The Walker & Hall Waiheke Art Award 2024 is proudly sponsored by Walker & Hall in association with the Waiheke Community Art Gallery.

This is a National Award for two dimensional works in any medium and has a Prize of $10,000 as the Premier Award.

The Zinni Douglas Merit Award for a Waiheke artist  - $1000

Michael Evans Award for a figurative Work - $1000

Gordon Harris Award - $500 voucher

The Award recipients this year are: 

Premier Award: Sonja Drake - Drawn in Sediment, watercolour paint, pencil and sediment paint on 300 gm Canson watercolour paper

Zinni Douglas Merit Award: Julia Holden - Doppelgänger (Cobi tfj Bosch), archival pigment print and oil on linen

Michael Evans Award for a figurative work: Sara Langdon - O te Ngahere, acrylic on canvas

Gordon Harris Award: Cat Fooks - Long Otto, oil and mixed media on board

Sonja Drake - Drawn in Sediment, watercolour paint, pencil and sediment paint on 300 gm Canson watercolour paper

The selector and judge this year is Mary-Louise Browne.

The catalogue can be viewed HERE

Download an Information Form HERE

Entries have now closed.

Key Dates

Friday 21 June: Entries Open

Friday 6 September: Closing date for Entries EXTENDED TO 13 SEPTEMBER

Friday 20 September: Artists advised of selection results

Friday 11 October: Selected works received at the Gallery. Gallery Hours 10am - 4pm, 7 days.

Friday 18 October: Exhibition opens 6pm

Saturday 19 October: Awards Ceremony at the Waiheke Community Art Gallery 

Sunday 8 December: Exhibition Closes 4pm. Unsold works available for collection

Criteria

The exhibition is open to any New Zealand resident upon payment of entry fee (non refundable) $55. Entry requires one work per artist. Every work must be original, the sole work of the artist and not completed in a class of instruction, must have been completed within the last year and must be for sale. 

Generously supported by the Waiheke Local Board, Skin Institute Waiheke and Gordon Harris.