North Sydney Art Prize: Call for Entries

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The North Sydney Art Prize is a major biennial art event showcasing some of the best in contemporary art by emerging, mid-career and established artists from across Australia. Artists are invited to submit entries for the exhibition which will be held in The Coal Loader Centre for Sustainability in Waverton NSW from 11 May – 2 June 2024. This unique site enables broad participation and accommodates the inclusion of all mediums including 2D, 3D, installation-based works and site specific work.

Finalist artworks will be displayed in the underground tunnels and chambers and other locations across the site.

The curatorial theme encourages artists to consider the overarching principles of the exhibition site at The Coal Loader Centre for Sustainability. The Coal Loader Centre opened in 2011 as a major regional community resource and was transformed from an old industrial site to a place where you can be inspired by best-practice sustainable technology, community gardens, native bush nurseries and regenerated parklands. The Coal Loader showcases innovation and serves as a community hub for Council’s extensive range of environmental and sustainability programs. Located within the bushland of Balls Head Reserve and adjacent to historic Berrys Bay, The Coal Loader is a site of both remarkable industrial heritage and environmental sustainability.

Key Dates

  • Call for entries launches: Monday 9 October 2023
  • Call for entries close: Thursday 30 November 2023, 5.00pm
  • Finalists announced: Friday 19 January 2024
  • Exhibition: Saturday 11 May to Sunday 2 June 2024
  • Artwork delivery and installation: By appointment 1-3 May 2024 and 6-10 May 2024
  • Artwork collection: By appointment 3-5 June 2024

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Sydney Printmakers at the North Sydney Art Prize

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This year’s North Sydney Art Prize is open from the 14th May until the 29th May, every day from 10am to 4pm. The opening and announcement of prize winners is at noon on Saturday the 14th. The works are spread across the extraordinary site, including the chambers and the tunnels.

With five members of Sydney Printmakers accepted as finalists in the North Sydney Art Prize there’s a variety of approaches on offer.

Gary Shinfield has large works on paper, The Burnt Series, in one of the chambers.

Gary Shinfield, Burnt Series

Lea Kannar Lichtenberger has an installation, Suffocation of Avarice, in another of the chambers.

Lea Kannar Lichtenberger, Suffocation of Avarice 
Materials: builders’ plastic, hand stencilled builders plastic, ceramics, table, chairs, dinner setting, projection and sound
250 x 300 x 600 cm

Anthea Boesenberg, Anna Russell and non member Rhonda Nelson have a large collaborative work, Canaries in the Coal Mine, sited in the tunnel.

Anthea Boesenberg, Anna Russell, Rhonda Nelson, Canaries in the Coal Mine, 40 bamboo and timber cages, canaries, lighting, timber and metal support structure.

Laura Stark has a print work, Millstream Burning, in the Cottage.

Laura Stark, Millstream Burning Series, collagraph.

And Seong Cho also has her work, Windy Hill 11, in the Cottage.

Seong Cho, Windy Hill 11, woodcut

oare spread across the site, including the chambers and tunnels,

Call for Entries: North Sydney Art Prize 2022

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Call for Entries Now Open

Exhibition: 14 – 29 May 2022

Venue: The Coal Loader Centre for Sustainability, 2 Balls Head Drive, Waverton

Prizes to the value of $41,000

Entries close: 30 November 2021

The North Sydney Art Prize is a major biennial arts event showcasing some of the best in contemporary art with indoor and outdoor works by emerging, mid-career and established artists from across Australia.

Artists are invited to submit entries for the exhibition in 2022 which will be held in May over 16 days at the iconic Coal Loader Centre for Sustainability in Waverton. This unique site enables broad participation and accommodates the inclusion of all mediums.

Artists are required to read North Sydney Art Prize 2022 Conditions of Entry (117KB) before submitting the entry online and agree to the terms and conditions. It is recommended that exhibition material and attachments, as outlined in the Conditions of Entry, are prepared prior to submitting the online entry.

All entries must be submitted using our online form:

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