Kilgour Prize 2020
Since 2006, the Kilgour Prize has encouraged innovation within portrait and figurative painting. In 2020, the prize is now in its tenth year.
The KILGOUR PRIZE 2020 will award $50,000 for the most outstanding work of art, and a People鈥檚 Choice of $5,000 to the painting voted most popular by the general public.
Every year the Gallery receives hundreds of applications from artists across every state and territory of Australia. Applications are submitted online using a high quality jpeg of the work. The name of the artist is not revealed to the judges during the selection process for the finalists for exhibition, or for the winner of the prize - making the Kilgour Prize an equitable prize for artists at all career stages.
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Since 2006, the Kilgour Prize has encouraged innovation within portrait and figurative painting. In 2020, the prize is now in its tenth year.
The KILGOUR PRIZE 2020 will award $50,000 for the most outstanding work of art, and a People鈥檚 Choice of $5,000 to the painting voted most popular by the general public.
Every year the Gallery receives hundreds of applications from artists across every state and territory of Australia. Applications are submitted online using a high quality jpeg of the work. The name of the artist is not revealed to the judges during the selection process for the finalists for exhibition, or for the winner of the prize - making the Kilgour Prize an equitable prize for artists at all career stages.
Artists on show
- An Sheng
- Andrew Bennett
- Andrew Bennett
- Ben Ryan
- Brittany Jones
- Bronni Krieger
- Corinna Howell
- Craig Handley
- Dagmar Cyrulla
- Daniel Butterworth
- Elizabeth Austin
- Erik Krebs-Schade
- Esther Erlich
- Greg Creek
- Jacqueline Hennessy
- Jordan Richardson
- Joshua McPherson
- Kenneth Lambert
- Kerry McInnis
- Kylie Melinda Smith
- Lileana Colarelli
- Lori Pensini
- Lynn Savery
- Melissa Ritchie
- Michael Bell
- Nguyen Anh
- Oliver Shepherd
- Peter Gardiner
- Tony Costa
- Tracy Dods
- Wendy Sharpe
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