Installation view of the 2023 Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize finalist exhibition
Installation view of the 2023 Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize finalist exhibition
Installation view of the 2023 Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize finalist exhibition
Installation view of the 2023 Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize finalist exhibition
Installation view of the 2023 Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize finalist exhibition
Installation view of the 2023 Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize finalist exhibition
Installation view of the 2023 Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize finalist exhibition
Installation view of the 2023 Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize finalist exhibition
Major Prize
(non-acquisitive)
Beckett Local Prize
(acquisitive)
People's Choice Prize
Bayside Painting Prize finalists
We are pleased to announce the shortlisted artists in the 2024 Bayside Painting Prize.
Samara Adamson-Pinczewski, Sally Anderson, Joel Arthur, Nathan Betts, Natasha Bieniek, Seth Birchall, Amber Boardman, Max Bowden, Kirsty Budge, Betty Campbell, Emma Coulter, Rhys Cousins, Dagmar Cyrulla, Ryan William Daffurn, Rhett D’Costa, Noni Drew, Ella Dunn, Andrea Eckersley, Emily Ferretti, Martin George, Mark Gowing, Marie Hagerty, Katherine Hattam, Sophia Hewson, Mark Hislop, Franky Howell, Anna Hoyle, Kez Hughes, Casey Jeffery, Linda Judge, Sarah Low, Gian Manik, Natalie Mather, Anne-Marie May, Jan Murray, Jessica Nothdurft, Kenny Pittock, Julia Powles, David Ralph, Victoria Reichelt, Joanne Sisson, Georgia Spain, Adriane Strampp, Umatji Tjapalyi, Anne Wallace, Angus White
The finalist exhibition will be held at Bayside Gallery from 3 May to 23 June 2024.
Judges
The judges for the 2024 prize are:
Dr Rebecca Coates, Director, Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA)
Stieg Persson, Artist
First established in 2015 as the Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, the name change is just one of the ways the prize has evolved. The Major Prize has increased to $25,000 from $15,000, and is no longer acquisitive, making it one of the most generous non-acquisitive painting prizes in the country.
The Local Art Prize has been renamed the Beckett Local Prize, in honour of remarkable local modernist Clarice Beckett. Now acquisitive, the prize money has increased to $10,000 from $3,000. The $1,000 People’s Choice Prize remains unchanged.
The Bayside Painting Prize remains a celebration of contemporary Australian painting. The finalist exhibition brings together a broad range of artists, both established and lesser known, whose varied approaches to the painted medium conveys the breadth and diversity of painting in Australia today.
The annual prize is an important opportunity for Bayside City Council to add exceptional works of art with a local connection to its collection and to promote art and artists as a valuable part of the Australian community.