WOMEN’S ART PRIZE TASMANIA

Women's Art Prize Tasmania is pleased to announce:

MELISSA SMITH is the winner of the $10,000 Women's Art Prize Tasmania presented by RANT Arts with her work, "The light of hidden flowers" 2023;

CASSIE SULLIVAN is the winner of the inaugural $10,000 lutruwita Prize presented by Rio Tinto Bell Bay Aluminium with her work, "to collect with holes in your basket (i)" 2023; and

KATELYN GEARD is the winner of the $5,000 Early Career Artist Prize presented by Tailored Services for the Arts with her work, “Metamorphosis” 2023.

FRAN REEVE is the winner of the $2,000 People’s Choice Award - presented jointly by Gallery Pejean and Project Gallery 90, with her work "Long Sustaining, The Crone”, 2023.

Prize Categories:

We are excited to present new prize categories and presenting partners for the 2024 Women’s Art Prize Tasmania. This year the Prize consists of the following categories:

lutruwita Prize - presented by Rio Tinto Bell Bay Aluminium: $10,000
A dedicated award for an identified First Nations artist, cultural practitioner or cultural worker of any career stage.
Women’s Art Prize Tasmania - presented by RANT Arts: $10,000
An prize across all artforms or cultural practice open to women artists at any stage of their professional career.
Early Career Artist Prize - presented by Tailored Services for the Arts: $5,000
A dedicated prize for an identified artist in the initial stage of their professional career, usually up to the first 8 years of their arts practice or new artform.
People’s Choice Award - presented jointly by Gallery Pejean and Project Gallery 90: $2,000
A prize awarded to a 2024 finalist whose work receives the most votes from visitors to the Finalists exhibition during its tour.

Key Dates for 2024

Applications open: Thursday 23 November 2023, 12:00noon (AEDT).
Applications close: Monday 29 January 2024, 11:59pm (AEST).
Finalists announcement: Friday 8 March 2024, 11:00am (AEST).
Finalist exhibition tour dates: *Viewing times and terms of exhibitions can be found online via venue websites

Queen Victoria Museum (Launceston): Saturday 4 May 2024 to Sunday 7 July 2024.
Devonport Regional Gallery (Devonport): Saturday 3 August 2024 to Sunday 22 September 2024.
Moonah Arts Centre (Hobart): Friday 18 October 2024 to Saturday 9 November 2024.

Official openings of exhibition and announcement of prize-winners:

Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston - Friday 3 May 2024, 6pm.
Announcements:

lutruwita Prize - presented by Rio Tinto Bell Bay Aluminium (non-acquisitive)
2024 Women’s Art Prize Tasmania - presented by RANT Arts

Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport - Friday 2 August 2024, 6pm.
Announcement:

Early Career Artist Prize - presented by Tailored Services for the Arts

Moonah Arts Centre, Moonah - Thursday 17 October 2024, 5.30pm.
Announcement:

People’s Choice Award - jointly presented byGallery Pejean and Project Gallery 90

About us.

The Women’s Art Prize Tasmania is the state’s only female art competition. Re-launched in 2018, the prize aims to inspire, facilitate and celebrate the development of professional and emerging women artists in Tasmania.

For 20 years, this prize has shone a spotlight on the creative skills, passions and vision of women artists of all career stages across this state. The theme and mission of the prize is just as relevant today as it was when Material Girl was launched in 2002.

In 2022, as we reached this important milestone, we honoured the past, celebrated the present and looked towards the future.

Inspiring women’s
art in Tasmania.

Originally established in 2002 as Material Girl, The Women’s Art Prize Tasmania promotes awareness of culture, visual arts, women and gender issues across Tasmania. The prize has a long and rich history and has evolved over time to suit the needs of the arts community.

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**EDDIE JAMES.**
Room 18
2021
instant photography digital print on textured rag 100 x 84 cm How many bodies have passed through this hotel room? Filled with empty cupboards, tight sheets, lumpy pillows. An illusion of comfort, and homeliness. Contorting, conforming, disrupting, I seek comfort in the voids, using my body as language and location as parameter.

WOMEN’S ART PRIZE TASMANIA