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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


Alexandra Pedley Director The Lock-Up HEAP Judge Photo by Ben Adams
Alexandra Pedley Director The Lock-Up HEAP Judge Photo by Ben Adams
Alison Smith Artist & Production Director Out of the Square Media HEAP Judge
Alison Smith Artist & Production Director Out of the Square Media HEAP Judge
David Rastas Curator MAP Mima HEAP Judge
David Rastas Curator MAP Mima HEAP Judge

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





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