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

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