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EAA18: Estuary Art and Ecology Award 2024

Exhibition: July 6, 2024 -
August 31, 2024

Opening Event: July 6, 2024

The only contemporary art prize in Aotearoa New Zealand with ecology at its core.

Artists are invited to research and respond to the Tāmaki Estuary, to underscore the ecological value of this vital waterway and encourage action against its pollution.

With a total prize pool of almost $10,000, the winning artworks are intelligent and innovative responses to ecology in the field of contemporary art.

For more information about the Tāmaki Estuary and the work of the Tāmaki Estuary visit the Tāmaki Estuary Environmental Forum (TEEF) visit TEEF Facebook.

Exhibition of Finalists
6 July to 31 August 2024

People’s Choice
Friday 6 September 2024

Congratulations to this years’ finalists:
Hannah Arnold, Alexander Bailey, Ngahina Belton-Bodsworth, Cathy Carter, Julia Christey, Matthew Dowman, Jocelyn Friis, Marion Gordon-Flower, Helen Harvey, Geena Zelma Hill, Niki Simpkin-Hill, Rowan Holt, Atina Hu, Judith Lawson, Alysn Midgelow-Marsden, Chris Mules, Daisy Nicholas, Ainsley O’Connell, Kate Parker, Karen Sewell, Bridget Sutherland, and Sheyne Tuffery.

Congratulations to this years’ winners:
First Place – Matthew Dowman

Second Place – Cathy Carter

Third Place – Alysn Midgelow-Marsden

Merit Awards – Rowan Holt

Merit Awards – Ainsley O’Connell

To read more about our winners, click here.

A picture of the corner of the Malcolm Smith Gallery. Numerous artworks are hung on the walls and there is a sculpture on the floor. A picture of the entrance to the Malcolm Smith Gallery. There is text on the wall explaining that it is showing the 18th Estuary Art and Ecology Awards. A close up of Ainsley O'Connell's entry into the Estuary Art and Ecology Awards. It is a turquoise glass plate, with patterns of concentric circles and slight bleeding of colours along the edges.

Main image credit: Daisy Nicholas, Reflective Tides, 2023