Archibald Prize 2011 finalists
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Below is a list of finalists for the 2011 Archibald Prize
(listed Artist – Title);
Archibald Prize
The Archibald Prize is regarded as the most important portraiture prize in Australia. It was first awarded in 1921 after a bequest from J. F. Archibald, the editor of The Bulletin who died in 1919...
(listed Artist – Title);
- Abdul Abdullah - Waleed Aly
- Giles Alexander - Space or bust (portrait of Sam LeachSam LeachSam Leach is an emerging Australian contemporary artist. He was born in Adelaide, South Australia. Leach worked for many years in the Australian Tax Office after completion of a degree in Economics. He also completed a Diploma of Art, Bachelor of Fine Art degree and a Master of Fine Art degree at...
) - Del Kathryn Barton - Mother (a portrait of CateCate BlanchettCatherine Élise "Cate" Blanchett is an Australian actress. She came to international attention for her role as Elizabeth I of England in the 1998 biopic film Elizabeth, for which she won British Academy of Film and Television Arts and Golden Globe Awards, and earned her first Academy Award...
) - Jason Benjamin - It’s not all Henry bloody Lawson (portrait of musician Gareth Liddiard)
- Kate Beynon - Painting shirt (self-portrait)
- Natasha Bieniek - October (self-portrait)
- Deidre But-Husaim - Roy Ananda (chin support)
- Marcus Callum - Portrait of a seated woman (portrait of Vanessa Callum)
- Adam Chang - John Coetzee (Winner of the 2011 People's Choice Award)
- Zhong Chen - Self-portrait on a horse
- Adam Cullen - Charlie (portrait of barrister Charles Waterstreet)
- Lucy Culliton - Ray in Paris (portrait of art dealer Ray Hughes)
- Susanne de Berenger - Ted RobinsonTed Robinson (TV director)Ted Robinson is an Australian television producer and director.He has worked on a number of comedy TV series since the mid-1970's....
- Ken Done - Me, March 2011 (self-portrait)
- Matt Doust - White Cocoon (portrait of actress Gemma WardGemma WardGemma Louise Ward is an Australian fashion model turned actress.-Early life:Gemma Ward was born on 3 November 1987 in Perth, Western Australia, the second of four children of Gary Ward, a doctor, and Claire, a nurse. She has an older sister, Sophie , and younger twin brothers, Oscar and Henry...
) - Geoffrey Dyer - The collector, David WalshDavid Walsh (art collector)David Walsh is a Tasmanian millionaire, entrepreneur and owner of a large private art collection.Walsh grew up in the Glenorchy district of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, the youngest of three children....
- Vincent Fantauzzo - Matt MoranMatt MoranMatthew Moran,commonly known as Matt Moran, is an Australian chef also known for being a guest on various TV cooking shows.- Early childhood and education :...
(Winner of the 2011 Packing Room Prize) - Nicholas Harding - Hugo at home (portrait of actor Hugo WeavingHugo WeavingHugo Wallace Weaving is a Nigerian born, English-Australian film actor and voice artist. He is best known for his roles as Agent Smith in the Matrix trilogy, Elrond in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, "V" in V for Vendetta, and performances in numerous Australian character dramas.-Early...
) - Jeremy Kibel - Portrait of Robert JacksRobert JacksRobert Jacks is an Australian painter, sculptor and printmaker.Born in Melbourne, Australia. He studied sculpture from 1958 to 1960 at the Prahran Technical College, Melbourne, and painting in 1961 and 1962 at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology .In 1966 he had his first solo exhibition at...
AO - Sonia Kretschmar - The heart of things (portrait of Cassandra GoldsCassandra GoldsCassandra [Mia] Golds is an Australian children's author.-Publications:*Michael and the Secret War *Clair-de-Lune...
) - Michael Lindeman - Portrait of Wilfred (portrait of actor Jason GannJason GannJason Gann is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, director, producer, writer, screenwriter, musician, singer, and comedian. He is best known for his role as Wilfred in the Australian comedy series of the same name and its U.S...
) - Song Ling - My name is Fartunate – self-portrait
- Fiona Lowry - Portrait of Tim Silver
- Tom Macbeth - Jessica (portrait of sailor Jessica WatsonJessica WatsonJessica Watson is an Australian sailor. She resides in Buderim, Queensland. In May 2010, she unofficially became the youngest person to sail non-stop and unassisted around the world, although her route did not meet World Sailing Speed Record Council criteria for circumnavigation of the...
