Wayne Elliott was judged as winner of the 2026 $15,000 Harden National Acquisitive Art Prize for Landscape painting for his work "Warracknabeal". Wayne is an Contemporary Australian artist who has exhibited in galleries throughout Australia, Europe and North America. His works have been exhibited in many Regional Art Galleries throughout Australia including Warrnambool, Broken Hill, Swan Hill, Port Pirie, Alice Springs and Mildura. His work is in museum collections in Serbia, Bulgaria and Canada as well as the Swan Hill Art Gallery collection.
Wayne has been shortlisted for many Contemporary Art awards including the Alice Springs Contemporary Art Prize, The Broken Hill Art Gallery, “Outback Art Prize and twice short listed for the International Cricket Art Prize. Wayne's profile has expanded rapidly in the last few years having exhibited in New York (USA), Canada, Germany and Poland. Wayne was invited to exhibit at the International Art Naif Festival in Katowice, Poland in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
Wayne travelled to Canada in 2014 to deliver his artwork "Arden st, Gasometers, the elephant and RC's" to be included in International art collection @ Musee International D'art Naif Magog, Quebec, Canada.
Wayne will be exhibiting at the 2018 Art Naif Festival in Katowice Poland and Finland.
Exhibited at the International D'art Naif Magog, Quebec, Canada, The Hive Gallery, Ocean Grove and the Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery exhibition opened March 28th, 2019 to 26th May, 2019
Exhibiting Art Naif Exhibition, Katowice, Poland opened June 8th till August 10th, 2019
Finalist 2020 Pro Hart Outback Art Prize
Artist In Residence Barkly Arts, Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, July 28th to August 7th 2019
Exhibiting International 2nd Triennial Self-Taught Visionary Art, Museum of Naive and Marginal Art, Jargodina, Serbia Opens 28th October.
Finalist 2020 Pro Hart Outback Art Prize, Broken Hill Regional Gallery
Group Exhibition, ", Living in Covid Times", International D'art Naif Magog, Quebec, Canada,
Finalist 2024 Pro Hart Outback Art prize, Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery
Winner 2025 $5,000 Flanagan Art Prize, Panel Award, Ballarat
Winner 2025 Naive Art award, Queenscliff Art prize
Finalist 2025 Pro Hart Outback Art Prize, Broken Hill Regional Gallery
Winner 2026 $15,000 Harden Landscape Art Prize