Youth Art Prize winners announced

A celebration of the next generation of artists has launched at Mosman Art Gallery.

Hundreds of works from up-and-coming talent is featured in the 2025 Mosman Youth Art Prize, on display until 4 May.

On Friday 28 March, more than 500 people celebrated the announcement of the winners at the exhibition opening, with 245 aspiring artists selected as finalists. Their artworks include works on paper, paintings, photography, prints, sculpture, video, textile and ceramics.

Judge David Griggs – the 2023 Mosman Art Prize winner - was tasked with the challenge of selecting the prize winners.

The Mosman Youth Art Prize has been running since 1988 when it was founded by Mosman local, internationally-renowned artist Ken Done AM.

Winners

Tertiary:

First prize: Bea Farley, Be With Her
Second Prize: Jesse Heriot, Morbid Metropolitan
Third Prize: Auriel Marquez, Endearing Exsanguination
Highly Commended: Cooper Holland-Hughes, Objects to Use

Senior:

First prize: Zachariah Kim, 1800 424 017
Second Prize: Claudia Tribe Aviles, 'Great To See You!'
Third Prize: Ella Qui, Just cut the cake
Highly Commended: Nick Barwood, Shopping for Bread

Junior:

First prize: Grace Charlesworth, The Gathering Place
Second Prize: Candice Chen, Treasures of Ancient China
Third Prize: Elise Gould, Shoe Maggot
Highly Commended: Lara Li, Havoc in Isolation

Other prizes:

Susan Rothwell AM Award: Erica Kok, Hybrid Sharkbee
Members of Mosman Art Gallery: Alice Kearney, Union (Tertiary) 
Members of Mosman Art Gallery: Minjae Jeon, Thread of Life (Senior)
Members of Mosman Art Gallery: Kinglsey Liu, By the window (Junior) 
Mosman Art Society Award: Felix Power, A Psychofilmography
Australia Watercolour Institute Award: Emma Sproule, slipping glimpse
Installers choice Award: Daniel Oh, This Is Our Today

_{Photo credit Jacquie Manning}