Hadley's Art Prize

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Applications close
27 March 2026
Announced
31 July 2025
Prize money
AUD $100,000
Location
TAS, Australia
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Hadley's Art Prize
Presented by Hadley’s Orient Hotel, the Hadley’s Art Prize, Hobart is an acquisitive Australian landscape prize, which offers $100,000 to the winning entry. 
 
For the best portrayal of the Australian landscape.
 
Hadley’s Orient Hotel has a long history with art starting with art-loving landlords in the late 1800s. The Hadley’s Art Prize, Hobart contributes to the art community, celebrates excellence in contemporary landscape art, promotes cultural tourism in Tasmania, and restores art to the historic walls of Hadley’s Orient Hotel though a landscape prize like Howard Hadley won in 1895. Click here to learn more about the philanthropists behind the Hadley’s Art Prize, Hobart.
 
Judged by a panel of art specialists, the prize is open to Australian artists over the age of eighteen working in two-dimensional media. Artists at all career stages are invited to enter. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists are encouraged to enter.
 
Venue: Hadley’s Orient Hotel, Hobart
 
Contact: For more information e: curator@hadleysartprize.com.au

 

Summary
Application dates
12 January 2026 - 27 March 2026
Exhibition dates
1 August 2026 - 23 August 2026
Finalists notified
5 May 2026
Eligibility
National Entries
Prize frequency
Annual
Judges
Abdul Abdullah, artist; Judith Ryan, Senior Curator, Art Museums & Collections, University of Melbourne; Sarah Wallace, curator MONA.
Prize genre
Landscape
Location
Hadley Orient Hotel, Hobart
TAS
Australia
Prizes
AUD $100,000
Fees
There is a $50 entry fee per artist with a 30% commission on sales for unrepresented artists and 40% for represented artists.
Last updated
12 January 2026
Prior Winners
2025: Sophie Cape - Winner ($100,000)
2024: Laura Patterson - Residency Prize
2024: Zoe Grey - Winner ($100,000)
2022: Martin Rek - People's Choice
2022: Tuppy Ngintja Goodwin - Winner ($100,000)
2021: David Stephenson - Winner ($100,000)
2021: Martin Rek - People's Choice
2019: Carbiene McDonald Tjangala - Winner ($100,000)
2018: Neil Haddon - Winner ($100,000)
2017: Peter Mungkuri - Winner ($100,000)