Burwood): Thursday 26 June 3.00PM – 7.00PM OR Saturday 28 June 2025 11.00AM – 4.00PM

2025 Burwood Art Prize Entry Form

Call for Entries: 2024 Burwood Art Prize.

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Entries for the 2024 Burwood Art Prize are now open!

The Burwood Art Prize invites artists across Sydney to engage, consider and reflect upon one or more of the following themes: Visibility, Ritual, Legacy. Each theme can be examined and negotiated in a literal, abstract, formal and informal sense.

Artists are encouraged to see these themes as lenses through which their art can be perceived by different people in different ways. A portal and invitation for our audiences to explore broader ideas around identity, community, culture and personal experience. Artists are also invited to consider how each of these themes may connect or disconnect with their personal practice, experience, surroundings or environment.

Open to all Sydney based artists, the Burwood Art Prize featues a prize pool of $14,000 and accepts the following mediums of artwork:

  • Painting
  • Printmaking
  • Drawing
  • Photography
  • Still digital artworks
  • Moving digital artworks (with a maximum duration of 10mins)

Entries close 5PM Friday 8 March 2024

To find out more and enter please see HERE:

Call for Entries: Burwood Art Prize

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Visibility, Ritual and Legacy

The Burwood Art Prize invites artists across Sydney to engage, consider and reflect upon one or more of the following themes; Visibility, Ritual and Legacy. Each of these words can be examined and negotiated in a literal, abstract, formal and informal sense.

We encourage you to see these words as lenses through which your art can be perceived by different people in different ways; a portal and invitation to our audiences to explore broader ideas around identity, community, culture and personal experience. Artists are also invited to consider how each of these themes may connect or disconnect with their practice, experience, surroundings or environment.

For 2023, the Art Prize has been opened up to a series of new categories, and will accept works in the following mediums:

•Digital artworks (moving or still)
•Photography
•Painting
•Printmaking
•Drawing

We are also thrilled to announce that for the first time the Prize will be open to all Sydney-based artists who are Australian citizens or permanent residents. We are asking artists to engage with one or more of the following themes guiding the prize: Visibility, Ritual and Legacy.

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