) - Amanda Marburg - DA (portrait of writer David AstleDavid AstleDavid Astle is a Melbourne-based writer of non-fiction, fiction and plays. He also cohosts the SBS show, Letters and Numbers, as the dictionary expert, in company with Richard Morecroft and Lily Serna....
) - Angus McDonald - Dr Ann LewisAnn LewisAnn Lewis is an American political advisor who was Senior Advisor for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. She has served as the Director of Communications for HillPAC and Friends of Hillary 2005-2007 and from 1997–2000 as Director of Communications and then Counselor to Bill Clinton.Lewis is...
AO - Alexander Mackenzie - Richard RoxburghRichard RoxburghRichard Roxburgh is an Australian actor who has starred in many Australian films and has appeared in supporting roles in a number of Hollywood productions, usually as villains.-Early life:...
- Christopher McVinish - Portrait of Robyn NevinRobyn NevinRobyn Anne Nevin AM , is an Australian stage and screen actress, and is considered by some as a doyenne of Australian theatre.- Early life :...
- Andrew Mezei - Professor Penny SackettPenny SackettPenny Diane Sackett is an American-born Australian astronomer and former director of the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Australian National University...
, astronomer and physicist - Lewis Miller - Small self-portrait
- Rodney Pople - Artist and family (after Caravaggio) (portrait of artist, his wife Felicity Fenner and their two sons)
- Ben QuiltyBen QuiltyBen Quilty is an Australian artist who won the 2011 Archibald Prize.-Biography:Quilty grew up in Kenthurst in Sydney's north-west. He lives and works in Robertson, New South Wales. He is a graduate of the Sydney College of the Arts at the University of Sydney...
- Margaret OlleyMargaret OlleyMargaret Hannah Olley AC was an Australian painter. She was the subject of more than 90 solo exhibitions.Margaret Olley was born in Lismore, New South Wales. She attended Somerville House in Brisbane during her high school years...
(Winner of the Archibald Prize) - Craig RuddyCraig RuddyCraig Ruddy is an Australian artist.In 2004 Ruddy won the Archibald Prize for his charcoal drawing of David Gulpilil entitled Two Worlds...
- Cathy FreemanCathy FreemanCatherine Astrid Salome "Cathy" Freeman, OAM is former Australian sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. She became the Olympic champion for the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she lit the Olympic Flame.Freeman was the first ever Aboriginal... - Jenny SagesJenny SagesJenny Sages is an Australian artist born 1933 in Shanghai, China, who arrived in Australia in 1948. After being expelled from East Sydney Tech, Jenny moved to New York to study at Franklin School of Art...
- My Jack (portrait of artist’s husband, Jack Sages) - Jiawei ShenJiawei ShenShen Jiawei is a Chinese Australian painter. He is a winner of the 2006 Sir John Sulman Prize.-Life and work:Shen Jiawei was born in Shanghai and emigrated to Australia in 1989. He was largely self-taught and became popular with the Chinese government for his 'revolutionary' images of workers and...
- Self-portrait as Quong Tart’s contemporary (after John Thomson), 2010 - Xenia Stefanescu - Woven in tapestry of life (self-portrait)
- Tim Storrier - Moon boy (self-portrait as a young man)
- Pam Tippett - Self-portrait (for a change)
- Barbara Tyson - The country’s woman: Her Excellency, Ms Quentin BryceQuentin BryceQuentin Bryce, AC, CVO is the 25th and current Governor-General of Australia and former Governor of Queensland....
AC, Governor-General of Australia - Peter Wegner - Richard MorecroftRichard MorecroftRichard Morecroft is an Australian television presenter and former host of the ABC News Sydney bulletin. He is currently host of the quiz-show Letters and Numbers.-Early life:...
- Apple Xiu Yin - Hearing • Meditation (portrait of operatic soprano Cheryl BarkerCheryl BarkerCheryl Barker is an Australian operatic soprano who has had an active international career since the late 1980s. She has sung on several complete opera recordings with Chandos Records, including Dvořák's Rusalka , Janáček's The Makropulos Case , Janáček's Káťa Kabanová , and Puccini's Madama...
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See also
- Previous year: Archibald Prize 2010 finalistsArchibald Prize 2010 finalistsBelow is a list of finalists for the 2010 Archibald Prize ;* Giles Alexander - The alternative ambassadors * Martin Ball - Jacqueline Fahey...
- Next year: Archibald Prize 2012 finalists
- List of Archibald Prize winners