Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize

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Applications close
13 June 2025
Announced
19 September 2025
Prize money
AUD $23,000
Location
NSW, Australia
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The Macquarie Group Collection’s acquisitive Emerging Artist Prize and exhibition is held in Sydney each year, offering support to a new generation of Australian visual artists. Artists are invited to enter an original work/s that reflect the Macquarie Group Collection theme, The Land and Its Psyche.

100 per cent of proceeds from the sale of all work(s) going directly to the artist. The First Prize winner will receive $A20,000 prize money and a three month residency on-site. Each finalist receives a $A1,000 art transport voucher from International Art Services.

Prizes:

  • The First Prize winner will receive $A20,000 prize money and a three month residency on-site. 
  • Each finalist receives a $A1,000 art transport voucher from International Art Services and a $A500 Participation Prize.

Venue: The Art Space, 1 Elizabeth Street, Sydney.

Contact: For more information email art@macquarie.com

Summary
Application dates
8 April 2025 - 13 June 2025
Exhibition dates
18 September 2025 - 30 January 2026
Finalists notified
31 July 2025
Eligibility
National Entries
Prize frequency
Annual
Judges
The art committee of the Macquarie Group Collection judge the entries.
Prize genre
Emerging
Location
The Art Space, 1 Elizabeth Street, Sydney.
NSW
Australia
Prizes
AUD $23,000
Fees
There is no entry fee to enter.
Last updated
8 April 2025
Prior Winners
2024: Mitchell Davis - Winner ($20,,000)
2022: Billy Bain - Winner ($20,000)
2020: Myles Young - Winner
2019: Emily imeson - Winner ($15,000)