National Emerging Art Prize Exhibition

The National Emerging Art Prize (NEAP) is a unique platform for the most exciting new voices in Australian contemporary art, offering art lovers and collectors the chance to discover and acquire original work from the country’s next wave of creative talent. 

Having garnered a record number of submissions in its fourth year, the awards program is proud to present this year’s finalists in the National Emerging Art Prize Exhibition at The Garden Gallery.

Supported by founding sponsor Morgans Financial Limited, the 2024 NEAP exhibition features outstanding work by more than 100 emerging, unrepresented Australian artists working in the fields of painting and ceramics. These finalists were selected by an expert panel of leading contemporary artists, curators and tastemakers led by NEAP’s co-founder and curator, Amber Creswell Bell, the director of emerging art for the congregation of galleries that make up Michael Reid.

Countless artists first discovered through NEAP’s channels have gone on to enjoy successful exhibition careers at Michael Reid galleries and beyond. The expertise and eye for talent among NEAP’s selection panel ensures this beautifully curated exhibition will be an essential destination for all art lovers, collectors, aesthetes and talent spotters to discover and acquire original, affordable work by artists on the cusp of breakout success, wider recognition and new levels of collectability.

For emerging artists, NEAP offers national exposure and multi-layered support towards building a sustained and successful long-term art career with gallery representation. The artists selected as winners in this year’s program share in a prize pool valued at more than $40,000 – including a top prize of $20,000 for the winner of the ultimate accolade, The Morgans Financial Prize for an Emerging Painter.

All works shortlisted for this year’s National Emerging Art Prize will be available to view and acquire at the NEAP exhibition, open to the public from 31 October to 1 December at The Garden Gallery, Royal Botanic Garden of Sydney’s beautiful new art space in the heart of the city’s culture precinct.