Darebin Art Prize

The Darebin Art Prize is a national multi-medium acquisitive art prize celebrating excellence in contemporary visual art.

The exhibition brings Australia artists together to compete for the $10,000 Acquisitive prize and the $1,000 People’s Choice Award.

This leading exhibition brings contemporary artwork together across all media, from painting, drawing, photography, sculpture and craft, through to video art.  

2024 Finalists

Elyas Alavi, Alvaro Alvarez, Helvi Apted, Diana Baker Smith, Nathan Beard, Claire Bridge, Sarah Byrne, Courtney Coombs, David Creed, Adam John Cullen, Gabriella D'Costa, Ara Dolatian, David Egan, Travis Ficarra, Amala Groom, Stephanie Hicks, Miles Howard-Wilks, Kait James, Daniel Jenatsch, Kris Kang, Deborah Kelly, Shivanjani Lal, Sonia Leber & David Chesworth, Rafaella McDonald, Aylsa McHugh, Louise Meuwissen, Ian Munday, Freya Pitt, Kenny Pittock, Elvis Richardson, Lauren Simmonds, Hannah Smith, Margaret Smith, Tina Stefanou, Dell Stewart, Lahni Thavarajah, Xana Thorsson, Kate Tucker, Oksana Waterfall, Bettina Willner & Jude Worters

2024 Winner

Nathan Beard

People's Choice Award

Gabriella D'Costa

2024 Judges

• Dr Shelley McSpedden | Senior Curator at Australian Centre for Contemporary Art.
• Moorina Bonini | Artist, PhD candidate with Wominjeka Djeembana Research Lab at Monash University.
• Sarah Werkmeister | Curator at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre.  

2021 Finalists:

Cyrus Tang, Britt Salt, Vanessa Howells, Yvette Coppersmith, Claire Mooney, Todd Johnson, Mia Boe, Siying Zhou, Henry von Doussa, Katy B Plummer, Andy Butler, Benjamin Woods, Shivanjani Lal, Aaron Christopher Rees, Phuong Ngo, Bettina Willner-Browne, Sarah Ujmaia, Jacqueline Stojanović, Tai Snaith, Anna Kiparis, Henry Wolff, Nicholas Burridge, Tori Ferguson, Scotty So, Joseph Griffiths, Ray Thomas, Sandra Teece, wani toaishara, Travis Macdonald, Ilona Herreiner, Natalie Ryan.

2021 Winner

wāni toaishara

2021 Judges

• Hayley Millar Baker | Artist & Darebin Art Prize 2019 Winner.
• Kimberley Moulton | Curator & Writer.
• Jon Butt | Curator, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre.
   

2019 Finalists

Fiona Abicare, Darcey Bella Arnold, Justin Balmain, Mary Barton, Nicholas Chilvers, Matthew Clarke, Erin Coates, Rebecca Delange, Lauren Dunn, David Egan, Travis Ficarra, Carly Fischer, Julia Gorman, Louise Gresswell, Amala Groom, Sophia Hewson, Deanna Hitti, Kym Maxwell, Aaron Claringbold & Rebecca McCauley, Clare McCracken, Hayley Millar-Baker, Viv Miller, Noriko Nakamura, Liam O’Brien, Michael Prior, Lucreccia Quintanilla, Georgia Robenstone, Mark Rodda, The Ryan Sisters, Britt Salt, Devi Seetharam, Tama Sharman, Jacqui Shelton, Mark Smith, Adriane Strampp, Ebony Truscott, David Wadelton, Yandell Walton, Daisy Watkins-Harvey.

2019 Winner

Hayley Millar-Baker

Highly recommended

Fiona Abicare, Liam O’Brien and Yandell Walton.

2019 Judges

• Kimba Thompson | Director and Curator at Blak Dot Gallery.
• Lisa Radford | Artist and Lecturer at the Victorian College of the Arts.
• Renee Cosgrave | Artist and Acting Curator at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre.

2017 Finalists

Connie Anthes, Rushdi Anwar, Belle Bassin, Zanny Begg, Jessie Bullivant, Jon Butt, Sheena Colquhoun, Georgina Cue, Jaye Early, Leslie Eastman, Anna Finlayson, Matthew Greaves, Bronwyn Hack, Will Heathcote, PJ Hickman, Timothy Hillier & Danzel Baker, Kez Hughes, Eliza Hutchison, Linda Judge, Ash Keating, Annika Koops, Claire Lambe, Bridie Lunney, Sam Martin, Hayley Millar-Baker, Adelle Mills, Archie Moore, Kent Morris, Sophie Neate, Joshua Petherick, Steven Rendall, Nicholas Selenitsch, Vivian Cooper Smith, Nicholas Smith, The Ryan Sisters, Ebony Truscott, David Wadelton, Kellie Wells, Deborah White, Alice Wormald.

2017 Winner

Claire Lambe

2017 Judges

• David Cross | Professor of Art and Performance, Deakin University
• Lou Hubbard | Artist
• Claire Watson | Curator, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre

2015 Finalists

Samara Adamson-Pinczewski, Rushdi Anwar, Justin Balmain, Damiano Bertoli, Kate Beynon, Nicole Breedon, Jon Butt, Nicholas Chilvers and Hanna Chetwin, Nadine Christensen, Zoe Croggon, Julie Davies and Alex Rizkalla, Elyse de Valle, DAMP, Ara Dolatian, Leslie Eastman, Phil Edwards, Simon Finn, Carly Fischer, Patrick Francis, Wanda Gillespie, Tim Gresham, Michelle Hamer, Katherine Hattam, Linda Judge, Cathy Laudenbach, Jordan Marani, Kent Morris, Noriko Nakamura, Petra Nicel, Simon Pericich, Elvis Richardson with James Hayes, Louise Rippert, Kiron Robinson, Natalie Ryan, Bill Sampson, Rachel Schenberg, Vivian Cooper Smith, Tai Snaith, Dell Stewart, Sophia Szilagyi, Georgia Szmerling, David Wadelton, Daisy Watkins-Harvey, Alice Wormald.

2015 Winner

DAMP

2015 Judges

• Charlotte Day | Director, Monash University Museum of Art.
• Nick Selenitsch | Artist. 
• Claire Watson | Curator, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre.