This is a list of finalists for the 2021 Archibald Prize for portraiture (listed is Artist – Title). 52 artworks were selected from the 938 entries received. 2021 was the first year with gender parity among the artists. As the images are copyrighted, an external link to an image has been listed where available.
Benjamin Aitken – Gareth Sansom Julianne Ross Allcorn – I listen and they tell me the bush news Victoria Atkinson – Trent mango tree, all the colours of the rainbow, Trent Peter Berner – Stop pouting, you've had your turn – Collaborative spirits Natasha Bieniek – Rachel Griffiths Karen Black – Professor Chandini Raina Macintyre Keith Burt – Sarah Holland-Batt – poet Ann Cape – The odd little bird (a portrait of Sam, Cam and Penguin Bloom) Tom Carment – Mara reading, in the kitchen at Mount Lofty Julia Ciccarone – The sea within (Winner: People's Choice Award 2021) Jun Chen – Artist – Joe Furlonger Matthew Clarke – Del Kathryn Barton is a good listener Lucy Culliton – Self (bogong moth jumper) Dagmar Cyrulla – Wendy Jonathan Dalton – Ramesh and the artist Ramesh Sinead Davies – The charity worker Graeme Drendel – Portrait of Jill Jaye Early – Masato_Takasaka Jeremy Eden – Firass Hong Fu – Professor Mabel Lee Tsering Hannaford – Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC QC Pat Hoffie – Visaya in a c-colour Matthew Kentmann – Les Xeni Kusumitra – adrift Kim Leutwyler – Kim Richard Lewer – Liz Laverty Dapeng Liu – A mind–body dualism portrait of Joanna Capon Kathrin Longhurst – Kate (Winner: Packing Room Prize 2021) Fiona Lowry – Matthys Mathew Lynn – Apprentice – self-portrait with Papa K ( I do see colour) Shannon McCulloch – Ben William Mackinnon – Dark dad / extremis Euan Macleod – Blak Douglas Julian Meagher – Fozzy James Morrison – Portrait of Timothy Vernon Moore Sally M. Nangala Mulda – Two town camp stories Kirsty Neilson – Making noise Thea Anamara Perkins – Rachel James Powditch – Kerry O'Brien – all along the watch tower Jude Rae – Inside out Thom Roberts – A portriff of Adam (Shane Simpson AM) Joan Ross – Joan as a colonial woman looking at the future Sally Ross – Autoportrait Marikit Santiago – Filipiniana (self-portrait in collaboration with Maella Santiago Pearl) Kirthana Selvaraj – The green suit, a self-portrait Michael Snape – Stuart Purves Nick Stathopoulos – The white shirt – portrait of Tané Andrews Oliver Watts – Dorian Gray (Eryn Jean Norvill) Peter Wegner – Portrait of Guy Warren at 100 (Winner: Archibald Prize 2021) Mirra Whale – Repose Eunice Djerrkŋu Yunupiŋu – Me and my sisters
See also
Previous year: List of Archibald Prize 2020 finalists Next year: List of Archibald Prize 2022 finalists List of Archibald Prize winners
References
External links
Archibald Prize 2021 Finalists official website