Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, Lethbridge Gallery 1 June – 10 July

Pink Shoes 2024, oil on linen, oil on linen 120 x 120cm

Adriane Strampp is a finalist in the Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize with Pink Shoes.

Judge’s Comment:
Strongly composed and executed work. Interesting domestic take on the theme of landscape.

The Tattersall’s Landscape Art Prize is one of Australia’s most respected awards dedicated to contemporary landscape practice. Since its establishment, the prize has provided a platform for artists to explore place, environment, and identity through a diverse range of artistic approaches.

Presented in partnership with Lethbridge Gallery, the exhibition brings together finalists from across the country, showcasing works that challenge traditional notions of landscape while remaining deeply connected to the Australian experience.

Lethbridge Gallery
136 Latrobe Terrace,
Paddington QLD 4064
gallery@lethbridgegallery.com

HOURS:
Tuesday: 9:00 – 5:00pm
Wednesday: 9:00 – 5:00pm
Thursday: 9:00 – 5:00pm
Friday: 9:00 – 5:00pm
Saturday: 10:00 – 3:00pm

The King’s School Art Prize, 11 -13 June 2026

Where the Light Falls 2023-25, oil on linen, 152 x 152cm

Adriane Strampp is a finalist in The King’s School Art Prize with Where the Light Falls.

The King’s School Art Prize, a $20,000 award is a prestigious prize recognising the best contemporary artwork created by an Australian-resident artist represented by a commercial gallery. Entry is by invitation only, ensuring a high standard of work and contributing meaningfully to the national fine arts industry. 

Over the past 26 years, the Art Prize has become one of the country’s most respected school-based art awards, with The King’s School acquiring significant works for its collection. It has helped elevate the profile of many established and emerging artists and become a mark of distinction within the Australian arts community.

Horrocks Hall
The King’s School
87-129 Pennant Hills Road,
North Parramatta NSW 2151

Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, 16 to 31 May 2026

Spatial Shift 2024, oil on linen 120 x 120cm

Adriane Strampp is a finalist in the Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize.

The Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize is the highest value art prize for women in Australia and provides a unique platform to engage, connect, support and profile women artists across Australia and internationally.

The Prize also showcases a commitment to celebrating emerging Indigenous women artists and promoting their creative talents on a national stage.

Supporting the arts inspires and strengthens communities socially, educationally, and economically- fostering creativity, empathy and beauty. Established by Ravenswood School for Girls to advance art and opportunity for women artists in Australia, the Art Prize is an annual acquisitive prize, with a total prize money of $58,000.

The Opening Night (proudly presented by Taylor) and Exhibition of Finalists is based in Sydney. Online engagement with artists and communities across Australia is facilitated via a live stream of the Opening Night, a virtual tour of the exhibition and online artwork sales platform. Artists also enter the Art Prize online, finalists being selected to exhibit their artworks in a two-week Exhibition of Finalists.

Launched in 2017, the Art Prize has grown exponentially and gained significant recognition including a multimedia marketing campaign achieving a combined reach of 3.1 million people and 7.1 million combined impressions via cross media platforms.

Ravenswood Centenary Centre,
Gate 3, Henry Street,
Gordon, NSW

HOURS
16 – 31 May 2026
10.00am to 4.00pm

Omnia Art Prize, St. Kevin’s College, 23-24 May 2026

Adriane Strampp is a finalist in the Omnia Art Prize with Paper Lantern, and Fig & Ladder.

The Omnia Art Prize & Exhibition is a premier annual prize and exhibition celebrating contemporary Australian art and artists. Established in 1971, this not-for-profit initiative brings together communities and artists across a full weekend of exhibition and events.

The Omnia Art Prize includes:

  • The $15,000 Major Prize and the $2,500 Small Sculpture Prize, championing artistic excellence at every career stage.
  • The $1,000 Audrey Culliver People’s Choice Award, honoring the event’s founder.
  • The $500 Students’ Choice Award, encouraging engagement with the new generation.

This carefully curated collection features original artworks from over 250 established and emerging professional artists, all available for purchase at the exhibition. Spanning a diverse array of mediums – including oils, acrylics, photography, mixed media, and small sculptures – each piece is a vibrant reflection of the rich cultural tapestry, diverse experiences, and unique perspectives that shape contemporary Australia.

KC Smith Hall
St Kevin’s College
31 Moonga Rd
Toorak
VIC 3142

HOURS
Open from 10:00am to 4:00pm Saturday May 23 and Sunday May 24th.

St Columba’s Art Prize, 1-6 May 2026

Pink Light 2025 oil on linen 122 x 122cm

Adriane Strampp is a finalist in the St. Columba’s Art Prize with Pink Light, 2025.

St Columba’s Catholic College
168 Hawkesbury Road,
Springwood NSW

Bayside Painting Prize, Bayside Gallery, 1 May – Sunday 14 June 2026

Temporal State 2026, oil on linen, 91 x 91cm

Adriane Strampp is a finalist in the Bayside Painting Prize with Temporal State, oil on linen, 91 x 19cm.

