2003

An Officer of the NZ Order of Merit (ONZM)
Grahame Sydney's ability to connect with people through his art now has official government recognition. Sydney was awarded Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to painting in 2003 to add to his impressive list of achievements.

"If nothing else, what it really shows when people like me get an award like this, is that New Zealand arts patronage has the courage to back its own."

2000

Montana Medal for Non-Fiction, Montana Book Awards
The Art of Grahame Sydney, by Grahame Sydney & contributors, Longacre Press

Illustrative Arts Category Award, Montana Book Awards
The Art of Grahame Sydney, by Grahame Sydney & contributors, Longacre Press

Readers' Choice Award, Montana Book Awards
The Art of Grahame Sydney, by Grahame Sydney & contributors, Longacre Press

Bronze Medal of Excellence, Harbeson and Associates
The Art of Grahame Sydney website

Surfers Choice Internet Award for quality in terms of content, design and originality
The Art of Grahame Sydney website

Golden Graphics Award of Excellence, Bogie Graphics
The Art of Grahame Sydney website

1996

Supreme Award for Printing, NZ Pride in Print Awards
Timeless Land, by Grahame Sydney, Owen Marshall & Brian Turner, Longacre Press

Premier Print Award, Printing Industries of America