AWARDS & PRIZES
Graham Marchant First Prize 2024 The Twin Gums
Annette Hearne 2nd Prize 2024 Summer Storm
Wingecarribee prize for Landscape Prize
Sponsored by The Wingecarribee Shire Council
Sat 8 - Sun 23 March 2025
Opening & Prize Presentation Fri 7 March at 6pm
BDAS invites entries under the following guidelines:​
Landscape works are the personal interpretation of the artist predominantly of the natural world but inclusive of the built environment. Works may be realistic or abstract.
The work must be an original signed drawing, painting or of a print-making medium, or a 3D work excluding photography or reproductions; not previously shown with this society, and completed in the past 12 months. There is a limit of two works per artist. All works must be for sale. See entry form for full details.
Entry Form & Fee:
To be received by the BDAS office, 1 Short St, Bowral
by 4pm on Wed 19 February
Works To Be Delivered:
Bowral Art Gallery, 1 Short St, Bowral on Wed 5 March
between 10am & 1pm.
Late entries will not be accepted
Works Are To Be Collected:
Sun 23 March between 4:00 & 5:15pm.
Amber Johnston First Prize 2024
Flutter in the Wind (Online shopping)
Alex Ridley 2nd Prize 2024 Dystopia
Sponsored by AJA+MHDP Architects
Sat 3 - Sun 18 May 2025
Opening & Prize Presentation Fri 2 May at 6pm
BDAS invites entries under the following guidelines:​
There is a limit of 2 pieces per artist, which must be the original work of the artist and not previously displayed with this society. All works must be for sale.
The artist warrants that they are the original author of the work. Furthermore, the work does not, to the best of the artist's knowledge, infringe the copyright or moral rights of any third party. See entry form for full details.
Entry Form & Fee
To be received by the BDAS office, 1 Short St, Bowral
by 4pm on Wed 16 April2025
Works To Be Delivered
Bowral Art Gallery, 1 Short St, Bowral on Wed 30 April between 10am & 1pm
Late entries will not be accepted
Works Are To Be Collected
Sun 18 April between 4:00 & 5:15pm
Entry Form not currently available
Sue Meredith First Prize 2023 All that’s left
David Bongiorno Highly Commended 2023 Lost Portrait of Sarah
Sponsored by Waterbrook Bowral
Sat 14 - Sun 29 June 2025
Opening & Prize Presentation Fri 13 June at 6pm
BDAS invites entries under the following guidelines:​
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The work must be an original signed drawing of any medium on paper, canvas or board, not previously shown with this society, and completed in the past 12 months. Digital reproductions of work will not be accepted.
There is a limit of two works per artist. All works must be for sale.
The artist warrants that they are the original author of the work. Furthermore, the work does not, to the best of the artist's knowledge, infringe the copyright or moral rights of any third party.
See entry form for full details.
Entry Form & Fee
To be received by the BDAS office, 1 Short St, Bowral by 4pm on
Wed 28 May
Works To Be Delivered
Bowral Art Gallery, 1 Short St, Bowral on Wed 11 June
between 10am & 1pm
Late entries will not be accepted
Works Are To Be Collected
Sunday 29 June between 4 & 5:15pm
Entry Form not currently available
Jennifer Maree First Prize 2024 Benchtop Blues
Patrice Cooke 2nd Prize 2024 Shed Skin
The Agency Still Life Prize
Sponsored by The Agency Southern Highlands
Sat 26 July - Sun 10 August 2025
Opening & Prize Presentation Fri 25 July ay 6pm
1st Prize: $5,000
2nd Prize: $1,000
​People's Choice Prize of $250
BDAS invites entries under the following guidelines:​
Still Life: A work of art depicting inanimate objects which may be natural or man-made. The work must be an original signed drawing or painting, may include mixed media, printmaking or 3D work, but exclude photography, or digital reproduction. Must not have been previously shown in any BDAS prize exhibition, and must have been completed in the past 12 months.
Artists may submit two works. All works must be for sale.
The Judge and Curator will view all entries and their decision on work to be exhibited and prizes awarded will be final. The BDAS do not pre-judge works by digital image. There is no guarantee that all entries will be hung.
The artist warrants that they are the original author of the work. Furthermore, the work does not, to the best of the artist's knowledge, infringe the copyright or moral rights of any third party.
See entry form for full details.
Entry Form & Fee:
To be received by the BDAS office, 1 Short St, Bowral
by 4pm on Wed 9 July
Works To Be Delivered:
Bowral Art Gallery, 1 Short St, Bowral
on Wed 23 July between 10am & 1pm
Late entries will not be accepted
Works Are To Be Collected:
Sun 10 August between 4:00 & 5:15pm
Entry Form not currently available
Wayne Davis First Prize 2024 Landscape 2
Julie Simmons 2nd Prize Griselda’s Might
Tim Copes watercolour Prize
Sponsored by The Copes family
Sat 20 Sept - Sun 6th Oct 2024
Opening & Prize Presentation Fri 19 Sept at 6pm
1st Prize: $5,000
2nd Prize: $1,000
​People's Choice Prize of $250
“Works of art made using the medium of watercolour - a water soluble paint with transparent properties”. (Tate)
The work must be an original signed painting, either entirely using watercolour paint, or using mixed media where watercolour paint is the dominant medium; on paper or on watercolour primed canvas, not previously shown with this society, and completed in the past 12 months. Reproductions of work will not be accepted.
There is a limit of two works by the artist. All works must be for sale.
The artist warrants that they are the original author of the work. Furthermore, the work does not, to the best of the artist's knowledge, infringe the copyright or moral rights of any third party.
See entry form for full details.
Entry Form & Fee
To be received by the BDAS office, 1 Short St, Bowral by 4pm on
Wed 3 Sept
Works To Be Delivered
Bowral Art Gallery, 1 Short St, Bowral on Wed 17 Sept
between 10am & 1pm
Late entries will not be accepted
Works Are To Be Collected
Mon 6th Oct between 4 & 5:15pm
Entry Form not currently available