Remagine Art Prize
Theme – Built to Expire
Congratulations to the winners of 2026 Remagine Art Prize!
Maree Louise MacDermid was announced as the Winner for their work "NVR ENF" (Never Enough), with Karen Coull receiving the Highly Commended Award for their work, Traces of Flour and Love.
Madi Feist was awarded the Recycled/Reused Materials Award for their work, Redback.
Adelina Pochueva was granted the Youth Award (18-25) for their work, Built to inspire.
Hornsby resident, Patrick Heuzenroder, claimed the Local Artist Award for their work, Spontalia.
Jugni Chaudhry was awarded the 2026 Remagine Art Prize People's Choice Award for her work, Rumi.
All prize winners and finalists' works are on display at Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre now. The exhibition is open Tuesday-Sunday, 10am-4pm until 31 May 2026.
Image: Winner, Remagine Art Prize 2026: Maree Louise MacDermid –"NVR ENF" (Never Enough)
The 2026 Remagine Art Prize theme is Built to Expire. The theme is an opportunity for artists to explore the highly problematic situation where many of the goods we now buy are literally built to expire. They are designed and manufactured to have a limited life-span. In other words, specifically designed with built in obsolescence.
Just about everything, from cars to phones or toasters is not built to last anymore. This equates to more replacement costs, more resource extraction, more energy used, more emissions, more transport and packaging required and more waste created. The life-cycle of these products is highly problematic and simply not sustainable.
A generation or two ago, many large durable goods were designed to be easily repaired, often by replacing a small component. Now in many items when a small component fails, the entire item must be replaced. Some examples include car parts, TVs, washing machines, dryers, or dishwashers. Who remembers their parents toaster that lasted their whole marriage, or even just the bread knife that was still sharp and still cutting soft bread easily 30 years later.
Built to Expire will deconstruct these perverse anomalies.
Finalists
Remagine 2026 - Finalists list
| Artist |
Artwork Title |
| Adelina Pochueva |
Built to Inspire |
| Aharon Arakel |
Veil of Survival |
| Alex Cyreszko |
Abandoned Car Series 2000 Car #56 |
| Alex Xerri |
SILVER RELIC |
| Alex Xerri |
Y2K BREAKFAST |
| Anna Cho |
The Last Song of the Glass Ghost |
| Anthony Xerri |
Rebuilt To Expire Again |
| Bettina Kaiser |
Fix, Mend, Repair, Repeat |
| Billie Baker |
Afternoon Stillness |
| Bruise Taylor |
One Man's Trash Is Another One's Toaster |
| Caroline Christie-Coxon |
Peripheral Silence |
| Catriona Galbraith & Suzanne Swann |
Fashion Machine |
| Craig Allan |
Miss Match |
| Damian Dillon |
inside forest (yellow) |
| Dianna Kellerman |
Woodland Nymph |
| Eevee Clark |
Vending Machine |
| Emilia Chistiakov |
Remagine textile Polish Folklore |
| Eugenie Kawabata |
Botanica Exotica: Takayna #2 |
| Frances Yurong Xia |
Monument for an Obsolete Machine |
| Fruzsi Kenez |
Make Do and Mend |
| Gabrielle Courtenay |
Black Cockatoo Extinction 2050 |
| Jacki Fewtrell-Gobert |
abandoned train |
| James Hancock |
Take The City With You |
| Jane Cavanough |
Soon to Expire |
| Jessica Wheelahan |
'So Yesterday' |
| Joel Cunningham |
Maverick |
| John Lynch |
On the EDge |
| Jugni Chaudhry |
Rumi |
| Karen Coull |
Traces of Flour and Love |
| Kelly Sullivan |
"Rime of the Ancient Mariner" |
| Kim Power |
Remnant |
| King Hian Tan |
Reborn to Fly |
| Kirsten Castorina |
Peddle to the Metal |
| Kirsten Castorina |
Matriarch |
| Kristone Capistrano |
Orb IV |
| Kumiko Delaney |
'Hey, I Generated' |
| Linda Crawford |
Against Expiry |
| Liz Shreeve |
Twirl, 2026 |
| Lola Jane |
'Spectacularisation' |
| Madi Feist |
Redback |
| Maree MacDermid |
"NVR ENF" (Never Enough) |
| Maryellen Van Der Vegt |
Stargazer |
| Mim Libro |
Lamb |
| Miranda Kichenside |
HOME TREE |
| Nancy MacAlpine |
Woolly Me |
| Orlando Luminere |
Age of Consumerism II |
| Pamela Black |
Tides of Trash |
| Patrick Heuzenroder |
Spontalia |
| Philip Mylecharane |
Figure with entropy |
| Philip Mylecharane |
Redundant figure |
| Rhys John Kaye |
Tough Love |
| Shahroud Ghahani |
Eternal Cycle of Return |
| Tania Babic |
Pocketable Perishables |
| Tracey Jones |
The Myth of the Good Choice |
| Ulric Steiner |
ECHIDNAS - ENDURANCE |
| William Versace |
Flip phone Geode |
| Zi Xin / Sylvia |
Food Chain |
Key dates
- Call for Entries Opens: Monday, 12 January 2026
- Call for Entries Closes: Thursday, 19 March 2026 at 4pm
- Opening Night: Friday, 15 May 2026
- Exhibition Dates: Friday, 15 May – Sunday, 31 May 2026
The Remagine Art Prize finalists' exhibition is held at Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, 25 Edgeworth David Avenue, Hornsby.
Entries
- Limit two (2) entries per person
- Entry fee $31 per entry
- Size limit 2D artworks – 125cm (height, width), including the frame. Size limit 3D artworks – 85cm (height, width, depth)
- Weight limit – 15kg
Terms and conditions
Prizes
- Winner - $5,000
- Highly Commended - $2,000
- Reused/Recycled Materials Award - $1,500
- Local Artist Award - $1,000
- Youth Award (18-25) - $1,000
- People's Choice Award - $500
For more information please contact
Waste Project Officer
remagine@hornsby.nsw.gov.au
Project Partner
