19 Welight Students Selected for the 2025 Mosman Youth Art Prize — Junior Second Prize and Highly Commended Award Achieved
- Amanda Chen
- Mar 20, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: May 16, 2025
We are delighted to announce that 19 students and one teacher from Welight Art School have been selected as finalists in the prestigious Mosman Youth Art Prize 2025. Their artworks will be exhibited at the Mosman Art Gallery for a month, celebrating artistic excellence among emerging young creatives.
Among this year’s highlights, a group of Welight students was awarded Second Prize in the Junior Category for a remarkable series of three handscroll paintings illustrating treasured moments from Chinese history. Another student received a Highly Commended Award for an expressive acrylic painting, also in the Junior Category.
Established in 1947, the Mosman Art Prize is one of Australia’s longest-running and most respected local government art awards. The youth division continues to nurture the next generation of artists, attracting hundreds of submissions across diverse media including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, video, printmaking, and ceramics.
We are immensely proud of our students for their outstanding achievements and contributions to the Australian art community. Their dedication, creativity, and artistic vision exemplify the core values we foster at Welight.
Congratulations to all selected artists — your success is a testament to your talent and hard work.
Second Prize-Junior // Treasures of Ancient China //
Candice Chen
Highly Commended - Junior
// Havoc in Isolation //
Lara Li
// Phases Cycle //
Chloe Lin
// Flames of the East //
Emily Chen
// Strawberry Stages //
Carina Li
// Poker Storm //
Lexuan Liu
// Wings and Waves in Paris //
Alvina Hoi Ching Chang
// Self-portrait //
Alexandra Zhang
// Book //
Lydia Shi
// Somebody's Home //
Audrey An
// A way of Preception //
Annie Li
// Lost in Time //
Jannie Li
// My Fish //
Justin Lee
// Emo Elevator //
Ella You
// Still Comfortable?//
Amellia Fan
// Endangered //
Eden Xu
// Hidden Beauty //
Abbigale Xia
// Journey to the Abyss //
Isabella Niu
// Grandpa //
Eric Qiu
Welight Art Teacher
// The Devil‘s Hostel //
Alice Xu
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