Luminance Young Artist 2025: Luke Baker, Little Bay, acrylic on canvas, 76cm x 51cm.
Luminance Highly Commended Young Artist 2025: Zen Steep, Offshore, still life photography, 36 x 43cm.
Young & Emerging Artists Exhibition
22 July - 21 August 2025
More than 50 artists from the NSW Mid North Coast submitted entries for the Luminance young and emerging artists exhibition. Twelve young artists were shortlisted, alongside eleven emerging artists.
Established local artists Wendy Stokes and Stephen Killick judged the shortlisted works and selected the best in each category: young artists aged 15 - 25; and emerging artists aged 25 and up.
And the 2025 winners are:
Luminance Young Artist: Luke Baker, Little Bay.
Luminance Emerging Artist: Norma Flint, Banksia.
Highly Commended Young Artist: Zen Steep, Offshore
Highly Commended Emerging Artist: Anne de Nooijer, A Passionate Sadness
People’s Choice Award: Veronika Pollock, Tell Us Another Story.
Luminance Emerging Artist 2025: Norma Flint, Banksia, acrylic on canvas 140 x 140cm.
Luminance People's Choice Winner: Veronica Pollock, Tell Us Another Story, acrylic over charcoal on wood, 68 x 96cm.
Luminance Highly Commended Emerging Artist: Anne de Nooijer, A Passionate Sadness, hand dyed cotton, reclaimed denim, reclaimed tulle and woven banana fibre, 51 x 76 x 4 cm.
Luminance
Art Gallery
On Birpai Country
Port Macquarie
Mid North Coast
Shop 2, 26 Clarence Street, Port Macquarie.
In the Garrison Building, across the forecourt from Glasshouse.
Contact: 0491 764 745
art@luminancegallery.com.au
Open Thursday to Saturday, 11am to 4pm.
Also open by appointment
Coming up:
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29 August - 25 September 2025
Suzannah Jones & Myffie Coady: abstracts and impressions.
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1 October - 30 October 2025
New work by Skye Petho and Rosalyn Fuhrer
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13 November - 28 November 2025
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6 December - 27 December 20205
It’s all about joy. Artists from across the Mid North Coast share their version of joy. Special guest: Luke Baker, winner of the 2025 Luminance Young Artist Award.
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2 January - 30 January 2026
New work by Wendy Stokes, Stephen Killick, Jo Davidson, Malcolm Harding.
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February 2026
Group show featuring work by Jacinta Janik and special guest Norma Flint, winner of the 2025 Luminance Emerging Artist Award.
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March 2026 is available for a group or solo exhibition.