Mosman Art Gallery is excited to foster the next generation of artists through the Mosman Youth Art Prize. Each year hundreds of budding artists submit their drawings, paintings, photographs, videos, prints, sculpture and ceramics that form this overview of the artists of the future.  

Since its foundation in 1988 by local artist Ken Done AM, numerous artists have started their careers by winning the Mosman Youth Art Prize including Alex Seeton, Natasha Walsh and JD Reforma. 

Tertiary:

First prize: Ziyang Cui – THE MISANTHROPIST MANIFESTO
Second Prize: Jessica Žaknić – Blueprints
Third Prize: Eleanor Harris – Kyoto garden
Highly Commended: Hayley Bennett – Can You See the Birds?

Senior:

First prize: Natalie Hwang – Dreams of King-Sized Beds and Convertibles
Second Prize: Ivy Shen – Requiem for Sisyphus
Third Prize: Olivia Salmond – Cardinal Contradictions
Highly Commended: Amelia Herrmann – Cutting Ties

Junior:

First prize: Pei Fu Zhao – Strive Towards Destiny 
Second Prize: Xiyao Chen – Surprise
Third Prize: Elizabeth Moodey – The Fat Dudes
Highly Commended: Alex Sanders – Cat Chitters

Other prizes:

Susan Rothwell AM Award: Camille Murray (Senior) – Crossroad 
Mosman Art Society Award (with thanks to Art Smart): Stella Janssens (Tertiary) – The Imposter
Australia Watercolour Institute Award: Rachel Chen (Tertiary) – Reconstructing the “School of Athens”
Members of Mosman Art Gallery: Sophia Li (Tertiary) – Grandfather 
Members of Mosman Art Gallery: Sabrina Cao (Senior) – The Contradiction of the Gaze
Members of Mosman Art Gallery: Libby Devereux (Junior) – Contorted Irregularity

 

When
Saturday 6 April - Sunday 5 May

Where
Mosman Art Gallery