The highly anticipated A1 Darebin Art Salon is back for another year celebrating art, creativity and expression within our community!
This will be the fifth iteration of this major biennial art prize and exhibition, which allows local artists and crafters at any stage in their career to exhibit their work in a public art gallery. Featuring over 150 artists who live, work, study or base their creative practice in the City of Darebin.
PRIZES
The Exhibiting Award: The winner of this prize will receive a Solo Exhibition at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre in 2026.
Four People’s Choice Awards will be awarded in the following categories:
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Photography
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Painting
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Drawing/printmaking
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Textile/mixed media
A1 Darebin Art Salon Exhibiting Artists
This year is our biggest show yet with over 150 exhibiting artists. Congratulations to the following local artists:
Aditi SINGH | AARTICHOKE STUDIOS | Aldona KMIEĆ | Alizon GRAY | Allanah SARAFIAN | Amelia GEORGE | Andrew GALT | Andrew TAN | Angela BLAZEVIC | Ange LOUDON | Anne WARREN | Annette WAGNER | Annie WALTER | BILLIE | Antoinetta O’KEEFE | Arie Rain GLORIE | BASH | Beatrice ASLANIDIS | Bruce BAYCROFT | Celeste DE CLARIO DAVIS | Chabelo MENDEZ | Chan JADE | Chelsea POUNTNEY | Chris ELSBURY | Chris ERLANDSEN | Clare Patricia DILWORTH | GLORIE | Cristina ALVARADO | Csilla DWYER HINKLEY | Dana KABAILA | Danae SWINBURNE | Daniel REED | Darryl TILSON | Dedunu HEWAMADDUMA | Dimitra NUND | Dipinder KAUR | Dominic MOLINARI | Eddy BURGER | Ekim KOSE | Elana GRUNBERG | Elise FRANCIS | Elizabeth BARR | Elsie-Marina GRIMMER | Emily COLAIDIS | Xana THORSSON | Enver CAMDAL | Eugene VON NAGY | Eve MARTIN | Evie ROSA | Fiona TAYLOR | Fiona MCDONALD | Floriane INGABIRE | Gaye BRITT | George EUSTICE | Gina AUCIELLO | Gloria SULLI | Greg FULLERTON | Hacer KOCA | Hannah GORNALLE | Hannah FOX | Hannah DUNLOP | Heidi PETERS | Heidi SCHOENHEIMER | Heika WILLIAMS | Helen KOCIS EDWARDS | Helen ANDERSON | Helen PASSALIS | Helvi APTED | iaki VALLEJO | Isobel HUTTON | Jacinta MAUDE | Jade RICHARDS-BUTLER | James BONNICI | Jennifer SMYTH | Jenny MARINOVIC | Jessi WONG | 23rd Key | Jo ROCK | Joanna KIRIAZIS | Joanne TING MAHON | Joseph CARTER – WEIDENBAUM | Josephine GAMBARO | Joy BARRETT | Justin Louis LABELLE | Karen MACDONALD | Kate GORRINGE-SMITH | Kate GABB | Kathryn O’HALLORAN | Katrina DOBBS | KIKI | Kelsey ROWE | Kim LOUGHRON | Klari AGAR | Kristine LANYON | Kylie ATKINSON | Lauren GORRIE | Lesley and Patrick FRANCIS | Letizia FABA | Lilac KAMIYA | Liwen LIAN | Maddie Jayne YATES | Maggie BROWN | Manda WOLF | Maggy NIGRO | Maria MARAGOS | Maria COLAIDIS | Lucia GAMBARO | Marie PACKER | Marion May CAMPBELL | BRAM | Merinda RIES | Michelle HARRINGTON | Michelle FERREIRA | Mikaela Jane CORDERO | Mohamed ABUMEIS | Natalie GUNN | Natasha PALICH | Nathalie FERNANDES | Nikki O’CALLAGHAN | Nicole ROBERTSON | Nicky TSOURLENES | Nicole GAMMIE | Omondi OKELLO | Oscar SAUNDERS | Trish RANCE | Patrick JONES | Penny POLLARD | Polly BASTOW | HEWA | Renae OKAO | Robert HAILS | Ryley CLARKE | Sally SWAN | Samira STEPHENS | Sandra DRUMMOND | Sandy CALDOW | Shane REYNOLDS | Sharon CRABB | Sheena MATHIESON | Shirley-Mae CADWICK-PASK | Shive NAGAH | Siobhan HANNIGAN | Sonya BADING | Stephanie MIGNANELLI | Stuart GLUTH | Tess COOPER | Thitibodee RUNGTEERAWATTANANON | Vijai BEBARENDE GURUGE | Wanda GILLESPIE | Xantia VALENTINA | Yasmin ELLIS | Ying HUANG | Zennie MCLOUGHLIN
Opening Event
Join us at the Opening Event & Prize Announcement for The A1 Darebin Art Salon 2025 on Sat 15 March from 4:00- 6:00 PM. Click here for more details, free to attend, all welcome.
Image: A1 Darebin Art Salon Opening Event 2023. Photography credit: Keelan O’Hehir
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