Hornsby Art Prize
Winners announced!
View the Hornsby Art Prize 2024 Winners
Established in 2009, the Hornsby Art Prize is organised and sponsored by Hornsby Shire Council and delivered in partnership with the Hornsby Art Society. This year, the art prize has an overall prize pool value of $23,000, with the major prize $10,000. Categories include Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Digital Art Stills/Digital Photography and Sculpture. The non-acquisitive prize celebrates Australian Contemporary Art and is open to all Australian residents aged 18 years and over. It also celebrates Hornsby Shire residents with the Hornsby Shire Local Artist Award with a prize of $5,000.
This year’s esteemed judges are Director of Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Sebastian Goldspink, and renowned printmaker and teacher Rew Hanks.
The Hornsby Art Prize Finalists’ Exhibition will be held at Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby, 25 October - 10 November 2024, Tuesday – Sunday, 10am-4pm. Free entry.
| Hornsby Art Prize | Key dates |
|---|---|
| Call for entries open | 3 June 2024 |
| Entries close | 8 August 2024, 5pm AEST |
| Finalists announced | 19 August 2024 |
| Artworks drop off | Tuesday 15 October and Wednesday 16 October, 10am – 4pm |
| Award ceremony | 25 October 2024 |
| Exhibition | 25 October – 10 November 2024 |
| Prize | Amount |
|---|---|
| Hornsby Art Prize Winner | $10,000 |
| Hornsby Shire Local Artist Award | $5,000 |
| Painting Award | $1,500 |
| Sculpture Award | $1,500 |
| Printmaking Award | $1,500 |
| Digital Art Stills/Digital Photography Award | $1,500 |
| Drawing Award | $1,500 |
| People's Choice Award | $500 |
Sebastian Goldspink
Sebastian Goldspink is a Sydney-based independent curator. In 2011, he created the artist run space, ALASKA projects as a platform for exhibiting contemporary art in unused or disused spaces. Since its inception, ALASKA has showcased over 500 artists across 150 exhibitions. A proud descendant of the Burramattagal people of Western Sydney, Goldspink has curated exhibitions nationally throughout Australia and internationally in London, Los Angeles, New Orleans, and Christchurch.
Goldspink has held professional appointments at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Art Month Sydney, National Art School and Dlux Media Arts. He has consulted and collaborated with institutions including Museum of Old and New Art, Performance Space, Sydney Symphony, HOTA Gold Coast, Art Bank and Kaldor Public Art Projects. In 2013/14 he was appointed Guest Curator of the John Fries Memorial Prize, an annual non-acquisitive award recognising emerging and early career visual artists. He writes regularly for publications including Art Collector, Art Monthly and Artist Profile. He is a frequent speaker and interviewer with a wide focus on contemporary practice. He has worked with numerous brands including Louis Vuitton, Dior, Paul Smith, and Valentino.
A former Lecturer at the University of New South Wales (CoFA). He was the curator of the 2022 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art at the Art Gallery of South Australia. In 2021, he opened the Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf as its inaugural Director. He is currently the Director of Hazelhurst Regional Gallery.
Rew Hanks
Rew Hanks is a renowned printmaker and teacher, based in the Hornsby Shire. He has held solo exhibitions since 1982 in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Canberra. A fascination with the cultural history of Australia, peppered with sly wit and social commentary, and an execution of his medium to an unparalleled excellence, places Hanks at the pinnacle of Australian art.
Internationally, Hanks has been awarded the Megalo International Print Prize (2020), Trienniale Print Prize in the 4th Bangkok Triennale International Print and Drawing, Bangkok, Thailand (2015), First Prize in the 9th Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Kochi, Japan (2014), First Prize in the IV International Print Exhibition, Istanbul, Turkey (2011) and Grand Prize in the 8th Bharat Bhavan International Biennal of Print-Art, Bhopal, India (2008). Nationally, Hanks has been awarded the Lerida Estate Acquisitive Prize (2020), Freemantle Arts Centre Print Award (2019), Burnie Print Prize (2019), First Prize in the City of Hobart Art Prize (2014), Grand Prize in the Open Section, Silkcut Award for Linocut Prints, Melbourne (2013) and First Prize in the Geelong Print Prize, Geelong, Victoria (2008). Hanks has been a finalist in the Blake Prize (2003, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010) and the Basil Sellers Prize at the Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne (2016). His work is held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Art Gallery of South Australia Artbank and several significant regional and tertiary collections.
Hanks is represented by Michael Reid.
For more information please contact:
Arts and Cultural Development Officer
Email: arts@hornsby.nsw.gov.au
Phone: 9847 4817
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