List of Archibald Prize 1997 finalists

This is a list of finalists for the 1997 Archibald Prize for portraiture (listed is Artist – Title).


 * Rick Amor – Peter Carey at the VACB Studio, Soho, New York
 * Tom Carment – Roger McDonald at work
 * Judy Cassab – Elwyn Lynn
 * Peter Churcher – Portrait of John S. Levi, first Australian Born Rabbi
 * Fred Cress – David Williamson
 * Adam Cullen – Portrait of Mikey Robins (comedian)
 * Elisabeth Cummings – Jean Appleton
 * Merilyn Fairskye – Jackie 2
 * Joe Furlonger – Self-portrait with model
 * George Gittoes – John Olsen
 * Robert Hannaford – Paul Davies (scientist)
 * Nicholas Harding – Portrait of Kevin Connor
 * Bill Leak – Tex (Perkins) (Winner: Packing Room Prize)
 * Kerrie Lester – Janet Vernon in reflection
 * Mathew Lynn – Jeanne Ryckmans (Winner: People's Choice) Highly Commended
 * Jocelyn Maughan – Dr John Yu
 * Lewis Miller – Portrait of Allan Mitelman II
 * Henry Mulholland – Dr Peter Elliott
 * Paul Newton – Kate and Barbie (A portrait of Kate Fischer)
 * Rodney Pople – (Galbraith)
 * Jenny Sages – Greg Weight making a portrait of Tom Bass
 * Timothy Schultz – Odalisque – portrait of Wendy Sharpe
 * Martin Sharp – Tiny Tim, Eternal Troubadour
 * Garry Shead – Carpe(t) Diem – Adam Rish
 * Jiawei Shen – Seven self-portraits (Highly commended) (Image)
 * Kim Spooner – (Barrie Kosky) Expecting each moment to be his next
 * Nigel Thomson – Barbara Blackman (Winner: Archibald Prize 1997) (Image)
 * Imants Tillers – Portrait of a Chancellor (U.T.S)
 * Greg Warburton – Genni Batterham OAM
 * Dick Watkins – Des O'Brien
 * Salvatore Zofrea – Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Opera