Congratulations to the twenty-seven finalists who have been selected for the Ramsay Art Prize 2023.
The Ramsay Art Prize is a $100,000 acquisitive art prize for contemporary Australian artists under the age of forty. More than 300 artists – from Tasmania to the Tiwi Islands – submitted entries for the Ramsay Art Prize 2023. This year’s finalists were selected by a judging panel of contemporary art specialists comprised of Aaron Seeto, Director of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Nusantara, Jakarta; Perth-based visual artist and creative producer Erin Coates; and Nici Cumpston OAM, Art Gallery of South Australia’s Artistic Director of Tarnanthi: Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art and Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art.

Sarah Drinan, Milking Mother and Daughter, 2022, Melbourne, oil, synthetic polymer paint, soft pastel on canvas. Courtesy the artist
The finalists are:
Abdul Abdullah, Carla Adams, Badra Aji, Tom Blake, Yuriyal Eric Bridgeman, Emma Buswell, Jacobus Capone, Sundari Carmody, Ida Sophia, Corban Clause Williams, Henry Curchod, Sarah Drinan, Zaachariaha Fielding, Aidan Gageler, Olive Gill-Hille, Pascale Giorgi, Nadia Hernández, Alana Hunt, Alfred Lowe, Gian Manik, Daniel McKewen, Amy Perejuan-Capone, Alison Puruntatameri, JD Reforma, Teho Ropeyarn, Yasmin Smith, and Katie West.

Ida Sophia, Witness, 2022, Adelaide; Beachport, South Australia, HD video 4k. Courtesy the artist
The overall $100,000 winner will be announced on 26 May 2023, with the winning work acquired into the Art Gallery of South Australia’s (AGSA) collection. , joining works by past prize winners Sarah Contos (2017), Vincent Namatjira (2019) and Kate Bohunnis (2021). The non-acquisitive $15,000 People’s Choice will be announced on 11 August 2023.
All finalists’ works will be on show at the Art Gallery of South Australia from 27 May to 27 August 2023.