Grace Cossington Smith art award

The Grace Cossington Smith Gallery BIENNIAL ART AWARD 2026

Submissions are invited from Australian artists, aged over 18, for original work in any two-dimensional media in response to the theme ‘Making Connections’.

The prizes:

$15,000 awarded to the winner (acquisitive)

$2,500 awarded to an early career artist and

$2,500 awarded to a local artist from the Hornsby and Ku-ring-gai area.

Applications will be made on this website

Submission entries open: Saturday 1 November 2025

Submission entries close: Tuesday 14 April 2026

All previous Grace Cossington Smith art award exhibitions can be viewed on the past exhibition page.
Exhibitions were held in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2022 and 2024