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2027 New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Awards
Waikato Society of Arts · Hamilton, New Zealand
National awards for painting and printmaking open to New Zealand citizens and residents aged 18+; $10,000 main prizes in each category plus merit and people's choice awards; entries close 17 January 2027; exhibition in Hamilton, March–April 2027.
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Who can enter
- Location
- New Zealand (by residence or nationality)
- Age
- 18 and over
- Career stage
- Any
- Mediums
- Painting, Printmaking
- Size limits
- Maximum 1500 x 1500 x 100mm including frame
- Submission
- Online submission
- Also
- New Zealand citizens or residents; 18 or over; maximum two entries, each submitted separately; no cyanotypes, photograms or digital photographs in printmaking.
About
The New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Awards, run by the Waikato Society of Arts, are described as New Zealand's premier awards for painting and printmaking. Entry is open to New Zealand citizens or residents aged 18 or over; artists may submit up to two entries, each with its own application form and fee.
Works may be up to 1500 x 1500 x 100mm including frame. Cyanotypes, photograms and digital photographs are not accepted in the printmaking category. Entries close 17 January 2027 and all entrants are notified by email on 1 February 2027 whether they are finalists.
The finalists' exhibition runs 21 March to 18 April 2027 at WSA ArtsPost galleries, Hamilton. Prizes are $10,000 each for painting and printmaking, $2,000 merit prizes in each category, a $1,000 People's Choice Award and a Gordon Harris art supplies voucher.