List of Archibald Prize 2022 finalists

This is a list of finalists for the 2022 Archibald Prize for portraiture (listed is Artist – Title). Of the 816 entries received for the Archibald Prize, 52 artworks were selected as finalists. A record 20 Aboriginal Australian artists entered the prize in 2022. As the images are copyrighted, a link to each image is available through its reference.


 * Mostafa Azimitabar – KNS088 (self-portrait)
 * Natasha Bieniek – Patricia Piccinini
 * Daniel Boyd – Untitled (AAO)
 * Joanna Braithwaite – McManusstan
 * Keith Burt – Bridie Gillman
 * Ann Cape – Walking a tightrope
 * Yvette Coppersmith – Ella Simons seated
 * Emily Crockford – The pattern in the mountains of Studio A, best friends Emma and Gabrielle
 * Jonathan Dalton – Day 77
 * Anh Do – Peter, up close
 * Blak Douglas – Moby Dickens (Karla Dickens) (Winner: Archibald Prize 2022)
 * Yvonne East – Knee-deep (portrait of Lisa McCune)
 * Jeremy Eden – Samuel Johnson OAM (Winner: People's Choice Award 2022)
 * David Fenoglio – Yuriyal, Eric
 * Hong Fu – Portrait of Peter Wegner
 * Eliza Gosse – somewhere near home
 * Robert Hannaford – Hirsute self-portrait
 * Tsering Hannaford – Sally Scales
 * Katherine Hattam – Helen Garner speaks French
 * HEGO – OA
 * Yoshio Honjo – Yumi Stynes as onna-musha (female samurai)
 * Ksenija Hrnjak – Red gloves of Tim Tszyu
 * Laura Jones – Brooke and Jimmy
 * Solomon Kammer – The (disabled artist) hustle
 * Jasper Knight – Abdul Abdullah
 * Kim Leutwyler – Courtney and Shane
 * Richard Lewer – Liz Laverty
 * Dapeng Liu – John and the light of ultramarine (John Yu)
 * Kathrin Longhurst – Irrational
 * Fiona Lowry – Glenn Murcutt
 * Mathew Lynn – Yaka moto, Magic Pierre
 * Catherine McGuiness – Rosary with the seagull
 * Noel McKenna – Patrick Corrigan OA, with Rosie
 * Robert Malherbe – Dana, head in hands
 * Lewis Miller – Deborah Conway
 * Vincent Namatjira – Self-portrait with dingo
 * Paul Newton – Portrait of Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness 
 * Meagan Pelham – Romance is LOVE
 * James Powditch – Laura Tingle – the fourth estate
 * Jude Rae – The big switch – portrait of Dr Saul Griffith
 * Jordan Richardson – Venus
 * Thom Roberts – Rachey in the mirror
 * Joan Ross –  'You were my biggest regret': diary entry 1806
 * Wendy Sharpe – Self-portrait with ghosts
 * Claus Stangl – Taika Waititi (Winner: Packing Room Prize 2022)
 * Nick Stathopoulos – The red scarf: portrait of Wayne Tunnicliffe
 * Ross Townsend – Staying strong
 * Avraham Vofsi – John Safran as David and Goliath
 * Felix von Dallwitz – Dylan Alcott, AOTY
 * Natasha Walsh – Dear Brett (the blue room)
 * Michael Zavros – At the British Museum
 * Caroline Zilinsky – Kubla Khan