Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art 2027
Entries are now open for the Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art 2027, one of Australia’s leading contemporary art awards.
Open to artists across Australia working in any medium, the prize offers a total prize pool of $31,000.
Entries close Sunday 17 January 2027.
Have your work seen by some of the country’s leading voices in contemporary art. Our stellar judges include:
- Melissa Loughnan – Fair Director, Melbourne Art Foundation
- Dr Amelia Winata – Curator, ACMI
- Serena Bentley – Senior Curator, National Portrait Gallery
- Nusra Latif Qureshi – Artist
- Pip Wallis – Senior Curator, Monash University Museum of Art
- Richard Watts OAM – Arts critic and journalist
The Nillumbik Prize is a national platform for contemporary artists at all stages of their careers.
Enter now: https://nillumbik.vic.gov.au/NPCA
Image credits:
Jacqui Shelton, Bím Caillte (mistranslated: I am, usually, habitually, lost) (Open Prize Winner, NPCA 2025)
Petrina Hicks, The Self Awareness of African Grey Parrots (detail), NPCA 2025 AcquisitionLaresa Kosloff, New Futures™ (Open Prize Winner, NPCA 2023)
Tina Stefanou, Hym(e)nals (Local Prize Winner, NPCA 2023)
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