
Hunter Emerging Art Prize 2025
The Hunter Emerging Art Prize is our region's leading prize for emerging artists
12 - 27 July 2025
4pm - 6pm Saturday 12 July 2025
ART PRIZE LAUNCH Saturday 12 July 2-4pm includes acoustic performance by Citruss @citrussband
Here are the finalists for the Hunter Emerging Art Prize 2025 listed by artists and their artworks by title:
Abby McCarthy | Wash Over Me |
Alex Hansen | Sunrise, Bandon Grove |
Angelea Van Dam | Miners Denim |
Ann Stevenson | Bramble Cove |
Anne Michael | Gymea Lily |
Annette Tubnor | Cabbage Dreamings |
Belinda Dorey | In Waves of Light |
Bernadette Trainor | Sicilians |
Caitlin Pluta | After the Rain |
Caitlin Pluta | Loner |
Chloe Hooper | Landscapes Of The Soul |
Christiana Monored | The Oracle |
Claire Paul | Entangled |
Claire Ruby Lyddiard | The Beautiful Chaos |
Corenne Earl | Stole a Menu |
Dan Riley | Night Lorikeet |
Deanah Allen | Mama |
Dianna Kellerman | A New Day Is Dawning |
Dominic Warland | Lyrebird |
Eira Chidgey | Wish For Peace Instead |
Eira Chidgey | Blood Moon |
Elise Honeyman | Scribbly Gum |
Eliza Blackwell | Beyond the Board |
Elizabeth Shoebridge | The Jacaranda was not ready for me |
Ella Grace Paterson | The Homestead |
Erin Byfield-Huish | Mother |
Erin Byfield-Huish | The Death Shroud |
Evie Homewood | Into the lull 6 |
Fiona Heard | Impermanent |
Fran Loudon | Here I am again home |
Francois Van Der Walt | Imports |
Geoffrey Howitt | Soldier's rock |
Gillian Karpiel | Textures of Life |
Hannah Devine | Momento |
Holly Leonardson | Ocean Object |
Howard James | I Made it - This Far |
Indiana Marsden | Held Tension |
Indiana Marsden | Nothing But a Bartender |
Jacque Cook | Bracken |
Jade Maddigan | Cable Knit |
Jesse Neale | Still Life with Tyres |
Jessica Herkes-Deane | The Afterbirth |
Jodi Thompson | Close your Ears |
Julie Bowe | Day is new again |
Karen Jane Wells | Earth Bowls |
Keegan Tallaght Evans | Daydream |
Keely Mcmahon | Empathy |
Kimberly Swan | Cute, Punk, Emo, Goth |
Laure de Vaugelas | Held in Motion |
Lauren van den Elzen | Absolute Content |
Lente Oosthuizen | Hills and Valleys at Macdonald river. |
Lesley Rickman | But only so an hour |
Lisa Morris-Pate | I can use that |
Louise Faulkner | New(y) Vintage |
Louise Faulkner | Newcastle Beach Scene (inshore perspective) |
Mahalia Leckner | Corn-i |
Marius Paul O'Shea | Dream |
Martha Moderitz | Camouflage Cockatoo |
Max Blanch | Skimming Shoulders in a Crowd of Transience |
Megan Farquhar | Family Portrait |
Melody Suranyi | Ancient Rhythm |
Michela Ciulla | Suspended Between Light and Water: Liz's Silent Journey |
Nick Fintan | High Water |
Oscar Heathmore | The River |
Rózsa Csipke | The Park (True Light and Shade) |
Rudy Mulder | East End Cafe Newcastle |
Ryan Wild | Prototype I |
Samantha Walsh | Empty |
Shaana-Anne Crisp | Capturing My Inner Reflection |
Simon Barrett | It's Still Life - Saké |
Sol Nilssen | Here We Thrive |
Steve Lee | Woman in room with flowers. |
Tamasin Collins | Mumma-razzi: Pink for girls, Blue for boys |
Victoria Lovecchio | Climbing Mount Sonder with my sisters in the dark |
Yang Zhang | The Awakening of Endless Hands |
Zara Grey | Piece Of Cake On A Rake |
HEAP is the leading art prize for emerging artists in the Hunter, with a prize pool of more than $10000 across a range of media.
Emerging artists living in the local government areas of Cessnock, Dungog, Lake Macquarie, Mid Coast, Maitland, Muswellbrook, Newcastle, Port Stephens, Singleton, Upper Hunter are welcome to enter. This years judges Alexandra Pedley Director The Lock-Up, David Rastas Curator MAP Mima and Alison Smith Artist and Production Director Out of the Square Media. Entries close midnight 29 May 2025.
Entries are now closed. Selected finalists will be announced Friday 13 June 2025
For further information click here: https://www.newcastleartspace.org.au/hunter-emerging-art-prize



KEY DATES:
Earlybird entry fee close: Midnight Monday 31 March 2025
Entries close: Midnight Thurs 29th May 2025
Finalist announcement: Fri 13th June 2025
Delivery of finalists’ works: 10am – 2pm Wed 25th – Fri 27th June 2025
Winners announcement at the exhibition opening: Sat 12th July 4pm - 6pm
Exhibition Duration: 11 – 27 July 2025
Collection of unsold works: 3pm – 4pm Sun 27th July, 10am - 2pm Wed 30th July – Fri 1st Aug 2025