Finalists in the prestigious biennial Redland Art Awards have been announced, with their work to go on display at Redland Art Gallery (RAG), Cleveland, from 29 November.
Winners of the primary award, runner-up awards and the member’s choice, will be announced at a gala opening event at RAG on Friday 27 November.
Redland City Acting Mayor Julie Talty said the biennial awards for painting received nearly 450 entries this year from across Australia, from which the 50 finalists were selected.
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“The finalists – including eight from Redlands Coast – will have their work showcased during an exhibition at Redland Art Gallery from late November,” Cr Talty said.
“There is a stunning variety of unique perspectives and artistic painting styles among the works and it will be a must-see exhibition.
“The number of entries this year represents more than a 10 per cent increase over the number of submissions for 2024.”
The awards have a total prize pool of more than $30,000, with the primary award winner’s artwork being acquired for the Redland Art Gallery Collection.
The exhibition of finalists’ work will be held at RAG Cleveland from Sunday 29 November 2026 to Friday 22 January 2027.
Judging the 2026 Redland Art Awards will be Alison Kubler, Editor-in-Chief of Australasian art and culture magazine VAULT. Ms Kubler is a member of the Queensland Art Gallery Board of Trustees, and Principal of Renshaw & Kubler Art Consultants.
She will select and announce the major award, second and third prize winners from the exhibition of artwork from the 50 finalists.
The finalists were deliberated over by pre-selection judging panel members Warraba Weatherall (Brisbane-based artist, lecturer and PhD candidate), Dr Holly Arden (art historian, writer, curator and educator), and Naomi Takeifanga (Director, Exhibitions at Museum of Brisbane and senior cultural leader).
The Meredith Foxton People’s Choice Award will be announced by its sponsors, Redland Yurara Art Society committee members, at 3pm on 22 January.
The RAMP (Redland Arts Membership Program) Member’s Choice Award will be presented on 27 November at the opening night event. RAMP membership includes access to a special preview on 26 November that is available only to active members.
Redland Art Awards 2026 is supported by Redland City Council, RAG and Redland Yurara Art Society Inc.
The Redland Art Awards 2026 finalists are:
Adriane Strampp, Evening Garden, Somerset, (Vic)
Aleja Hine, Holding it Together, (Qld)
Amber Simpson, Still Waters Run Deep, (Qld)
Anthony Quidong, The Offering, (Qld)
Arthur De LaForcade, Xiang Shan Station, (Qld)
Bernadette Mollison, The Weight of Responsibility, (Qld)
Beth J. Leach, Lullaby for a Tempest, (Qld)
Bryan An, Morning Commute, (NSW)
Cassandra-lyn Palmer, The Hills around The Gap, (Qld)
Catherine George, Despite the Storm, (Qld)
Christopher R. Inwood, UNTITLED 9, (Qld)
Cosima Scales, Fabric couch, (Qld)
Emily Day, The More You Find, (Qld)
Evie Adasal, Marigold, (NSW)
Heath Minjin Wilson, Ant Hills, (NSW)
Jared Fountain, Scott in an Old Straw Hat, (Qld)
Jenny Herbert-Smith, What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare, (NSW)
Jeska Valk, Composure through Conduction; A Self Portrait, (Qld)
Jessica Nothdurft, Mother’s Milk, (Qld)
Jo Cochrane, Oh It’s Low Tide at Adder Rocks, (Qld)
Joan Hurtado, Follow Your Path, (Qld)
Joanne Currie Nalingu, River Mountain Flow, (Qld)
Jordy Sosnowski, Just One More, (Qld)
Jude Taggart Roberts, Suck-it-Up, (Qld)
Judith Flavelle, Two a pair, (Qld)
Kevin Chin, Unwinding, (Vic)
Kym Mullen, Eighteen Miles, (Qld)
Lars Vester, Battle of the Senses, (Qld)
Leigh Schoenheimer, RE coup, (Qld)
Lianna Wiley, Young Farmer, (Qld)
Linda Zucco, Building Bridges, (Qld)
Lyn Bartolo, Hanging Out, (Qld)
Michael Cusack, Levine, (NSW)
Min-Woo Bang, The weight of time, (NSW)
Nick Glade-Wright, A Memory of Rain, (Tas)
Nick Offer, Frontier, (ACT)
Odessa Mahony-de Vries, Warmth, (Qld)
Paul Turner, Perception Rebuilds the World, (Vic)
Paula Irene Payne, Long Shadows on Litchfield, (Qld)
Phil Hayes, in plain sight, (Vic)
Phuong Ly, Soft Rainlight, (Qld)
Purple Chang, The Rabbit Escaped, (Qld)
Rob Bartolo, Traverse Transience, (Vic)
Robert Gear, New Order, (WA)
Steven Onley, The Crucifixion of Princess Leah and the Parable of the Two Darth Vader Fish, (Qld)
Svea Wan-Ching Chang, Blooming Femininity, (Vic)
Therese King, Illawarra Flame Tree, (Qld)
Vanessa Wallace, Synaesthetic Still Life, (Qld)
Violet Bond, Bones in the hill, (NT)
Zoe Sernack, Listening to the Land, (NSW)
For more detail on the finalists’ work, go to the Redland Art Gallery website.
