Grace Cossington Smith Abbotsleigh art award

The Grace Cossington Smith Abbotsleigh BIENNIAL ART AWARD 2026

Submissions are invited from Australian artists, aged over 18, for original work in any two-dimensional media in response to the theme ‘Making Connections’.

Three prizes:

Grace Cossington Smith Abbotsleigh award (acquisitive)

Grace Cossington Smith Abbotsleigh award to an early career artist and

Grace Cossington Smith Abbotsleigh award to a local artist from the Hornsby and Ku-ring-gai area.

Applications will be made on this website

Submission entries open: Saturday 1 November 2025

Submission entries close: Tuesday 14 April 2026

All previous Grace Cossington Smith art award exhibitions can be viewed on the Past Exhibition page.
Exhibitions were held in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2022 and 2024