MFA Exhibition is now open!

MFA Exhibition is now open!

Check out the next wave of artistic talent at the National Art School’s Graduate and Postgraduate exhibitions, featuring final year students from all departments – ceramics, drawing, painting, photomedia, printmaking and sculpture. It’s the chance to admire and snap up artworks at the beginning of a brilliant career.

CERAMICS

Annette Bukovinsky

David Helmers

Benjamin King

Anne Kwasner

Ebony Russell

DRAWING

Justin Zennil Bishop

Isabella Edwards

Margaret Jewell

Maddison Johnston

Sofiyah Ruqayah

Tamsin Salehian

Jayanto Tan

PAINTING

Belle Blau

Christopher Connell

Eliza Gosse

Vande Grey

Philippa Hagon

Jacqueline Hennessy

Elena Ortega Tolosana

Adrienne Overall

Chrystal Rimmer

Benjamin Walsh

Ingo Werner

PHOTOMEDIA

Kurt Banks

Kat Chellos

Gabriella Lo Presti

PRINTMAKING

Hugo Rose

SCULPTURE

Johann Tovar Carrera

Danja Derkenne

Nigel Dobson

Anna Dudek

Benjamin Feslet

Jenny Herbert-Smith

Tania McMurtry

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We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for the Prudence MacLeod Prize. 

The Prudence MacLeod Prize, which will continue for a further three years, supports a recent National Art School graduate to undertake a six-month residency at @acme.art, London.

Supported by the Lansdowne Foundation, the Prize provides an emerging artist with an opportunity to step forward into an expanded, international context at a vital time in their career. The artist will live and work in London, one of the world's great art cities, in a supportive artist community. This important opportunity will enable the artist to forge professional international contacts, explore London's art world and rich cultural resources, and produce a new body of work.

The recipient of this Prize will receive:
– Return travel to London. To be arranged for the artist by NAS.
– Studio accommodation and workspace at Acme Studios for 6 months.
– Living stipend of $AUD3,500 per month for 6 months. Total $AUD21,000.

Application deadline: Sunday 1 February 2026, 11.59pm
Residency: Monday 6 July – Friday 18 December 2026

The Prudence MacLeod Prize is open to eligible NAS alumni who have graduated within the past five years and meet the selection criteria.

Learn more 🔗 in bio. 

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Thank you to everyone who joined us at the opening of The Grad Show!

Find works by this year's cohort exhibited throughout the NAS campus until 14 December. Open daily from 11am — 5pm and until 9pm on Fridays. 

View online via 🔗 in bio.

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