Announcing the 56 finalists of the 24th Dobell Drawing Prize

The 24th edition will showcase the work of 56 finalists from 965 entries nationwide, selected by judging panel Vernon Ah Kee, Dr Yolunda Hickman and Paula Latos-Valier AM. Through works of various media – from coloured pencil, charcoal, chalk, watercolour and clay, to expanded materials such as human hair, rope, aluminium, LED, and video – they consider a range of themes including domesticity and social dynamics, environmental care, and impacts of climate change and colonisation. The 24th Dobell Prize will be curated by Lucy Latella and exhibited at the NAS Gallery Friday 11 April – Saturday 21 June 2025.

View the full list of finalists on the NAS website.

Images:
Margaret Ambridge, ‘Cheek by jowl’, 2024, charcoal and raindrops on paper, image courtesy and © the artist
Osvaldo Budet, ‘Black Boy Souvenir (detail)’, 2024, chromogenic print and ink handmade from Maitland coal on paper, image courtesy and © the artist
Tracey Clement, ‘Wear and Tear’, 2024, nylon tulle, polyester thread, cotton thread, glass, image courtesy and © the artist
Yvette Hamilton, ‘Afterglow’, 2024, fixed and unfixed photographic paper, LED rope, image courtesy and © the artist
Anke Klevjer, ‘Viewing at Sunset (detail)’, 2024, paper clay, underglaze pencil, paint, image courtesy and © the artist
Rosemary Lee, ‘24-1’, 2024, pencil on paper, image courtesy and © the artist
Jennifer Mills, ‘Head in hands’, 2023, watercolour and pencil on paper, image courtesy and © the artist
Michelle Molinari, ‘Postcards of the 21st century #I and #2 (detail)’, 2024, charcoal and chalk on velvet paper, image courtesy and © the artist
J9 Stanton, ‘Shadow of a disappearing landscape’, 2024, aluminium mesh, shadow, image courtesy and © the artist
Eamonn Jackson, ‘Aftermath’, 2021-2023, graphite on paper, image courtesy and © the artist