About the Meroogal Women’s Art Prize
The Meroogal Women’s Art Prize is a regional, non-acquisitive competition and exhibition.
Women artists from across NSW were invited to submit works, in any medium, that respond to the historic house of Meroogal, its former occupants, and its meaning within broader historical and contemporary contexts.
Artworks selected for the exhibition are now on display throughout the property, located in Nowra on the NSW south coast. The works provide new perspectives on the personal stories of the people who once lived there, and the rich collection of objects that are still contained within the house.
Now on display
Now showing
Exhibition
Meroogal Women’s Art Prize 2024
The biennial Meroogal Women’s Art Prize is now in its 20th year. Artworks selected for the 2024 exhibition are now on display
More information about the 2024 competition
Partners
Now showing
Exhibition
Meroogal Women’s Art Prize 2024
The biennial Meroogal Women’s Art Prize is now in its 20th year. Artworks selected for the 2024 exhibition are now on display
Past winners of the Meroogal Women’s Art Prize
Now in its 20th year, we look back at the past winners of the Meroogal Women’s Art Prize – a regional, non-acquisitive competition and exhibition
Learn more about Meroogal
Discover the history of the house, the people who lived there, and the collection still held within the walls of this historic property
Past exhibitions
Past exhibition
Meroogal Women’s Art Prize 2022
The Meroogal Women’s Art Prize celebrates the creativity and achievements of female artists across NSW
Saturday 17 September
Past exhibition
Meroogal Women’s Art Prize 2020
Inspired by our 2020 themes of community, connection and impact, we’re delighted to be celebrating the achievements and creativity of female artists across NSW
Saturday 19 September
Past exhibition
Meroogal Women’s Art Prize 2018
The Meroogal Women’s Art Prize celebrates the creativity and achievements of female artists across NSW, and pays tribute to the four generations of women from the Thorburn and Macgregor families who lived at Meroogal in Nowra for almost 100 years
Past exhibition
Meroogal Women’s Art Prize 2014
Women artists from across NSW created works in response to Nowra’s historic Meroogal house museum for the 2014 Meroogal Women’s Art Prize
Past exhibition
Meroogal Women's Arts Prize 2011
The Historic Houses Trust has proudly presented the Meroogal Women’s Art Prize since 1998
Past exhibition
Meroogal Women's Arts Prize 2009
The Meroogal Women's Arts Prize is open to all women living on the South Coast and Southern Highlands
Past exhibition
Meroogal Women's Art Prize 2007
Women artists of the South Coast and Southern Highlands were invited to submit art works which responded creatively to the theme, Origins & Identity at Meroogal
Related stories
Celebrating women artists across NSW
The Meroogal Women’s Art Prize, now in its 19th year, was launched on 16 September 2022
In conversation with Ebony Russell
We sat down with the winner of the Meroogal Women’s Art Prize 2022
Museum stories
Make yourself at home
Meroogal became home to four generations of resilient and resourceful women, whose house was their livelihood as well as their home