Du Rietz Art Awards

The 2025 Du Rietz Art Awards have now ended.

Entries for the 2026 Du Rietz Art Awards will open 1 May and close 29 June 2026.

The 2026 exhibition will be on display from 5 September - 9 October 2026.

The Du Rietz Art Awards are the premier art competition for the Gympie region, named in honor of the architect of the historic School of Arts building that is home to the gallery.

2025 Finalists on view: 11 October – 21 November 2025.

2025 Award Winners     2D Finalists(PDF, 114KB)     3D Finalists(PDF, 92KB)

Sponsors

Gympie Regional Gallery and Council would like to thank this year's Du Rietz Art Awards sponsors. Your generous support is essential to making this art prize possible.

   

David and Sally Gartshore, Annette Reilly, Heinke Butt, and Drs Calin and Mihaela Negru-Radu.

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 Header image credit: Therese Shanley, 'Summertime sheets' (detail) 2025, oil on board. DRAA Finalist 2025.