List of Archibald Prize 2023 finalists

This is a list of finalists for the 2023 Archibald Prize for portraiture (listed as Artist – Title). Of the 949 entries received for the Archibald Prize, 57 artworks were selected as finalists. As the images are copyrighted, a link to each image is available through its reference.


 * Abdul Abdullah – Self-portrait after MD 2
 * Matt Adnate – Echoes of a teenage superstar
 * Jill Ansell – Looking east
 * Natasha Bieniek – Self-portrait, after Nora Heysen
 * Alanah Ellen Brand – Solomon Kammer: never enough
 * Angela Brennan – Portrait of Erik Jensen
 * Keith Burt – Sam Leach in his studio chair
 * Mitch Cairns – Elizabeth Pulie
 * Melissa Clements – In the driveway, 40°
 * Yvette Coppersmith – Lady Primrose Potter AC
 * Luke Cornish – Barrambiyarra (Awaken) (Yvonne Weldon)
 * Emily Crockford – Jeff’s pink daisy eyelash clash
 * Cameron Dimopoulos – Limbo
 * Anh Do – Seeing Ruby (Archie Roach)
 * David Fenoglio – Christopher Bassi
 * Eliza Gosse – Breakfast at ours
 * Jaq Grantford – Through the window (Noni Hazlehurst) (Winner: People's Choice Award 2023)
 * David Griggs – The melanoma and the stitches
 * Julia Gutman – Head in the sky, feet on the ground (Winner: Archibald Prize 2023)
 * Tsering Hannaford – Nanna Mara
 * Katherine Hattam – The nightingale and the kookaburra – portrait of Drusilla Modjeska
 * John Hillier – There’s something about Harry (Harry Garside)
 * Michelle Hiscock – The songwriter
 * Andrea Huelin – Clown jewels (Cal Wilson) (Winner: Packing Room Prize 2023)
 * Laura Jones – Claudia (the GOAT) (Claudia Karvan)
 * Jason Jowett – Alex Greenwich
 * Daniel Kim – Self-portrait, holding memories, my mentor Greg Warburton
 * Kim Leutwyler – Zoe (Zoe Terakes)
 * Sarah McCloskey – Social distancing
 * Catherine McGuiness – Lucky (Kylie Kwong)
 * William Mackinnon – Rich Lewer, friend and rival in sport and art
 * Marie Mansfield – Ronni Kahn AO (founder OzHarvest)
 * Danie Mellor – A portrait of intimacy (Gene Sherman)
 * Lewis Miller – Self-portrait
 * Charles Mouyat – As below, so above (ut infra, sic supra) (Michelle Simmons)
 * Paul Newton – Portrait of John Symond
 * Jason Phu – cameras are the best, cameras are the worst
 * James Powditch – Sam I Am (Sam Neill)
 * Ryan Presley – Blood money – infinite dollar note – Aunty Regina Pilawuk Wilson
 * Thom Roberts – In the future there might be new tall buildings built by Bert (Farhad Haidari)
 * Charlotte Ruth – Painting with toothbrush
 * Sally Ryan – Year of the Rabbit (Claudia Chan Shaw)
 * Marikit Santiago – Hallowed Be Thy Name (collaboration with Maella Santiago, Santi Mateo Santiago and Sarita Santiago)
 * Kirthana Selvaraj – Ramesh and the blue figure with snake
 * Oliver Shepherd – Maestro (portrait of Jessica Cottis)
 * Michael Simms – Zaachariaha Fielding
 * Judith Sinnamon – Katharine Murphy
 * Randall Sinnamon – Portrait of Joseph Tawadros
 * Clare Thackway – Lottie
 * Natasha Walsh – Dear Ben, ‘The scream’ (after Pope Innocent X)
 * Oliver Watts – Heidi May, Elle Charalambu and the artist at Redleaf Pool
 * Kaylene Whiskey – Cooking my famous Indulkana soup
 * Marcus Wills – Jack and Nikki
 * Patrice Wills – No place like home
 * Shevaun Wright, Sophia Hewson (aka Dirty talk) – Atong (Atong Atem)
 * Tiger Yaltangki – Ngayulu munu papa kutjara (Me with two dogs)
 * Zoe Young – Latrell and Winmarra (Latrell Mitchell)