2025-08-30 Emerging Artist Awards 2025
Welcome to our annual Emerging Artist Awards.
This year’s theme is “Life Out Loud”
A Celebration of our Emerging Artists’ creativity, and bold expression
In a world that often feels uncertain, heavy, and unrelenting, we want our 2025 exhibition to showcase the work of emerging artists who capture the essence of what it means to live boldly - to find colour, joy, defiance, and meaning in everyday existence. Whether through photography, painting, sculpture, or any other medium, these pieces should reflect a shared refusal to be dulled or diminished by the weight of the times.
Finalists Are:
Richard Burgoyne | Anna Coulbeck | Lisa Watkins | Victoria Toms | Claire Preen | Lily Lei | Edward Prince | Matt Coates | Karen Wilde | Natalee Raymond | Sandra Douglas | Amy Louise Hewinson | Katy Yang | Isabelle Mathys | Sophia Mitke | Lydia Sewell | Masha Kheirkhan | Mikhail Nazarov | Vinny Murahwa | WhoFace | Steve Cascalheira | Amy Vitale | Serena Wolfkamp | Clare A Thompson | Julia Vale | Bryn Corkery | Gabrielle Gatt | Angela Amerigo | Sarah Yin | Ainslie Hinvest | Isabel Rust | Marina Pauliukova | Robert Looker | Kate Serebrianskaia | Jacqui Wilkinson | Delphine Pujol | Casey Knight | SKW | Raewyn Booth
Our Prizes Are:
First Place - Ember Award - $2,000 - Kate Serebrianskaia ‘Anticipation of the Moment’
Second Place - Marokii Vano Award - $1,000 - Bryn Corkery ‘Going, Going or Gone’
Third Place - Sam Tamahara Award - $500 - Angela Amerigo ‘Beautiful Trouble’
Resene Painting Award - $500 voucher - Mahsa Kheirkhah ‘Wonderland’
Manager’s Encouragement Award- $350 - Gabrielle Gatt ‘Golden’
Lopdell Trust Award- $300 - Lydia Sewel ‘Confident Doubt’
Barfoot and Thompson Titirangi Award- $250 -Ainslie Hinvest ‘If She Could See Me Now’
Rogue Graphics Awards- $250 - Sarah (Zhengqi) Yin ‘Sarah et Moi’
Ray White Titirangi Award - $250 - Serena Wolfkamp ‘Home Safe’
Adison Award - $200 - Isabelle Mathys ‘Leap of Faith’
Wells Architects Planners Ltd Award - $200 - Edward Prince ‘Breaking out of the Box’
Steve Tollstrup Award- $200 - Sandra Douglas ‘The Feeling of Freedom’
Robertson Award- $150 - Vinny Murahwa ‘Foamation’
Cherry Award- $100 voucher - Claire Preen ‘Along the track’
Crafty Baker- Crafty Baker Prize Pack - Robert Looker ‘The Chair Sits Empty’
Congratulations to the finalists and the winners!
