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and his son Luca. He has won the

Doug Moran National Portrait Prize The Doug Moran National Portrait Prize is an annual Australian portrait prize founded by Doug Moran in 1988, the year of Australia's Bicentenary. It is the richest portrait prize in the world with A$150,000 awarded to the winner. The prize is a ...

twice, the Archibald Packing Room Prize, and the Archibald People's Choice Award four times.

Career

Fantauzzo was born in England in 1977 and spent his very early years in Manchester. His family migrated to Australia when he was a child. He has a Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting) (2003) and a Master of Fine Art (2005) from

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, Melbourne. He has had solo exhibitions at Dianne Tanzer Gallery in Melbourne in 2007 and 2008 and in Mumbai India in 2007. He won the 2003 Tolarno RMIT Partnership Prize and was a finalist in the 2007 Shirley Hannan Portrait Prize, DLAP, Whyalla Art Award and Duke Gold Coast Art Prize. In 2008 he was awarded an artist's residency at Chancery Lane Gallery in Hong Kong where he had a solo exhibition. He has also had solo exhibitions at the L. A. Art Fair and at Sydney's Boutwell Draper Gallery, which coincided with the opening of the Archibald. He was a finalist in 2008's Metro 5 Art Award, EMSC Award and Duke Gold Coast Art Prize. Fantauzzo is known for his

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style, which, according to the art critic for ''

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is to singing. Allen described the portrait of Keddie in 2013 as "an elaborate oil rendition of a photograph that trivialises the art of painting and that of photography, as well as apparently contravening the rules of the exhibition." Fantauzzo was chosen to paint the official portrait of former Labor Prime Minister

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in 2017. The portrait was unveiled in Parliament House Canberra on 24 October 2018.

Selected works

*2008 ''Heath'' – (Heath Ledger) Archibald People's ChoiceWinner: People's Choice 2008

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*2009 ''Brandon'' – (Brandon Walters) Archibald People's ChoiceWinner: People's Choice 2009
Art Gallery of New South Wales *2011 ''Matt Moran'' – Archibald Packing Room PrizeWinner: Packing Room Prize 2011
Art Gallery of New South Wales *2011 ''Baz Luhrmann "Off Screen"'' – Doug Moran National Portrait Prize *2013 ''Love Face'' – (Asher Keddie) Archibald People's ChoiceWinner: People's Choice 2013
Art Gallery of New South Wales *2014 ''All that's good in me'' – (self-portrait as son Luca) Archibald People's ChoiceWinner: People's Choice 2014
Art Gallery of New South Wales *2021 ''Muse'' – (Asher Keddie) Doug Moran National Portrait Prize (joint winner)

Family

Fantauzzo has a son, Luca, born 2010, by his first wife, Michelle. He has a second son, Valentino, with his second wife,

. Fantauzzo met Keddie in 2012 after both had separated from their spouses. Fantauzzo's 2012 portrait of Keddie won the People's Choice Award at the 2013 Archibald Prize. They married in April 2014. On 1 March 2015, the couple welcomed their first child."Asher Keddie opens up on her baby son Valentino"
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fantauzzo, Vincent 1977 births Living people People from Melbourne RMIT University alumni Australian portrait painters Photorealist artists Archibald Prize finalists Archibald Prize Packing Room Prize winners Archibald Prize People's Choice Award winners Doug Moran National Portrait Prize winners