WELCOME TO THE PADDINGTON ART PRIZE 2025
A $30,000 National Acquisitive Prize, now in its 22nd year for a painting inspired by the Australian Landscape,
principally sponsored by Chris Antico; founded and co-sponsored by
Marlene Antico OAM.
Jo Davenport, River Bank.
2024 Paddington Art Prize Winner.
2025 National Finalists
Black, Millie
Blundell, Joe
Bonson, Joshua
Brameld, Stephen & Staples, Jay
Bruce, Gina
Carroll, Amelia
Cheetham, Greg
Connor, Paul
Consalvo, Dino
Cowen, Kathryn
Dreschsler, Brenton
Dureau, Susie
Ebbs, Emily
Frost, Ash
Gascoigne, Damian
Guest, Virginia
Haley, Rochelle
Hansen, Alex
Henry, Belynda
Holt, Greg
Honeyman, Josh
Howard, Mungo
Hull, Merryn
Ilisan, Iulia
Ingram, Dianne
Johnson, Anna
Joubert, Sally
Karnamadakala, Vidhya
Kite, Georgie
Lopes, Steve
Lynn, Noah
Malla, NG
Messiah, Yosi
Monteith, Stephanie
Murrell, Kyle
Nunan, Liam
O'Doherty, Lucy
O'Donnell, Catherine
Prosser, Jaime
Rankin, Elizabeth
Santoro, Nick
Sevil, Tom
Simpson, Todd
Smith, Julian Aubrey
Stewart, Chantelle
Truslove, Drew
Turnbull, Rex
Young, Zoe
Zilinsky, Caroline
Zucco, Linda
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5 - 8 years
Cai, Katrina
Jiang, Anna
Liao, Elaine
Wang, Lucas
Yan, Sienna
9 - 12 years
Fan, Amellia
Jackson, Leilani
Saldan, Theodore
Tse, Hannah
Wang, Elina
13 - 15 years
Chevis, Yvie
Dimopoulos, Stella
Xu, Peihe
Yang, Alice
Yang, Kaitlyn
16 - 18 years
Agudelo, Danica
Butler, Arthur
Preuss, Sarah
Sabih, Elissar
Wu, Imogen
Paddington Art Prize
Additional 2025 Non-Acquisitive Awards* listed below:
Honorable Mention Award
A $3000 award sponsored by Paddington Art Prize Founder Marlene Antico OAM.
Highly
Commended Award
A $1000 award sponsored by Artist/Curator Julia Martin
Art
Leven Gallery Award
A 2026 solo exhibition at Art Leven gallery for ONE artist from the list of finalists with a unique approach to Landscape painting. The artist will also receive $2,500 each toward the creation of the exhibition. Sponsored by Owner/Director Mirri Leven
Anthea Polson Gallery Award
A 2026/2027 solo exhibition at Anthea Polson Gallery, Gold Coast, Queensland for ONE unrepresented artist who are selected as finalists, from director Anthea Polson.
Becker Minty Gallery Award
A 2026 solo exhibition at Becker Minty Hobart, Tasmania for an artist that is not represented in the state of Tasmania and contractually able to exhibit outside their represented galleries (should they have one), selected from the finalists, by director Jason Minty.
AL Stretchers Award
$2000 Worth of Aluminium Stretchers sponsored by Alesandro Ljubicic.
Eramboo Residency Gallery Award
A 2026 two week live-in residency at Eramboo Artist Environment, North Sydney for a selected Finalist, followed by the opportunity to hold a ten day self-managed 2026/2027 exhibition of their residency art works at Eramboo Gallery. Additionally, $500 cash will be given towards exhibition expenses; sponsored by Chris Antico.
Rathenart
Printing Award
A $1000 Rathenart Printing/Scanning Voucher for 2025 finalist sponsored by Rebecca Anne Brady.
People's
Choice Award
A $1000 gift certificate toward a Giclee Print of their winning painting sponsored by Theresa Sarjeant of Fine Art Imaging for the Finalist with the most votes from visitors to the Exhibition of National Finalists at Cooee Art Leven Gallery.
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