18 June 2024
8 July 2024
AUD $115,000
WA, Australia
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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
14 March 2024 - 18 June 2024
13 September 2024 - 27 October 2024
8 July 2024
National Entries
Annual
TBA
Portraiture
WA Museum Boola Bardip, Perth, Western Australia
WA
Australia
https://www.lesterprize.com/
AUD $115,000
$45 per artwork. There is a 30% commission on sales.
8 June 2024
2024: Ben Howe - Winner ($50,000)
2024: Jenna Pickering - Tony Fini Prize ($5,000)
2024: Rachael Robb - Installers' Choice ($10,000)
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)
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