This is a list of finalists for the 2015

Archibald Prize The Archibald Prize is an Australian portraiture art prize for painting, generally seen as the most prestigious portrait prize in Australia. It was first awarded in 1921 after the receipt of a bequest from J. F. Archibald, J. F. Archib ...

for

portrait A portrait is a portrait painting, painting, portrait photography, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expressions are predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, Personality type ...

ure. As the images are copyrighted, an external link to an image has been listed where available (listed is Artist – ''Title''). * Adam Alcorn – '' Alice Fraser '' *

John Beard John Beard may refer to: * John Beard (artist) (born 1943), Welsh artist and painter * John Beard (colonial administrator) (died 1685), Chief Agent and Governor of Bengal * John Beard (embryologist) (1858–1924), Scottish embryologist and anatomi ...

– '' Bill '' * Richard Bell – '' Me '' * Jason Benjamin – '' I sat by the river. I waited by the road '' * Filippa Buttitta – ''

Judy Cassab Judy Cassab (15 August 19203 November 2015), born Judit Kaszab, was an Australian painter. Early years Judy Cassab was born in Vienna, on 15 August 1920 to Jewish Hungarian parents. She began painting at twelve years old and began studying at ...

‒ portrait of an artist '' * Mitch Cairns – '' Peter Powditch '' * Tom Carment – '' Self-portrait at 60 '' * Wei Bin Chen – '' The artist ‒ self-portrait no 6 '' * Peter Churcher – '' The last portrait '' * Samuel Rush Condon – '' Jarratt '' *

Tony Costa Antone Charles "Tony" Costa (August 2, 1944 – May 12, 1974) was an American serial killer and carpenter who achieved notoriety for committing serial murders in and around the Massachusetts town of Truro in 1969. Early life and crimes A ...

– '' David Fairbairn'' *

Tony Curran Tony Curran is a Scottish actor who has appeared in '' Underworld: Evolution'', ''Doctor Who'', ''Roots'', and the Netflix historical epic ''Outlaw King''. He appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film '' Thor: The Dark World'' (2013) as Bor ...

– '' Luke '' *

Blak Douglas __NOTOC__ Blak Douglas, formerly known as Adam Douglas Hill, is an Aboriginal Australian artist and musician. he is based in Sydney, New South Wales. Early life and education He is a Dhungatti man, with Irish, Scots, English, and German ance ...

– ''Smoke and mirrors (Uncle Max Eulo)'' *

Marc Etherington Marc or MARC may refer to: People * Marc (given name), people with the first name * Marc (surname), people with the family name Acronyms * MARC standards, a data format used for library cataloging, * MARC Train, a regional commuter rail system o ...

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Del Kathryn Barton Del Kathryn Barton (born 11 December 1972) is an Australian artist who began drawing at a young age, and studied at UNSW Art & Design (formerly the College of Fine Arts) at the University of New South Wales. She soon became known for her psych ...

and Magic Dog '' *

Carla Fletcher Carla is the feminized version of Carl, Carlos or Charles, from ''ceorl'' in Old English, which means "free man". Notable people with the name include: * Carla (singer), Carla, French singer and former member of the children's music group Kids Un ...

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Jenny Kee Jenny Margaret Kee, (born 24 January 1947) is an Australian fashion designer. Early life Kee was born on 24 January 1947 in Bondi, New South Wales to a Chinese father and a sixth-generation Australian mother of Italian-English descent. Kee's ...

'' *

Prudence Flint Prudence ( la, prudentia, contracted from meaning "seeing ahead, sagacity") is the ability to govern and discipline oneself by the use of reason. It is classically considered to be a virtue, and in particular one of the four Cardinal virtue ...

– '' Baby'' *

Juan Ford ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

– '' A bungled clairvoyance of William Buckley or Ludwig Leichhardt's most intense moments (I can't decide which, you choose) '' *

Shaun Gladwell Shaun Gladwell (born 1972) is an Australian contemporary artist whose work spans moving image, painting, photography, sculpture, installation, performance and virtual reality. Early life Gladwell was born in Sydney in 1972 and graduated from Syd ...

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Mark Donaldson Mark Gregor Strang Donaldson, (born 2 April 1979) is an Australian soldier and a recipient of the Victoria Cross for Australia, the highest award in the Australian honours system. Then Trooper Donaldson was a member of the Special Air Service ...

VC (member of the avant-garde) '' * Bruno Jean Grasswill – ''

Michael Caton Michael Caton (born 21 July 1943) is an Australian television, film and stage actor, comedian and television host, best known for playing Uncle Harry in the Australian television series ''The Sullivans'', Darryl Kerrigan in 1997's low-budget hi ...

'' (Winner of the People's Choice Award 2015, Winner of the Packing Room Prize 2015)''
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* Tim Gregory – ''Self-portrait as ancestors '' *

Leon Hall Leon Lastarza Hall (born December 9, 1984) is a former American football cornerback. He played college football for the University of Michigan, and earned consensus All-American honors. Hall was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the first rou ...

– ''Self-portrait '' *

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 ...

– ''Robert Hannaford, self-portrait '' *

Tsering Hannaford Tsering Hannaford (born 19 March 1987) is a South Australian artist. In 2012 Tsering and her father Robert Hannaford were the "first father and daughter to show concurrently in ''Salon des Refusés'', an exhibition of Archibald entries", ...

