Installation view, Bayside Painting Prize 2024. Photo by Mark Ashkanasy.
The finalist exhibition brings together a broad range of artists from across Australia, whose varied approaches to the painted medium convey the breadth and diversity of Australian painting.
Featuring a non-acquisitive Major Prize of $25,000, a $10,000 Beckett Local Prize (acquisitive), and a $1,000 People’s Choice Award, this is the only annual painting prize held in Melbourne and provides a fresh insight into current practice.
The Prize is an opportunity for people to connect with the work of current practitioners and for Bayside City Council to add exceptional works of art with a local connection to its collection.
Judges for the 2025 prize are Dr Vincent Alessi, Director + CEO, Linden New Art, Melissa Keys, Senior Curator, Heide Museum of Modern Art, and Joanna Bosse, Curator, Bayside Gallery.
Featuring: 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, Greg Wood.
