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The qu!etriot Art Prize

Entries are now open for the Quiet Riot – Annual Small Works Art Prize 2026, a national open call for wall-based artworks measuring 30 × 30cm or less.

This is not about scale. It’s about precision, restraint, and impact.

Quiet Riot brings together artists from across Australia - emerging and established, who are willing to work within limits and push against them. Across disciplines and materials, each work is an exercise in compression: ideas distilled, gestures sharpened, intent made clear.

Set within the historic Barwon Park Mansion, the exhibition stages a quiet tension - between past and present, control and disruption, intimacy and force.

Hundreds of works. One constraint.

All eligible entries are exhibited.

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The Details

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The Details *

    • Open to artists across Australia

    • Open to emerging and established artists

    • Open to individual artists and collectives

    • Artists must be 18 years or older

    • Maximum one (1) artwork per artist

  • First Prize
    $2,000 AUD (Non-acquisitive)
    Selected by the judging panel

    Second Prize – People’s Choice Award
    $500 AUD (Non-acquisitive)
    Nominated by the general public

    • Entries Open: Sunday 31st May 2026

    • Entries Close: Monday 20th July 2026

  • Entries must be submitted via the official Quiet Riot online entry form.

    Entry Fee:
    $40 AUD per artwork (non-refundable)

    Submission of an entry constitutes acceptance of these Terms & Conditions.

  • In-Person Drop-Off:

    • The Rose Street Artists’ Market 60 Rose Street Fitzroy on
      Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th July 2026 between 11am - 4pm or

    • Barwon Park Mansion Wednesday 29th July 11am - 4pm.

    Courier Deliveries:

    • To The Rose Street Artists’ Market, 60 Rose Street Fitzroy on Wednesday 29th & Thursday 30th July 2026 between 11am - 4pm.

    In-Person Collection:

    • In person at The Rose Street Artists’ Market, 60 Rose Street Fitzroy on Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th August 2026 between 11am - 4pm.

  • If you are an interstate or international artist, or if you can't make the collection dates of Saturday 15th August or Sunday 16th August 2026, please submit a Post Return Request and we will organise for your artwork to be returned to you via post at the exhibition's end.

  • All artworks must:

    • Measure 30cm × 30cm or smaller (including frame or mounting)

    • Be wall-based and suitable for hanging

    • Be delivered ready to hang

    • Be completed within the past three (3) years

    • Be the original work of the artist

    Accepted mediums include (but are not limited to):

    • Painting

    • Drawing

    • Photography

    • Printmaking

    • Textiles and fibre work

    • Wall-based ceramics and sculptural works

    • Mixed media

    All works must be structurally sound and safe for handling and display.

    Works deemed unsafe or unsuitable will not be exhibited.

  • Location

    • Barwon Park Mansion
      105 Inverleigh Road, Winchelsea VIC 3241

    Dates

    • Saturday 1st August - Sunday 9th August 2026 between 11am - 4pm.

      *Please go to www.nationaltrust.org.au for more gallery and venue information.

    • Saturday 1st August 2026 1pm - 4pm

    • Barwon Park Mansion
      105 Inverleigh Road Winchelsea Victoria.

      Wadawurrung Country
      We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Victoria and recognise their continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures; and to Elders past and present.

  • While all eligible works will be exhibited, the exhibition will be curated to ensure a cohesive and balanced presentation.

    Curatorial considerations include:

    • Interpretation of the Quiet Riot manifesto

    • Strength of concept and narrative

    • Technical execution

    • Innovation across medium and material

    • Overall exhibition cohesion

  • The judging panel will consist of three practicing artists from diverse disciplines. Guest judge

    will be announced prior to the exhibition.

    Assessment Criteria:

    • Technical skill

    • Aesthetic resolution

    • Conceptual clarity

    • Innovation within medium

    All judging decisions are final.

    • Artworks may be listed for sale at the artist’s discretion

    • Pricing is set at the time of entry

    • A 30% commission (including GST) applies to all sales

    • Artists will be notified of sales

    • Payments will be processed within 30 days following the exhibition