Fleurieu Art Prize

The Fleurieu Art Prize is held in South Australia and takes its name from the Fleurieu Peninsula, the area that surrounds the venues where the original exhibitions were held. At one time the main landscape prize of A$65,000 (equivalent to $67,530 in 2018) was the richest landscape prize in the world.[1] The competition was established in 1998 by artist David Dridan, vigneron Greg Trott and businessman Tony Parkinson with the support of major wineries from the area. In the period from 1998 to 2017, it has been awarded nine times. It has also been run in conjunction with other art prizes.

Over the years the prize has taken a variety of forms and has had several name changes, including the Fleurieu Biennale. In 2016, the prize entries were shown at the Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art in Adelaide, and the Fleurieu Food + Wine Art Prize (FF+WAP) was revived as a community run exhibition in McLaren Vale.

In 2018 the competition was named the Fleurieu Biennale Art Prize and was shown in McLaren Vale and Goolwa. In 2020 the Fleurieu Biennale Art Prize returns to its roots in Mclaren Vale. The exhibition of finalists with be shown at the Fleurieu and McLaren Vale Visitors Centre, the Fleurieu Art House and the Hardy's Tintara Sculpture Park. Entries from Australian visual artists over 18 are open for both 2D and 3D works, responding to the theme Of the Earth. Two AU$20,000 non-acquisitive prizes, one for 2D work and one for 3D work will be announced on 13 June 2020.[2]