Nillumbik Shire Council presents the Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art 2025, a biennial acquisitive art prize open to emerging and established contemporary artists working in any medium across Australia.
This year’s finalists are: Georgia Banks, Pia Coetsee, Emma Coulter, Lana de Jager, Lada Dedić, Makeda Duong, Megan Evans, Mark Forbes, Phillip George, Tim Gregory, Petrina Hicks, Nicholas Hubicki, Virginia Keft, Janetta Kerr-Grant, Jenna Lee, Warren Lee, Arrayah Loynd, Donna Marcus, Kori Miles, Ezz Monem, Marisa Mu, Jamie Mumford, Serena Pinday, Kenny Pittock, Susan Reddrop, Britt Salt, Amy Schleif, Sia Smyth, Katie Stackhouse, Meagan Streader, Isabel Trufas, Jen Valender, and Open and Local Prize winners Jacqui Shelton and Chelle Destefano.

Winner Open Prize 2025: Jacqui Shelton, Bím Caillte (mistranslated: I am, usually, habitually, lost) (still), 2023, digital video with stereo sound, 19:30 minutes. Nillumbik Shire Art Collection. Courtesy the artist and Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art
Montsalvat
4 April to 25 May 2025
Melbourne