Prize & Awards
Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture 2020
$60,000
Supported by The Vera Moore Foundation.
The Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture 2020 will recognise and reward a Victorian sculptor for their existing body of work.
It will also take into consideration their contribution to the practice of sculpture over their career, and their current work in progress and proposed work.
The Prize is open to to artists across all career stages.
Rural & Regional Development Award 2020
$40,000
Supported by The Geoff and Helen Handbury Foundation to provide opportunities to sculptors in rural and regional Victoria
The Rural & Regional Development Award 2020 will recognise and reward a sculptor who resides in rural and regional Victoria. It will provide the winner with the opportunity to develop their practice and benefit their community.
The Award is open to to artists across all career stages.
The GURNER™ Commission will not be awarded this year.
Professional Development Award 2020
$10,000
Supported by Federation Square and the Melbourne Prize Trust.
The Award will be given to a Victorian sculptor to develop their practice.
The Award is open to to artists across all career stages.
Civic Choice Award 2020
$3,000
Supported by the Melbourne Prize Trust.
Awarded to a finalist in the Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture 2020 with the highest number of public votes.
Voting opens on September 2 at www.melbourneprize.org and closes on November 11 at 5pm.
Past winners
2017
Daniel von Sturmer
Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture 2017
Emma Anna
Public Artwork Design Concept Award 2017
Bridie Lunney
Professional Development Award 2017
Fayen d’Evie
Rural & Regional Development Award 2017
Sarah crowest
Civic Choice Award 2017
2014
Geoff Robbinson
Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture 2014
15 locations / 15 minutes / 15 days
Aleks Danko
Rural & Regional Development Award 2014
Kay Abude
Civic Choice Award 2014
Professional Development Award 2014
Piecework
2011
Bianca Hester
Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture 2011
A world, fully accessible by no living being
Isaac Greener & Lucas Maddock
Professional Development Award 2011
Civic Choice Award 2011
Apostle No.2
2008
Alexander Knox
Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture 2008
maxims of behaviour
Tom Nicholson
Professional Development Award 2008
Monument for the flooding of Royal Park
Louise Paramor
VicUrban Award 2008
Tritonic Jam Session
Elaine Miles
Civic Choice Award 2008
Reflections
2005
OSW: Terri Bird, Bianca Hester, Natasha Johns-Messenger and Scott Mitchell
Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture 2005
groundings
Karen Abernethy
Professional Development Award 2005
echophene
Simon Perry
Fabrication Award 2005
Public Address
Matthew de Moiser
Civic Choice Award 2005
Parasite