This is a list of finalists for the 2016

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, the editor ...

for

portrait A portrait is a painting, 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, and even the mood of the person. For this r ...

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

Abdul Abdullah Abdul Abdullah (born 1986) is a Sydney-based Australian multidisciplinary artist, the younger brother of Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, also an artist. Abdul Abdullah has been a finalist several times in the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes. He cre ...

– ''The cost '' (Portrait of Craig Campbell) * Clara Adolphs – '' Terry Serio'' *Benjamin Aitken – ''Portrait of mentor (

Jon Cattapan Jon Cattapan (born 1956) is an Australian visual artist best known for his abstract oil paintings of cityscapes, his service as the 63rd Australian war artist and his work as a professor of visual art at the University of Melbourne in the Facu ...

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Tony Albert Tony Albert (born 1981) is a contemporary Australian artist working in a wide range of mediums including painting, photography and mixed media. His work engages with political, historical and cultural Aboriginal and Australian history, and his ...

– ''Tony Albert (after Brownie Downing) '' (Self-portrait) *

Danelle Bergstrom Danelle Bergstrom (born 1957) is an Australian visual artist known for landscapes and portraits of significant Australians and International figures. Biography Bergstrom was born in Sydney. She attended Hunters Hill High School and studied a ...

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Guy Warren Guy Warren of Ghana, also known as Kofi Ghanaba (4 May 1923 – 22 December 2008), was a Ghanaian musician, best known as the inventor of Afro-jazz — "the reuniting of African-American jazz with its African roots" — and as a member of The T ...

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Kate Beynon Kate Beynon (born 9 September 1970, in Hong Kong) is an Australian contemporary artist based in Melbourne. She was the 2016 winner of the Geelong Contemporary Art Prize for the painting, ''Graveyard scene/the beauty and sadness of bones.'' Her ...

– '' Claudia, Spartacus and the robots '' * Natasha Bieniek – ''

Wendy Whiteley Wendy Susan Whiteley (; 1941) is best known as the former wife of the Australian artist Brett Whiteley, and as the mother of their daughter, actress Arkie Whiteley (1964–2001). She has become a notable cultural figure, particularly since her ...

'' * Chris Bond – ''The restless dead (portrait of the artist) '' (Self-portrait) * Dean Brown – '' McLean Edwards'' * Chris Browne – '' Krista Brennan '' * Daniel Butterworth – '' Annie Smithers '' * Yvette Coppersmith – '' Rose Burn self-portrait '' *

Lucy Culliton Lucy Culliton (born 1966) is an Australian artist, based in Hartley. She is known for her paintings of landscapes and still life. Early life and education Culliton was born in Sydney in 1966. She studied fine art at the National Art School, gr ...

– '' Lucy and fans '' (Self-portrait) * Sinead Davies – '' Toni Zeltzer '' * Camillo De Luca – ''

Polymath A polymath ( el, πολυμαθής, , "having learned much"; la, homo universalis, "universal human") is an individual whose knowledge spans a substantial number of subjects, known to draw on complex bodies of knowledge to solve specific pro ...

'' (Portrait of

Josh Frydenberg Joshua Anthony Frydenberg () (born 17 July 1971) is an Australian former politician who served as the treasurer of Australia and deputy leader of the Liberal Party from 2018 to 2022. He also served as a member of parliament (MP) for the divisi ...

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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 ...

– ''King Ken (

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 " ...

in his studio) '' * David Fairbairn – ''Large head JL no 3 '' (Portrait of John Lascelles) * Betina Fauvel-Ogden – '' George Calombaris,

masterchef ''MasterChef'' is a competitive cooking show television format created by Franc Roddam, which originated with the UK version in July 1990. The format was revived and updated for the BBC in February 2005 by executive producers Roddam and John ...

'' (Winner of the Packing Room Prize 2016)''
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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 ...

– ''Twin souls, Linda Jackson'' *

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 ...

– ''Shower '' (Portrait of Athena Bellas) *

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 ...

– ''Regaining sight (a meditation on Rose Soady) '' (Self-portrait) * David Griggs – ''It's a G thang '' (Portrait of Max Francois Germanos) * Guan Wei – ''Plastic surgery'' (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", ...

– ''Self-portrait with magnolia '' *

Nicholas Harding Nicholas Harding (1956 – 2 November 2022) was a British-born Australian artist, known for his paintings, in particular portraits. Early life Harding was born in London, England in 1956. In 1965 his family emigrated to Australia, settling ...

– '' Peter Weiss AO '' * Louise Hearman – '' Barry '' (Portrait of

Barry Humphries John Barry Humphries (born 17 February 1934) is an Australian comedian, actor, author and satirist. He is best known for writing and playing his on-stage and television alter egos Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. He is also a film pr ...

) (Winner of the Archibald Prize 2016)''
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* Belynda Henry – ''Louise Olsen, a beautiful summary '' * Mark Horton – ''Troy'' (Portrait of

Troy Grant Troy Wayne Grant (born 11 February 1970) is an Australian politician and former police officer. Grant has been the Inspector-General of Water Compliance (IGWC) since August 2021, and is Australia’s first in this position. Previously, he was t ...

