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Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize in Landscape Painting 2026
Queensland College of Art and Design, Griffith University · Brisbane, Australia
Triennial $20,000 non-acquisitive prize for watercolour landscape painting, open to Australian artists aged 18+; finalist exhibition at QCAD Galleries, Brisbane, December 2026–January 2027.
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Who can enter
- Location
- Australia
- Age
- 18 and over
- Career stage
- Any
- Mediums
- Painting
- Theme
- landscape, watercolour
- Submission
- Online submission
- Also
- Open to all Australian artists over 18; up to three entries per artist.
About
The Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize in Landscape Painting celebrates excellence and innovation in the watercolour medium. It is open to all Australian artists over 18 and rewards landscape, seascape, urban or rural environment and abstracted landscape works in watercolour.
Entries close 11:59pm AEST on Sunday 8 November 2026. Each artist may enter up to three works at $40 per entry ($20 for Griffith University students). Finalists are announced on 10 December 2026 and shown at QCAD Galleries, Griffith University, South Bank, Brisbane, from 10 December 2026 to 14 January 2027. The 2026 principal judge is Alison Kubler.
The overall winner receives a $20,000 non-acquisitive cash prize donated by Elaine Bermingham.