Rick Amor Self Portrait Prize

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Applications close
29 April 2022
Announced
30 June 2022
Prize money
AUD $20,000
Location
VIC, Australia
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Rick Amor Self Portrait Prize

Montsalvat is proud to announce the forthcoming Rick Amor Self Portrait Prize 2021, sponsored by prominent Australian artist, Rick Amor Prize: $20,000 (non-acquisitive) Montsalvat Peoples Choice (sponsored by Montsalvat): $1,000

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

1. The work must be painted without assistance from digital technology. Work should be painted from life.

2. Maximum size 66cm x 56cm or 26 inches x 22 inches unframed (portrait or landscape format).

3. Mediums: all traditional mediums including oil, acrylic, gouache, egg tempera, watercolour on all traditional surfaces.

4. This prize is non-acquisitive.

5. The Rick Amor Self Portrait Prize is open to Australian Citizens living in Australia or abroad.

6. Current employees of Montsalvat are ineligible to apply.

7. A maximum of one artwork per artist can be submitted.

8. All shortlisted works will be chosen by a selection panel whose decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into.

9. Changes must not be made to the work once it has been submitted. The selectors reserve the right to exclude any work.

10. Must have been painted after 1st January 2020.

Summary
Application dates
18 October 2021 - 29 April 2022
Exhibition dates
30 June 2022 - 21 August 2022
Finalists notified
20 May 2022
Eligibility
National Entries
Prize frequency
Biennial - Odd Years
Judges
Julia Ciccarone
Prize genre
Portraiture
Location
Montsalvat, 7 Hillcrest Avenue, Eltham, Melbourne
VIC
Australia
Prizes
AUD $20,000
Fees
$40 entry fee, 33.3% commission on sold works
Last updated
24 February 2023
Prior Winners
2019: Michelle Zuccolo - Winner ($20,000)