Dobell prize 2025: Australia's leading prize for drawing
Brian Martin, Methexical Countryscape: Gadubanud #2, 2024, charcoal on paper. Illustration: Brian Martin
Maryanne Coutts, Days (Dress Ode) (detail), 2023–25, handmade paper, collage, watercolour, gouache, ink, synthetic polymer paint, crayons, pencil, biro, antique damask silk, embroidery cotton, single-channel digital animation, 4K, colour. Illustration: Gary Warner
Michelle Molinari, Postcards of the 21st century #1 and #2 (detail), 2024, charcoal and chalk on paper. Illustration: Michelle Molinari
Imogen Eve Rowe, Céleste's Front Yard (red brick and bougainvillea), 2024, watercolour on Yupo paper. Illustration: Imogen Eve Rowe
Eamonn Jackson, Aftermath (detail), 2021–23, graphite on paper. Illustration: Eamonn Jackson
Eamonn Jackson, Aftermath (detail), 2021–23, graphite on paper. Illustration: Eamonn Jackson
J9 Stanton, Shadow of a disappearing landscape, 2024, aluminium mesh. Illustration: Michael Walters
Osvaldo Budet, Black Boy Souvenir (abbreviated title, detail), 2024, chromogenic print and handmade ink from Maitland coal on paper. Illustration: Osvaldo Budet
Cath Brophy, No Place Like Home – Dihua Street, 2024, charcoal, pastel and pencil on aquarelle paper. Illustration: Delphine Guillet
Jennifer Mills, Head in hands, 2023, watercolour and pencil on paper. Illustration: Jennifer Mills
Claire Tozer, The Wetlands, 2024, pencil on paper. Illustration: Claire Tozer
Ellen Bird, Dressing the Afternoon (detail), 2024, graphite on birch board. Illustration: Ellen Bird
Anke Klevjer, Viewing at Sunset (detail), 2023, paper clay, underglaze pencil, underglaze paint, clear glaze. Illustration: Anke Klevjer
Julie Paterson, Menindee Memorial Loop (detail), 2024, cotton, linen, thread. The Dobell prize has existed since 1993 but since it was relaunched in 2019 the prize has 'expanded' its definition of what a drawing can be – meaning this year's finalists used media ranging from coloured pencil, charcoal, chalk and watercolour to clay, human hair and video.
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