TheGallipoli Art Prize is an Australian acquisitive art prize that celebrates theGallipoli campaign of theFirst World War, awarded annually by the Gallipoli Memorial Club and worthA$20,000.[1][2]
The prize's organisers began work in 2004. TheAnzac Centenary Art Prize project was announced on 15 April 2005 by Australian prime ministerJohn Howard. The inaugural prize was awarded in 2006, when it was won by Margaret Hadfield.[2]
Entries do not need to reference the Gallipoli campaign or portray war: entrants are instead encouraged to "respond imaginatively to the Gallipoli Memorial Club's creed":[1]
We believe that within the community there exists an obligation for all to preserve the special qualities of loyalty, respect, love of country, courage and comradeship which were personified by the heroes of the Gallipoli Campaign and bequeathed to all humanity as a foundation for perpetual peace and universal freedom.
The award is run by the Gallipoli Memorial Club. It is open to artists born in Australia, New Zealand or Turkey or holding citizenship of those countries.[1] A connected prize in Turkey, the Canakkale Art Prize, is also run annually and sponsored by the club.[3]
| Year | Artist | Name of work | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Margaret Hadfield | Ataturk’s Legacy | [4] |
| 2007 | Lianne Gough | Glorus Fallen | [4] |
| 2008 | Tom Carment | Max Carment, War Veteran (The last portrait) | [5] |
| 2009 | Euan Macleod | Smoke/PinkLandscape/Shovel | [6] |
| 2010 | Raymond Arnold | The dead march here today | [4] |
| 2011 | Hadyn Wilson | Sacrifice | [7] |
| 2012 | Geoff Harvey | Trench Interment | [8] |
| 2013 | Peter Wegner | Dog in a Gas Mask | [9] |
| 2014 | Idris Murphy | Gallipoli evening 2013 | [10] |
| 2015 | Sally Robinson | Boy Soldiers | [11] |
| 2016 | Jiawei Shen | Yeah, Mate! | [12] |
| 2017 | Amanda Penrose Hart | The Sphinx, Perpetual Peace | [13] |
| 2018 | Steve Lopes | Mont St Quentin | [14] |
| 2019 | Martin King | War Pigeon Diaries | [14] |
| 2020 | Alison Mackay | Breathe | [14] |
| 2021 | Geoff Harvey | Forgotten Heroes | [14] |
| 2022 | Deirdre Bean | Along the ride to Damascus | [15] |
| 2023 | Andrew Tomkins | Ray’s Room | [4] |
| 2024 | Luke Cornish | The Pity of War | [16] |