HEYSEN PRIZE FOR LANDSCAPE 2026

FINALIST

HAHNDORF ACADEMY - 68 Main St, Hahndorf SA, 5245
EXHIBITION - 10 OCT - 06 DEC 2026
LAUNCH - 6-8PM 10 OCT 2026.

Heysen Prize for Landscape has a focus on the environment and climate concerns. In an era of rapid climate change, battling fire and flood, drought and destruction, Australia has one of the highest loss of plant and animal species in the world.

Hans Heysen raised awareness about the environment through his painting and passion for the landscape. He is noted as an early environmental activist and lobbied to protect trees. He purchased land to preserve the natural environment in and around Hahndorf.

Heysen Prize for Landscape is a contemporary art prize established in 1997 to commemorate the life and work of the internationally renowned, artist, Sir Hans Heysen (1877-1968).

It is a biennial event celebrating emerging, mid-career and established artists and their connection to landscape and place.

Heysen Prize for Landscape 2026 Finalists

GRETTA ALLEN, GREER ARNOTT, CAROLE BANN, BUNDY BANNERMAN, MIKE BARR, JOSEPH BOAS, MAX BOWDEN, DAVID BRAUN, GEMMA ROSE BROOK, AUDREY BRUMBY, THOM BUCHANAN, RACHEL BUXTON, THANH TAM CAO, CHRISTINE CHOI, SUM WOON CHOW, GEORGE COOLEY, MATTHEW COOPER, HELEN COTTLE, CAROL COVENTRY CHRISTINE DE ROSA, CALLUM DOCHERTY, STEPHANIE DODDRIDGE, MICHELLE DRIVER, HAMISH FLEMING, DAVID FOREMAN, LOUISE GAY, MELINDA GAUGHWIN, HARRIET GEATER-JOHNSON, LAURA GENT, DANIEL GIBBINGS-JOHNS, NICK HANNAFORD, LUCY HERSEY, AMANDA HYATT, CAROLINE JOHNSON, FRUZSI KENEZ, SUE KNEEBONE, KERRYN LEVY, LISA LOSADA, PENNY MACLAREN, TERRY MACDERMOT, JANE MILLINGTON JUDY MORRIS, PAMELA PAULINE, KARLA PRINGLE, DEBORAH PRIOR, STEPHANIE RADOK, LESLEY REDGATE, DAVID ROSENDALE, TRICIA ROSS, IAN ROUTLEDGE, VIN RYAN, LEE SALOMONE, REGINE SCHWARZER, ASHA SOUTHCOMBE, BEVERLEY SOUTHCOTT, CHRISTOPHER STEEL, LUISA STOCCO, DATSUN TRAN, ANNETTE VINCENT, CAROLANNE WASLEY, NICOLE WELCH, AMANDA WESTERN, DIANA WISEMAN, DAN WITHY, BERNADETTE WOODWARD.