Biennial Australian Monoprint Prize
Firestation Print Studio is again hosting this National Prize
We are excited to announce dates and judges for our 2025 Monoprint Prize.
Also a big thank you Melbourne Etching Supplies who are on board again as our Major Sponsor.
Key Dates:
ENTRIES ARE NOW CLOSED
Announcement of Finalists: March 7th 2025
Exhibition Dates: 23rd April – 17th May 2025
2023 Monoprint Prize Judges:
Lisa Sullivan, Senior curator at Geelong Gallery, &
Emily Ferretti renowned Australian Painter and printmaker.
Entry Forms available HERE
What Is Considered a Monoprint?
Each entry MUST be predominantly made using monoprint and/or monotype techniques. We will consider a monoprint as involving a transfer from matrix to paper that is unrepeatable. 2D works only artist books are not accepted for this prize. Entries may incorporate other printmaking methods but MUST be made using printing techniques ONLY. Again we encourage experimentation with the printmaking process however the hero of the image must be monoprint.
We are unable to accept entries that incorporate other mediums/processes such as digital printing, painting, drawing, etc. If you are unsure of whether your work meets these requirements please get in contact to discuss as all entry fees are NON REFUNDABLE.
Each entry MUST be predominantly made using monoprint and/or monotype techniques. We will consider a monoprint as involving a transfer from matrix to paper that is unrepeatable. 2D works only artist books are not accepted for this prize. Entries may incorporate other printmaking methods but MUST be made using printing techniques ONLY. Again we encourage experimentation with the printmaking process however the hero of the image must be monoprint.
We are unable to accept entries that incorporate other mediums/processes such as digital printing, painting, drawing, etc. If you are unsure of whether your work meets these requirements please get in contact to discuss as all entry fees are NON REFUNDABLE.
Announcing our Esteemed Judging Panel for 2025
LISA SULLIVAN is Senior Curator at Geelong Gallery where she leads the delivery of the annual exhibition program and contributes to the development, research, and interpretation of the collection.
Curatorial projects presented at Geelong Gallery include the current exhibition Cutting Through Time—Cressida Campbell, Margaret Preston, and the Japanese Print.; Clarice Beckett—Atmosphere (co-curator); Frederick McCubbin—Whisperings in wattle boughs; Rone in Geelong; Stephen Bram – abstract painting; The Moon; Cuttings—Elizabeth Gower; Ex libris – the book in contemporary art; A curious nature – the landscape as theatre in contemporary photography; The silent wilderness – 19th century Australian landscapes; and True crime – murder and misdemeanour in Australian art. Prior to joining Geelong Gallery in early 2005, she was the Collections Curator at the Ian Potter Museum of Art at the University of Melbourne (2001–05), and the University’s Grimwade Intern in 2000. Lisa completed post-graduate studies in Art Curatorship and Museum Management at the University of Melbourne in 1998, and in 2003, an extensive study of the British Museum’s Prints & Drawings Collection as the Harold Wright Scholar and the Sarah and William Holmes Scholar. Image Courtesy of Hails and Shine |
EMILY FERRETTI is a painter based in Naarm/Melbourne. Dedicated to a full-time studio practice over the past 20 years, she has exhibited widely and undertaken studio residences including Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne, Cite de Arts International, Paris, and Green Street studio, New York. Ferretti has had over 20 solo exhibitions in commercial and artist run spaces in Australia and Internationally and represented in significant group shows and prizes. Some prizes of note include, the Geelong art prize, John Leslie art prize and the Len Fox painting prize as well as the Ramsey Art Prize at the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Her figurative and abstract images derive equally from collected images, memory and imagination. As a result, her images mirror their conception, hovering between representation and abstraction. Recurring motifs in her work include landscape and still life scenes and while they are always devoid of people, their presence is palpable. Attuned to contemporary practice, Ferretti’s paintings engage with a history of picture making across genres and traditions. Ferretti is represented by Sophie Gannon Gallery in Melbourne. Her work has been acquired by major collections such as Acacia Collection; Artbank; Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery; Epworth Hospital Collection; Joyce Nissan Collection; The Macquarie Group Collection; Monash University Museum of Art; Victoria University, Charles Sturt University art collection; private collections in Australia and internationally Image Courtesy of Alicia Taylor |
