This is a list of finalists for the 2017

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 ...

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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 copyright, an external link to an image has been listed where available (listed is Artist – ''Title''). *

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 ...

– '' Self-portrait (ash on me)'' * Jessica Ashton – ''Self-portrait as a clown '' *

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 ...

– ''With amulets and their shadows'' (Self-portrait) * Andrew Bonneau – ''Portrait of Ayako Saito'' *Boys of Sydney Grammar Edgecliff Preparatory School – ''Goodbye, Sir!'' (Portrait of Dr John Vallance) * Keith Burt – '' Bare Tarragh'' (Portrait of Tarragh Cunningham) * Mitch Cairns – '' Agatha Gothe-Snape '' (Winner of the Archibald Prize 2017) *

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– '' Two sunny boys (

Peter Oxley Peter Oxley was the bass player for 1980s Australian pop-rock band The Sunnyboys. He is credited with writing two songs with The Sunnyboys: "The Stooge" (from the 1984 album ''Get Some Fun'') and "You Don't Need Me" (from the 1983 album ''Indi ...

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Jeremy Oxley Jeremy Saxon Oxley (born 15 November 1961) is an Australian songwriter, singer and guitarist. He is best known for his work with the 1980s pop-rock band Sunnyboys. Biography 1961-1978: Early Life Jeremy Oxley grew up in the northern New South ...

)'' * Jun Chen – ''Ray Hughes'' * Yvette Coppersmith – ''Professor

Gillian Triggs Gillian Doreen Triggs (born 30 October 1945) is an Australian academic specialising in public international law. In 2019, she was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres as Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nati ...

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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 ...

– '' Simon Chan'' *

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 ...

– ''Finished packing'' (Portrait of Steve Peters) *

Jonathan Dalton Jonathan may refer to: *Jonathan (name), a masculine given name Media * ''Jonathan'' (1970 film), a German film directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer * ''Jonathan'' (2016 film), a German film directed by Piotr J. Lewandowski * ''Jonathan'' (2018 ...

– ''Lottie and James '' (Portrait of Lottie Consalvo and James Drinkwater) * Anh Do – '' JC'' (Portrait of Jack Charles) (Winner of the People's Choice Award 2017)''
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* Marc Etherington – ''Paul (Paul Williams in his studio) '' * Prudence Flint – '' The meal'' (Portrait of Athena Bellas) * Ashley Frost – '' Janet Dawson at the doorway to her studio '' * Andrew Lloyd Greensmith – ''The inner stillness of

Eileen Kramer Eileen Kramer (born 8 November 1914) is an Australian dancer, artist, performer and choreographer. She began by studying singing and music in Sydney in the 1930s, but after attending a performance of the Bodenwieser Ballet in 1940, immediately de ...

'' * David Griggs – '' Twisting Cain with a brown eye while lacking a constitution for darkness'' (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 ...

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Michael Chaney Michael Alfred Chaney (born 15 April 1950) is an Australian businessman and former chancellor of the University of Western Australia. Early life Chaney was born in Perth on 15 April 1950. He was the third-youngest of seven children born to F ...

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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'' *

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 ...

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John Olsen John Wayne Olsen, AO (born 7 June 1945) is a former Australian politician, diplomat and football commissioner. He was Premier of South Australia between 28 November 1996 and 22 October 2001. He is now President of the Federal Liberal Party, C ...

AO, OBE '' * Sophia Hewson – '' Untitled (Richard Bell)'' * Tjungkara Ken – ''

Kungkarangkalpa Australian Aboriginal astronomy is a name given to Aboriginal Australian culture relating to astronomical subjects – such as the Sun and Moon, the stars, planets, and the Milky Way, and their motions on the sky. Traditional Aboriginal c ...

tjukurpa (Seven Sisters dreaming), a self-portrait'' * Julius Killerby – '' Paul Little '' * Kim Leutwyler – ''Heyman'' (Portrait of

Michelle Heyman Michelle Pearl Heyman (born 4 July 1988) is an Australian soccer player and commentator who currently plays for Canberra United in the W-League in Australia. She became the all-time record goalscorer in the W-League in March 2021, after scori ...

) * Richard Lewer – ''Liz Laverty'' * Luke, William H – ''Remy QC'' (Portrait of Remy van de Wiel) * Robert Malherbe – ''Self-portrait'' * Phil Meatchem – ''Aah yeah, that guy'' (Portrait of

Francis Greenslade Francis Greenslade (born 3 October 1962 in Honiara, Solomon Islands) is an Australian comedic actor. He also teaches acting. Early life In the 1980s, Greenslade studied at the University of Adelaide where he first met Shaun Micallef. They per ...

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Vincent Namatjira Vincent Namatjira (born 14 June 1983) is an Aboriginal Australian artist living in Indulkana, in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY lands) in South Australia. He has won many art awards, and after being nominated for the Archiba ...

– ''Self-portrait on Friday'' * Paul Newton – ''Portrait of

Rupert Myer Rupert Hordern Myer (born 13 August 1958) is an Australian businessman and philanthropist. He is a member of the Myer family, which, in 2014, was the sixth wealthiest family in Australia, with a net worth of more than $2 billion in properties a ...

AO'' * Jordan Richardson – ''John'' (Portrait of John Bell) *

Dee Smart Dierdre Claire Smart (born 9 July 1966) is an Australian actress, model, singer, dancer and painter. After giving up on being a dancer, she rose to prominence portraying Lucinda Croft in the popular soap opera ''Home and Away'' from 1991 to 199 ...

– ''The mayor of Bondi'' (Portrait of John Macarthur) * Peter Smeeth – ''

Lisa Wilkinson Lisa Wilkinson (born 19 December 1959) is an Australian television presenter and journalist. Wilkinson currently narrates ''Ambulance Australia'' and has previously co-hosted the Nine Network's breakfast television program, ''Today,'' with K ...

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* Gerard Smith – ''Elizabeth St over Hyde Park'' (Portrait of Helen Littleton) * Loribelle Spirovski – '' John Bell at home'' *

Vanessa Stockard Vanessa may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Vanessa'' (Millais painting), an 1868 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais * ''Vanessa'', a 1933 novel by Hugh Walpole * ''Vanessa'', a 1952 instrumental song written by Bernie W ...

– ''Self-portrait as new mum'' * Noel Thurgate – ''Homage to Peter Powditch'' *

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 ...

– ''The scent of rain (self-portrait)'' *

what What or WHAT may refer to: * What, an interrogative pronoun and adverb * "What?", one of the Five Ws used in journalism Film and television * ''What!'' (film) or ''The Whip and the Body'', a 1963 Italian film directed by Mario Bava * '' Wha ...

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Robert Forster Robert Wallace Forster Jr. (July 13, 1941 – October 11, 2019) was an American actor, known for his roles as John Cassellis in '' Medium Cool'' (1969), Captain Dan Holland in ''The Black Hole'' (1979), Abdul Rafai in '' The Delta Force'' (1986 ...

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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 ...

– ''Protagonist, antagonist ( Thomas M Wright)'' * Madeleine Winch – ''Facing the canvas'' (Self-portrait)

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