August 6, 2026
Congratulations to Heidi Yardley and Natasha Bieniek who are finalists in the 2026 John Leslie Art Prize. Established in 2000, the John Leslie Art Prize is a national, biennial prize for landscape painting, awarded by the Gippsland Art Gallery. The winner of the major prize will have their work acquired…
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April 30, 2026
Congratulations to the following artists who are finalists in the 2026 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. Richard Lewer (Archibald Prize) Iluwanti Ken (Wynne Prize) Guido Maestri (Archibald Prize) Keith Burt (Wynne Prize) Natasha Bieniek (Archibald Prize) Lucy Culliton (Sulman Prize) The winners will be announced Friday, 8 May. Archibald, Wynne…
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March 21, 2026
Congratulations to Natasha Bieniek and Adam Pyett who are finalists in the 2026 Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize with their works, ‘Dapple’ and ‘Boulders, Cobaw State Forest, pink’. Celebrating contemporary painting, this award showcases the breadth and diversity of painting in Australia today. The winners will be announced at the exhibition…
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December 4, 2025
Visitors to Manly Art Museum and Gallery this summer can see work by Natasha Bieniek (and Lucy Culliton) in ‘Garden Variety’. On display in this exhibition is Natasha’s 2022 work, ‘A stone’s throw’. “My paintings mostly feature inner-city gardens that coexist with major cities. These green spaces are like living,…
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May 1, 2025
Congratulations to the following artists who are finalists in the 2025 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. Natasha Bieniek (Archibald and Wynne Prize) Richard Lewer (Archibald Prize) Zaachariaha Fielding (Sulman Prize) Amber Wallis (Sulman Prize) Lucy Culliton (Wynne Prize) Betty Muffler (Wynne Prize) Sylvia…
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December 10, 2024
Congratulations to Natasha Bieniek whose 2016 portrait of Wendy Whiteley, has been acquired by the Art Gallery of New South Wales. The portrait, depicting Whiteley sitting in her garden in Lavender Bay, was awarded highly commended in the 2016 Archibald Prize. To read more about this artwork, please click…
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July 3, 2024
Congratulations to Natasha Bieniek and Amber Wallis who have been shortlisted for the 2024 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize. The prestigious acquisitive prize is judged this year by José Da Silva (Director, UNSW Galleries), Jane Devery (Senior Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art) and Jason Smith (Director & CEO, Geelong Gallery). The…
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May 30, 2024
Congratulations to the following artists who are finalists in the 2024 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. Natasha Bieniek (Archibald, Sulman and Wynne Prize) Zaachariaha Fielding (Sulman and Wynne Prize) David Griggs (Archibald Prize) Laura Jones (Archibald and Sulman Prize) Iluwanti Ken (…
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April 11, 2024
Congratulations to Natasha Bieniek and Victoria Reichelt who have been announced as finalists in the 2024 Bayside Painting Prize! The Bayside Painting Prize is a celebration of contemporary Australian painting. The finalist exhibition brings together a broad range of artists, both established and lesser known, whose varied approaches to the…
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April 29, 2023
Congratulations to the following artists who are finalists in the 2023 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. Natasha Bieniek (Archibald Prize) Keith Burt (Archibald and Wynne Prize) Lucy Culliton (Wynne Prize) Zaachariaha Fielding (Wynne Prize) David Griggs (Archibald Prize) Iluwanti Ken (Sulman Prize) Richard…
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May 5, 2022
Congratulations to the following artists who are finalists in the 2022 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. Natasha Bieniek (Archibald Prize) Keith Burt (Archibald Prize) Lucy Culliton (Wynne Prize) Juz Kitson (Wynne Prize) Richard Lewer (Archibald Prize) Robert Malherbe (Archibald Prize) Leslie Rice (Sulman…
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October 7, 2021
Works by a selection of finalists from the 2021 Archibald Prize, will be on display as part of the Archibald Prize 2021 regional tour. Portraits by Jan Murphy Gallery represented artists Natasha Bieniek, Keith Burt, Lucy Culliton and Richard Lewer were included in this year’s prize. The regional tour commences…
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June 12, 2021
Natasha Bieniek and Ben Quilty will feature in a new ABC documentary series ‘Finding the Archibald’. As the Archibald celebrates its centenary with an ambitious exhibition, Archie 100, the series honours the artists who have made the Archibald Prize what it is today. In the series, host Rachel Griffiths travels…
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June 9, 2021
Natasha Bieniek’s luminous portrait of Wendy Whitely, can be seen in Archie 100: A Century of the Archibald Prize, on now at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Bieniek’s portrait of Whitely was a finalist in the 2016 prize. “Arranged thematically, Archie 100: A Century of the Archibald Prize unearths…
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May 27, 2021
Congratulations to the following artists who have been announced as finalists in the 2021 Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. Natasha Bieniek (Archibald Prize) Keith Burt (Archibald Prize) Lucy Culliton (Archibald and Sulman Prize) Sylvia Kanytjupai Ken (Wynne Prize) Tjungkara Ken (Wynne Prize) William Mackinnon (Archibald and Wynne Prize) Guy Maestri…
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