Defiance Gallery

The Inaugural Defiance Award for Painting is open NOW!

Call for entries - submissions close 1 September.

Awards & Prizes

Opportunity Details

Closing Date

Sep 1, 2025

Location

National

Artform

Visual Arts

The Defiance Award has been founded to discover, support and profile exceptional Australian painters.

Providing a prominent platform to connect artists to a wider audience, the prize offers both financial support and professional development opportunities to foster long-term careers in the arts, ensuring artists are equipped to thrive and grow within their practice.

The Award will offer finalists the opportunity to exhibit in a group show at Defiance Gallery in Sydney.

The overall single winning entry will also receive the following:

  • Solo Exhibition at Defiance Gallery
  • 2 week residency at Giverny Artist Residency in Queenstown, New Zealand proudly sponsored by the Nock Art Foundation
  • Return flights to Queenstown from an Australian capital city
  • $3,000 cash prize

Enter NOW – submissions close 1 September.

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