The Burnie Print Prize is a biannual acquisitive art competition developed by the Burnie Regional Art Gallery, and held in

Burnie Burnie ( ; Aboriginal Tasmanians#North, pirinilaplu/palawa kani: ''Pataway'') is a port city located on the North West Tasmania, north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. It is the fourth largest city on the island, located approximately north ...

Tasmania Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ...

, Australia. Established in 2007, it showcases the best works from Australian print makers, and aims to develop the gallery's print collection, focusing on printmaking, techniques in

relief printing Relief printing is a family of printing methods where a printing block, plate or matrix (printing), matrix, which has had ink applied to its non-recessed surface, is brought into contact with paper. The non-recessed surface will leave ink on th ...

intaglio printing Intaglio ( ; ) is the family of printing and printmaking techniques in which the image is incised into a surface and the incised line or sunken area holds the ink. It is the direct opposite of a relief print where the parts of the matrix that m ...

planographic printing Planographic printing means printing from a flat surface, as opposed to a raised surface (as with relief printing) or incised surface (as with intaglio printing). Lithography and offset lithography are planographic processes that rely on the pro ...

, and

stencil printing Stencil printing is the process of depositing solder paste on the printed wiring boards (PWBs) to establish electrical connections. It is immediately followed by the component placement stage. The equipment and materials used in this stage ...

. The total prize pool is , with the main winner receiving $17,000, an emerging artist prize of $5,000, and a $1,000 People's Choice Award. Artists can enter works that have been completed in the two years prior to the event. The shortlisted entries are displayed in the accompanying Burnie Print Prize exhibition.

Selected winners

* 2007 – Belinda Fox * 2011 – David Frazer * 2015 – Neil Malone * 2017 – David Frazer and Patricia Wilson-Adams * 2019 –

Rew Hanks Rew Hanks (born 1958) is an Australian printmaker who specialises in hand painted linocut. Hanks is known for his highly detailed works that explore Australian cultural histories whilst also making wry social commentaries. Born in 1958, in Sydn ...

for ''Gone fishing east of Faskrudsfjordur'' * 2021 – Annika Romeyn for ''Guerilla Bay 3'' * 2023 – Niloufar Lovegrove for ''Glorious Peace'' * 2024 – Sally Baldwin for ''After the bushfires – Regeneration'' * 2025 – Lois Waters for ''Pleat 4''

References

{{Australian art awards Australian visual arts awards Awards established in 2007 Burnie, Tasmania