22nd Annual National Paddington Art Prize Exhibition

The 22nd Annual National Acquisitive $30,000 Paddington Art Prize, plus 10 additional Non-Acquisitive Awards, including solo exhibitions & a residency for four selected Finalists in multiple locations around Australia.

Principal Sponsor, Chris Antico and Founder, Marlene Antico OAM

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘕𝘰𝘯-𝘈𝘤𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘴:

𝘈𝘳𝘵 𝘓𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘎𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘺 @art.leven Solo Exhibition & $2500 for ONE Finalist

$1000 Highly Commended. 𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯 (𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵/𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳)

$30,000 Winner 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘰 (𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳)

$3000 Honourable Mention. 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘰 𝘖𝘈𝘔 (𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳/𝘊𝘰-𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳)

𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘢 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘎𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘺 Solo Exhibition for ONE Finalist

𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘺 Solo Exhibition for ONE Finalist

𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘎𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘺, 𝘛𝘢𝘴 Solo Exhibition for ONE Finalist

𝘈𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 $2000 worth of Aluminium Stretchers for ONE Finalist

𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘵 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 $1000 toward Gicle Print of winning painting of the People’s Choice Winner

𝘙𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 $1000 worth of printing & scanning for ONE Finalist

𝖤𝗋𝖺𝗆𝖻𝗈𝗈 Residency & Self Managed Exhibition Gallery Space + $500 sponsored by Chris Antico

Our three independent judges are:

Rodney Pople (2016 Paddo Prize Winner)

Dr Stephen Little (Head of Painting, NAS)

Emily Sullivan (Assistant Curator Contemporary International Art, AGNSW)

ENTRIES CLOSE AUGUST 10

https://www.artgalleria.com/portal/paddington-art-prize

2025 Paddington Art Prize Exhibition

Dates/Times

Oct 16- 25, 11am -5pm.

OPENING NIGHT Oct 16, 6-8pm

Oct 26 (last day)11am -1pm open to public

Oct 26, 1pm - 4pm Private Event - OAM Association, NSW Scholastic Grant Fundraiser