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
