List of Archibald Prize 2020 finalists

This is a list of finalists for the 2020 Archibald Prize for portraiture (listed is Artist – Title).^[1] 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 - Madonna (Portrait of Madonna Staunton)
Charlene Carrington - My dad, Churchill Cann
Jun Chen - 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 OAM
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 - 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 - Stan Walker
Kim Leutwyler - Brian with pink, blue and yellow (Portrait of Brian Firkus)
Richard Lewer - Liz Laverty
Angus McDonald - Behrouz Boochani (Winner: People's Choice Award 2020)^[2]
William Mackinnon - Sunshine and Lucky (life) (Portrait of Sunshine Bertrand)
Guy Maestri - JB reading (Portrait of Jennifer Byrne)
Scott Marsh - 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)^[3]
Paul Newton - 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 - 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 - 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)^[4]
Tiger Yaltangki - Self-portrait
Tianli Zu - Tim and kelp (Portrait of Tim Flannery)^[5]

References

^ "Archibald Prize finalists 2020". Art Gallery of NSW. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
^ "Archibald prize 2020: Angus McDonald's portrait of Behrouz Boochani wins people's choice award". The Guardian. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
^ Stephanie Convery (25 September 2020). "Archibald prize 2020: Vincent Namatjira named winner for portrait of Adam Goodes". Guardian News & Media Limited. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
^ Linda Morris and Nick Galvin (17 September 2020). "Listen to mum: Meyne Wyatt makes history with Packing Room Prize win". www.smh.com.au. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
^ Joanna Mendelssohn (17 September 2020). "'The most refreshing Archibald exhibition I can remember': The 2020 portrait prize finalists". thenewdaily.com.au. Retrieved 18 September 2020.