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Opening Saturday 6 December 2025 and running until 9 March 2026 , the exhibition will showcase 54 finalist works selected from more than 450 entries received from across Australia.
Now in its third edition, the biennial prize has established itself as a significant platform for artists deeply engaged with the natural world. Dedicated to environmental art , the exhibition reveals the breadth and ingenuity of works on or with paper today, spanning drawing, printmaking, collage, sculpture, and experimental forms that reimagine paper as both material and message.
The 2025 WAMA Art Prize will award a Major Acquisitive Prize of $15,000, along with three Awards of Excellence ($2,500 each), as well as a People’s Choice Award to be announced in March 2026. All artworks (excluding the Acquisitive Award winner) will be available for sale through WAMA’s website.
The exhibition marks a major milestone for WAMA, as it is the first time the prize has been presented within its purpose-built gallery — Australia’s only institution dedicated exclusively to the intersection of art and the environment.
WAMA Board Director and Art Prize judge Dr Jacqueline Healy says this year’s finalists reflect the many environmental issues facing us.
“The 2025 finalists were selected out of a remarkable body of work. These works reveal the talented and diverse range of artists engaged with the theme of art and nature,” Dr Healy says.
“Works in the exhibition capture flora, fauna, landscapes, waterways and the sky in forms ranging from large-scale drawings to intimate paper structures, all telling us to take care of the environments that we are privileged to inhabit.”
The judging panel also included Dr Vicki Couzens (Associate Professor at RMIT University and Director of Yoonggama First Nations Transdisciplinary Research Cohort), Suzanne Davies (former Director and Chief Curator, RMIT Gallery), and Anne Virgo (CEO and Artistic Director, Australian Print Workshop).
WAMA CEO Francesca Valmorbida says the prize reflects the organisation’s core purpose to explore art, science and nature in accessible and diverse ways.
“To see the WAMA Art Prize now exhibited within the modern and inviting National Centre for Environmental Art is incredibly special. The selection of artworks offers something for everyone and speaks to WAMA’s vision of celebrating creativity and our unique environment in equal measure.”
Situated at the foothills of Gariwerd/Grampians National Park, WAMA offers a distinctive new cultural experience that unites contemporary art and environmental consciousness across a 16-hectare precinct, and includes the Gariwerd Endemic Botanic Garden and Jallukar Native Grasslands alongside the National Centre for Environmental Art.
In preparation for the WAMA Art Prize, the National Centre for Environmental Art will be closed to the public 28 November - 4 December. The WAMA precinct will remain open during these dates, with entry reduced to $2 per person.
WAMA ART PRIZE 2025 EXHIBITION
Dates: 6 December 2025 – 9 March 2026Location: National Centre for Environmental Art, WAMA
4000 Ararat-Halls Gap Road, Halls Gap VIC 3381
Website: wamafoundation.com.au/experience/wama-art-prize-2025
Hours: Friday–Monday, 10am–5pm
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