Emerging Artist Award

The City of South Perth's Emerging Artist Award provides upcoming artists and arts students with the opportunity to exhibit their work to the wider community, as well as a chance to share in a huge range of sponsored cash prizes.

The City also hosts a variety of low cost workshops and professional development sessions which run alongside the Emerging Artist Award in August to September. The program is open to all Award entrants as well as local community members. For more information visit the Evolve Development program page.

Entries for the City's 2018 Emerging Artist Award will open 9 July 2018.

Limited to one entry per artist, artworks can be 2D, such as paintings or photography, or 3D, such as sculpture.

Selected works will be exhibited to the public in the South Perth Community Hall from Friday 21st September to Sunday 30 September 2018. and visitors to the exhibition will have the opportunity to vote for their favourite piece or purchase artworks.

All entries must be submitted with:

Completed entry form including Artist Statement (max 100 words)
General admission entry fee of $30 or $20 youth admission (incl. GST) plus booking fee where applicable.
1x high quality digital image (jpeg) of your work via CD, USB or via email
The digital image of your artwork must be submitted separately to the online entry form via email.

Further details on how to enter and full terms and conditions will be available soon.

Celebrating its fifteenth year, the 2017 Emerging Artist Award exhibition launch & awards presentation was held Thursday 21 September 2017 with 80 works on display.

Seven category award winners and six highly commended acknowledgements were announced at the launch. Selected works were exhibited to the public in the South Perth Community Hall from Friday 22 September to Saturday 30 September 2017 and visitors to the exhibition will have the opportunity to vote for their favourite piece or purchase artworks.

Photos of Emerging Artist Award winners were published on the City's Facebook and in the image gallery below.

To request a copy of any of the award photos, please contact the City's events team on 9474 0777 or email events@southperth.wa.gov.au.

City of South Perth | Open Award
Matt Brown, The Telepon Boxes

Karalee on Preston | Local Theme Award
Wade Taylor, Foreshore-Prelude

Preston Street IGA | Youth Award
Ali Watson, Bored

John McGrath MLA | City of South Perth Resident Award
Robi Szalay, Sensory Release

White Frame | Painting Award (new)
Annie Huang, Sunshower

Liquor Barons on Angelo | Works on Paper Award (new)
Sam Bloor, Slide of Hand

City of South Perth | 3D Sculpture/Textiles Award (new)
Benjamin Bannan, Transposed (Iron)

Soco Realty | People’s Choice Award
Kelly Muller, Wattle Work

Highly commended:

Highly Commended | Local Theme Award
Hock Hong Choo, 5/27 South Tce

Highly Commended | Youth Award
Izabella Kitching, Charcoal Figure

Highly Commended | City of South Perth Resident Award
Myra Mitchell, The New World

Highly Commended | Painting Award
Rachel Whiteman, Wirriya Dreaming

Highly Commended | Works on Paper Award
Tessa Beale, Shadow Study North Wing I & II

Highly Commended | 3D Sculpture/Textiles Award
Bert Floss, The Vanishing

2016 City of South Perth Open Award
Beverley Iles, Stack

Liquor Barons on Angelo Local Theme Award
Melissa Lui Yuen, The Earth Laughs in Flowers

John McGrath MLA Young Artist Award
Tom Ansell, Searching

Como IGA Secondary School Student Award
Maggie Ziatis, Fighting Fish

White Frame Local Artist Award
Myra Mitchell, Tides of September

Soco Realty People’s Choice Award
Chris Goldberg, Music Man

Judges also awarded five High Commendations:

Highly Commended | Local Artist Award
Jillian Kurz, Float

Highly Commended | Local Theme Award
Kelwin Wong, Cygnet Theatre, Como

Highly Commended | Young Artist Award
Rachelle Dusting, Through My Eyes – A Portrait of Liza Harvey

Highly Commended | Secondary School Student Award
Takeo Kameoka, Self Portait

Highly Commended | Emerging Artist Open Award
Bec Inwood, Constructing Self

$4,000 City of South Perth | Emerging Artist Acquisitive Award
Taylor Denning, Self Portrait Dyptich

$500 Liquor Barons on Angelo | Local Theme Award
Ellen Norrish, Letters from Steve

$500 John McGrath MLA | Young Artist Award
Lydia Tretheway, Passing the Invisible

$500 Como IGA | Secondary School Student Award
Gerard Standing, Lukey

$500 White Frame | Local Artist Award
Liam Dee, Ibis Catcher

$500 Brierty | Aboriginal Artist Award
Kaye White, Lightning Flashes

$500 Soco Realty | People’s Choice Award
Kirsty Mouttet, Four Paws

Judges also awarded five High Commendations:

Highly Commended | Emerging Artist Acquisitive Award
Liliana Stafford, Still Life

Highly Commended | Local Theme Award
Kate Floyd, Native Inspiration

Highly Commended | Secondary School Student Award

Abby Marshall, Aussie Boy Blue

Highly Commended | Local Artist Award

Peter Beresford-Long, Green Waste - Keeping the Flame Alive

Highly Commended | Aboriginal Artist Award

Glenn Shaw, Colours of my Country

$4,000 City of South Perth | Emerging Artist Acquisitive Award
Matthew McAlpine, The Dark Heart of the Land

$500 Liquor Barons on Angelo | Local Theme Award
Michael Evans, Light under the Narrows

$500 John McGrath MLA | Young Artist Award
Emma Itzstein, A Still Encounter

$500 Como IGA | Secondary School Student Award
Elizabeth Jane Brown, Cityblock

$500 White Frame | Local Artist Award
Cally Jarlett, Save Me Please!

$500 Brierty | Aboriginal Artist Award
Nola Bolton, Golden Sunset

$500 Soco Realty | People’s Choice Award
Michael Evans, Light under the Narrows

$4,000 City of South Perth Emerging Artist Acquisitive Award Winner
Steve Dyer, Incidental Landscape

$500 Liquor Barons on Angelo Best Work on a Local Theme Award Winner
Anne Gee, Heart of South Perth

$500 White Frame Best Local Artist Award Winner
Ben Reynolds, The Corner Deli

$500 John McGrath MLA Young Artist Award Winner
Johanna Richardson, Black and White Portrait 3

$500 Como IGA Secondary School Student Award Winner
Nicholas Gumulya, Perjalanan Ke Depan

$500 Brierty Aboriginal Artist Award Winner
Karen Winmar, Djinda Midaring

Highly Commended Awards

Celia Clare, Devoured
Iain Dean, Untitled (GSRL)

2012 City of South Perth Emerging Artist Award Winner
($4,000 Acquisitive Prize)
Tessa McOnie, Caleb

Liquor Barons on Angelo Best Work on a Local Theme Award Winner
Hannah Farleigh, South Perth Bowling Club

John McGrath MLA Young Artist Award Winner
Imogen Kotsoglo, Up in the Air

Como IGA Secondary School Student Award Winner
Rakeem Pickett, Dancing our Stories

Real Return Realty Best Local Artist Award Winner
Jean-Louis Diaz, Paris Respite

Highly Commended Awards
Christie Anderson, Calling from Piccadilly