Entries are now open for the prestigious Fleurieu Biennale Art Prize, returning  for 2024 after COVID cancellation in 2020 and 2022.

Previously known as the Fleurieu Art Prize, the Fleurieu Biennale is a not for profit arts organisation founded in 1998 to promote the Fleurieu region.

The non-acquisitive art prize is open to Australian visual artists, aged 18 years and over, who create two or three dimensional artworks.

The 2024 exhibition, exploring the theme A Sense of Place, will be held at the Fleurieu Arthouse in McLaren Vale from 7 June to 14 July.

There are three prizes: the Fleurieu Art Prize of $20,000; an Emerging Artists Prize of $5,000; and a People’s Choice award of $2,000. 

Winners will be announced at Fleurieu Arthouse on the opening evening, Friday 7 June.

The judges are Lisa Slade, Assistant Director, Artistic Programs at Art Gallery of South Australia; Brian Parkes, CEO at Jam Factory; and Nicholas Folland, Head of Contemporary Studies and Sculpture at Adelaide Central School of Art.

Full details can be found on the Fleurieu Biennale Art Prize website.