Artspace, in collaboration with Create NSW, is launching its latest exhibition, the 2025 NSW Visual Arts Fellowship (Emerging) on Thursday 21st August. The exhibition will run until October 19. 

The NSW Visual Arts Fellowship (Emerging) program celebrates the dynamism of early-career artists in New South Wales. Presented in partnership with Create NSW, a shortlist of finalists is selected each year by an independent panel of esteemed industry peers to work closely with an early-career curator. Within this supportive environment, artists are encouraged to be experimental, expansive, and risk-taking, developing ambitious presentations for a group exhibition at Artspace.

The exhibition presents shortlisted finalists, Ellen Ferrier, Ellie Hannon, Ali Noble, Vedika Rampal, Joel Sherwood Spring, and Ali Tahayori. One artist will win $30,000 to pursue a self-directed professional development program. The winner will be announced on Thursday, August 21, at 6:30 pm during the exhibition opening event. 

Monday Daily’s Eva Greifeneder chatted with Artspace Associate Curator, Sarah Rose, about the exhibition. 

VAF(E) is on from 21 August to Sunday 19 October 2025 at the Artspace Visual Arts Centre, housed in the historic Gunnery Building in Woolloomooloo.