The Gallipoli Art Prize is an Australian acquisitive art prize that celebrates the Gallipoli campaign of the First World War, awarded annually by the Gallipoli Memorial Club and worth .
The prize's organisers began work in 2004. The Anzac Centenary Art Prize project was announced on 15 April 2005 by Australian prime minister John Howard. The inaugural prize was awarded in 2006, when it was won by Margaret Hadfield. Entries do not need to reference the Gallipoli campaign or portray war: entrants are instead encouraged to "respond imaginatively to the Gallipoli Memorial Club's creed":
The award is run by the Gallipoli Memorial Club. It is open to artists born in Australia, New Zealand or Turkey or holding citizenship of those countries. A connected prize in Turkey, the Canakkale Art Prize, is also run annually and sponsored by the club.
Prize Winners +YearArtistName of worknote2006Margaret HadfieldAtaturk’s Legacy2007Lianne GoughGlorus Fallen2008Tom CarmentMax Carment, War Veteran (The last portrait)2009Euan MacleodSmoke/PinkLandscape/Shovel2010Raymond ArnoldThe dead march here today2011Hadyn WilsonSacrifice2012Geoff HarveyTrench Interment2013Peter WegnerDog in a Gas Mask2014Idris MurphyGallipoli evening 20132015Sally RobinsonBoy Soldiers2016Jiawei ShenYeah, Mate!2017Amanda Penrose HartThe Sphinx, Perpetual Peace2018Steve LopesMont St Quentin2019Martin KingWar Pigeon Diaries2020Alison MackayBreathe2021Geoff Harvey Forgotten Heroes2022Deirdre BeanAlong the ride to Damascus2023Andrew TomkinsRay’s Room2024Luke CornishThe Pity of War
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