ABOUT
Founded in 2021, the National Emerging Art Prize was established to provide a highly visible national platform to identify, promote and
support Australia’s most promising emerging visual and ceramic artists. The prize exists not only to offer a robust and highly visible platform to showcase artists in the emerging stages of their careers but also to furnish the winners and runners-up with a significant cash prize and a suite of non-cash prizes to further support their practice and to provide a pathway to a long-term art career and representation.
CURATOR & SELECTION PANEL
The curator of the National Emerging Art Prize is Amber Creswell Bell. Amber has been recognised in the industry for championing the work and practices of emerging artists and ceramicists, as well as profiling their work in many of her best-selling publications on Australian art. Amber will sit on the selection panel and work with the selected artists to curate the finalist’s exhibition.
The 2024 Selection Panel
- David Wenham – actor, collector & arts advocate
- Gregory Hodge – contemporary artist
- Michael Zavros – contemporary artist
- Nici Cumpston – contemporary artist & curator
- Katrina Strickland – Editor, Good Weekend
- Tanya Buchanan – Editor-in-Chief, Belle magazine
- Neale Whitaker – tastemaker & media personality
- Tim Ross – TV presenter, architecture and design enthusiast, collector & comedian
- Simone Haag – curator of furniture, art & objects and ceramic enthusiast
- Sarah-Jane Pyke – Director, Arent&Pyke
- Diamando Koutsellis – CEO, Australian Ceramics Association
- Nicole Redden – collector & consultant
- Steve Cordony – Interior stylist & style director-at-large Belle magazine
Key Dates
Open for Applications
12th June 2024
Entries Close
1st September 2024
Finalists Announced
1st October 2024
Official Finalist’s Exhibition Opening and Prize Announcement
30th October 2024
Exhibition Duration
30th October – 9th November 2024
Opening Hours
10am – 4pm
Location
The Garden Gallery, Royal Botanic Gardens of Sydney