13 May 2025
30 August 2025
AUD $25,000
NSW, Australia
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This is a biennial award held each odd year.
$20,000 Acquisitive Prize. Annual award for photographic portraiture. Dedicated to the memory of the noted Australian photographer.
In 2025 the Gallery celebrates the 20-year anniversary of the award.
The Award is open to artists living and working in Australia who are Australian citizens or have been Australian residents for 12 months or more. The entry must be: a new portrait completed owned and created by the artist; not previously exhibited (including online but excluding the entrant’s personal webpage or social media platform), shown in competitions or awarded a prize; photographic, archivally sound, still and two-dimensional; within the size limits and able to be hung on or pinned to Gallery walls. The Judge will be looking for excellence in photographic technique, creativity and originality to the standards prescribed by the Director, Tweed Regional Gallery.
Prizes
- First Prize (acquisitive) - $20,000
- Director's Choice - $4,000
- People's Choice - $1,500
Venue: The Tweed River Art Gallery, 2 Mistral Road (Cnr Tweed Valley Way) Murwillumbah South NSW 2484.
Contact: by phone on 02 6670 2790 or email tweedart@tweed.nsw.gov.au
Summary
24 February 2025 - 13 May 2025
16 August 2025 - 2 November 2025
2 June 2025
National Entries
Biennial - Odd Years
Sally McInerney, photographer & daughter of Olive Cotton; Glenn Iseger-Pilkington Director of Content, Strategy, Aboriginal Cultural Centre Project, WA; Angela Connor, Senior Curator, Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh), Vic; Shaune Lakin.
Photography
The Tweed River Art Gallery, Tweed Heads, NSW
NSW
Australia
AUD $25,000
There is an entry fee of $35 and a sales commission of 27%.
2 March 2025
2023: Gerwyn Davies - Winner ($20,000)
2019: Belinda Mason - Winner ($20,000)
2017: Justine Varga - Winner ($29,000)
2015: Natalie Grono - Winner ($20,000)
2015: Samuel Scoufos - People's Choice
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