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

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

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