Eckersley's Art & Craft Prize

We’ve been part of your creative journey for 60 years — and now it’s time to celebrate!

To mark this milestone of 60 Years of Eckersley’s Art & Craft, we are launching the inaugural Eckersley’s Art & Craft Prize 2025, with a total prize pool of $25,000.

Additionally, there will be a prestigious group exhibition for the finalists and winners at Hazelhurst Arts Centre, Sydney, in Spring 2025.

We’re looking to showcase incredible contemporary art from across Australia. Entries will be judged by a panel of esteemed guest judges with extensive knowledge and experience across the art industry. We are accepting all types of 2D and 3D artworks made with analogue art materials.

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Meet the Judges

Natalie O’Connor

Natalie O’Connor is an artist, researcher and educator whose work explores the fragility and materiality of colour, drawing on her background in the international colour manufacturing industry.

Holding a PhD from UNSW, her practice-based research focuses on red pigments and their connection to place. Her long-term project, The Gol Gol Layer Colour Observations, investigates the oldest red layer at Mungo in remote Australia, with installations exhibited in galleries across Australia and the UK, including Hazelhurst Arts Centre and Griffin Gallery, London.

natalieoconnorartist.com/
@oconnornatalie

Alan Daniel Jones

Alan Daniel Jones is a contemporary artist exploring themes of identity, human connection and personal roots through a diverse range of mediums. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the National Art School.

A recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, his work has been showcased in over thirty solo exhibitions and is held in major collections such as the National Portrait Gallery and the Art Gallery of South Australia. Jones has been a finalist in several major Australian art prizes.

alandanieljones.com.au
@alandanieljones

Carla Hananiah

Carla Hananiah is a painter known for her vivid depictions of New Zealand and Australian landscapes, often capturing dramatic light at dawn or dusk. Blending field notes with studio practice, her work explores the tension between nature and artifice through bold colour and iridescent paint.

With a Master of Fine Arts by Research and multiple awards to her name — including the Mosman Art Prize Viewers' Choice Award and the John Coburn Emerging Artist Award — Carla’s art reflects a deep, romantic connection to the sublime in nature.

carlahananiah.com
@carlahananiah

Frequently Asked Questions

Who can enter The Eckersley’s Art & Craft Prize?

The prize is open to all artists of all abilities based in Australia, aged 18 and over, residing within Australia for at least a minimum of six months immediately prior to the close of entry to the Prize.

What can I enter?

We are accepting all forms of 2D and 3D artworks made using analogue materials. We are not accepting photography, videography, sound art, performance art, architectural designs, NFTs, fully digital or AI artworks. Work must have been completed in the 24 months immediately prior to the close of entry to the Prize. Artworks that have previously won prizes or awards may not be submitted. See the ‘Eligibility’ section for other restrictions.

How many works can I submit?

You may submit up to five artworks.

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If you have any further questions, please contact us at art@eckersleys.com.au

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