Brisbane Portrait Prize

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Applications close
22 May 2024
Announced
2 August 2024
Prize money
AUD $90,000
Location
QLD, Australia
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Brisbane Portrait Prize

The Brisbane Portrait Prize is all about celebrating Brisbane portrait artists and their sitters.

The winning portrait every year will be acquired for the permanent collection.

Any artist with a connection to Brisbane is eligible to enter. The sitter must also have a connection with Brisbane. The sitter must be aware he/she is having a portrait done and given permission.

Two dimensional works only accepted including drawing, collage and print making.

Prizes:

  • Winner (acquisitive) - $50,000
  • People's Choice Award - $7,500
  • Digital Award - $10,000
  • Prize for Women Artists - $5,000
  • Music and Performing Arts Award - $7,500
  • Packer's Prize - $5,000
  • Emerging Artists Award - 2 x $1,000 vouchers
  • Next Gen Prize - $2,000
  • Metro Arts Experimental Portraiture Prize - 2 weks @ Metro Arts + $1,000

Contact: For more information email brisbaneportraitprize@gmail.com

Venue: State Library of Queensland, Brisbane

 

Summary
Application dates
26 February 2024 - 22 May 2024
Exhibition dates
3 August 2024 - 10 November 2024
Finalists notified
21 June 2024
Eligibility
Restricted
Prize frequency
Annual
Judges
Bree Pickering, Director, National Portrait Gallery; Francoise Lane, Artistic Director Cairns Indigenous Art Fair; Christine Clark, Head of Curatorial and Collections, Museum of Brisbane.
Prize genre
Portraiture
Location
State Library of Queensland, Brisbane
QLD
Australia
Prizes
AUD $90,000
Fees
Each work must be accompanied by a separate application. There is a fee of $50 per application.
Last updated
21 June 2024
Prior Winners
2024: Bill Platz - Packers' Prize ($5,000)
2024: Hamish Wilson - Emerging Artist Prize
2024: Imgoen Corbett - Winner Lord Mayor's Prize ($50,000)
2024: Laurent Pouzet - People's Choice ($7,500)
2023: Dylan Mooney - Winner ($50,000)
2023: Fiona Lowry - Prize for Women Artists ($5,000)
2023: Liam Nunan - Packers Choice ($5,000)
2023: Robert Mercer - Digital Art Award ($10,000)
2022: Liam Nunan - Packers Choice ($5,000)
2021: Beth Mitchell - Winner ($50,000)
2020: Glenn Hunt - Digital Award ($10,000)
2020: Julie Fragar - Prize for Women Artists ($5,000)
2020: Keith Burt - Lord Mayor's Prize ($50,000)
2019: Beth Mitchell - Music and Performing Arts Award ($7,500)
2019: Bronwyn Hill - Prize for Women Artists ($5,000)
2019: Joel Rea - People's Choice ($7,500)
2019: Leonard Michael Brown - Winner ($50,000)
2019: Marian Drew - Digital Award ($10,000)