The Bayside Painting Prize is nationally recognised as Melbourne’s premier painting prize. The finalist exhibition brings together a broad range of artists from across Australia, both established and lesser known, whose varied approaches to the painted medium conveys the breadth and diversity of painting in Australia today.

The Prize features a non-acquisitive Major prize of $25,000, a $10,000 Beckett Local Prize (acquisitive), and a $1,000 People’s Choice Award.

The Prize serves as a valuable initiative for Bayside City Council to engage the community with exceptional works of art at both local and national scales, while enriching its collection with distinguished works that have a connection to the region.

The judges for the 2026 prize are:

  • Jacqueline Doughty, Assistant Director – Curatorial, Art Gallery of Ballarat
  • Dr Shelley McSpedden, Senior Curator & Head of Exhibitions, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
  • Joanna Bosse, Curator, Bayside Gallery

 

BAYSIDE GALLERY
Brighton Town Hall
Corner Wilson and Carpenter Streets
Brighton VIC 3186

HOURS
Gallery open from Wednesday to Friday, 11am–5pm, Saturday and Sunday, 1pm–5pm

Australian Women Artists Interview with Richard Graham

Australian Women Artists
The Podcast
 Ep. 59.  Adriane Strampp

As a long-standing admirer of Richard Graham’s Australian Women Artists  podcast, it was a genuine honour to contribute to a series that foregrounds the practices and voices of so many outstanding Australian women artists. I am grateful for the opportunity to be included among this distinguished cohort.

Head to this link to listen to our conversation.

 Adriane’s is a fascinating journey. She was born in the United States and educated in the UK before settling in Australia.

 She brings the effect of that peripatetic life to her work. Her work is defined by its sensitivity to light, memory and place. Interiors soaked in soft light, distant landscapes, objects held in suspension.

 We talked about her fabulously eclectic group of subjects she’s explored in her art including horses, dresses, landscapes, interiors, still lifes and the thread which weaves itself through all of them.

 She has held more than 30 solo exhibitions around Australia and internationally and has been selected as a finalist multiple times for a number of awards including the Sulman, Dobell, Calleen, Ravenswood, Len Fox and Adelaide Perry.

 And alongside her studio practice, Adriane has also made a profound contribution as a teacher. She is also the Founder and Director of the Fitzroy Painting Studio which has had probably thousands of students through its doors.

Adriane is represented by

King Street Gallery on William (Sydney)

Jan Manton Gallery (Brisbane)

Muswellbrook Art Prize, 19 March – 23 May 2026

Evening Garden, Somerset 2025 oil on linen 122 x 122cm

Adriane Strampp is a finalist in the Muswellbrook Art Prize with Evening Garden 2025.

Since 1958, the Muswellbrook Art Prize has grown and evolved and is today one of the richest prizes for painting in regional Australia. Finalists for the Muswellbrook Art Prize vie for a total of $70,000 prize money across three prize categories: Painting ($50,000 acquisitive), Works on Paper ($10,000 acquisitive), and Ceramics ($10,000 acquisitive).

Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre
1-3 Bridge Street Muswellbrook NSW
Hours: Monday-Saturday – 10:00am – 4:00pm

Without Boundaries: Women in the Visual Arts, King Street Gallery on William 27 January – 14 February

Confluence 2015 oil on linen 122 x 122 cm

KSGoW begins their 2026 exhibition calendar with the group exhibition Without Boundaries: Women in the Visual Arts, presenting the works of notable women artists from across Australia’s contemporary landscape. This exhibition coincides with the 2026 national conference titled Women UNLIMITED, a series built from one defining belief: true leadership emerges when we are free to redefine possibility, unbound by limits. Featuring works by Alex Bray, Genevieve Carroll, Lorraine Connelly-Northey, Lucy Culliton, Elisabeth Cummings, Harrie Fasher, Sue Ford, Myfanwy Gullifer, Maggie Hensel-Brown, Kitty (Kutuwalumi Purawarrumpatu) Kantilla, Ildiko Kovacs, Joanna Logue, Makinti Napanangka AM, Amanda Penrose Hart, Lisa Roet, Wendy Sharpe AM FRSN, Adriane Strampp and Savanhdary Vongpoothorn.

KING STREET GALLERY ON WILLIAM
177 William St, Darlinghurst
NSW 2010 AUSTRALIA
+61 2 9360 9727art@kingstreetgallery.comHOURS:
10am – 6pm Tuesday – Saturday
Sunday by appointment

All best wishes for a safe and happy holiday season.


Melbourne studio, December 2025. Photo courtesy of Hugh Stewart.

This year has been marked by an accumulation of unrest and unresolved tensions across the world. As it draws to a close, I hold a sincere hope for the resolution of conflicts and for conditions grounded in greater care and stability. On a more personal note, I am looking ahead to a month of quiet studio time—a period of focus and withdrawal devoted to beginning a new body of work shaped by slowness, reflection, and sustained presence. Wishing all good things for all in 2026.

Adriane

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