The Allens Arthur Robinson Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award is a high-profile, locally driven, national award, currently recognising extraordinary Australian young and emerging visual artists.
The award offers an acquisitive first prize of $5000, a highly commended prize of $1500 and $800 commended prize. Established in 1981 and awarded biennially, it is one of a limited number of opportunities for young talent aged between 18 and 28 years, to be profiled and recognised by both arts industry peers and the broader community.
Lloyd Rees's legacy is that his work continues to be recognised, respected and associated with excellence in the visual arts. Therefore the award attracts a high calibre of entrants who work in painting, drawing and printmaking.
A rotating panel of visual arts experts judges the award. The panel has been lead by Guy Warren, an Archibald-winning artist and close friend of Lloyd Rees, since its establishment. The Rees family continues to support and be closely associated with the award. In 2007 our esteemed judges include Euan Macleod and Mirabel Fitzgerald. Euan Macleod was the winner of the prestigious Archibald Prize for portraiture in 1999. His paintings and drawings feature in prominent public and private collections throughout Australia and overseas, including the National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Australia, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the Chartwell Collection, New Zealand.
Mirabel Fitzgerald is a Honorary Associate Professor and former Head of Department, Print Media Studio at the Sydney College of the Arts and is an accomplished exhibiting artist and print maker.
Use the links on the left to find out more information about the exhibition, and to read about previous winners.
For further information, contact Centrehouse:
The Manager, Centrehouse
178 Longueville Road,
Lane Cove, NSW 2066
Ph: (02) 9428 4898
Website: http://www.centrehouse.org.au
