List of Archibald Prize 2025 finalists

This is a list of finalists for the 2025 Archibald Prize for portraiture (listed as Artist – Title). Of the 903 entries received for the Archibald Prize, 57 artworks were selected as finalists. ^[1] As the images are copyrighted, a link to each image is available through the reference. ^[2]

• Abdul Abdullah – No mountain high enough(Winner: Packing Room Prize 2025) ^[3]
• Clara Adolphs – Adrian Jangala Robertson (paintbrush and hat)
• Jessica Ashton – Katie Noonan
• Mostafa Azimitabar – The definition of hope
• Billy Bain – Rona and Pig at Palm Valley
• Natasha Bieniek – Cressida Campbell
• Angela Brennan – Bridget in my painting
• Yuriyal Bridgeman – Sana Balai, curator, visits Yuriyal’s studio
• Mitch Cairns – Stephen Ralph
• Matthew Calandra – His face like my face – self-portrait as Robert Englund playing Freddy Krueger
• Peter Ke Heng Chen – I'm a little fish in New York (ripples of ambition)
• Rachel Coad – Home
• Yvette Coppersmith – Self-portrait with two cats
• Luke Cornish, Christophe Domergue – Blood, sweat and tears
• Jonthan Dalton – Natasha in the other room
• Whitney Duan – Banquet (Rainbow Chan)
• Jeremy Eden – Felix Eden
• Remy Faint – Ramesh (with mask)
• David Fairbairn – Head of BF no 2
• Timothy Ferguson – Keiran
• Robert Fielding – Malatja malatja (into the future)
• Julia Fragar – Flagship Mother Multiverse (Justene)(Winner: Archibald Prize 2025) ^[4]
• Linda Gold – Still standing and fighting
• Jaq Grantford – Sisters
• Yolanda Gray – I won't wish, I will
• Tsering Hannaford – Meditation on time (a left-handed self-portrait)
• JESWRI – Nooky, The Voice
• Brittany Jones – New Madonna
• Solomon Kammer – Kim
• Madeleine Kelly – Diana through threads
• Daniel Kim – Thom Roberts
• Bronte Leighton-Dore – Monica in her studio
• Robert Lewer – You are only as good as your last painting
• Fiona Lowry – Ken Done
• Col Mac – Miranda and Prince
• Catherine McGuiness – Shan is a little little little mermaid
• Kerry McInnis – Savanhdary
• Kelly Maree – Jackie O
• Vincent Namatjira – King Dingo
• Chris O'Doherty (aka Reg Mombassa) – Self-portrait with nose tube
• Sassy Park – Casey
• Sid Pattni – Self-portrait (the act of putting it back together)
• Meagan Pelham – Magic Nikki and Charlie Fancy Pants Party … DJaaaaaaaay
• Jason Phu – older hugo from the future fighting hugo from right now in a swamp and all the frogs and insects and fish and flowers now look on
• Adrian Jangala Robertson – Warwick Thornton
• Joan Ross – Kidjerikidjeri
• Sally Ryan – Lette loose
• Evan Shipard – The green man
• Loribelle Spirovski – Finger painting of William Barton (Winner: People's Choice Award 2025) ^[5]
• Vipoo Srivilasa – Self-portrait as a cat king
• Clare Thackway – With the shadow
• Natasha Walsh – The Yellow Odalisque of Brunswick
• Peter Wegner – Portrait of Sue Chrysanthou
• Kaylene Whiskey – From comic to canvas
• Marcus Wills – Cormac in Arcadia
• Callum Worsfold – Self-portrait in the studio
• Caroline Zilinsky – A lucid heart – the golden age of Jacob Elordi ^[6]

References

1. "Archibald prize 2025 finalists: Nicole Kidman, Aaron Chen, Jackie O and others – in pictures". Art Guide Australia. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
2. "Archibald Prize finalists 2025". Art Gallery of NSW. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
3. Story, Hannah; Heath, Nicola (1 May 2025). "Painting of a 'reluctant hero' takes gong in portrait prize". ABC News. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
4. Story, Hannah; Heath, Nicola (9 May 2025). "Fourth time lucky for $100,000 Archibald Prize winner". ABC News. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
5. Cain, Sian (31 July 2025). "Archibald prize 2025: finger-painted portrait of musician William Barton wins people's choice award". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 6 September 2025.
6. "Archibald Prize Archibald 2024 work: A lucid heart – the golden age of Jacob Elordi by Caroline Zilinsky". Art Gallery of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 June 2024.