Featured Image: Annika Romeyn, Endurance 9 2021, watercolour monotype on paper, 228 x 168 cm. Courtesy the artist and Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne.

A $15,000 non-acquisitive triennial award designed to support young female artists in the early stages of their career. The Award is held in honour of Ellen José, a pioneering indigenous artist, radical activist and social justice campaigner who lived in the Bayside suburb of Black Rock for over 20 years. The Ellen José Art Award is a partnership between the Ellen José Memorial Foundation and Bayside City Council.

Featured artists include: Moorina Bonini (VIC), Elham Eshraghian-Haakansson (WA), Hannah Gartside (VIC), Nadia Hernández (NSW/VIC), Annika Romeyn (ACT) and Emma Singer (SA).