List of New Zealand art awards

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A list of New Zealand art awards and residencies.

Award Established Frequency Awarded by Notes Ref(s)
Adam Portraiture Award 2002 Biennial Adam Foundation Winning entry goes to the New Zealand Portrait Gallery for their collection. [1]
Benson & Hedges Art Awards 1969–1980s Defunct.
2003–2009 Annual CoCA No record of winner after 2009
1993–2003 Biennial Christchurch Art Gallery Recognises excellence in drawing and to raise its status within visual arts education and practice. Last awarded 2003? [2]
A national competition where entrants create a sculptural art piece out of No.8 wire. The award has a total prize pool of $10,000.
Frances Hodgkins Fellowship 1962 Annual University of Otago The residency was created 'to encourage painters and sculptors in the practice and advancement of their art, to associate them with life in the University, and at the same time to foster an interest in the arts within the University.' [3]
Glaister Ennor Graduate Art Awards 2006 Annual Sanderson Contemporary Art Gallery Auckland art schools nominate their top honours and masters students for an exhibition at , where a winner is selected.
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Governor-General's Award ? Periodic New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts Awarded to an artist who is a member of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, and who has made a significant contribution to the arts in New Zealand over an extended period of time.
Hibiscus and Bays Art Award 2012? Annual? The purpose of the awards exhibition is to celebrate and foster artistic and creative practices in New Zealand. Submissions are open to all New Zealand residents and open to all artforms and mediums, including photography. Exhibitors will be selected by a panel of respected arts professionals, and winners will be awarded with monetary prizes as well as a group exhibition the following year at Mairangi Arts Centre. [5]
1956–1977 Annual For ‘a realistic natural representation’ of a typical New Zealand landscape; first contested at the Auckland City Gallery in 1956 and was an annual event in the Academy Gallery until 1970.
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2013 Annual Lysaght Watt Trust A different theme is selected annually.
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1991 Annual and The award is either for Painting and Drawing or for 3D Art Form. These are two separate awards staged in alternating years. Prize pool of over $20,000. [8]
National Bank Art Awards 1958–1980 Now defunct.
National Contemporary Art Award 2000 Annual Waikato Society of Arts from 2000 - 2006.

then

Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato from 2007 onward

The National Contemporary Art Award was initiated and administered by the Waikato Society of Arts (WSA). Except the inaugural award, the exhibition has always been held at either Artspost and or Waikato Museum. In 2006, the award had grown to the extent that the WSA decided it would be more feasible for the administration of the award to be continued by Waikato Museum.


Formerly known as Trust Waikato National Contemporary Art Award and Bold Horizon National Contemporary Art Award, the award is now known as the National Contemporary Art Award. Trust Waikato were very generous sponsors until 2009. They built up their own collection from some of the finalists’ and winners’ works which serve as a longstanding testament to Trust Waikato’s unwavering commitment to the Waikato region.


2010 heralded a change and Bold Horizon, a brand development and marketing firm generously sponsored the award for two years.


In 2012, the late, well-known Waikato philanthropist and farmer, Barry Hopkins sponsored the award. Despite being very unwell, he attended the award ceremony and purchased one of the finalist's works, Meet me inside #2 by Natalie Guy.


2013 saw the return of the founders of the award. The WSA generously donated the first prize of $15,000.


In 2014, the sponsorship was taken over by the prestigious law firm, Tomkins Wake along with the car dealership Ebbett Audi. By 2015, Ebbett Audi could no longer sustain their role and the new sponsors, nationally renowned architectural firm, Chow:Hill became the new sponsors in partnership with Tompkins Wake. Their generosity raised the prize money to $20,000 for the winner and three merit awards worth $1,000 was also added by local art advocates Friends of Waikato Museum, Random Art Group and David’s Emporium with ArtZone Magazine sponsoring a ‘People’s Choice Award’.

In 2018 -2019 the prize accolades grew with the Hugo Charitable Trust as sponsor of the newly formed Hugo Award for the Runner-Up. The Hugo Trust’s involvement came as a pleasant surprise following a nomination by Peter and Johanna Fanning. The generosity of the extra awards continued to-date have been sponsored by Friends of Waikato Museum and Random Art Group. The recently formed Campbell Smith Memorial Award was formed and now provides the funds for the ‘People’s Choice Award’.

2020 was the very first year that the award has ever been cancelled. The cancellation was due to global COVID-19 pandemic lockdown which meant that the award was not able to proceed in time. The 2020 judge was to be Karl Chitham, Director of the Dowse Art Museum, Wellington. Chitham will now be the 2021 art award judge.

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National Drawing Award 2004, 2006, 2009 New Zealand's leading independent contemporary art spaces, ARTSPACE, Auckland and The Physics Room, Christchurch and Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington. [10][11]
National Youth Art Award 2009 Annual Waikato Society of Arts Open to entries from all New Zealand artists aged 15–25. Prize pool of $6000. [9]
New Zealand Painting and Printing Art Award
 2000 Annual Waikato Society of Arts The $15,000 prize is donated to the Waikato Society of Arts by the Philip Vela Family Trust, who in addition, purchase the winning work. [12]
North Shore City Art Award
 The competition is for a two dimensional work relating to the coastline, coastal settlement, flora, fauna, the sea, marine life, or maritime activity. (may have become the Hibiscus and Bays Art Award). [13]
Olivia Spencer Bower Award 1987 Annual To encourage and promote emerging New Zealand artists and sculptors. It was Olivia's specific objective to assist artists and sculptors with talent so they could devote their energies, on a full-time basis for a twelve-month period, to painting and sculpture freed from the necessity to seek outside employment. [14]

2013 Annual A national award and an annual exhibition, held at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts. Prize of $20,000. [15]
People's Choice Award Annual Christchurch Art Show [16]
Peters Doig Marlborough Art Awards 2012? Annual Last awarded 2016? [17]
Portage Ceramic Awards 2001 Annual Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery Since the third award onwards the judge has selected a group of finalists for exhibition. An exhibition is held at Te Uru and a publication produced. The award has included residencies on occasion. [18]
Taranaki National Art Awards 2001 Annual A national competition offering an opportunity for artists to exhibit and sell their artwork, with a $12,000 prize pool. All entries are displayed in an exhibition at Sandfords Events Centre, which coincides with the Taranaki Rhododendron Festival. [19]
Tylee Cottage Residency 1966 Annual Sarjeant Gallery Each year, the selected artist works full-time on their work for 2–12 months and resides in Tylee Cottage
Visa Gold Art Award ? Annual, Defunkt
Waiheke Walker and Hall Art Award
 Annual Waiheke Community Art Gallery A national award for two dimensional works in any medium, with a prize of $5000 as the Premier award. [20]
The Trusts Art, Sculpture and Photography Awards
Wai Art Portrait Awards
Wallace Art Awards
 1992 Annual Awards for contemporary painting, sculpture, drawing and unique photography to encourage the visual arts in New Zealand. Value of over $275,000. [21]
Walters Prize
 2002 Biennial Auckland Art Gallery The $50,000 Walters Prize is awarded for an outstanding contribution to contemporary art in New Zealand. [22]
Patillo Arts Review/ Annual? Sarjeant Gallery Open to any artist, working in any media in the Whanganui region, including Ruapehu and Rangitikei and all areas that link to the Whanganui River. [23]
Splash Annual Entry is open to all members of Watercolour New Zealand. Open theme. Unclear what the prize is. [24]


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