The National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA) is Australia's longest running

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award. Established in 1984 as the National Aboriginal Art Award by the

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in Darwin, and also referred to as the Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, the Telstra Award, or Telstra Prize, it is open to all

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artists working in all media. the top prize was worth , and the total prize pool , making it as of August 2022 the richest art prize in the country.

History

The awards were established in 1984 as the National Aboriginal Art Award.

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has sponsored the awards since 1992. The Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair began as a complement to NATSIAA, but is now a separate event under the umbrella of the

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. In 2000, the prize money for the main award was doubled from to . It was increased to in 2014, making it the largest prize for any Indigenous art award. In 2022, the main prize was doubled to , making it equivalent to Australia's richest art prize, the

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for portraiture. The total prize pool, at , makes it as of August 2022 the richest art prize in the country. Each of the category awards tripled from to at the same time.

List of winners

List of NATSIAA award winners the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards featured a main prize plus six category prizes, with a total prize pool of . Telstra Art Award The award was named the Telecom Australia First Prize from 1991 until 1995.. ...

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History

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List of winners

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