Border Art Prize

Border Art Prize 2018 - last days: closing on Sunday 15 July

The Border Art Prize is held at Tweed Regional Gallery and Margaret Olley Art Centre every second year and is on exhibition from 25 May to 15 July 2018 across two venues: Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre and M¦Arts Precinct at 1 Brisbane Street, Murwillumbah.

Exhibition hours
Wed - Sun 10am - 5pm at Tweed Regional Gallery, 2 Mistral Road, Murwillumbah
Wed - Fri 10am - 5pm and Sat - Sun 10am - 3pm at M-Arts Precinct, 1 Brisbane Street, Murwillumbah.

The Border Art Prize supports the endeavours of artists living and working in the the Tweed and surrounding shires. Open to all media and subject matter, the Prize attracts a wide variety of styles from both well-known and emerging artists, reflecting the region's lively artistic community. Artworks may be in any media, genre and style, as long as they satisfy size, weight and display restrictions.

From 2000-2016 the Border Art Prize was run as a joint initiative with Gold Coast City Gallery and welcomed entries from artists from the Tweed Shire, Gold Coast City and surrounding shires. In 2017 Gold Coast City Gallery withdrew from the Prize to concentrate on building their new cultural precinct. The Prize continues to be held at Tweed Regional Gallery every second year and invites entries from artists living within the Tweed Shire, Gold Coast City, Ballina, Byron and Kyogle Shires and Lismore City Council areas.

The Border Art Prize 2018 winners were announced at at M¦Arts Precinct on Saturday evening 26 May
by the 2018 Prize Judges: Lorraine Pilgrim, gallerist and Abbey McCulloch, artist

View the 2018 prize winners in a PDF document HERE (1.17mB PDF)
or on YouTube HERE

Major Prize winners
First prize $3,000 Trinity Leonard (Lismore City) Hannah 2018 oil on canvas
Second prize $1,500 Sabrina Simoni (Byron Shire) The mother 2018 oil on canvas
Third prize $500 Jane Buchanan (Byron Shire) Flooded Memories 2018 hand-made Thai paper, muslin and cotton thread marked with flood water


Judge’s Highly Commended Award x 4
Zimmi Forest (Byron Shire) Natural sunshine 2018 plant fibre ¦ on exhibition at M¦Arts
Grant Vaughan (Lismore City) Ginkgo 2018 Australian white beech
Frances Petrou (Tweed Shire) Surrender 2016 ceramic
Patrick McMahon (Gold Coast City) Movement with Colour 2018 acrylic ¦ on exhibition at M¦ Arts

Judge’s Honourable Mentions
Ann Mossman (Gold Coast City) Seams of Uncertainty ll 2018 coloured porcelain
Mirra-Winni Gaze (Byron Shire) NO BORDERS - Weaving Hope for the Next Seven Generations 2017 fig root, lomandra grass, beach spinifex, coconut flowers, mangrove flowers ¦ on exhibition at M¦Arts
Justin Ealand (Tweed Shire) 108 Wollumbins 2018 Photograph
Kate Ford (Byron Shire) Untitled 2018 cast handmade paper

$500 Shirley Kennedy Awards x 2
Marita Kohl (Byron Shire) Enchantment 2017 mixed media on wood
Caitlin Reilly (Byron Shire) The long way Home 2018 oil on wood

$250 Shirley Kennedy Encouragement Awards x 2
Rudiger Wasser (Byron Shire) Frank 2016 photograph
Neil Matterson (Byron Shire) Into darkness 2017 drypoint ¦ on exhibition at M¦ Arts

Shirley Kennedy Highly Commended
Jenny Lui Leung (Gold Coast City) Vespertine Comfort Zone 2017 watercolour


2018 Border Art Prize Exhibition List (80kB PDF)


To join our email list please register your details on the Gallery's Artist Database by downloading and returning the Artists Database Form (283kB PDF). Tick the Border Art Prize box to indicate your interest in the Border Art Prize. OR email tweedart@tweed.nsw.gov.au or ring 02 6670 2790 with your request.

Past Border Art Prizes

The Border Art Prize 2016 was shown from Friday 6 May to Sunday 10 July 2016 at Tweed Regional Gallery. View the full List of Works including the Winners and Awards (195kB PDF).
View images of the 2016 BAP Winners and Awards (740kB PDF)
View the 2018 Entry Form 2018 BAP Information and Conditions of Entry (466kB PDF).