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 91É«ÇéƬ 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
Last year's showcase featured graduates from undergraduate degrees right through to PhD programs. 170 emerging artists, designers and makers presented new work across the 91É«ÇéƬ Paddington campus and online.Ìý
The Annual 2026
Information for students graduating in 2026.
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Eligibility
All students graduating from School of Art & Design coursework programs in 2026 can participate in the exhibition and/or website.
To be eligible, you must be completing all coursework in your program in 2026. 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 23 November - 4 December, and to pick up your work from 14 - 15 December.Ìý
Registration
To be included in either the exhibition or the website, you must register online.Ìý
Submission deadlines:
- Undergraduate students: 11.59pm Monday 31 August (Week 14, Term 2)
- Honours and Postgraduate candidates: 11.59pm Monday 12 October (Week 5, Term 3)
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:Â ad.generaladmin@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 7 - 13 December 2026.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 23 November - 4 December 2026. You will likely need to be onsite at times 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, you might need to discuss the loan of proposed AV equipment with 91É«ÇéƬ staff and you may need to adapt your proposal. 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 14 and Tuesday 15 December 2026 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 31 August 2026 (Week 14, Term 2)
Postgraduate Deadline: 11.59pm Monday 12 October 2026 (Week 5, Term 3)
Installation / Artwork Delivery
23 November – 4 December 2025 (Weeks 11 & 12, Term 3)
(Students will be notified of specific dates and locations to deliver work)
Exhibition Dates
7 - 13 December 2026 (Week 13, Term 3)
Deinstallation / Artwork Collection
14 - 15 December 2026 (Week 14, Term 3)
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Header image: Jiaying Qian, Modina 2023 Â
Acknowledgement of Country
91É«ÇéƬ 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.
