Excitement is building for the Fleurieu Biennale Art Prize 2026, with announcement of the three judges ahead of entries opening next month.

The three judges are Tansy Curtin, Assistant Director, Artistic Programs at Art Gallery of South Australia; Lee-Anne Hall, Curatorial Director at the Jam Factory; and Andrew Purvis, Director of Adelaide Central Gallery at Central School of Art.

Tansy Curtin has held senior positions at the Art Gallery of South Australia as Curator of International Art pre-1980 and Bendigo Art Gallery as Curatorial Manager. 

She has curated major exhibitions including Frida & Diego: Love & Revolution (AGSA), Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits (Bendigo Art Gallery) and Marilyn Monroe (Bendigo Art Gallery). 

Dr Lee-Anne Hall is newly appointed to her role at the Jam Factory. 

She has a long career in both academic and arts organisations and was most recently Director of the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery and the National Art Glass Gallery and Collection.

An accomplished curator and artist, Andrew Purvis has curated a series of ambitious exhibitions in Western Australia, most notably at the Fremantle Arts Centre and the Lawrence Wilson Gallery. 

He has written widely about contemporary art and is a practising visual artist, an award-winning arts writer and an educator.

Entries open for the Fleurieu Biennale Art Prize 2026 on Monday 16 March and close at midnight on Sunday 13 April.

Finalists will be announced in the week starting 4 May, with the winners announced on the opening day of the month-long exhibition on Friday 5 June at Fleurieu Arthouse.