List of NATSIAA award winners

the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards featured a main prize plus six category prizes, with a total prize pool of.

Telstra Art Award

The award was named the Telecom Australia First Prize from 1991 until 1995.. From 2022, the prize money was doubled from to.

1984 Second and third prizes

Year	Artist	Title	Origin	Notes
1984		Three faces of the sun	Northern Territory	1984 third prize

Telstra General Painting Award

First awarded in 1985, then not awarded again until 1995 when it was called the Telstra Open Painting until 2000, when the name was changed to the Telstra General Painting Award.

Year	Artist	Title	Origin	Notes
1985		Tjanangkamurramurra	Northern Territory
1995		Last of the Spiritual Black Trackers	Queensland
1996		Memories of Fishing with the Family	South Australia
1997		Ration Day, Burnt Bridge	New South Wales
1998		Tarrajayan Country	Western Australia
1999		Wild Black Plum Dreaming	Northern Territory
2000		Tickelara Country	Western Australia
2001	Midpul Prince of Wales	Body Marks	Northern Territory
2002		Suppertime	New South Wales
2003		Syaw- Fish Net	Northern Territory
2004		Kurtal Jila	Western Australia
2005		Yam Dreaming	Northern Territory
2006		The Witch Doctor and the Windmill	Western Australia
2007		Near Ruined City	Northern Territory
2008		Untiteled	Western Australia
2009		Untitled	Western Australia
2010		Papa Tjukurpa and Pukara	South Australia
2011		Untitled	Northern Territory
2012		Untitled	South Australia
2013		Yalgumunken	Queensland
2014		Wirnpa and Sons	Western Australia
2015		Antara	Northern Territory
2016		Antara	South Australia
2017		Ngura Pilti	South Australia
2018		Ngura	South Australia
2021	Bugai Whyoulter	Wantili	Western Australia
2022	Betty Muffler	Ngangkari Ngura	South Australia
2023	Julie Nangala Robertson	Mina Mina	Northern Territory
2024	Lydia Balbal	Keeping up with the Balbals	Western Australia

Wandjuk Marika 3D Memorial Award (sponsored by Telstra)

This award is named after notable bark painter Wandjuk Marika. It was previously known as the Memorial Award for Mawalan’s Eldest Son from until 1993.

Year	Artist	Title	Origin	Notes
1987		Milky Way	Western Australia
1995		Path of Destruction from the Indigenous Archives	Northern Territory
1996		Hollow-log Bone-coffin with Gulach, Spike Rush Design	Northern Territory
1997		Family of Yawkyawk Mermaid	Northern Territory
1998		Rainforest Swords and Shields	Western Australia
1999		Hunting Party	Northern Territory
2000		Jewel of the Sea	Tasmania
2001		Saltwater Crocodile	Queensland
2002		Eeranda Pmara Nukanala	Northern Territory
2003		Conical Fishtrap	Northern Territory
2004		Lorrkon Hollow Log	Northern Territory
2005		Milngiyawuy	Northern Territory
2006		Dhakandjali	Northern Territory
2007		Goolburris on the Bungil Creek	Queensland
2008		Incident at Mutpi	Yirrkala, Northern Territory
2009		Dhalktj - Bilby	Western Australia
2010		Bamurrungu	Yirrkala, Northern Territory
2011		'Banumbirr	Western Australia
2012		Namorroddo.	Northern Territory
2013		They come from nowhere.	Alice Springs, Northern Territory
2014		Kaygasiw Usul	Torres Strait Islands, Queensland
2015		Rhonda	Alice Springs, Northern Territory
2016		We are all animals	New South Wales
2017		Nyurruga Muulawaddi	Queensland
2018		Destiny	Northern Territory
2019		Rainbows in the lilies	Northern Territory
2021	Hubert Pareroultja and Mervyn Rubuntja	Through the veil of time	Western Australia / Northern Territory
2022	Bonnie Burangarra and Freda Ali Wayartja	An-gujechiya	Northern Territory
2023	Anne Nginyangka Thompson	Anangu History	South Australia
2024	Obed Namirrkki	Kunkurra	Northern Territory

Telstra Emerging Artist Award

The Telstra Youth Award was established in 2014 and was redeveloped into the Telstra Emerging Artist Award in 2017.

Year	Artist	Title	Origin	Notes
2014		Yerrgi	Northern Territory
2015		Buninyong	Victoria
2016		Sunlight energy II	Northern Territory
2017		Ngangkari Ngura	South Australia
2018		Banumbirr	Northern Territory
2019		Queen Elizabeth	Northern Territory
2021	Kyra Mancktelow	Moongalba 11	Queensland
2022	Louise Malarvie	Pamarr Yara	Western Australia
2023	Dhalmula Burarrwaŋa	wanha, dhika, nhawi?	Northern Territory
2024	Josina Pumani	Maralinga	South Australia

Telstra People's Choice Award

This prize was established in 2007.

Telstra Multimedia Award

This award was established in 2018.

Year	Artist	Title	Origin	Notes
2018	Patrina Liyadurrkitj Mununggurr	Dhunupa'kum nhuna wanda	Northern Territory
2019	Gutiŋarra Yunupiŋu	Yolŋu sign language	Northern Territory
2020	Siena Mayutu Wurmarri Stubbs	Shinkansen	Northern Territory
2021	Pedro Wonaeamirri	Jilarti	Northern Territory
2022	Jimmy John Thaiday	Beyond the Lines	Erub, Torres Strait Islands
2023	Jimmy John Thaiday	Just Beneath the Surface	Erub, Torres Strait Islands
2024	Natalie Davey	River Report	Western Australia

Discontinued awards

Museums & Art Galleries Award

This prize was first awarded in 1986 and was discontinued in 1995.

Year	Artist	Title	Origin	Notes
1986		Three faces of the sun	Western Australia
1987		Namarrodo Spirit	Northern Territory
1988		Night Sky at Garmedi	Victoria
1989		Ration Day, Burnt Bridge	New South Wales
1990		Tarrajayan Country	Western Australia
1991		Wild Black Plum Dreaming	Northern Territory
1992		Tickelara Country	Western Australia
1993		Water Birds	Northern Territory
1994		Suppertime	New South Wales

Rothmans Foundation Award

The Rothmans Foundation Award was established in 1987 and discontinued in 1994.

Year	Artist	Title	Origin	Notes
1987		Young Men’s Dreaming	Northern Territory
1988		Ngalyod	Northern Territory
1989		Niwuda and Naraka Design	Northern Territory
1990		Nawalabik	Northern Territory
1991		Borlkjam	Northern Territory
1992		Jilamara, Design	Northern Territory
1993		Namorrodoh	Northern Territory
1994		Wuyal	Northern Territory