List of Archibald Prize 2020 finalists

This is a list of finalists for the 2020 Archibald Prize for portraiture (listed is Artist – Title). As the images are copyrighted, an external link to an image has been listed where available.


 * Abdul Abdullah - Untitled self-portrait
 * Benjamin Aitken - Self-portrait entering the Archibald
 * Kate Beynon - With Tudo and the robe
 * Karen Black (artist) - Madonna (Portrait of Madonna Staunton)
 * Charlene Carrington - My dad, Churchill Cann
 * Jun Chen (artist) - The art dealer: Philip Bacon
 * Samuel Rush Condon - Portrait of Adam Spencer
 * Emily Crockford - Self-portrait with Daddy in the daisies, watching the field of planes
 * Lucy Culliton - Soils for life (Portrait of Charlie Maslin)
 * Susannah Curtis - Tara (Portrait of Tara Badcock)
 * Jonathan Dalton - Angela (Portrait of Angela Tiatia)
 * Sinead Davies - The Irish immigrant – portrait of Claire Dunne 
 * Blak Douglas - Writing in the sand (Portrait of Dujuan Hoosan)
 * Katherine Edney - David, Teena and the black dog (Portrait of David Capra)
 * Marc Etherington - Sleeping beauty (portrait of Michael Reid OAM)
 * Julie Fragar - Richard (Portrait of Richard Bell)
 * Melanie Gray (artist) - Disquietude (Portrait of daughter Grace)
 * Jane Guthleben - Annabel, the baker (Portrait of Annabel Crabb)
 * Tsering Hannaford - Self-portrait after 'Allegory of Painting'
 * Nicholas Harding - David Marr
 * Louise Hearman - Barry Jones
 * Yoshio Honjo - Adam with bream (Portrait of Adam Liaw)
 * Edward Humphrey (artist) - Stan Walker
 * Kim Leutwyler - Brian with pink, blue and yellow (Portrait of Brian Firkus)
 * Richard Lewer - Liz Laverty
 * Angus McDonald (artist) - Behrouz Boochani (Winner: People's Choice Award 2020)
 * William Mackinnon (artist) - Sunshine and Lucky (life) (Portrait of Sunshine Bertrand)
 * Guy Maestri - JB reading (Portrait of Jennifer Byrne)
 * Scott Marsh (artist) - Salute of gentle frustration (Portrait of Adam Briggs)
 * Charles Mouyat - Matt Kean, NSW Minister for Environment and Energy
 * Justine Muller - Jack Mundey
 * Vincent Namatjira - Stand strong for who you are (Portrait of Adam Goodes) (Winner: Archibald Prize 2020)
 * Paul Newton (artist) - Maggie Tabberer 2020
 * Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran - Self-portrait with outstretched arms
 * Thea Anamara Perkins - Poppy Chicka (Portrait of Charles Madden)
 * James Powditch - Once upon a time in Marrickville – Anthony Albanese
 * Monica Rohan - Lucy (Portrait of Lucy Culliton)
 * Craig Ruddy - 'Dark emu' – portrait of Bruce Pascoe
 * Nick Santoro - Phanos at the Yeezy store (Portrait of Phanos Proestos)
 * Jennifer Scott (artist) - Dr Raymond Charles Rauscher
 * Wendy Sharpe - Magda Szubanski – comedy and tragedy
 * Yuri Shimmyo - Carnation, lily, Yuri, rose (Self-portrait)
 * Dee Smart - I'm here (Self-portrait)
 * Wendy Spindler - Alive and brilliant (Portrait of Deborah Conway)
 * Claus Stangl - L-FRESH the Lion
 * Nick Stathopoulos - Ngaiire
 * Alex Thorby - Portrait of Will (Portrait of Will Gollins)
 * Neil Tomkins, Digby Webster - Ernest brothers (Self-portraits)
 * John Ward Knox - Jacinda (Portrait of Jacinda Ardern)
 * Peter Wegner (Australian artist) - Chef's coat – Graeme Doyle
 * Kaylene Whiskey - Dolly visits Indulkana (Self-portrait)
 * Marcus Wills - Requiem (JR) (Portrait of Jack Riley)
 * Meyne Wyatt - Meyne (Self-portrait) (Winner: Packing Room Prize 2020)
 * Tiger Yaltangki - Self-portrait
 * Tianli Zu - Tim and kelp (Portrait of Tim Flannery)