Sunshine Coast National Art Prize 2026 finalists

Congratulations to the Sunshine Coast National Art Prize 2026 finalists.

The 40 finalist artworks, selected from nationwide entries, offer diverse interpretations of our world through various mediums, from traditional paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, textiles, assemblages to moving images.

The Sunshine Coast National Art Prize 2026 exhibition continues until 11 October 2026. The winners of the Major Prize, Highly Commended Award, People’s Choice Award and Artist Residency Award will be revealed at the Winners Announcement on 24 September.

To have your say in the People's Choice Award, vote for your favourite artwork – voters go on a draw to win a $100 Gallery Store voucher.

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The 40 finalists

Veil of Despair | 2024 | oil on board | 50 x 50cm

Jordan Andreotta

Fieldwork: Provenance Loss (After Hokusai Wall...) | 2025 | digital image on archival paper | 73 x 103cm

The BOOreaucrats

The Artist’s Father | 2026 | oil and acrylic on board | 19.5 x 14.5cm

Matt Butterworth

Unwinding | 2025 | oil on Italian linen | 148 x 138cm

Kevin Chin

Margaritaville | 2026 | oil on linen in custom frame | 48 x 40cm

Donovan Christie

River light mountain shadow | 2026 | acrylic on canvas | 49 x 148cm

Joanne Currie Nalingu

Pieces of landscape | 2026 | polyester thread, wash’n wear glue, mounted with pins on acoustic pinboard | 70 x 150cm

Karee Dahl

Meat tray | 2025 | wall-based textile made from repurposed costumes; felt, fringe, lame, lycra, pleather, polyester thread, rhinestones, sequin, spadex, tulle, vinyl, powdercoated metal pole and brackets | 145 x 95cm

Gerwyn Davies

Movement and flow | 2026 | acrylic on canvas | 92 x 122cm

Zartisha Davis

KOMA | 2024 | Video | digital video, duration 10:35

Jessica DiCosta

Revolution Modulation Track 05 | 2026 | acrylic on canvas | 145 x 104cm

James Dodd

Mother's Day | 2026 | ink on watercolour paper | 84 x 121cm

Sheree Dohnt

Musical chairs | 2024 | C-type silver halide colour print | 65 x 74cm

Mark Forbes

Was it just a dream | 2024 | photograph | 110 x 144cm

Louise Galea

On the bend, while I waited | 2026 | oil on linen | 137 x 107cm

Bridie Gillman

Postcard, 1946: Cook Monument and Tree Planted 9th Aug., 1881, by the Late Prince Victor of Wales | 2026 | velvet devore | 100 x 65cm

Tim Gregory

Reg reclining, Mary Street, Gympie, Queensland, Australia | 2026 | Giclée print | 67 x 100cm

Kim Guthrie

Careful creature | 2024 | digital video, duration 1:37

Grace Herrmann, Andrew Kimberley and Rachel Kimberley

Pick Me | 2026 | oil on poly cotton canvas | 152 x 152cm

Brandi Hughes

Self Scream at 17 | 2024 | graphite, charcoal on Stonehenge paper | 148 x 122cm

Alun Rhys Jones

A sign of the times: a hand knitted translation of Zoe Leonard’s ‘I want a president’, installed in 2016 on the New York Highline | 2026 | hand knitted wool and acrylic yarn, timber, canvas | 155 x 122cm

Kate Just

Djaawun | 2026 | multimedia, duration 2:21

Jennifer Kent

Dawn chorus in twenty six volumes | 2025 | etching, lift ground aquatint, spitbite, photopolymer intaglio, chine collé, hard cover books, ribbon | 111 x 139cm

Martin King