Entries close Monday 7 July 2025, 4pm
Gosford Regional Gallery is pleased to present the 2025 Gosford Art Prize.
This year the prize pool has increased in all categories.
$25,000 Acquisitive Gosford Art Prize
$10,000 Ceramics Prize
$10,000 First Nations Artist Prize
$10,000 Moving Image Art Award
Entrants in all categories are eligible for the Acquisitive Gosford Art Prize.
The Gosford Art Prize started as a community-driven project in 1970 that has grown to become one of the highlights of the exhibition calendar and an important part of the cultural landscape of the Central Coast. The 2025 iteration is the 26th time the prize will be presented at Gosford Regional Gallery, and it continues to grow in size and popularity every year.
The competition is open to all artists across Australia and attracts entries in all mediums from traditional forms to new media artworks.
Finalists will be announced on Friday 25 July.
The winners will be announced at the exhibition opening event on Friday 5 September starting at 6pm
The $10,000 Moving Image Art Award is open to artists working with digital moving images. The category will accept entries of art-based film, video, and animation.
Gosford Regional Gallery displays moving image artworks on various screens:
- Portable 42-55-inch HD monitors, aspect ratio 16:9
- Frieze wall, with pixel dimensions 1152 x 288, aspect ratio 4:1. (see diagram below).
- Immersive curved wall, with pixel dimensions of 3800 X 1596, has an aspect ratio 5:2 (50:21, to be precise).
See the links below for preferred artwork file formats and preparation. Speakers available with all formats.