June 20, 2024
I recently had a chance to visit the Archibald/Wynne/Sulman and as always was mighitly impressed with the hang. The AGNSW really puts on a good show. One thing I noticed had changed from previous years - the picture labels now included prior exhibition history with the Archibald. They weren't consistent in providing this information, or explicit. They just wove mention of it into the narrative, which is fine. But I'm able to give an explicit count in the table below.
The number of artists who have been selected two or more times in the Archibald is 42.7% - one of the highest for any Australian prize.
We're going to do two things here - first let's compile a list of the 2024 finalists and see how many times they have been selected in the Archibald Prize. And then we'll take a look at the top multi-finalists for all time. In both instances I've let the nerds in the lab go over the numbers so let's hope they get it right.
Starting with the percentage of finalists that have been in a prior finalist exhibition for the Archibald:
2023 Total Finalists: 58 Re-Entries: 35 Re-Entry Rate: Approximately 60.3%
2024 Total Finalists: 57 Re-Entries: 32 Re-Entry Rate: Approximately 56.1%
The overall figure for all years the years (we don't go back beyond 1990) is 42.6%.
One more observation - if there were 1000 applicants for the 2024 prize and 27 were selected for the first time that puts the chance of being selected as 2.7% or a 1 in 34 shot of being selected.*
Checking the metrics for 2023 the first time finalist had a 2.4% chance of being selected as a finalist and in 2022 it was 2%. In 2021 it was 1.76%. or in other words odds of a previously unselected artist were 1 in 55.*
2024 Finalists
|
Artist |
year |
Previous Entries Count |
Previous Years |
|
Matt Adnate |
2024 |
2 |
[2024, 2023] |
|
Holly Anderson |
2024 |
1 |
[2024] |
|
Kris Andrew Small |
2024 |
1 |
[2024] |
|
Jill Ansell |
2024 |
2 |
[2024, 2023] |
|
Mostafa Azimitabar |
2024 |
2 |
[2024, 2022] |
|
Eliza Bertwistle |
2024 |
1 |
[2024] |
|
Drew Bickford |
2024 |
1 |
[2024] |
|
Natasha Bieniek |
2024 |
9 |
[2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2012] |
|
Karen Black |
2024 |
3 |
[2024, 2021, 2020] |
|
Mia Boe |
2024 |
1 |
[2024] |
|
Jessie Bourke |
2024 |
1 |
[2024] |
|
Janis Clarke |
2024 |
1 |
[2024] |
|
Emily Crockford |
2024 |
4 |
[2024, 2023, 2022, 2020] |
|
Dagmar Cyrulla |
2024 |
2 |
[2024, 2021] |
|
Paul De Zubicaray |
2024 |
1 |
[2024] |
|
Whitney Duan |
2024 |
1 |
[2024] |
|
Laura E Kennedy |
2024 |
1 |
[2024] |
|
Robert Fielding |
2024 |
1 |
[2024] |
|
Stephanie Galloway Brown |
2024 |
1 |
[2024] |
|
Shaun Gladwell |
2024 |
2 |
[2024, 2015] |
|
Jaq Grantford |
2024 |
2 |
[2024, 2023] |
|
David Griggs |
2024 |
10 |
[2024, 2023, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2009, 2007] |
|
Craig Handley |
2024 |
1 |
[2024] |
|
Tsering Hannaford |
2024 |
10 |
[2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015] |
|
Nicola Higgins |
2024 |
1 |
[2024] |
|
Yoshio Honjo |
2024 |
3 |
[2024, 2022, 2020] |
|
Ben Howe |
2024 |
1 |
[2024] |
|
Laura Jones |
2024 |
4 |
[2024, 2023, 2022, 2019] |
|
Daniel Kim |
2024 |
2 |
[2024, 2023] |
|
Sam Leach |
2024 |
2 |
[2024, 2009] |
|
Guido Maestri |
2024 |
5 |
[2024, 2020, 2018, 2016, 2009] |
|
Kelly Maree |
2024 |
1 |
[2024] |
|
Scott Marsh |
2024 |
2 |
[2024, 2020] |
|
Angus Mcdonald |
2024 |
7 |
[2024, 2020, 2019, 2015, 2012, 2011, 2009] |
|
Julian Meagher |
2024 |
5 |
[2024, 2021, 2018, 2015, 2014] |
|
Camellia Morris |
2024 |
1 |
