Selected from over 700 incredible entries this year, these 40 finalists showcase a variety of artistic techniques to create beautiful works of portraiture. This year’s Pre-Selection Panel included Dr Clarissa Ball, Linton Partington, Amy Barrett-Lennard, Bahar Sayed & Tyrown Waigana.
Winners of the Prize will be announced on 30 September 2022. The Lester Prize Main Awards exhibition will be held in Gallery 5 at the Art Gallery of Western Australia, from October 1 to November 13, 2022, with the option to attend the exhibition in-person or online in the virtual gallery space.
Hamid Abbasi (WA)
Dream Imaginary

Richard Allen (NSW)
Printer Painter Peter

Sophia Alone (WA)
Respect Grandfather Kutri Makanykarra

Sarah Anthony (VIC)
Breathe

Paul Askins (WA)
Gungeo

Rod Bailey (QLD)
Joe Geia in Corroboree Park

Elizabeth Barden (QLD)
Tukuiap

Peter Berner (NSW)
Third Child at 59

Jeremy Blank (WA)
Self-portrait with a sore throat and runny nose (9000+ per day)

Sean Burton (VIC)
Saif as Houses

Deidre But-Husaim (SA)
Lewis

Stirling Caiulo (VIC)
Keep Moving Forward

Ming How Chan (QLD)
Portrait of a Painter

Sudhir Chhetri (VIC)
Soup of the Day

Mark Chu (VIC)
Here in Spirit

Greg Creek (VIC)
Diecast-Speech Painting (Picture of David Sequiera)

Susannah Curtis (TAS)
Nappanangka

Jennifer D’Arcy (VIC)
Trent Crawford Focused

Andrew Daly (WA)
George Haines in his Studio

Robert Darbourne (WA)
Self Portrait in Winter Hat

Liam Dee (WA)
Over Saturation

Julia Donney (NSW)
Smoko

Nathan Feldman (VIC)
The Brown Minstrels Sing from the Generational Trauma Hymnbook

Damian Gascoigne (NSW)
Jagi

Monika Gruszka (NSW)
Sid with a Straw Hat

Thomas Hona (NSW)
Self Portrait

Nicholas Hopwood (TAS)
Quest

Jasmin Lawford (WA)
The Note

Adrian Lazzaro (VIC)
Self Portrait

Marie Mansfield (NSW)
The Scarf

Elizabeth Nelson (VIC)
Bared

Fiona O’Byrne (VIC)
Tim and Bo

Nathan Paddison (NSW)
Canned Own as Me

Jenna Pickering (WA)
Paul Kelly

Andy Quilty (WA)
Mum

Leigh Rees (VIC)
Jinesh

Kirthana Selvaraj (NSW)
Vicki’s Screen Time

Rosemary Spelman (WA)
My Mother

Jill Talbot (NSW)
Darren and Ray

Fiona White (VIC)
Beggars Belief
