The Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art (NPCA) is awarded every two years and is open to emerging and established artists working in any medium across Australia.
The competition includes four monetary prizes:
- Open Prize: $20,000
- Local Prize: $10,000
- Mayor’s Award: $500
- People’s Choice Award: $500 cash prize sponsored by Montsalvat
The Open Prize and the Local Prize are acquisitive. This means that the winning artworks become part of the Nillumbik Shire Art Collection.
The submitted artworks will be shortlisted by judges:
- Jane Trengove – Artist and disability advocate
- Steph Noah – Curator, Banyule City Council
- Spiro Panigirakis – Head of Fine Art Department, Monash University
The winners will then be selected by a separate judging panel including:
- Hannah Presley – Senior Curator, Museums and Collections, University of Melbourne
- Melissa Keys – Senior Curator, Heide Museum of Modern Art
- Jason Smith – Director and CEO, Geelong Gallery
How to enter NPCA 2023
Entries for the 2023 NPCA Prize responding to the theme ‘Future‘ are now open.
Please read the Conditions of Entry(PDF, 881KB).
The NPCA is presented in association with Montsalvat.
Entries close on 14 November 2022. Enter here