Congratulations to the Winners of this year’s Youth Art Prize!
Overall Winner
Jessica Wood
#82, Beach combing, mixed media on paper
Age Category Prizes
12-14yrs
First Place
Yindi Fiebig
#70, The creatures of Dragonland, marker, pen, pencil on paper
Second Place
Max Blatchford
#45, Kangaroo, mixed media on paper
Third Place
Anita Slaghuis
#80, As the strawberries grow, watercolour, colour pencils, acrylic markers on paper
15-17yrs
First Place
Lenni Hincks
#83, Coorong fisherman, mixed media, digital print on paper
Second Place
Isabelle Morland
#41, Strike!, acrylic on papier-mâché
Third Place
Mason Mirabito
#5, Swallow your emotions, graphite on paper
18-20yrs
First Place
Latina Doolan
#84, Generations, mixed media on paper
Second Place
Hannah Dewhirst
#26, Reflections of colour, acrylic, pen, paint, watercolour on paper
Third Place
Lena Yakas
#126, Spring is dressed in pink and green, UV gel, soft gel on acrylic nails
21-25yrs
First Place
Nathan Modra
#76, Cube, metal, resin
Second Place
Jeremy Morrison
#17, We remain, acrylic spray paint on canvas
Third Place
Charlotte Treloar
#30, The river, watercolour, coloured pencil, paper on LED light box
People’s Choice
First Place
Lacey Pohle
#86, I call her Jess, oil on paper
Second Place
Miranda Fidge
#28, Sacred Lotus, watercolour, pencil, gouache on paper
Third Place
Archer Buick
#133, Untitled, mixed media on paper
Compassionate Depiction of an Animal
Hayley Hunt
#78, Hayley and her hen friend, oil on canvas
Celebrating diverse artistic talents, our annual Youth Art Prize is a platform for young people to express their views about collective and personal experiences.
The Youth Art Prize aims to empower young people to pursue their creative aspirations. Since its humble beginnings co-initiated by The Station well over a decade ago, it now offers a total prize pool valued at over $4,500, including cash and vouchers that will support the recipients’ ongoing engagement with the arts.
AGE CATEGORIES 12-14yrs | 15-17yrs | 18-20yrs | 21-25yrs
PRIZES
Overall Winner $1,000
PLUS in EACH of the 4 age categories + People’s Choice:
Winners $400; 2nd Places $100 art materials voucher + $100 art books voucher; 3rd Places $100 art materials voucher.
Compassionate Depiction of an Animal $150 from Murraylands Animal Welfare Watch.
2025 PRIZE JUDGE: Samantha Faehrmann, Guildhouse Artistic Programs Manager
Originally from a remote community on Gayiri land, Central Qld, Sam relocated to Kaurna land, Adelaide, where she runs a mixed medium practice from her studio ‘Butter and Gravy’. She holds a Masters of Architecture from UniSA, where she began working with the ‘Design Construct Program’. She has a passion for process and industrious practice through connection to communities, design, construction, logistics, fabrication and material. Her expanded portfolio includes contemporary art in pursuit of material language and experimentation, through which she continues to explore the intersections between people, spaces, places, bodies and objects that form the phenomena of our experience and our collective contributions. She is a passionate artist and facilitator who has developed and delivered creative programs across multiple sectors in local, metropolitan, remote, regional and international communities. She is dedicated to co-created outcomes, inclusive practices, capacity building and ever seeking opportunities to encourage and amplify the expansion, sustainability and resolve of creative practices and people.
Cr Karen Eckermann, Patron of Murraylands Animal Welfare Watch will judge the prize for the Compassionate Depiction of an Animal.
Gallery Visitors will vote for their favourite artworks for the People’s Choice awards.
