Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize
Advancing Art and Opportunity

Australian Art – Any Medium – All Women

The Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize is an annual acquisitive prize that was launched in 2017 to advance art and opportunity for emerging and established women artists in Australia. It is the highest value professional artist prize for women in Australia.

There are three prize categories – the Professional Artist Prize of $35,000, the Emerging Artist Prize of $5,000 and the Indigenous Emerging Artist Prize of $5,000.

Artists are asked to enter an artwork that best reflects their art practice - there is is no theme.

Artwork judging is overseen by Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize Patron and acclaimed artist, Jennifer Turpin. Join us as we celebrate the finest women talent in Australia.

2021 Ravenswood Australian
Women’s Art Prize

Opening Night – 14 May 2021


6.00pm – 8.30pm
Centenary Centre
Gate 3, 10 Henry Street, Gordon NSW

Book tickets to the Opening Night

Due to COVID-19 NSW Health Regulations, tickets to the Opening Night are limited. To avoid disappointment, we recommend you purchase tickets early.

Exhibition of Finalists – 15 to 30 May 2021


Weekdays 11.00am to 2.00pm
Weekends 10.00am to 4.00pm
Closing at 1.00pm on last day, Sunday 30 May



Congratulations to the 2021 Finalists

Professional

First Name Surname Artwork
Maree AzzopardiGently set your burden down #1
Kate BanaziSafe Keeping
Sue BeyerUntitled 20, The Australian Scapegoat, after Arthur Boyd
Chris ByrnesErode 1
Barbara Campbell-AllenSnow Flurries II & III
Michelle CawthornInterloper
Georgina CueOrpheus
Samantha DennisonQuieter, Still
Shoufay DerzIn the beginning
Adrienne DoigScene 8
Susie DureauStorm Song, Verse 1
Helen EarlTime Spent
Helen Kocis EdwardsSkater girl, bilby and the winged lion
Kathy EllemIt's all about the lead
Nicole EllisErasure 5
Kylie FogartyBarton Estate Vista
Kym FrameEndure
Elaine GreenMelting
Camille HannahAchille et Briseis
Nadia HernándezEntre todo, la gloria y la paz (Among everything, glory and peace)
Naomi HobsonAdolescent Wonderland
Leila JeffreysThe wound is the place where the light enters - Bleeding heart dove
Madeleine KellyStair Ghost
Lisa LeeISO need To Fly This Coop
Donna LougherEye in the Sky
Jennifer Kemarre MartinielloBush Flowers Bicornual Basket: Hakea
Tara MarynowskyMotion Picture (2020)
Abbey McCullochWonderland
Sanné MestromThe Offering
Jennifer MillsModern Olympia
Emily Parsons-LordStanding Still (with practice, one may learn to accept the feelings of groundlessness)
Pamela PaulineHopeful Honeyeaters
Melitta PerryTelling the Bees (Secrets and White Lies)
Izabela PlutaUNTITLED #2 (STAIR)
Charmaine PwerleAwelye
Genevieve Felix ReynoldsComposition with colossus and chair [Stone bull: Iran, 518-460 BCE. Chair: Eero Saarinen, 1955]
Angela Robertson-BuchananTawny Frogmouth Siblings
Monica RohanTug
Caroline RothwellVault
Sally RyanWe Need to Talk
Kathryn RyanCorner Paddock
Nuha SaadOrnamental Fancies III
Dee SmartLeap of Faith 2020
Diana Baker SmithThe Lost Hour (2021)
Anne StarlingNuclear Family
Tina Havelock StevensHolus Bolus
Julie StirlingFrom There to Where
Jacqui StockdaleThe Seer
Julie SundbergGoolay'yari Triptych
Lucy VaderThere's only one sky and it's all for you
Katie VajdaThe Body Domestic - Plastic
VKMNo Void
Jenny WatsonPink Poppy Sixties Fun Girl (2021)
Barbara WeirSunrise
Andrea WilsonForebears
Caroline ZilinskySpace Odyssey

Emerging

First Name Surname Artwork
Jane-Louise AndersonVictoria and Vivienne
Elaine BattonVeiled Decline
Penny BurnettA Chart Stripped Bare- freedom in restraint
Katrina CrookThe Hill We Climb
Anna Maria Antoinette D'AddarioDeep in Their Roots, All Flowers Keep the Light
Sophie DalgleishNew Beginning
Nikki EasterbrookBirds of a Feather
Annalisa Ferraris A pool fit for Mies van der Rohe
Amanda Galbraith Fern and Nancy feeling fancy
Angie GotoMy Body My Home
Tracy GreenstoneLinen
Gail HockingLifting the Skirt - Ngangkiparingga
Theresa HuntAffinity
Brittany JonesSaudade
Gillian KayroozArgileh at Wedding Cake Rock
Jess LeonardGrounded
Christina LowryRemember to Live
Christina MacDonaldSacred Treasures
Symone MaleContagious
Kathleen MasonSelf Portrait at 80
Kate NielsenWinter Morning, Salamanca
Linda OlsteinAutumn Concerto
Belle Raine2
Catherine SimThe Gloaming
Elwira SkowronskaLambda_2
Linda SokCorporeal/Spiritual
Lisa SorginiHana, Bobby and Mika in the Loungeroom
Lilli StromlandBernina Verso
Jane Burton TaylorCourt House Wallpaper A/P
Rachel TheodorakisShrine of Edification
Nicole VandersteegenSelf Contained
Kate VassalloGum 1 & 2
Jessica VincenzaWhile Away, My Home Lost Colour and Sound
Lilli WatersLast Days
Salwa WoodroffeApproaching Storm-Kangaroo Valley
Nerida WoolleyLittle Dam at Legume
Sorcha YellandAnthropocentric Asphyxia
Aliki YiorkasLock Door, Building 27, National Art School.
Leslie ZhangSolo No.1

Indigenous Emerging

First Name Surname Artwork
Cynthia BurkeLandscape
Selma CoulthardRation Day at Urrampinyi/ Tempe Downs, NT
Louise DanielsFallen
Simone GriffinLambo
Imelda Wood MelamurrkMy Sister's Birth On A Full Moon
Dulcie NanalaKarlyapilyirra
Tulli StevensNyagunyjirram (Sundown)
"As Principal of Ravenswood I am delighted to present the Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize. Inspiring and connecting female visual artists, this significant Art Prize will strengthen the profile and legitimacy of careers in art for current and future generations of Australian women."

— Anne Johnstone, Principal, Ravenswood

"As Chairman of the Ravenswood Foundation, it is an honour to launch the Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize. The prize has been established to raise the profile of this country's great female artists and to assist in helping the next generation of artists reach their fullest potential. The initiative is also expected to provide great opportunities for Ravenswood students and young people generally to immerse in art."

— Mark Steinert, Ravenswood Foundation Chairman