[2024] |
|
Danny Morse |
2024 |
1 |
[2024] |
|
Anna Mould |
2024 |
1 |
[2024] |
|
Kirsty Neilson |
2024 |
4 |
[2024, 2021, 2018, 2016] |
|
Kean Onn See |
2024 |
1 |
[2024] |
|
Tim Owers |
2024 |
1 |
[2024] |
|
Laura Peacock |
2024 |
1 |
[2024] |
|
Meagan Pelham |
2024 |
2 |
[2024, 2022] |
|
Thea Anamara Perkins |
2024 |
4 |
[2024, 2021, 2020, 2019] |
|
Simon Richardson |
2024 |
1 |
[2024] |
|
Thom Roberts |
2024 |
4 |
[2024, 2023, 2022, 2021] |
|
Adrian Robertson |
2024 |
1 |
[2024] |
|
Sally Ross |
2024 |
5 |
[2024, 2021, 2018, 2016, 2015] |
|
Ben Smith |
2024 |
2 |
[2024, 2018] |
|
Nick Stathopoulos |
2024 |
9 |
[2024, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2016, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2003] |
|
Liz Sullivan |
2024 |
1 |
[2024] |
|
Natasha Walsh |
2024 |
7 |
[2024, 2023, 2022, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016] |
|
Oliver Watts |
2024 |
3 |
[2024, 2023, 2021] |
|
Digby Webster |
2024 |
2 |
[2024, 2020] |
|
Marcus Wills |
2024 |
8 |
[2024, 2023, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2006] |
|
Zoe Young |
2024 |
4 |
[2024, 2023, 2016, 2014] |
|
Caroline Zilinsky |
2024 |
2 |
[2024, 2022] |
What about the 25 finalists who have been selected for the first time in the Archibald. This is what we have in our db for their 3 most recent finalist exhibitions.
|
Artist |
Archibald Year |
Most recent prize exhibitions |
|
Ben Howe |
2024 |
The Lester Prize for Portraiture (2021), Doug Moran National Portrait Prize (2019), The Lester Prize for Portraiture (2019) |
|
Camellia Morris |
2024 |
Portia Geach Memorial Award (2017), Portia Geach Memorial Award (2016), Portia Geach Memorial Award (2013) |
|
Craig Handley |
2024 |
KAAF Art Prize (2023), Gosford Art Prize (2023), KAAF Art Prize (2022) |
|
Robert Fielding |
2024 |
Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize (2023), William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize (2023), Len Fox Painting Prize (2022) |
|
Liz Sullivan |
2024 |
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize (2022), Glover Prize (2018) |
|
Janis Clarke |
2024 |
Mosman Art Prize (2023), Waverley Art Prize (2023), Mosman Art Prize (2022) |
|
Kean Onn See |
2024 |
KAAF Art Prize (2023), National Emerging Art Prize (2023), Mosman Art Prize (2023) |
|
Holly Anderson |
2024 |
Mosman Art Prize (2023), Redland Art Awards (2022), Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award (JADA) (2022) |
|
Mia Boe |
2024 |
Koori Mail Indigenous Art Awards (2021) |
|
Adrian Robertson |
2024 |
Hadley's Art Prize (2022), Sir John Sulman Prize (2022), Alice Prize (2022) |
|
Paul De Zubicaray |
2024 |
Brisbane Portrait Prize (2023), Lethbridge 20,000 Small Scale Art Award (2023), Clayton Utz Art Award (2022) |
|
Laura E Kennedy |
2024 |
Paul Guest Prize (2020) |
|
Anna Mould |
2024 |
Dobell Prize for Drawing (2021) |
|
Nicola Higgins |
2024 |
Hornsby Art Prize (2023), Naked and Nude (2023), Mosman Art Prize (2022) |
|
Kelly Maree |
2024 |
The Lester Prize for Portraiture (2023) |
|
Stephanie Galloway Brown |
2024 |
Portia Geach Memorial Award (2023) |
|
Eliza Bertwistle |
2024 |
Brisbane Portrait Prize (2022) |
|
Drew Bickford |
2024 |
Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award (2017) |
|
Jessie Bourke |
2024 |
- |
|
Whitney Duan |
2024 |
- |
|
Danny Morse |
2024 |
- |
|
Tim Owers |
2024 |
- |
|
Laura Peacock |
2024 |
- |
|
Simon Richardson |
2024 |
- |
|
Kris Andrew Small |
2024 |
- |
All time multi-finalists
* Assuming ChatGPT got the math right.