) * Alan Jones – '' Pat '' (Portrait of Pat Corrigan) * Guy Maestri – ''Shattered (Griggs) '' (Portrait of David Griggs) * Dean Manning – ''Maximum Lawrence '' (Portrait of

Lawrence Leung Lawrence Leung (born 25 August 1977) is an Australian comedian, writer, director and actor from Melbourne. He is best known for his television series ''Lawrence Leung's Choose Your Own Adventure'' based his one-man shows on stories about his obs ...

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Marie Mansfield Marie Mansfield

elley Elley may refer to: Geography *German exonym for the village Eleja, Latvia People * Chris Elley (born 1977), founder and current Director of Texas-based film production company Electro-Fish Media LLC * Derek Elley, film critic *Elley Duhé (born ...

(born November 4, 1931) is a former pitcher who played from 1950 in baseball, 1950 through 1954 in baseball, 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at , 140 lb., she batted and threw right ...

– ''Study of

Euan Macleod Euan Macleod (born 1956) is a New Zealand-born artist. Macleod was born in Christchurch, New Zealand and moved to Sydney, Australia in 1981, where he lives and works. He received a Certificate in Graphic Design from Christchurch Technical Col ...

'' * India Mark – '' Day at the gallery with Dane Taylor '' *

Michael McWilliams Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...

– '' The usurpers (self-portrait) '' * Lewis Miller – ''Portrait of Bernie Teague '' * Nick Mourtzakis – '' Self-portrait: in violet '' * Kirsty Neilson – '' There's no humour in darkness '' (Portrait of

Garry McDonald Garry George McDonald AO (born 30 October 1948) is an Australian actor, satirist and comedian. In a career spanning five decades he has had many theatre, television and film roles, and has been listed as a National Living Treasure. He is bes ...

) * William Rhodes – ''Alice '' * Melissa Ritchie – ''Rhys smart mouth '' (Portrait of

Rhys Nicholson Rhys Nicholson (born 22 April 1990) is an Australian comedian and known for being a judge on '' RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under'' from 2021 onwards. Career In 2014, Nicholson featured in the ABC documentary ''GayCrashers'', alongside Joel Creas ...

) * Monica Rohan – ''Easton Pearson '' (Portrait of Pamela Easton and Lydia Pearson) * Sally Ross – ''Roslyn '' (Portrait of Roslyn Oxley) * Marikit Santiago – ''Blacklustre '' (Portrait of Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran) *

Nick Stathopoulos Nick may refer to: * Nick (given name) * A cricket term for a slight deviation of the ball off the edge of the bat * British slang for being arrested * British slang for a police station * British slang for stealing * Short for nickname Place ...

– ''Deng '' (Portrait of

Deng Adut Deng Thiak Adut (born ) is a defence lawyer and refugee advocate in Western Sydney, Australia, and a former child soldier from South Sudan. His story is told in a popular short video by Western Sydney University, where he earned his law degree ...

) (Winner of the People's Choice Award 2016)''
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Imants Tillers Imants Tillers (born 1950), is an Australian artist, curator and writer. He lives and works in Cooma, New South Wales. Early life and education Imants Tillers was born in Sydney in 1950, the child of Latvian immigrants. In 1973 he graduated fro ...

– ''Double reality (self-portrait) 2014–2016 '' * Rosemary Valadon – ''The Scribbler (Luke Sciberras) '' *

Natasha Walsh Natasha (russian: Наташа) is a name of Slavic origin. The Slavic name is the diminutive form of Natalia. Notable people * Natasha, the subject of ''Natasha's Story'', a 1994 nonfiction book * Natasha Aguilar (1970–2016), Costa Rican sw ...

– ''Self-portrait '' *

Peter Wegner Peter A. Wegner (August 20, 1932 – July 27, 2017) was a computer scientist who made significant contributions to both the theory of object-oriented programming during the 1980s and to the relevance of the Church–Turing thesis for empirical ...

– ''John Wolseley '' *

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 ...

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Philip Nitschke Philip Haig Nitschke (; born 8 August 1947) is an Australian humanist, author, former physician, and founder and director of the pro-euthanasia group EXIT (Australia), Exit International. He campaigned successfully to have a legal euthanasia la ...

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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 ...

– ''The ersatz (James Batchelor) '' * Heidi Yardley – ''Birth/death – portrait of Nell '' *

Zoe Young Zoe (also ZOE, Zoë, Zoé, etc.) can refer to: *ζωή (''zōḗ''), the Ancient Greek word for "life" People * Zoe (name), including list of persons and fictional characters with the name Film and television * ''Zoe'' (film) * ZOE Broadca ...

– ''Sam Harris '' (Portrait of

Samantha Harris Samantha Harris (born Samantha Harris Shapiro; November 27, 1973) is an American television presenter, model, and entertainment reporter and actress, known as the co-host of seasons two through nine of ''Dancing with the Stars'' with Tom Bergero ...

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Archibald Prize 2016 finalists
official website, Art Gallery of NSW
Archibald Prize 2016 finalists
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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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