2024 Mosman Art Prize winner

The 2024 Mosman Art Prize, the premier open painting prize in Australia, has been awarded to Sydney based artist Gemma Smith.  

Smith won the $70,000 acquisitive prize for Pollen Prism, made through the accumulation of many single layers applied on a daily basis while on a New York based artist’s residency. It now enters the celebrated Mosman Art Collection, a valuable and historic collection that surveys Australian painting. Smith is a noted painter whose abstract paintings and sculptures explore the interaction between colour and surface, intention and chance. 

Mosman Mayor Carolyn Corrigan and the 2024 judge Julie Ewington presented the prize at the exhibition opening on Friday 9 August at Mosman Art Gallery. 

Further awards presented on the night included the Margaret Olley Commendation Award ($10,000) given to Khaled Sabsabi, the Allan Gamble Award (for the built environment) valued at $5,000 won by Nick Santoro, and the Guy Warren Emerging Artist Award ($3,000) presented to Jacquie Meng.   

The 2024 Mosman Art Prize attracted 1,617 entries from across Australia with 88 paintings selected for finalist exhibition. Artists from all states and territories were selected as finalists. 

The exhibition is on show at Mosman Art Gallery from 10 August to 6 October. Entry is free.