The Bridge Art Prize 2026 has announced its 39 finalists for the main art prize.

These artworks will be on display at Willow Court Ladies Cottage in New Norfolk from Sunday 25 October — Sunday 22 November 2026.

Lisa Garland Digit, Dog Bark Road

Frances Malcomson Imperfect Repair

Tim Hadlow Supported and Surrounded

Alexandra Pitt Mother Lode

Jenny Dean Obsolete Relics

Darren Cook (Non) – self – supporting structure

Sarah Elliott Field Day

James King Mothers

Maria MacDermott The Weight of It (Notes from the Archive)

David Pyefinch An Unloved Footing

Paul Evans Internal Grit

Matt Okami “the grudge merchant”

Emily Stone The Weight of a City

Philadelphia Hanson-Viney Fragmentation

Cythia Finlay The Swimmers

Alex Varvaressos REGENISIS

Helena Demczuk Portal, West Lyell

Matt Okami "Barbed morsel" (I want to eat fugu, but I value my life)

Georgia Lilley Eldest Daughter

Tom O’Hern Jenga

Anita Parker Riding the Storm

Elizabeth Braid Soft

Rick Crossland Lightness of Being

Paul Evans The Boulder’s Embrace

Michael Reeve Load Bearing Table

Glenda Hamilton The Bridgewater Bridge

Glen Preece The Carer – The weight of dementia

Andrew Jones Bridge (support)

Justy Phillips & Margaret Woodward Day 940: After the rain (The Rest of Us 2024-)

Andrew Jones load bearing

Anna Arden-Wong Laprena

Fiona Perrin Overloaded

Robert O’Connor Three scenes

Heidi Woodhead Women’s Work

Matt Okami "Juggernaut" (you don't catch a catfish with a gourd)

Cynthia Ellis Compression Limit (Holding Together, Breaking Apart), 2026

Etienne Boura Existentially identical. Intentionally distinct.

Adriaan Vanderlugt The Tasman Bridge

Laura Cope the gap