The National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA) is

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's longest running Indigenous art award. Established in 1984 as the National Aboriginal Art Award by the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory in Darwin, the annual award is commonly 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 is worth , and the total prize pool , making it as of August 2022 the richest art prize in the country.

History

The NATSIAA was established in 1984 as the National Aboriginal Art Award.

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has sponsored the awards since 1992. The

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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. There have also been two travelling exhibitions, in 2000 and 2003, enabling up to 50 selected works to be shown in regional galleries around Australia.

List of winners

List of NATSIAA award winners the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards features a main prize plus six category prizes, with a total prize pool of : * Telstra Art Award – * Telstra General Painting Award * Telstra Bark Painting Award * Telstr ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award Australian Aboriginal art Australian art awards Organisations serving Indigenous Australians Awards honoring indigenous people Awards established in 1984 1984 establishments in Australia

History

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List of winners

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