This is a list of finalists for the 2009 Archibald Prize for portraiture (listed is Artist – ''Title''). * Anthony Bennett – '' self-portrait in the bathroom discussing beauty, bukowski and brett whiteley with my ex, now a stripper, who likes to dress as wonder woman'' * Ann Cape – '' Lucy & friend'' * Adam Chang – '' Spirit of an ancient culture'' * Mike Chavez – '' Portrait of a bad muthaf***a'' * Jun Chen – '' Ray Hughes and five other moods'' * Zhansui Kordelya Chi – '' Good morning, this is Neil Mitchell'' *

Yvette Coppersmith Yvette Coppersmith (born 1980) is an Australian painter; she specialises in portraiture and still life. In 2018 she won the Archibald Prize with a self-portrait, in the style of George Lambert. Coppersmith studied at the Victorian College of th ...

– '' John Safran'' * Sam Cranstoun – '' Gyton'' * Leeanne Crisp – '' Considering Persephone. Portrait of Gay Bilson'' * Ngaire Devenport – ''

Ken Done Kenneth Stephen Done (born 29 June 1940) is an Australian artist best known for his design work. Although his simple, brightly coloured images of Australian landmarks have adorned a very popular range of clothing and homewares sold under the "D ...

'' * Vincent Fantauzzo – '' Brandon'' ( Brandon Walters) (Winner of the People's Choice Award) * Hong Fu – ''

Dame Elisabeth Murdoch Dame Elisabeth Joy Murdoch, Lady Murdoch (née Greene; 8 February 1909 – 5 December 2012), also known as Elisabeth, Lady Murdoch, was an Australian philanthropist and matriarch of the Murdoch family. She was the widow of Australian news ...

'' * David Griggs – '' Zoloft nation (self-portrait)'' * Peter Hanley – '' Remembering Titian'' *

Robert Hannaford Robert Lyall "Alfie" Hannaford , (born 9 November 1944) is an Australian realist artist notable for his drawings, paintings, portraits and sculptures. He is a great-great-great-grandson of Susannah Hannaford. Family Hannaford was born a ...

– '' Self-portrait'' * Nicholas Harding – ''

Margaret Whitlam Margaret Elaine Whitlam, AO (née Dovey; 19 November 1919 – 17 March 2012) was an Australian social campaigner, author, and athlete. She was the wife of Gough Whitlam, the 21st Prime Minister of Australia from 1972 to 1975, and a representat ...

'' * Cherry Hood – ''

David Helfgott David Helfgott (born 19 May 1947) is an Australian concert pianist whose life inspired the Academy Award-winning film '' Shine'', in which he was portrayed by actors Geoffrey Rush, Noah Taylor and Alex Rafalowicz. Biography Early life Helfgot ...

'' * Paul Jackson – ''Flacco's chariot'' ( Paul Livingston) (Winner of the Packing Room Prize) * Jasper Knight – '' Jasper Knight'' * Richard Larter – '' Portrait of Nell'' * Sam Leach – ''

Marcia Langton Marcia Lynne Langton (born 1951) is an Australian academic. she is the Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne. Regarded as one of Australia's top intellectuals, L ...

'' * Mathew Lynn – '' Heiress'' * Abbey McCulloch – '' Nell'' * Angus McDonald – '' Beyond'' * Alexander McKenzie – ''

Richard Clapton Richard Clapton (born 18 May 1948) is an Australian singer-songwriter-guitarist and producer. His solo top 20 hits on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart are " Girls on the Avenue" (1975) and "I Am an Island" (1982). He reached the top&n ...

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Guy Maestri Guido Maestri (born in Mudgee, New South Wales in 1974) is an Australian contemporary artist who won the 2009 Archibald Prize for a portrait of Australian singer and musician Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu. He completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts a ...

– '' Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu'' (Winner of the Archibald Prize) * Nick Mourtzakis – '' A portrait of

Alex Wodak Alexander David Wodak, AM is a physician and the former director of the Alcohol and Drug Service, at St Vincent's Hospital, in Sydney, Australia. Wodak is a notable advocate of drug reform laws. Wodak helped establish the National Drug and ...

'' * Richard Onn – '' Coupe SX010F'' * David Paulson &

Michael Nelson Tjakamarra Kumantje Jagamara (1946 – November 2020), also known as Kumantje Nelson Jagamara, Michael Minjina Nelson Tjakamarra, Michael Nelson Tjakamarra and variations (Kumantye, Jagamarra, Jakamara), was an Aboriginal Australian painter. He was one of ...

– '' Michael Nelson Jagamarra & singing rain story'' * James Powditch – '' Peter Powditch is a dead man smoking'' * Ben Quilty – '' Jimmy Barnes – there but for the grace of God no. 2'' * Megan Roodenrys – '' Waiting for the day'' * Paul Ryan – '' Mountain of Tom'' *

Jenny Sages Jenny Sages is an Archibald Prize People's Choice Award winning Australian artist born 1933 in Shanghai, China. She is known for her abstract landscape paintings and portraits. She arrived in Australia in 1948. After being expelled from East Sy ...

– '' Heidi & Sarah-Jane ‘parallel lives’'' * Megan Seres – '' The rest is silence ( Brendan Cowell as Hamlet)'' * Garry Shead & Adrienne Levenson – '' Soffritto di Lucio'' * Mark Thompson – '' Greta Scacchi as Queen Elizabeth in Mary Stuart'' *

Jan Williamson Jan Williamson is an Australian artist. She is a mother of nine children. She is known for winning the Archibald Prize Packing Room Prize twice in a row: in 2002 with a portrait of Jenny Morris—which also won the People's Choice Award&m ...

– '' Nancy Kunoth Petyarr '' * Michael Zavros – '' Ars longa, vita brevis''

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Archibald Prize 2009 finalists
official website, Art Gallery of NSW

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