Sir John Sulman Prize 1981
- Suzanne Archer - Curtain
- David Aspden - Baai village
- John Coburn - Tribe
- William Delafield Cook - A French family (Winner: Sir John Sulman Prize 1981)
- Maximilian Feuerring - Astarte
- William Kelly - C.P-T: a narrative
- Geoff La Gerche - Pied heron at East Alligator River
- Franco Marinelli - Vita notturna
- Ross Mellick - Hanging garment presented from bamboo scaffold
- Brenden Murphy - Eros commanding Jupiter
- Denese Oates - Major Marion
- Neil Taylor - Figure with eagle
- Ann Thomson - Eclipse
- Wallace Thornton - The model draws herself
- Graeme Townsend - Evolution of the species part 2. If God meant gorillas to be springboard divers, he would have made them 275lbs lighter.
- Brett Whiteley - The letter (to Anna)
- Brett Whiteley - The naked studio
- James Willebrant - Pre-flight preparations
- Salvatore Zofrea - The kimono