2026 Finalists
Congratulations to the 2026 Open Prize winners
$10,000 Open Prize Winner
Kyra Henley
The Gardener 2025
Sponsored by FAL Constructions
$2,000 Local Prize Winner
Tia Madden
The Reader 2025
Sponsored by Alleanza Architecture
Capertee Residency Award Winner
Mei Zhao
Garden C. IX 2025
Sponsored by Capertee Mountain View Artist Retreat
Work on Paper Award
Jane Gerrish
Standing at Pierre Bonnard’s front gate Le Cannet, France, 2025
Sponsored by Picture Framing Warehouse
Highly Commended
Justin Morrissey
Life Boat 2025
Sponsored by The Artist Store
Highly Commended
Corinne Loxton
Falling Upwards III 2026
Sponsored by Cutters Custom Canvas
Congratulations to the 2026 Youth Prize Winners
$1,000 Youth Prize Winner and
$1,000 WSU’s Senior Student Prize
Zara Nicholas
Birden 2025
Sponsored by Belle Property and WSU’s Seed Lab
Highly Commended
Theodore Russell
The Duchamp Variation 2025
Sponsored by Artsup Art store
Highly Commended
Ebony Gavin
Emergence 2025
Sponsored by Artsup Art store
HIghly Commended
Abrielle Turner
Life in Paradise 2026
Sponsored by Leo Robba
Merit Award
Lacey Pohle
Under the Jacaranda 2025
Merit Award
Indigo Herrron
Self portrait 2026 No.2
Merit Award
Bailey Wright
Sugar for the Senses 2025
HIghly Commended
Eileen Kang
Tart 2025
Merit Award
Calvin Richman
Racehorse Diptych 2025
Merit Award
Ji Ah Lee
Quietly Provided
Merit Award
Rubie McKinlay
Framed Fragility 2025
HIghly Commended
Sia Kim
Girl in the Ocean 2025
Merit Award
Neha Eppa
Surreal Dualities 2025
Merit Award
Kirsten Gool
Peace in Pattern
2026 St Columba's Art Prize Finalists
Matthew Armstrong
Judith Aronovitch
Gemma Bamforth
Lisa Bennett
Damian Bisogni
James Blackwell
Katrina Bodey
Frank Boyle
Helen Brancatisano
Kate Briscoe
Catherine Buddle
Daniel Butterworth
Sandra Colic
Christina Currey
Christine Dean
Christophe Domergue
Javier Garibaldi
Jane Gerrish
Marisabel Gonzalez
Andrew Gurman
Misha Harrison
Alyson Hayes
Phil Hayes
Kyra Henley
jenny Herbert-Smith
Peta Hinton
Di Holdsworth
Nataliia Hudenko
Dylan Jones
Karen King
Martin King
Nadège Lamy
Katie Leavey
Hyun-Hee Lee
Anne Leisner
Steven Lewis
Corinne Loxton
Sandi Lucock
Julie Lynch
Tia Madden
Graham Marchant
Michelle Marquardt
Stephanie McClory
Lynda McKay
Justin Morrissey
Ro Murray
Louise Nade
Andrew Nethercote
ollewats
Julie Paterson & Pippita Bennett
Robyn Pedley
Russell Prescott
Holly Reilly
Adrienne Richards
Elizabeth Rose
Margaret Rust
Joshua Shrubb
Jamie Jude Smith
Kate Smith
Renay Smith
Astro Spiller
Christine Stickley
Adriane Strampp
Jane Taverner
Neil Taylor
Genevieve Thornton
Adele Warner
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Eleanor Wickens
Liz Wickramasinghe
Freedom Wilson
Adelaide Worcester
Belinda Yee
Kayo Yokoyama
Mei Zhao
2026 Youth Prize Finalists
Larissa An U
Phoebe Andrew
Carmella Aquino
Cynthia Au-Yeung
Emily Cahill
Amelie Carroll
Avery Chen
Xiyao Chen
Careena Cheng
Zoe Colios
Lauren Congreve
Ava Conol
Imogen Corliss
Elise Csokas
Anna Csokas
Tuana Cumen
Maya Denahy
Amy Derwentsmith
Elle Drake
Chloe Dunning
Anna Edwards
Chiara Ellis
Neha Eppa
Jasmin Espey
Sean Feng
Quintus Feng
Grace Fetherston
Audrey Field
Isabelle Gale
Disha Gandhi
Ebony Gavin
Kirsten Gool
Elizabeth Grus
Helen Gu
Nicholas Heffernan
Indigo Herron
Elena Huang
Eveleigh Jenkins
Eileen Kang
Kiana Keelty-Witt
Lani Keelty-Witt
Sia Kim
Sienna Kitcheman
Bridget Koutsomihalis
Ji-Ah Lee
Alysa Liang
Kingsley Liu
Claire Lorraine
Crystal Lu
Luciana Malek
Rubie Mckinlay
Lucy McKone
Ivy McManus
William Moore
Zara Nicholas
Claire Nicholls
Lucas Ocampo
Olivia Pender
Amy Plashchik
Lacey Pohle
Liv Quinn
Thalia Rao
Isobel Reece
Calvin Richman
Milla Rigazzi
Penelope Robson
Eleonora Rubbo
Theodore Russell
Kennedy Salmon
Riane Santos
Ranae Antoinette Santos
Alisha Sawatske
Kaya Scully
Amelia Silvestro
Summer Sirisisavath
Petra Smith
Lily Smith
Justin Sykes
Helena Sypka
Eve Talbot
Kaylee Tan
Seini Taumalolo
Isadora Totonjian
Abrielle Turner
Isabel Van Meeuwen
Jasmine Vella
Felicity Wells
Lisa Weng
Kaylee Williams
Charlotte Woodhart
Bailey Wright
Vicky Yan
Stella Yang
Teressa Zhang
Teresa (Chenxi) Zhang
Darren Zhang
Sophia Zhang
Kyrene Zhao