Image: Installation view of the 2025 Bayside Painting Prize finalist exhibition

The Bayside Painting Prize is the only annual painting prize held in Melbourne. The finalist exhibition brings together a broad range of artists from across Australia, both established and lesser known, whose varied approaches to the painted medium conveys the breadth and diversity of painting in Australia today.

A celebration of contemporary Australian painting, the prize is an important opportunity for Bayside City Council to add exceptional works of art with a local connection to its collection and to promote art and artists as a valuable part of the Australian community.

2025 finalists: Gregory Alexander, Matthew Asling, Miriam Baadjo, Xiao Yu Bai, Kylie Banyard, Riley Beaumont, Seth Birchall, Yvonne Boag, Eleanor Louise Butt, Mark Maurangi Carrol, Jon Cattapan, Ellie Chalmers-Robinson, Isabelle Chouinard, Matthew Clarke, Geoff Coleman, Greg Creek, Dean Cross, Hop Dac, Alex Dillon, Ella Dunn, Jennifer Goodman, Matlok Griffiths, Euan Heng, Nadia Hernández, Jordy Hewitt, Tammy Honey, Anthea Kemp, Dane Lovett, Sean McDowell, Rob McHaffie, Helen McInnis, Alasdair McLuckie, Nick Modrzewski, Philip James Mylecharane, Jessica Nothdurft, Jahnne Pasco-White, Kenny Pittock, Julia Powles, Steven Rendall, Dave Snook, Ebony Truscott, Kristina  Tsoulis-Reay, Michelle Ussher, Amber Wallis, Darren Wardle, Lois Waters and Greg Wood.