2025 Mosman Art Prize

Now in its 78th year, the Mosman Art Prize is Australia’s longest-running municipal art award and is widely regarded as the most prestigious and relevant painting prize in the country. Established in 1947, the Prize has become a defining platform for contemporary Australian painting; a place where ideas, identity, and the spirit of our times are expressed through the enduring power of paint. 

This year’s winning painting will go into the Collection and sit alongside such esteemed artists as Cressida Campbell, Grace Cossington Smith, Lucy Culliton, Guan Wei, Adam Cullen, Nicholas Harding, Lloyd Rees, Guy Warren, Margo Lewers, Jumaadi, Elisabeth Cummings, Natasha Walsh, Michael Zavros and Margaret Olley – who was the inaugural winner in 1947.

There will be two artist talks Wednesday 27 August, 6-8pm and Wednesday 15 October, 6-8pm. Booking details will be available closer to the date.
There will be a Highlights Tour by our knowledgeable Gallery Guides on Sunday 2 November. Booking details will be available closer to the date.

List of Mosman Art Prize Finalists

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First NameLast NameArtwork titleMedium
MarionAbrahamBlissoil and copper leaf on board
GeneA'HernDawn chorusoil on board
MatthewAllenCrimson Topped GridAcrylic, oil, polished graphite on linen
SusanAndrewsBlink: Red, Blue, BlackSynthetic polymer paint and Marble Dust on Marine Plywood
MostafaAzimitabarCan you hear me?Painted with a toothbrush, oil and coffee on linen.
MichelleBelgiornoNature's Struggleoil paint on linen
JoBertiniLanguage without windoil on French polyester canvas
SethBirchallAlilaoil on canvas
KarenBlackInternal monologue (Diptych)Oil on canvas
AmberBoardmanThe Storytellersoil on canvas
AndrewBrowneAn ApparitionOil on Linen
Johnathon World PeaceBushPope Francis, 2024Locally source ochre on linen
AnnabelButlerElisabeth in the big sofagouache on canvas
MitchCairnsOpera Houseoil on linen
Mark MaurangiCarrolBlue boat ( crowd on the island of mangaia)Oil enamel, permanent marker on linen
NickCollersonBabooon BaboooonOil on canvas
LottieConsalvoDevine blooming, better than GodAcrylic on hessian and hardboard
NancyConstandeliaFrom this window, like the moon, I keep sending news secretlyacrylic on italian linen
YvetteCoppersmithSeated portrait with cat and jonquilsoil and marble dust on jute
MattCoyleMother 1acrylic and enamel on canvas
SeanCrowleyMango treeSoft pastel on Saunders Waterford paper, framed in recycled Oregon
KenDoneStriped sailoil and acrylic on linen
BlakDouglasFait accompliSynthetic polymer paints on linen
JamesDrinkwaterPiano Nobile (reprise 1)oil on linen
EllaDunnEverybody wants to winOil on linen
EmilyGalicekSampler (design for a ceiling)Synthetic polymer on canvas
AnnetteGalstaunPterodactyl - she emerges from the skyWatercolour pencil, Gouache, ink, coffee, Gold Leaf and Glitter on Arches Watercolour paper
ClaudiaGreatheadMoth Clockoil on linen
DavidGriggsThe Unicorn and the Windowoil on canvas
CeliaGullettVariations series VIoil on linen canvas
MirandaHampsonDaughters of the Tide (the Gadi Fisherwomen)Acrylic and ochre on cotton canvas
KatherinHattamStill PicturesOil on linen
TamaraHendersonThe weighing of the petals on the floral flaneurOil paint, canvas, wood, steel mesh, paper clay, pigment, PVA
Drew ConnorHollandexcerpts (child)synthetic polymer, toner, watercolour, graphite, oil, archival varnish on used bedsheets
PhilJamesStill Life mkll (Radical Survival)oil on canvas
AdrianJangala RobertsonFamily in Yalpirakinusynthetic polymer paint on canvas
locustJonesBerserko Worldpigment watercolour on paper
JumaadiJumaadiDalam Gerimis [In the mist]Acrylic on animal hide
JordyKerwickPriceless Adviceoil and acrylic on canvas
DanielKimThom Roberts with a Pink BackgroundOil on linen
IldikoKovacsPenumbraOil and oilstick on ply
BrigitaLastauskaiteSea Rhymesacrylic on canvas
BelemLettParceloil, gesso, marble dust, pigment on aluminium composite panel
RichardLewerIt feels like one of those days you could stay in bed (after Guernica)Acrylic paint on brass
RachelMackayChimera 01Oil on canvas
EuanMacleodShag RockOil on polyester
Helen TyalmutyMcCarthyLost LandmarksAcrylic on linen
JamesMcGrathFloating Still Life 11Oil on Canvas
CatherineMcGuinessGarden Garden FlowersAcrylic on Canvas
RobMcHaffieNight walk with powerful owlsOil on linen
NoelMckennaUntitled (field with five horses and moon)Oil on canvas
SannéMestromSupport Structuresoil, acrylic and gouache canvas, with bronze particle paint (bronze filaments suspended in the binder)
DulcieNanalaWilkinkarraacrylic on canvas
KirstyNeilsonThe Violet Crumbleoil on board
OscarNimmoHybrid 02Acrylic on Jute
CatherineO'DonnellEchoes of Home #14Oil on linen
MadeleinePfullTartanoil on linen
JasonPhui had impure thoughts about my neighbours wife and god sent down a waterfall of fire, coal and molten rock/i prayed to the moon and stars to seek revenge on god but forgot to wear my pants and forgot to do my maths homework that day, my doodle was hanging out/mother earth punished me with a never ending rain and to walk her lush green hills bearing a pole with two leaky buckets, woe is me, oh woe is me, woe is meacrylic on polycotton
TimPriceLife’s On TimeSynthetic polymer paint on polyester
ThomRobertsMoustache Beard (Dusty Ansell)Acrylic on Canvas
CarolineRothwellAdam and Eve (after Dürer)Structural nylon, composite materials, pigments, inks and mixed media, stretched
OndineSeabrookSnorkel DorksMarble dust and acrylic on canvas
WendySharpeSelf Portrait with MonstersOil and Acrylic on Linen
DamianShowyinOpera House, black and white, happy, quiet, slow paintingAcrylic on Cardboard
Narmada DianneSmithIndian GridOIL on CANVAS
MorganStokesStill Life With FlowersWatercolour on linen, copper tacks
PaulineSunflyMulupukuacrylic on canvas
IntanTeriakiSunday MarketAcrylic, charcoal & graphite on acrylic paper
ImantsTillersSolitary Plumesynthetic polymer paint, gouache on 12 canvasboards
JulieVinciKeeping the Aspidistra thrivingOil and charcoal on linen
LilyWalkerOnawa and BedOil paint on canvas
AmberWallisInvisible woman turned into glowing daughterOil on linen
LouiseWeaverEcstatic horizonsynthetic polymer emulsion, iridescent pigment, Japanese kozo natural paper, linen and cotton thread on linen
RoyYaltjankiNguraAcrylic on Canvas
This exhibition is thanks to our generous sponors