The LEDA Art Prize, established in 2024, has quickly become one of the most respected contemporary art awards in Newcastle and the Hunter. This year’s prize is presented by Abicus.

With a prize pool of over $5000 the theme for 2025 is “REFLECTION”

/rɪˈflek.ʃən/

In the stillness of a surface, a shape appears—not fixed, but familiar.

A memory held without speaking, light folding thought into image.

Reflection is not only what is seen, but what returns when looking.

Past and present meet in the space between perception and recall.