Calling artists from across Aotearoa!
The ILT Murihiku Art Awards 2025 are now open for entries - a nationally recognised award based in the heart of Southland, celebrating outstanding contemporary visual art in all its forms.

Presented in partnership by the Invercargill Public Art Gallery and the Southland Art Society, the awards offer artists from across the motu the opportunity to exhibit, connect, and be recognised for their work - with $20,000 in prize money on offer.

Artists may submit up to two original works, across any visual art medium - including painting, printmaking, sculpture, jewellery, photography/digital, graphic, or video-based work. 

All entries must be:

• One-off original artworks
• Completed within the last 12 months
• Not previously exhibited in Murihiku
  
  Thanks to the generous support of our key sponsors - the Invercargill Licensing Trust and Beattie McDowell Architects - the 2025 Awards include the following prizes:

Supreme Award - $8,000

Second Prize - $4,000

Third Prize - $2,000

IPAG or SAS Membership Award - $2,000

Beattie McDowell Southland Award - $2,000

Innovation Award - $1,000

People’s Choice Award - $500

Rangatahi Award - $500

📅 Entries close: 5pm, Friday 5th September 2025
📩 Artists notified of selection: by 19th September 2025
We welcome established and emerging artists alike.

Online entry is preferred via the link below, but physical entry forms can also be collected from He Waka Tuia, 42 Kelvin Street, Invercargill, if needed.

$25 per entry for non members / $20 per entry for members

https://tinyurl.com/ILT-Murihiku-Art-Award-Entries