Wynne Prize

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Applications close
26 April 2024
Announced
7 June 2024
Prize money
AUD $56,000
Location
NSW, Australia
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2024 - 738 entries (41 selected)

2023 - 726 (41 selected)

2021 - 660 entries (39 selected).

Awarded annually for the best landscape painting of Australian scenery in oils or watercolours or for the best example of figure sculpture by Australian artists completed during the 12 months preceding the [closing] date. Acceptable media are: Paintings - oil, acrylic, watercolour or mixed media. Sculpture can be from - stone, metal, wood or mixed media.

Seascapes and cityscapes are acceptable within the definition of landscape. A figure sculpture may be a work which is abstracted, but at the same time clearly derived from a figurative source, human or animal.

The Wynne Prize is judged by the gallery trustees.

Prizes

  • Wynne Prize (non-acquisitive) - $50,000
  • The Trustees' Watercolour Prize - $5,000
  • John and Elizabeth Newham Pring Memorial Prize - $1,000

Venue: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.

Contact: Art Gallery of New South Wales on tel: (02) 9225 1700 or email: entries@ag.nsw.gov.au.

Summary
Application dates
31 January 2024 - 26 April 2024
Exhibition dates
8 June 2024 - 8 September 2024
Finalists notified
30 May 2024
Eligibility
National Entries
Prize frequency
Annual
Judges
Tba
Prize genre
Landscape
Location
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
NSW
Australia
Prizes
AUD $56,000
Fees
There is a $50 fee for entering the prize.
Last updated
30 May 2024
Prior Winners
2024: Djakangu Yunupingu - Winner ($50,000)
2023: Zaachariaha Fielding - Winner ($50,000)
2022: Nicholas Harding - Winner ($50,000)
2022: Sally Scales - Robert Family Prize ($10,000)
2020: Hubert Pareroultja - Winner ($50,000)
2020: Julianne Allcorn - Trustees' Watercolour Prize ($5,000)
2020: Nyunmiti Burton - Roberts Family Prize ($10,000)
2019: Nonggirrnga Marawili - Winner Roberts Family Prize ($10,000)
2019: Robyn Anne Sweaney - Trustees' Watercolour Prize ($5,000)
2019: Sylvia Ken - Winner ($50,000)
2018: Yukultji Napangati - Winner ($50,000)
2017: Betty Kuntiwa Pumani - Winner ($50,000)
2017: John Murray - Trustees' Watercolour Prize ($5,000)
2016: Leah Bullen - Trustees' Watercolour Prize ($5,000)
2016: Sandra Ken - Joint Winner ($50,000)
2016: Tjungkara Ken - Joint Winner ($50,000)
2016: Yaritji Young - Joint Winner ($50,000)
2015: Max Miller - Trustees' Watercolour Prize ($5,000)
2015: Natasha Bieniek - Winner ($35,000)
2015: Viola Dominello - Pring Prize
2014: Michael Johnson - Winner ($35,000)