The judging panel for the awards included influential art-world figures David Mach RA HRSA
(chair), Lennox Dunbar RSA, Annie Cattrell RSA, Jessica Harrison RSA and Rachel Maclean RSA (elect).
The winning piece is one of 107 artworks selected from over 2,100 entries currently on display at Kirkcudbright Galleries. Each of the works selected do not allow the viewer to be passive but instead, provoke a reaction, inviting conversations that challenge the concept of landscape art. Unlike traditional landscape painting, many have a greater sense of connection to a place or a time rather than depicting a recognisable location. The resulting
exhibition is the biggest and most ambitious survey of contemporary landscape art in Scotland today and includes emerging artists alongside established professionals working
across a wide range of media – from painting, sculpture, drawing and miniatures, to photography and film.
Open to anyone over 16 years, born, living or studying in Scotland, regardless of experience, the Scottish Landscape Awards is Scotland’s newest and biggest prize for contemporary
landscape art, giving visibility to a mix of well-established artists as well as newcomers across a diversity of styles. It is managed by the Scottish Arts Trust, a registered charity dedicated to promoting the arts in Scotland which also manages the Scottish Portrait
Awards.
The Scottish Landscape Awards exhibition is free to visit and runs at Kirkcudbright Galleries from 5 July and runs until Saturday 28 September 2025. Opening times are:
Open daily: Monday – Saturday: 10am – 5pm
and Sundays: 11:30 – 5pm
Last entry at 4:45pm
THE SCOTTISH LANDSCAPE AWARDS 2025
£10,000 – First Prize, The Lapeca Scottish Landscape Award: ‘Glen Croe landslide, 31st August, 2020’ by Mick McGraw. Donated by the Howell family. For works in any medium. The winner will also receive a new commission created by Lorna Fraser, former winner of the Scottish Landscape Awards Sculpture in 2023.
£5,000 – Second Prize: ‘Deluge’ by Baldvin Ringsted. Donated by the Robert Haldane Smith Foundation. For works in any medium.
£1,000 – Third Prize: ‘Stillness, Glencoe’ by Martin Rek. Donated by the McLean family. For works in any medium.
£3,000 – The Scottish Landscape Award for Environmental Art and £3,000: ‘Boom’ by Sándor Nagy. Donated by the Cruden Foundation. For works in any medium that address an environmental issue.
£1,000 – The Scottish Landscape Photography Award: ‘Gas Giant’ by Thomson and Craighead. Donated by the Scottish Arts Trust. For works produced using any photographic process.
£1,000 – Young Landscape Artist (16-25 years): ‘Tourist Handbook: What to Do in Tourist Attractions’ by Yiwei Xu. Donated by Irene Adams OBE. For works in any medium.
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