– ''Objet démodé '' *

Sophia Hewson Sophia means "wisdom" in Greek. It may refer to: *Sophia (wisdom) *Sophia (Gnosticism) * Sophia (given name) Places * Niulakita or Sophia, an island of Tuvalu * Sophia, Georgetown, a ward of Georgetown, Guyana * Sophia, North Carolina, an uninco ...

– ''Delivered '' * Tanja Karl – ''Laurie '' * Matthew Kentmann – ''Nigel Milsom, Sunday 3 May 2015 '' *

Jeremy Kibel Jeremy may refer to: * Jeremy (given name), a given name * Jérémy, a French given name * ''Jeremy'' (film), a 1973 film * "Jeremy" (song), a song by Pearl Jam * Jeremy (snail), a left-coiled garden snail that died in 2017 * ''Jeremy'', a 1919 ...

– ''The portrait of Doctor Dick Quan '' * Jessica Le Clerc – ''Living inside of stories '' * Kim Leutwyler – ''Start the riot '' * Stewart MacFarlane – ''

Cory Bernardi Cory Bernardi (born 6 November 1969) is an Australian conservative political commentator and former politician. He was a Senator for South Australia from 2006 to 2020, and was the leader of the Australian Conservatives, a minor political party h ...

'' * Angus McDonald – ''Romanticide ‒ portrait of Abbe May '' * Kerry McInnis – ''

Omar Musa Omar bin Musa (born 9 January 1984) is a Malaysian-Australian author, poet, rapper and visual artist from Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia. He has released three solo hip hop records (including ''Since Ali Died'') and three books of poetr ...

, the poetry of unease '' *

Julian Meagher Julian may refer to: People * Julian (emperor) (331–363), Roman emperor from 361 to 363 * Julian (Rome), referring to the Roman gens Julia, with imperial dynasty offshoots * Saint Julian (disambiguation), several Christian saints * Julian (give ...

– ''

Daniel Johns Daniel Paul Johns (born 22 April 1979) is an Australian musician, singer, and songwriter best known as the former frontman, guitarist, and main songwriter of the rock band Silverchair. Johns is also one half of The Dissociatives with Paul Mac a ...

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Nigel Milsom Nigel Milsom is an Australian painter. Early life Milsom was born in 1975 in the southern New South Wales city of Albury. He completed a Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts) at the University of Newcastle in 1998, and then undertook postgraduate st ...

– ''Judo house pt 6 (the white bird) '' portrait of

Charles Waterstreet Charles Christian Waterstreet (born 17 July 1950) is an Australian former barrister, author, and theatre and film producer. He has written two memoirs and produced two films, and he is now a columnist for ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' after the ...

(Winner of the Archibald Prize 2015) * Guy Morgan – ''Louise Voigt, CEO Barnardos Australia (after retinal detachment)'' * Alicia Mozqueira – ''Doug Hall '' * Jason Phu – ''Lisa has a much more pleasant face than Glenn. She also doesn't sing horribly while playing a guitar or try to put her cat up a tree while I'm painting her.'' *

Rodney Pople Rodney Pople (born 6 September 1952) is an Australian visual artist. Pople was born in Launceston, Tasmania. His works have been the cause of some controversy. Pople studied photography in Tasmania, and sculpture at Slade School of Fine Art, L ...

– ''Frannie and Brett'' * Leslie Rice – ''Hill End bacchanal (portrait of Luke Sciberras) '' * Sally Ross – ''Eva '' *

Paul Ryan Paul Davis Ryan (born January 29, 1970) is an American former politician who served as the List of Speakers of the United States House of Representatives, 54th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019. A member o ...

– ''Thirteen Noahs '' *

Andrew Sayers Andrew George Sayers (29 June 1957 – 11 October 2015) was an Australian curator and painter, who was the first director of Australia's National Portrait Gallery from 1998 to 2010, and director of the National Museum of Australia from 2010 to ...

– ''Portrait of Tim Bonyhady '' *

Jiawei Shen Shen Jiawei (born 1948) is a Chinese-Australian painter. He is a winner of the 2006 Sir John Sulman Prize. Life and work Shen Jiawei was born in Shanghai and emigrated to Australia in 1989 after he was compelled to leave China because he paint ...

– ''How to explain art with a white rabbit '' * Kristin Tennyson – ''

Bob Katter Robert Bellarmine Carl Katter (born 22 May 1945) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since 1993. He was previously active in Queensland state politics from 1974 to 1992. Katter was a member of the ...

, federal MP '' *

Mirra Whale Mirra may refer to: * Mırra, traditional type of bitter coffee in Turkey and some Arabic countries * Mirra chair, chair designed by Herman Miller * Anthony Mirra, an American mobster, soldier and later caporegime for the Bonanno crime family * Da ...

– ''Elizabeth '' *

Marcus Wills Marcus Wills (born 1972) is an Australian painter, winner of the 2006 Archibald Prize and finalist in many other art competitions. Early life and education Wills was born in Kaniva, Victoria in 1972. He studied for an Advanced Certificate of ...

– ''El cabeceo '' * Tianli Zu – '' 'Edmund, your Twomblys are behind you' ''

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Archibald Prize 2015 finalists official website

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Archibald Archibald is a masculine given name, composed of the Germanic elements '' erchan'' (with an original meaning of "genuine" or "precious") and ''bald'' meaning "bold". Medieval forms include Old High German and Anglo-Saxon . Erkanbald, bishop of ...

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