The Annual
The Annual is Australia’s largest showcase of graduate art and design
Each year, The Annual launches a new generation of creative practitioners from the ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç School of Art & Design.
The exhibition highlights the interdisciplinary practices of students across 3D visualisation, animation, ceramics, drawing, experience design, fashion, furniture, game art, graphics, installation, interaction design, jewellery, moving image, object design, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, sound art, textiles, visual effects, and more.
The Annual 2025
This year's showcase features graduates from undergraduate degrees right through to PhD programs. 170 emerging artists, designers and makers will present new work across the ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Paddington campus and online.Ìý
Exhibition open daily: 8 - 14 December, 10am - 5pm
Exhibition spaces: ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Galleries, AD Space, A Block, Black Box, F Block (Level 1). View campus map
Online exhibition launches on Monday 8 December at 10am.Ìý
The Annual Party: Wednesday 10 December, 6pm - 9pm
Join us on campus to celebrate with our graduates and view the artworks and designs they created for The Annual 2025 exhibition.Ìý
The recipients of the TWT Excellence Prize, The Ross Steele AM Fine Arts Prize and The Frost* Design Prize will also be announced on the night.Ìý
Information for students graduating in 2025
Submissions for The Annual 2025Â have closed.Ìý
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Eligibility
All students graduating from School of Art & Design coursework programs in 2025 can participate in the exhibition and/or website.
To be eligible, you must be completing all coursework in your program in 2025. Exceptions can be made if you have 6-12 units of credit in Electives, General Education or Professional Experience (PEP) remaining.
To be included in the exhibition, you must be available onsite at the Paddington campus for the delivery and collection of your work. This includes the installation period between 26 November - 4 December, and to pick up your work from 15 - 16 December.Ìý
Registration
To be included in either the exhibition or the website, you must register online.
The closes on 11.59pm Monday 1 September (Week 14, Term 2) for undergraduates, and 11.59pm Monday 13 October (Week 5, Term 3) for postgraduates. Late entries submitted after the deadline via email will not be accepted.
For further details on what you need to submit for the website or how to propose work for the exhibition, please read the information below.
If you are confused about what is required in this form, please contact Galleries & Curatorial Assistant, Emily Roebuck at unswgalleries@unsw.edu.au.
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The Annual website is an opportunity to represent your practice through an online profile. This profile includes a 100-word statement about your practice, 1–5 high-quality images of your work, and links to your personal website and/or Instagram account.
Submission of at least one high-quality image is mandatory to be included in the website, and a maximum of five images will be accepted. These images do not need to be the finished work you are planning to exhibit, they just need to be indicative of your practice. Any images or statements supplied must be your own work and must not infringe copyright.
Explore last year's  to understand what is involved.
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The Annual exhibition will be presented across the Paddington campus from 8 - 14 December 2025.Ìý
When proposing work for exhibition, please keep in mind that The Annual is a group show that accommodates works from a large cohort of students across multiple sites throughout the Paddington Campus. You may need to be flexible and will need to work with your course advisors to plan for the best presentation of your work in this context.
Installation
The Annual project team will design and install the exhibition in consultation with your course convenors. You will be notified of a specific date, time, and location to deliver your work between 10am - 5pm from 26 November - 4 December 2025. You will likely need to be onsite during install.
Students with 2D artworks must deliver their work with a suitable hanging system or D-rings attached for display. Students working in moving image should encode videos as a 1080p H264 format MP4 files. Single-channel video works may be displayed on a show-reel. Based on your submission, ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç staff will book AV equipment via the Resource Centre or ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Galleries on your behalf. Please keep in mind that completing the registration form does not guarantee any equipment or installation requests.
Deinstallation
All works must be collected on Monday 15 and Tuesday 16 December 2025 between 10am - 5pm. Works will not be released before these dates. It is the responsibility of all students to re-package and collect their works. Any works not collected on these dates will be disposed of.
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Registration Deadlines
Undegraduate Deadline: 11.59pm Monday 1 September 2025 (Week 14, Term 2)
Postgraduate Deadline: 11.59pm Monday 30 13 October 2025 (Week 5, Term 3)
Installation / Artwork Delivery
26 November – 4 December 2025 (Weeks 11 & 12, Term 3)
(Students will be notified of specific dates and locations to deliver work)
Exhibition Dates
8 - 14 December 2025 (Week 13, Term 3)
Deinstallation / Artwork Collection
15 - 16 December 2025 (Week 14, Term 3)
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Catherine Woolley, Curatorial & Public Engagement Officer
Emily Roebuck, Galleries & Curatorial AssistantEmail: unswgalleries@unsw.edu.au
Header image: Jiaying Qian, Modina 2023 Â
Acknowledgement of Country
ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç School of Art & Design stands on an important place of learning and exchange first occupied by the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples.
We acknowledge the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land that our students and staff share, create and operate on. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and extend this respect to all First Nations peoples across Australia. Sovereignty has never been ceded.
