Mandorla Art Award

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Applications close
18 February 2026
Announced
15 April 2026
Prize money
AUD $63,000
Location
WA, Australia
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Mandorla Art Award

$30,000 Acquisitive prize. $63,000 total prize pool Now in its 40th year, Mandorla Art Award accepts artwork submissions from all professional and emerging Australian artists, working in any medium.

Mandorla is a contemporary fine art award and Australia’s most significant thematic Christian art prize. 2026 theme: What is Truth? “I was afraid, because I was naked: and I hid myself” – Genesis 3:10

PRIZES:

Main Prize: $30,000 (acquisitive)

2 x Highly Commended $7,000

Emerging Artist $7,000

People’s Choice Prize $2,000

New Norcia Artist Residency Prize: this is a unique opportunity for an artist to live and create artwork in Australia’s only monastic town. In partnership with the New Norcia Benedictine Monastery, this one-month residency provides a studio, accommodation, meals and a $10,000 artist fee

Entries close 18 Feb 2026 Enter via the website: wwwmandorlaart.com

Venue: Holmes à Court Gallery, Gooyaman West Perth

Contact: For more information e: curator@mandorlaart.com

Summary
Application dates
7 September 2025 - 18 February 2026
Exhibition dates
9 May 2026 - 30 May 2026
Finalists notified
8 April 2026
Eligibility
National Entries
Prize frequency
Biennial - Even Years
Judges
Anna Davis, Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Dr Glenn Morrison
Prize genre
Religious
Location
Holmes à Court Gallery, Gooyaman West Perth
WA
Australia
Prizes
AUD $63,000
Fees
Entry fee AUD $50
Last updated
17 September 2025
Prior Winners
2024: Sarah Elson - Winner ($30,000)
2022: Claire Beauseine - Winner ($25,000)
2020: Britt Mikkelsen - Winner ($25,000)
2020: Desire Ferreira - People's Choice ($2,000)
2018: Mikaela Mikaela Castledine - Winner ($25,000)
2016: Megan Robert - Winner ($25,000)