Mosman Municipal Council

Mosman Art Prize 60th Anniversary

The Mosman Art Prize is the oldest, local government art award in Australia, offering an acquisitive ‘painting’ prize of $20,000, sponsored by Mosman Council, the Allan Gamble Memorial Art Prize of $3,000, the Viewers’ Choice Prize of $1,000, a Commendation Prize of $1,000, and a Young Emerging Artist’s Award of $1,000.

Many artists have boosted their careers through winning the prize and continue to submit new works each year. The Mosman Art Prize attracts a diverse and accomplished field of professional and amateur artists from all over Australia. Artists who have won the Mosman Art Prize include Margaret Olley (who won the inaugural prize in 1947), Guy Warren, Grace Cossington Smith, Weaver Hawkins, Nancy Borlase, Lloyd Rees, Elisabeth Cummings, Tim Johnson, Guan Wei and Lucy Culliton. The 2006 Mosman Art Prize was won by Dongwang Fan.

For many of these winning artists the Prize provided inspiration and encouragement to press on with their work, giving them recognition, and more often than not, crucial financial assistance. With his prize money, Guy Warren was able to travel to London to continue his art studies and Lucy Culliton was able to build her studio.

Past adjudicators also include notable Australian art figures such as Margaret Preston, John Olsen, Tim Storrier, Jenny Sages, Edmund Capon and John McDonald.

The 2007 Mosman Art Prize will be judged and opened by Deborah Edwards, Senior Curator of Australian Art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

• Winners of 2007 Mosman Art Prize announced

View all eventsCalendar viewSearch events