Wyndham Art Prize 2023

Medium / category: All mediums

Requirements: Entrants can submit a work of any medium, with size restrictions

Eligibility: Entry is restricted to Australian citizens and permanent residents who are aged 16 years and above, and who have resided in Australia for at least 12 months

Associated institutions: Wyndham Art Gallery

Exhibition dates:  17 August – 29 October 2023 at Wyndham Art Gallery, Victoria

Wyndham Art Gallery established the Wyndham Art Prize in 2015. Each year the artists are shortlisted by Wyndham Art Gallery curators and the judging is done by independent curators and art professionals. The gallery shortlists entries on the merit of the artworks, rather than the credentials of the artist. The finalists are exhibited in an exhibition of scale and diversity with over 90 works being exhibited in 2022.

The artworks may be in any medium, including (but not limited to) sculpture, painting, drawing, printmaking, textiles, photography, installation, digital sound and video. As artists the applicants are expected to investigate the world by exploring a broad and varied themes such as identity, place, crisis, emotion, and connection, concepts that will resonate with exhibition visitors. In essence, the collection of works are indented to centre around the nuanced human experience.

This year’s Wyndham Art Prize judges include Jason Smith, Director and CEO of Geelong Gallery, Nicole Durling, Executive Director at Craft Victoria and Gail Harradine, Curatorial Manager at Koorie Herritage Trust. Once selected the finalises will be exhibited at the Wyndham Art Gallery, Victoria.

Awards

The awards include the $15,000 Wyndham Art Prize, the $5,000 Wyndham Local Emerging Artist Prize and the $2,500 People’s Choice Award.

Previous Judges

2022:

  • Maree Clarke, Artist
  • Hayley Miller Baker, Artist
  • Andy Butler, Artist, Writer, Curator
Previous Winners and Finalists

2022:

  • Lilah Benetti

Winner: Wyndham Art Prize

  • Ivy Mutuku

Winner: Wyndham Local Emerging Artist Prize

  • Michelle Ripari

Winner: People’s Choice Award

2021:

  • Gideon Wilonja

Winner: Wyndham Art Prize

  • Xiang Li

Winner: Wyndham Local Emerging Artist Prize

  • Aisha Hara

Winner: People’s Choice Award

2020:

  • Amala Groom

Winner: Wyndham Art Prize

  • Wāni Toaishara

Winner: Wyndham Local Emerging Artist Prize

  • John Mathet

Winner: People’s Choice Award

2019:

  • Wāni Toaishara

Winner: Wyndham Art Prize

  • Emmet Davies

Winner: Wyndham Local Emerging Artist Prize

  • Emmet Davies

Winner: People’s Choice Award

2018:

  • Camille Hannah

Winner: Wyndham Art Prize

  • Carmel Louise

Winner: People’s Choice Award

2017:

  • Tina Barahanos

Winner: Wyndham Art Prize

  • Anindita Banerjee

Winner: People’s Choice Award

2016:

  • Katjarra Butler

Winner: Wyndham Art Prize

  • Samantha Bonham

Winner: People’s Choice Award

2015:

  • David Sequeira

Winner: Wyndham Art Prize

  • Peter Waples-Crowe

Winner: People’s Choice Award

For Artists

What you need to know

Entry is restricted to Australian citizens and permanent residents who are aged 16 years and above and who have resided in Australia for at least 12 months. Wyndham Art Prize 2022 winners are able to enter the competition but are ineligible for any of the prizes. Council staff, Councillors, judges and their immediate families are not eligible to enter. Entrants aged under 18 years of age must obtain their parent or guardian’s consent to enter this competition.

To be eligible for the Local Emerging Artist Prize, you must: (a) be a resident of Wyndham; (b) be 5 years or less into their professional practice as an artist; and (c) not be a previous Wyndham Art Prize winner in any category.

Maximum two artworks per entrant that have been completed after 1 February 2018, and be available for display at the Wyndham Art Gallery between 16 August 2023 until 22 October 2023. The works must be no larger than 1.5m x 1m in dimension, weigh no more than 10 kilograms, and be professionally prepared for hanging and/or installation.

Dates for your diary

To enter or find out more, visit the visit the Wyndham Art Prize’s website here.

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Feature Image Credit:

Wyndham Art Gallery, Wyndham Art Prize, 2022. Installation image 2022 Wyndham Art Prize. Courtesy: the artists and Wyndham Art Prize.

 

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