Celebrating its second edition, the Ellen José Art Award is a $15,000 non-acquisitive triennial award designed to support young female artists in the early stages of their career – held in honour of pioneering Indigenous artist and activist Ellen José.
The finalist exhibition features MeiMei Hodgkinson, Casey Jeffery, Jenna Lee, Amalia Lindo, Jacqui Shelton, and award winner Clare Jaque Vasquez. Selected from a national field of over 350 applicants, the artists address urgent issues of our times in ways that combine the personal with the political, and the historical with the present.
Bayside Gallery
25 October to 14 December 2025
Melbourne
Clare Jaque Vasquez, Silent weapons for quiet conflicts, 2025, acrylic and impasto on canvas, triptych: 200 × 700cm
Ellen José Art Award for young women, 2025, installation view, Bayside Gallery, Melbourne
Photograph: Mark Ashkanasy
Courtesy the artist and Bayside Gallery, Melbourne
