105 Finalists Named for Australia‘s Highest-Value Women’s Art Prize

Selected from 1,750 entries across three categories — Professional, Emerging, and Indigenous Emerging — the finalists represent artists from every state and territory. The judging panel, which includes renowned public artist and Ravenswood alumna Jade Oakley, described the standard of submissions as exceptional.

“It is inspiring to see the Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize go from strength to strength, and to witness the opportunities it affords Professional, Emerging and Indigenous women artists across the country,” Oakley said.

The prize pool totals $58,000, with the Professional Artist Prize carrying a $35,000 top award. The Emerging Artist Prize ($7,500, supported by The Reed Family Foundation) and Indigenous Emerging Artist Prize ($7,500, supported by Guardian and Scarborough Foundation) round out the major awards, alongside a $2,000 People’s Choice Award and six Highly Commended Awards of $1,000 each.

Winners will be announced at Opening Night on Friday 15 May 2026, at Ravenswood School for Girls in Gordon, Sydney. The free public exhibition runs Thursdays to Sundays, 10am–4pm, from 16–31 May. All finalist works will be available for purchase online from Opening Night.

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FULL LIST OF 2026 FINALISTS:

EMERGING ARTIST

Phoebe Bell — A Room of One’s Own Phoebe Bennett — 00:16:56 (Afterimage) Watson Broadfoot — Standing With Laura Burton — Librairie Anima Jane Burton Taylor — Colonial Waistcoat Jane Michaele Cameron — Bull ant Umwelt III Helle Cook — Sienna Fontana Amy Cuneo — Heart and Dart / Everything is Close Sarah Cunningham — Harvest Impression, Tatiara 2024 Tarsha Dickenson — Transformative Pour Lei Feng — 23102025 Susan Forby — Now You See Me……….. Bella Froebel — Chatter Phone Charlotte Ghaie — Oh do I feel like the Mother of the World Genevieve Ginty — Tomorrow Eliza Gosse — A Sunday Crossword Caitlin Grace — Otherworldly Susan Hipgrave — Soulmates Pat Hoffie AM — Melee Amanda Holman — Tidal Revelations at Huskisson Sally James — Edge of the World, North-West Tasmania Linda Judge — Toxecology Chloe Kang — Pasta By Design Sherrie Knipe — Gate Expectations Muna Kulyuru — Ngayuku Ngura – My Country Tracy Luff — Tenuous Vessel Sara Maher — Solar Apocalypse: A Matrilineal Trace Anna Mandoki — Shadowlands III Juanita McLauchlan — gayaa/joy Gerrie Mifsud — Ornamental Harriet Mitchell — Pre shift  Tresor Murace — Lola Merrkiyawuy #2 Munuŋgurr — Dhatam (Lillies) Kristen Radge — Embodied Materialities Elvis Richardson — Settlement #9 Wendy Sharpe — Self Portrait with Monsters Lauren Starr — At the Table (Self-Portrait) Adriane Strampp — Spacial Shift Tara Stubley — Spring Awakening Cyrus Tang — Eclipsed Presence Amanda Western — Between Us

INDIGENOUS EMERGING ARTIST

Rubyrose Bancroft — Captain Cooked Natalie Bateman — Walking Lightly Along the Shores of South Arm, Lutruwita Stephanie Bush — Papa Tjukurrpa – Nyumannu Tasha Nampijinpa Collins — Ngapa Jukurrpa Lesa Farrant — 4 shirts, 2 vests and a handkerchief Bryella Garmanjan Farrell — Where Saltwater Meets Freshwater Lucinda Gibson — Tjiturrulpa Shauna Mayben — The things you own, end up owning you. Anna Mould — Silk State Jodie Munday — Gunlindulin – Eel Zorica Purlija — Infinite Mile #13 Denise Young, Valerie Young, Christy Young & Malvenia Young — Tjala Tjukurpa – Honey Ant Story

PROFESSIONAL ARTIST

Rosalind Atkins — Entwined Patricia Baker Tunkin — Kalaya Tjukurrpa (Emu Dreaming) Reanne Nampijinpa Brown — Pamapardu Kukurrpa (Flying Ant Dreaming) Catherine Buddle — Golden Hormosira Carmel Byrne — Sarah Catherine Clayton-Smith — Potent Crumbs Penelope Davis — Afterimage: red/yellow Tamara Dean — Iris Jacquelene Drinkall — Cybernetic pattern recognition Nic Fern — Daphne and Apollo: the Devine truth Kathryn Gallagher — 1955 Oldsmobile 98 Starfire Convertible Miami Kirsten Garner Lyttle — Whakaata Waikāretu (Reflection of Waikāretu)Michaela Gleave — 33° 56′ 19.75″ S, 151° 11′ 47.83″ E, 590nm (Red) Elaine Green — The Nut Walk Annarie Hildebrand — The geometry of consensus MeiMei Hodgkinson — Sleeping Muse (After Mestrom and Brâncuși) #3 Teddy Horton — Bitten Alana Hunt — Australai’s Desterney Savannah Jarvis — Second Floor Collapse Bridget Kelly — Chocolate, Burger, Fries Abie Loy Kemarre — Body Paint Sylvia Ken — Seven Sisters Lisa Kotoulas — Ms Spirer was known as Ms Spider to Her Disorderly Students Annabel Lahz — YesNO Linda Lundberg Scott — hey Picasso Wayilkpa Maymuru — Maŋgalili Origins Regina Bamagaya McCarthy — Collecting Tjeperr (Mud Mussels) at Nyikmingany Zee Merven — Teardrop Lily Mortensen — Aquarium Nocturne Glenys Napaltjarri — Ngaminya Kirsty Neilson — Lucy Culliton Jahnne Pasco-White — Embodied watery entanglements II 3 Liz Payne — You Don’t Own Me Marisa Purcell — The Event at the Window Jedda Purvis — Atnwelarr Isobel Rayson — Hold Alethea Richter — Filtered Light VIII Jenny Robinson — Uncertain Sanctuary Monica Rudhar — When Both Shall Meet Nuha Saad — Zig Zag Chroma V Esther Stewart — So Much Coming In (2024–2026), assembled module Hiromi Tango — Quiet Space (Ma) Rosemary Valadon — Summer High Tea Lilli Waters — Nāga’s Lanterns โคมไฟของนาค Kerri Wilson McConchie — Flos + Legere Djakaŋu Yunupiŋu — Tears of the Djulpan