The Lester Prize for Portraiture

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Applications close
7 June 2024
Announced
8 July 2024
Prize money
AUD $115,000
Location
WA, Australia
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The Lester Prize for Portraiture

The Lester Prize is one of the country’s premier art prizes—an award that places artists and community proudly front-and-centre. Our prize is about the advancement of the artists, not the celebrity of the sitters.

The $115,000+ Prize pool consists of:

- The Richard Lester Prize for Portraiture (selected by a panel of judges; non-acquisitive) | $50,000 cash

- Tony Fini Foundation Artist Prize (selected by artists’ peers; non-acquisitive) | $20,000 cash

- Baldock Family People’s Choice Prize (selected by the general public) | $15,000 cash

- Minderoo Foundation Spirit Prize (selected by Minderoo Foundation; non-acquisitive) | $10,000 cash

- Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize (selected by a panel of judges; non-acquisitive) | $5,000 cash

- Highly Commended (selected by a panel of judges) | up to $5,000 value

- Barton Family Foundation Installers’ Prize (selected by the Art Gallery of Western Australia installation team) | $10,000 cash

Entries for the 2024 Lester Prize are open and close 7 June 2024.

Venue: WA Museum Boola Bardip, Perth, Western Australia

Contact: For more information, email: info@lesterprize.com

 

Summary
Application dates
14 March 2024 - 7 June 2024
Exhibition dates
13 September 2024 - 27 October 2024
Finalists notified
8 July 2024
Eligibility
National Entries
Prize frequency
Annual
Judges
TBA
Prize genre
Portraiture
Location
WA Museum Boola Bardip, Perth, Western Australia
WA
Australia
Prizes
AUD $115,000
Fees
$45 per artwork. There is a 30% commission on sales.
Last updated
8 April 2024
Prior Winners
2023: Kelly Maree - People's Choice ($15,000)
2023: Liz Stute - Minderoo Prize ($10,000)
2023: Minjung Kang - Highly Commended ($6,000)
2023: Minjung Kang - Installers' Choice ($5,000)
2023: Tarryn Gill - Winner ($50,000)
2022: Adrian Lazzaro - Installers' Choice ($5,000)
2022: Julia Donney - Emerging Artist Prize ($5,000)
2022: Sarah Anthony - People's Choice ($10,000)
2022: Sophia Alone - Winner ($50,000)
2021: Desiree Crossing - People's Choice ($10,000)
2021: Sidney Tapia - Installers' Prize ($5,000)
2020: Jess Le Clerc - People's Choice ($10,000)
2020: Kierah Falkner Babbel - Emerging Artists Award
2020: Sebastian Galloway - Toni Fini Foundation Artist Prize ($10,000)
2020: Serena Cowie - Winner ($50,000)
2019: Jordan Andreotta - People's Choice ($7,500)
2019: Liam Nunan - Winner ($50,000)
2019: Lori Pensini - Toni Fini Foundation Artist Prize ($10,000)
2018: Antoinette Barbouttis - Winner ($50,000)
2018: Jacqui Grantford - People's Choice ($7,500)
2017: Jana Vodesil-Baruffi - Winner ($50,000)
2017: Marie Mansfield - Tony Fini Foundation Artist Prize ($10,000)
2016: Mark Tweedie - Tony Fini Foundation Artist Prize ($10,000)
2016: Rachel Coad - Winner ($50,000)
2016: Tom Macbeth - People's Choice ($7,000)
2015: Marcus Callum - Winner ($50,000)
2014: Iain Dean - Winner ($50,000)