2025 Judge

This year, we are thrilled to welcome the highly experienced Robert Heather as our guest judge. With a stellar career in galleries, museums, and libraries across Queensland, Victoria, and New South Wales, his expertise will ensure a discerning and insightful judging process.

Robert Heather is an experienced arts leader who has worked in art galleries, museums, libraries and educational institutions in Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales on exhibitions, collections and programs. He was Executive Director of the Regional Galleries Association of Queensland (RGAQ), the inaugural Director of Artspace Mackay, managed exhibitions, publications and fellowships at the State Library of Victoria for ten years and has also been Director of the New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM) in Armidale and Executive Director of the Art Gallery Society of NSW.