Enter the Wynne Prize

For 2023 entrants, key dates are:

Collection of other works not selected EXCEPT if sending a courier: 8am – 4pm, 1–12 May 2023 (Monday to Friday only)
Collection of works not selected IF sending a courier: your courier company will be advised
Collection of works selected for Wynne Prize or Salon des Refusés: selected artists to be advised
Finalists announced: 27 April 2023
Winners announced: 5 May 2023
Wynne Prize 2023 exhibition: 6 May – 3 September 2023, followed by the exhibition tour until 16 June 2024
Salon des Refusés exhibition: 6 May – 23 July 2023

The following information is provided only as a general guide to entering.

Wynne Prize

Value $50,000

The Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales invite artists to submit works in competition for the Wynne Prize.

The prize will be awarded, in the terms of the bequest of the late Richard Wynne of Mount Wilson, to the best landscape painting of Australian scenery in oils or watercolours or to the best example of figure sculpture by Australian artists completed during the 12 months preceding the date fixed by the Trustees for sending in entries.

Entries in the Wynne Prize competition are also eligible to be considered for:

The Trustees Watercolour Prize – value $5000
John and Elizabeth Newnham Pring Memorial Prize – value $1000

Key dates

Information about the 2024 prize will be available later in the year.

Instructions and conditions

In any year, the artist may enter ONE WORK ONLY. This does not prevent the artist entering other works in other competitions such as the Sulman or Archibald Prizes.

Eligibility

The artist must have been resident in Australia for the eligibility period (12 months before the closing date of entries).

The work must have been completed during the eligibility period (12 months before the closing date of entries).

The work

Must NOT exceed the size limit of 90,000 square cm, with a maximum height of 3m (eg height x width: 3 × 3 m, 1.5 × 6 m). Sculptures must NOT exceed 3m in height, 2 square m in area or 1000kg in weight. Dimensions apply to the entire work of art, including the mounting or framing.
May be a multi-panel work as long as the overall dimensions do not exceed the size limit above.
May be a landscape painting in oil, watercolour, acrylic or mixed media. Seascapes and cityscapes are acceptable.
May be a figurative sculpture in stone, metal, wood or mixed media. The work may be abstracted, but at the same time clearly derived from a figurative source, human or animal.