Gallipoli Art Prize

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The Gallipoli Art Prize is an Australian acquisitive art prize that celebrates the Gallipoli campaign of the First World War, awarded annually by the Gallipoli Memorial Club and worth A$20,000. [1] [2]

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The prize's organisers began work in 2004. The Anzac Centenary Art Prize project was announced on 15 April 2005 by Australian prime minister John Howard. The inaugural prize was awarded in 2006, when it was won by Margaret Hadfield. [2]

Entries do not need to reference the Gallipoli campaign or portray war: entrants are instead encouraged to "respond imaginatively to the Gallipoli Memorial Club's creed": [1]

We believe that within the community there exists an obligation for all to preserve the special qualities of loyalty, respect, love of country, courage and comradeship which were personified by the heroes of the Gallipoli Campaign and bequeathed to all humanity as a foundation for perpetual peace and universal freedom.

The award is run by the Gallipoli Memorial Club. It is open to artists born in Australia, New Zealand or Turkey or holding citizenship of those countries. [1] A connected prize in Turkey, the Canakkale Art Prize, is also run annually and sponsored by the club. [3]

Prize Winners

YearArtistName of worknote
2006Margaret HadfieldAtaturk’s Legacy [4]
2007Lianne GoughGlorus Fallen [4]
2008Tom CarmentMax Carment, War Veteran (The last portrait) [5]
2009 Euan Macleod Smoke/PinkLandscape/Shovel [6]
2010 Raymond Arnold The dead march here today [4]
2011Hadyn WilsonSacrifice [7]
2012Geoff HarveyTrench Interment [8]
2013 Peter Wegner Dog in a Gas Mask [9]
2014Idris MurphyGallipoli evening 2013 [10]
2015 Sally Robinson Boy Soldiers [11]
2016 Jiawei Shen Yeah, Mate! [12]
2017Amanda Penrose HartThe Sphinx, Perpetual Peace [13]
2018 Steve Lopes Mont St Quentin [14]
2019Martin KingWar Pigeon Diaries [14]
2020Alison MackayBreathe [14]
2021Geoff HarveyForgotten Heroes [14]
2022Deirdre BeanAlong the ride to Damascus [15]
2023Andrew TomkinsRay’s Room [4]
2024 Luke Cornish The Pity of War [16]

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  2. 1 2 "About". Gallipoli Art Prize. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  3. ↑ Bibby, Paul (24 April 2007). "Young and afraid: capturing humanity behind heroism". Sydney Morning Herald.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Past Winners". Gallipoli Art Prize. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  5. ↑ Schwartzkoff, Louise (24 April 2008). "From a son to a father, a feat of love". The Age. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  6. ↑ curated by Gavin Wilson (2010). Surface Tension: the art of Euan Macleod 1991 - 2009 (PDF). A Tweed River Art Gallery touring exhibition: Western Plains Cultural Centre.
  7. ↑ "Wilson's Sacrifice wins Gallipoli prize". ABC News. 20 April 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  8. ↑ "Rusty artwork wins Gallipoli Art Prize". ABC News. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  9. ↑ Taylor, Andrew (23 April 2013). "A painted pointer claims Gallipoli". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  10. ↑ "Idris Murphy Wins 2014 Gallipoli Art Prize". Artist Profile. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  11. ↑ Kembrey, Melanie (22 April 2015). "Sally Robinson's 'Boy Soldiers' wins Gallipoli Art Prize 2015". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  12. ↑ "Chinese-Australian artist Jiawei Shen wins Gallipoli Art Prize". ABC News. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  13. ↑ "Sydney-based artist wins Gallipoli Art Prize with painting of 'sacred burial ground'". ABC News. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  14. 1 2 3 4 "Past Winners". Gallipoli Art Prize. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  15. ↑ "A sword used in World War I features in award-winning Gallipoli Art Prize". The Senior. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  16. ↑ Musa, Helen (17 April 2024). "Canberra artists top the Gallipoli Art Prize". Canberra CityNews. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
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