2022 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize
Exhibition partner
                                   The 2022 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize is a signature event that assists with the development of the Gallery’s collection while fostering Australian artists and contemporary painting practice in general.
Important dates
Entries open 
Monday 6 December 2021 (10.00am)
Entries close 
Friday 25 March 2022 (5.00pm)
Shortlisting 
25 March—8 May 2022 
Notification of selection
Monday 9 May 2022
Selected entries to be delivered to the Gallery
Tuesday 14 to Friday 17 June 2022
Official opening
Friday 15 July 2022, 6.00pm (invitation only)
Exhibition dates
25 June—11 September 2022
Collection of non-acquired works
Tuesday 13 to Thursday 15 September 2022 between 10.00am and 4.00pm
2022 judges
  
   		                            
                                                                     
                                    Lisa Sullivan
Senior Curator
                                                                              
                                       	
                                       Geelong Gallery
  
   		                            
                                                                     
                                    Kyla McFarlane
Senior Academic Programs Curator, Museums & Collections, 
                                                                              
                                       	
                                       The University of Melbourne
  
   		                            
                                                                     
                                    Lisa Byrne
Director
                                                                              
                                       	
                                       McClelland Sculpture Park+Gallery
Previous winners
                              2021
Geelong contemporary art prize
Diena Georgetti
                                  AMPERSAND
                                                                        View in Collection
                                                                
                              2018
Geelong contemporary art prize
Andrew Browne
                                  The awakening  
                                                                        View in Collection
                                                                
                              2016
Geelong contemporary art prize
Kate Beynon
                                  Graveyard scene/the beauty and sadness of bones 
                                                                        View in Collection
                                                                
                              2014
Geelong contemporary art prize
Rob McHaffie
                                  Preserve this fruit
                                                                        View in Collection
                                                                
                              2012
Geelong contemporary art prize
Paul Ryan
                                  Wild Colonial boys
                                                                        View in Collection
                                                                
                              2004
Fletcher Jones art prize
Juan Ford
                                  Painting, phrenology (Abstraction)
                                                                        View in Collection
                                                                
                              2006
Fletcher Jones art prize
Sam Leach 
                                  Peacock going up
                                                                        View in Collection