FUSE Glass Prize

Presented by JamFactory, the FUSE Glass Prize is a non-acquisitive biennial prize for Australian and New Zealand glass artists. The winner of the FUSE Glass Prize will receive a cash prize of AU$20,000. In addition, the winner of the David Henshall Emerging Artist Prize will receive AU$5,000 cash and a professional development opportunity at JamFactory valued at a further AU$5,000.

Since it was established in 2016, the FUSE Glass Prize has become the most prestigious platform for celebrating and supporting outstanding glass artists from Australian and New Zealand.

18 Finalists (12 Established Artists and 6 Emerging Artists) will be selected as part of an exhibition at JamFactory, Adelaide before touring to the ANU School of Art & Design Gallery, Canberra .

The biennial FUSE Glass Prize and FUSE Glass Residency continues to be predominately funded through private philanthropy and sponsorship with ongoing support from the Carrekers alongside Dr Pamela Wall OAM and Dr Ian Wall AM (1931-2022), David McKee AO and Pam McKee, Diana Laidlaw AM, Susan Armitage, Nicholas Linke OAM Maia Ambegaokar and Joshua Bishop. The David & Dulcie Henshall Foundation continue to generously support the Emerging Artist Category of FUSE through the David Henshall Emerging Artist Prize.

Emerging Finalists: Racquel Austin-Abdullah (Vic), Jordan Benson (Vic), Bradley East (SA), Bindi Nimmo (SA), Isobel Waters (SA), April Widdup (ACT)
Established Finalists: Gabriella Bisetto (SA), Annette Blair (NSW), Dominic Burrell (NZ), Christine Cathie (NZ)
Mel Douglas (ACT), Nicholas Folland (SA), Holly Grace (NSW), Jessica Loughlin (SA), Nick Mount (SA), Kirstie Rea (NSW), Tom Rowney (NSW), Janice Vitkovsky (SA)

Bindi Nimmo, No Grown Ups Allowed, 2025, Image: Connor Patterson