Grace Cossington Smith Art Award

Entries close: Tuesday 14 April 2026

Prizes and opportunities:

The Abbotsleigh Grace Cossington Smith award (acquisitive) $25,000

The Abbotsleigh Grace Cossington Smith award to an early career artist (non acquisitive) $5,000

The Abbotsleigh Grace Cossington Smith award to a local artist from the Hornsby and Ku-ring-gai area (non acquisitive) $5,000and

A finalist will be selected for a 3:33 Art Projects* collaboration.

Exhibition Saturday 18 July to Saturday 15 August 2026

CONDITIONS https://www.abbotsleigh.nsw.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/The-Abbotsleigh-GCS-art-award-2026-conditions-of-entry.pdf

ENTER HERE https://abbapi-gcsforms-appsvc01.azurewebsites.net/artaward/index.html

Grace Cossington Smith Art Award 2024: Call for Entries

April 10, 2023 by Anthea Boesenberg Leave a Comment

2024 SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN

The Grace Cossington Smith Gallery and Abbotsleigh invite submissions from Australian artists for the Grace Cossington Smith biennial art award for work in any two-dimensional media in response to the theme Making Connections.

The award theme is inspired by the work of Abbotsleigh Old Girl and artist Grace Cossington Smith who made connections with her changing world through her drawing and painting.

The Awards:
$15,000 awarded to the winner (acquisitive).
$2,500 awarded to an early-career artist.
$2,500 awarded to a local artist from Hornsby and Ku-ring-gai area.

For more information and Entry Form Go HERE