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Remagine Art Prize 2025

Theme – Rethink to Repurpose

Remagine Art Prize is an environmental art prize dedicated to bringing awareness of environmental challenges such as waste and consumption. Held in partnership with the Hornsby Art Society since 2009, Remagine Art Prize is delivered and sponsored by Hornsby Shire Council. This year’s theme ‘RE:THINK TO RE:PURPOSE’ refers to the decisions we make each day about how much waste we create, and how we can reuse materials to help save our precious natural resources. The extraction of raw materials, production, transport, and consumption directly affects our environment, including native wildlife, aquatic species, and birdlife. Artists are asked to submit works that relate to this year’s theme.

This non-acquisitive prize is open to Australian residents aged 18 years and over, with total prizemoney of $11,000. Open to painting, drawing, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, photography, digital stills, and mixed media.

This year’s judges are curator Rhonda Davis and artist Marina DeBris.

Key dates

Call for entries open 20 January 2025 
Entries close 1 May 2025 
Winner announced 13 June 2025 
Exhibition 13 June – 29 June 2025 

The Remagine Art Prize finalists’ exhibition will be held at Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, 25 Edgeworth David Avenue, Hornsby.

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Remagine Art Prize has a focus on waste, sustainability and the environment. Artists are asked to submit works that relate to an element of this year’s theme ‘Crossroads of Consumerism’, referring to the juncture where our consumption has met the finite natural resouces limit of our planet.

Total prizemoney $11,000. Open to digital stills, sculpture, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, ceramics and drawing.

Judges this year are Susan O’Doherty, Ulric Steiner and Sheona White.

The Remagine Art Prize exhibition will be held from 10 May until 26 May 2024, at Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, 25 Edgeworth David Avenue, Hornsby.

Held in partnership with Hornsby Art Society since 2009, Remagine Art Prize is dedicated to bringing awareness of environmental challenges such as waste, consumption and sustainability.

Proudly suppored by Hornsby Shire Council.

Entries open on 11 January and close on 21 March 2024. Enter Now.

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Image: Winner, 2022 Remagine Art Prize, Nadine Schmoll, Five Vessels, Polyethelene water bottles, mirror, 2022



Hornsby Shire Council’s waste and environmental art prize Remagine is now open with $11,000 in total prize money.

Hosted by Hornsby Shire Council in partnership with the Hornsby Art Society since 2009, the Remagine Art Prize challenges artists to create works in response to the crisis we are all facing, with waste and over-consumption.

This year’s theme is Wasteland or wonderland referring to the decisions we make each day about how much waste we create. Will our future be a ‘wasteland’ or can we start taking steps to create a ‘wonderland’ by making better choices to build a circular economy where we protect the world’s finite natural resources and see waste as a valuable resource?

Entries are open to digital stills, sculpture, mixed media, painting, photography, drawing, ceramics, and printmaking.

There are six prizes to be won this year:

  • First prize: $5,000
  • Second prize: $3,000
  • Recycled/reused Materials Award $1,000
  • Local Artist Award: $1,000
  • Youth Award (16-21 years): $750
  • People’s Choice Award: $250

“We are always impressed with the way artists respond to the waste management themes of our Remagine Art Prize. We know that many contemporary artists are concerned about waste and how it is impacting the planet. We are sure that this year’s theme will invoke a wonderful response,” said Hornsby Shire Mayor Philip Ruddock.

“The extraction of resources, production, transport, consumption and disposal of new products directly impacts on our environment including losing valuable resources to landfill, contaminating land and contributing to climate change. We hope that this year’s art prize and exhibition help raise awareness of how waste and over-consumption impacts all eco-systems and biodiversity including native wildlife, aquatic species, and birdlife.”

Entries to the Remagine Art Prize close on Wednesday 26 April 2023 and the winners will be announced at the award ceremony on Friday 19 May 2023.

The Remagine Art Prize exhibition will be held from Thursday 18 May until 4 June 2023, at Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby.

For further information and to enter visit https://www.hornsby.nsw.gov.au/remagine.