Wollumbin Art Award

Medium / category: All mediums

Eligibility: Artists living in the Tweed, Ballina, Byron, Kyogle and Scenic Rim Shires, as well as Lismore and Gold Coast City

Associated institution: Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre

The Wollumbin Art Award (WAA) is a biennial $30,000 award open to artists living in the Tweed, Ballina, Byron, Kyogle and Scenic Rim Shires, as well as Lismore and Gold Coast City. The Award, named for the mountain the Gallery overlooks, celebrates the calibre and diversity of artists of the region. There is no theme and artists may submit works in any medium.

Notable Previous Winners

2022:

  • Amber Wallis, Ivy With Eyes, 2021

Winner: Wollumbin Art Award

The Different Award Categories

The first award is the $15,000 Wollumbin Art prize, which includes a two week residency at the Nancy Fairfax Artist in Residence Studio at Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre. Secondly, the $10,000 WAA Bundjalung Award for First Nations artists includes an exhibition at Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre, and this award is sponsored by the Tweed Regional Gallery Foundation Ltd. Finally, the judges award a $5,000 WAA Emerging Artist award.

Information up to date from June 14 2023

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