Transforming everyday Australian life into art is the challenge set by the 2018 Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize, which offers $50,000 for the winning work. Look around you – out the window, across the room, down the street. Seen through the right eyes, and the right lens, what you observe could just win you the $50,000 […]

First Prize: $50,000 Total prize money: $100,000 Closing date for entries: Wednesday 7 March 2018 Entries for the 2018 Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize are now open and the Moran Arts Foundation is inviting photographers from across the country to enter the prestigious competition. The Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize has prize money of $100,000, including a […]

Tim Storrier has been announced as the winner of the 2017 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, taking home $150,000 for his portrait The Lunar Savant (Portrait of McLean Edwards) 2017. The announcement was made at an event at Juniper Hall in Paddington, Sydney this morning by Daniel Thomas AM. The prize was judged by Daniel […]

The Moran Arts Foundation has revealed the thirty portraits that make up the finalists for the 2017 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Australia’s richest art prize. Portraits of recognisable identities such as Isla Fisher, Alex Perry, Jack Charles and Paul Capsis have all been included in the final selection, with wellknown artists such as Anh Do, Robert Hannaford, […]

Portraits of Australian identities such as Jack Charles, Warwick Thornton, Isla Fisher, Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Michael Gudinski, Pat Harry OAM, Erik Thomson, Adam Elliott, Ben Quilty, and Julian Assange are amongst the semi-finalists of this year’s Doug Moran National Portrait Prize. The Moran Prizes today announced that there are 200 semi-finalists, who are now one step […]

The Moran Arts Foundation is inviting artists to enter Australia’s richest art competition, the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize. The Doug Moran National Portrait Prize (DMNPP), with prize money of $180,000 including a $150,000 first prize, invites entries of original works from Australian artists, capturing Australians from all walks of life, whether a public figure […]

Now in its eleventh year, the Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize showcases the excellence of Australian photographers, increasing awareness and appreciation of Australian visual arts. Photographers are asked to interpret contemporary life in Australia.  A diverse exhibition of the most outstanding entries of 2016 opens at the Moran Gallery, Sylvania on 28 June. With a first […]

July 2017 will see the 2016 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize travel to the Australia’s capital with a month long exhibition at Belconnen Arts Centre. Opening Friday 30th June at 5.30pm in the Foyer Gallery, the exhibition is a reflection of portrait painting over the 12 months prior to August 31 2016. Since it’s inception in […]